Entries Tagged Shoring

Plumbing company puts focus on underground work and all-around quality to sustain steady growth.

Adding sewer cleaning services and retaining dependable employees benefit plumbing operation through good times and bad.

With less than a month left, 23 people have died in trenching accidents this year in the U.S.

Don’t jump in! 9 lifesaving tips for you and your crew.

A cave-in survivor, Utah plumber insists on shoring for every trench project.

Companies fined $52,000 in trench collapse that killed 61-year-old plumber.

Worker buried over his head digs free from sandy soil.

Stephens Plumbing faces $43,800 in penalties for one willful and four serious safety violations.

24-year-old describes how 3-foot, 9-inch excavation nearly took his life.

Plumbers weigh in on safety in and around excavations.

Trench collapses claim about 30 workers a year.

61-year-old worker was installing residential sewer line in 8-foot-deep excavation

As the New Year approaches, we count down some of the top stories on plumbermag.com.

Despite warning from boss and co-workers, Rooter-Man employee went back to retrieve shovel left in hole