"That competent person is responsible for selecting a [trench safety] system," says West. "That person needs to know the standards and is responsible for everything in it. That person needs to ...

Several variables need to be taken into account be-fore trenching: Trench requirements Potential safety hazards Digging conditions Trencher tooth pattern Digging chain tension Before your trencher ...

Travis County’s progressive DA has secured indictments for the 2021 death of Juan José Galvan Batalla, remembered as a ...

On the day of the incident, a 36-year-old pipelayer and another worker for a water, sewer and drainage installation and repair business entered the trench to remove old pipes and install new ones.

Most trench-related incidents have one thing in common ... identifying and addressing potential hazards—verify their knowledge for you and your team's protection.

Though he was pulled alive from a trench that collapsed, burying him, Trevor Kilgore has been haunted by the memory of those terrifying moments and troubled by nightmares and insomnia because, as ...

NTS also has large regional repair facilities strategically located around the country where we provide repair services on virtually all brands of customer owned trench safety equipment.