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During Fiscal Years (FY) 2020 – 2022 there were approximately nine fatal and eight serious injury cave-in incidents reported to Region-VI OSHA. Cave-ins pose a serious risk to workers and are more likely than some other excavation-related incidents to result in a worker fatality or serious injury. One cubic yard of soil can weigh as much as a car and an unprotected trench can be an early grave.

• Protecting workers from excavation related hazards is a National Emphasis Program (NEP) and OSHA priority goal to increase the number of employees removed from excavation hazards. CPL-02-00-161_0.pdf (osha.gov)

• This Region-VI outreach initiative is an opportunity to spread the word on excavation safety and to review your training, programs, and procedures to ensure your workers are provided a safe working environment. Let’s send everyone home safe – every day.