Shoring Solutions Should Be Top Priority for Contractors

Soil classification, knowing which technology to go with will help you and your crews remain safe in the trenches.

Shoring Solutions Should Be Top Priority for Contractors

If trench boxes can’t be used, shoring is also an option. Crews from Ken-way Excavating use shoring tools to secure the walls of a trench.

Eight service workers died in trenching accidents last April. Staying safe requires more than following regulations: It takes a thorough understanding of the tools available.

“Not everything is in the rulebooks that these guys are confronted with,” says Jim Sullivan, president...

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