If working in a trench deeper than 4 feet, OSHA guidelines say a shoring box or shoring device must be used with a way out, such as ladders.
In April 2021, a Long Island contracting company was ordered to cease all excavating operations and pay $136,000 in penalties, the result of a trench collapse accident that killed two workmen in late 2020.
The resulting agreement also commits the company to do the...
