What's being done to help protect workers from trench collapses
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What's being done to help protect workers from trench collapses

NPR  

What's being done to help protect workers from trench collapses More than 250 workers have died in what experts say are preventable trench collapses over the last decade — with at least 20 fatalities in Texas. He had repeatedly asked his employer to get trench boxes - metal boxes that could keep the trench walls stable, and prevent soil from falling on top of workers if a trench caved in. PECK: Of the more than 250 workers who died in trench collapses in the U.S. in the last decade, only 11 employers were charged criminally. PECK: The federal laws on the books that created safety guidelines for trench workers are strong, Michaels says.

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