Trench box on hand but unused, exposing workers to cave-in hazards
With a name like Ditchdiggers, you’d think a Ft. Pierce, Florida company would know how to protect workers who are, well, digging ditches.
While Ditchdiggers had protective equipment at its worksite in White City, Florida, OSHA inspectors checking the site as part of the agency’s National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation found that it was not in use. Workers were installing a new section of a sewer drain at that location.