Just two years ago, 39 people died doing trench or excavation work in the U.S. — a number so alarming that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched an outreach campaign to ...
In fiscal year 2024, federal OSHA investigated 826 worker deaths, an 11% reduction from 928 in the previous year. Excluding Covid-related deaths, this is the lowest number of worker fatalities OSHA ...