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I recently served as an expert witness in a wrongful death (involuntary manslaughter) case in California related to a trench…
National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety equipment,…
HOUSTON, T.X.—National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety…
A contractor was performing a project to update the labeling associated with a parking garage for a hotel and casino. …
A contractor was tying in a new development’s sewer and water reclamation systems to the municipal infrastructure and needed to…
This article is the second of a three part series regarding manufacturer’s tabulated data. When reviewing the obligations of tabulated…
A South Texas contractor was performing part of a residential upgrade project, which included the construction of a new wet well….
 The contractor was performing a project to connect new sanitary sewer infrastructure, as well as replacing an existing manhole, to…
This article will be the first of a three part series regarding manufacturer’s tabulated data. According to the OSHA Subpart…
HOUSTON, T.X.—National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety…
HOUSTON, T.X.—National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety…
A contractor would be replacing a 40-ft pipe joint to keep an ethylene gas pipeline flowing safely. The excavation would…
A contractor had been tasked with installing an effluent distribution box between two existing structures at an Eastern North Carolina…
It is not known who coined the term “induced hazards”, but OSHA uses the term and defines it as hazards…
A contractor was performing restoration services as part of a $1.5 million contract with the state of Utah. For this…
National Trench Safety introduced the Lite GuardTM Aluminum Shield last spring and has begun the process of manufacturing and deploying…
Federal and State interstate commerce regulations along with the Federal OSHA regulations state that for manufactured shoring and shielding equipment,…
The OSHA’s new confined space standard for construction was issued on May 4th, 2015 and was scheduled to go into…
A contractor was performing a sanitary sewer line repair within a wastewater treatment plant in Southwest Florida. The repair required…
  First, I am not an attorney and I am not giving or providing legal advice here, but I will…
The contractor was installing sanitary sewer pipe in a Gulf Coast Florida city as part of an eventual road expansion…
HOUSTON, T.X.—National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety…
One of the most complicated and least understood requirements of the OSHA Subpart P-Excavations Standard is surcharge loading. There is…
A contractor was performing a grease trap system installation in Northeastern Illinois. The new installation required a 16-ft linear run,…
This is a brief summary of some of the differences found in the new construction confined space standard (1926 Subpart…
A contractor was performing a storm drain drop inlet installation in Southeast Nevada. The new installation required a 10-ft linear…
A Southwest Florida municipality was expanding its highway infrastructure with a lane widening project to account for recent growth.  As…
A contractor had been engaged to pour a cast-in-place foundation for a chemical injection building in Southeast North Carolina. The…
The following articles are a series focusing on Federal OSHA Subpart P Excavations 1926.652 Requirements for protective systems.     Exceptions to…
HOUSTON, T.X.—National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety…

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