OSHA cited a contractor after a fatal trench collapse at a Franklin County, Pennsylvania construction site — the second Pennsylvania trench fatality this paper has tracked in a week, and a reminder that NYSDOL and OSHA Region 2 apply the same 1926.652 shoring rule to every open excavation in the five boroughs; the citation record (docket, firm name, and penalty amount) hasn't posted yet, so there's no name to print, but it's one to watch for New York contractors running their own trench boxes this fall. local21news.com
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A Second Pennsylvania Trench Citation Lands in the Same Week as the First
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