Welcome to Episode 5 of OSHIT: Trench Collapse, where Kat and Ella tell you about three distinct trench events and their victims… or almost victims.
Our sources for this episode are:
https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/fatal-occupational-injuries-by-event-drilldown.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/fatal-injuries-tables/fatal-occupational-injuries-table-a-9-2021.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/fatal-injuries-tables/archive/fatal-occupational-injuries-table-a-1-2020.htm
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region8/10212021
https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1525674.015
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region6/04212022
https://www.unitedrentals.com/project-uptime/safety/buried-alive-lessons-trench-collapse-survivor
https://www.abplace-funeral-cremation.com/obituaries/Luis-Cortes-Correa/#!/TributeWall
https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1560256.015
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20220421
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.652
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.651
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.21
https://www.jlconline.com/tools/safety-workwear/laborer-dies-in-trench-collapse-and-lives-to-tell-the-tale_o
If you or someone you know can provide the names to the victims in Trench Collapse Story #2: D Guerra Construction LLC, we would love to amend this episode and give the victims their names back. Please email us at podcast.OSHIT@gmail.com.