Every day across the country, scores of workers toil in trenches, the glorified ditches you see along the highway at large construction sites and new home builds. Without the proper systems in place, ...

All right, we turn now to a dangerous problem for construction workers, specifically those who work in trenches - these deep ditches you see along the highway at large construction sites and new home ...

Historically, cases involving the collapse of in ground trenches have been difficult as earlier judicial decisions tended to exclude them from analysis under Labor Law §240(1). However, the 'Rivas' ...