They are preventable, yet still kill about 40 people every year. With all the rules to follow and guidance to help, there is no reason for fatalities or injuries in trench accidents.Sometimes accidents just happen, but there are those times when people take shortcuts or even worse, ignore safety. There are good reasons for onsite installers to consider the business ramifications of following safety rules. Here are three examples from the last year where companies ended up paying large fines. Two of the cases involved no injuries.Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in May in Boise, Idaho, when
