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Do you have any supervisory responsibilities?  \n3.  Do you have any oversight responsibilities fortrenching/excavating activities?  \n4.Have you ever personally violated a safety policy,procedure,standard,rule,or regulation?  \nExcavation and trenching work poses ahigher fatality rate(112%)than the ratefor general construction work.  \nCave-ins are the most dangerous andfrequently cause worker fatalities inexcavation-related accidents.  \nOther potential hazards include fallingloads,falls,incidents involving mobileequipment,and hazardous atmospheres.  \n*This state has an OSHA-approved State Plan covering private and state and local government workplaces  \n**This state has an OSHA-approved State Plan that covers state and local government workers only  \n# REGULATIONS |SAFETY&COMPLIANCE\n\nOSHA Reports 39 Trench Deaths in2022-More Than Double 2021 Toll  \nDon McLoudJan 5,2023|Updated Aug 9,2023  \n# Deaths from Trench Collapses 2013-2022\n\n# Nonfatal Trenching Injuries 2011-2022\n\n\n| 800-  \u003Cbr>600-  \u003Cbr>construction  \u003Cbr>Number of nonfatal injuries in  \u003Cbr>400-  \u003Cbr>200-  \u003Cbr>0   | 96.8%  \u003Cbr>83.3%  \u003Cbr>92.1%  \u003Cbr>600  \u003Cbr>61.1%  \u003Cbr>350  \u003Cbr>200  \u003Cbr>110   | 100%  \u003Cbr>80%  \u003Cbr>60%  \u003Cbr>Percent of all trenching injuries  \u003Cbr>40%  \u003Cbr>-20%  \u003Cbr>0%   |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Source:U.S.  \u003Cbr>Calculations   \u003Cbr>*Sum is show  \u003Cbr>to biennial es  \u003Cbr>^Calculated a  \u003Cbr>industries.   | 2013-14  2015-16  2  \u003Cbr>2021-22  \u003Cbr>2011-12  2  \u003Cbr>2017-18   2019-20  \u003Cbr>Bureau of Labor Statistics,2011-2022 Survey of Occupational Injuries an  \u003Cbr>by the CPWR Data Center.  \u003Cbr>n for each two-year period to produce comparable statistics following BL  \u003Cbr>timates for 2021-2022.  \u003Cbr>s Number of trenching injuries in construction/Number of trenching injur   | d Illnesses.  \u003Cbr>S data change  \u003Cbr>ies in all   |\n\n# OSHA Trenching Citations in Construction\n\n\n| 4K-  \u003Cbr>3K-  \u003Cbr>Number of citations  \u003Cbr>2K  \u003Cbr>1K  \u003Cbr>0K  \u003Cbr>Source:  \u003Cbr>Calculati   | 3.8%  \u003Cbr>3.9%  \u003Cbr>3.7%  \u003Cbr>3.1%  \u003Cbr>3.1K  \u003Cbr>2.9K  \u003Cbr>2.0K  \u003Cbr>1.6K   | 4%  \u003Cbr>3%  \u003Cbr>-2%  \u003Cbr>Percent of citations  \u003Cbr>1%  \u003Cbr>0%   |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | 2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023  \u003Cbr>2011-2023 Department of Labor OSHA Enforcement Data.  \u003Cbr>ons by the CPWR Data Center.   |  |","cbCaiqBi2PpqSfOC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqBi2PpqSfOC","pdf",8360397,107,"English","# Tragedy in the Trenches\n# Polling Questions\n# REGULATIONS | SAFETY&COMPLIANCE\n# Deaths from Trench Collapses 2013-2022\n# Nonfatal Trenching Injuries 2011-2022\n# OSHA Trenching Citations in Construction","[{\"question\":\"Why does excavation and trenching have a higher fatality rate than general construction?\",\"answer\":\"Excavation and trenching work poses a higher fatality rate than general construction. 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