{"id":115,"date":"2017-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/avoiding-death-or-injury-in-a-trench-collapse\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:59:59","slug":"avoiding-death-or-injury-in-a-trench-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/avoiding-death-or-injury-in-a-trench-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing A Deadly Trench Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/category\/work-accidents\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work Accidents<\/a> | March 24, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Trench collapse deaths are perhaps the scariest and saddest of construction-related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re scary because they happen so fast that once a trench starts to collapse there&#8217;s often no time to react and no chance of escape &#8212; just one cubic foot of earth can bring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionjunkie.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/18\/osha-trench-collapse-deaths-have-more-than-doubled-in-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up to 3,000 pounds<\/a> crushing down on a victim trapped within the trench.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/avoiding-death-or-injury-in-a-trench-collapse\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Preventing A Deadly Trench Collapse\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work Accidents | March 24, 2017 Trench collapse deaths are perhaps the scariest and saddest of construction-related deaths. 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