{"id":450,"date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/trench-safety-and-your-illinois-workers-compensation-claim\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T17:00:08","slug":"trench-safety-and-your-illinois-workers-compensation-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/trench-safety-and-your-illinois-workers-compensation-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Trench Safety and Your Illinois Workers\u2019 Compensation Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/category\/work-accidents\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work Accidents<\/a> | July 9, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Many people don\u2019t realize it, but trenching and excavation is a key component of almost every type of construction. This is true whether pouring concrete foundations using a trench or excavating earth to allow maintenance on buried pipes. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, at least two workers perish each month in trench collapses.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, a trench is defined as any man-made cut or cavity in the Earth\u2019s surface, not wider than 15 feet at its deepest point. However, trenches can also be deeper than that depending on their requirements. Trenches that are 20 feet in depth or greater require a registered professional engineer to design protective shoring intended to protect workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/trench-safety-and-your-illinois-workers-compensation-claim\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Trench Safety and Your Illinois Workers\u2019 Compensation Claim\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work Accidents | July 9, 2015 Many people don\u2019t realize it, but trenching and excavation is a key component of almost every type of construction. 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