Working in and around trenches creates some of the most dangerous work situations in the United States, especially when safety precautions including sloping and shoring of trench walls, and shielding of work areas are ignored. Excavation cave-ins are a leading cause of workplace deaths, estimated to cause approximately one hundred fatalities, and many more injuries, every year.

Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky has represented several clients injured in trench collapses with great success.