tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300550892578235532012-04-24T22:47:50.539-07:00Ivan Dragovnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125LegaltechInsightshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530055089257823553.post-67183137719158449042012-04-16T08:13:00.003-07:002012-04-16T08:26:36.174-07:00<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Excavation-timbering.png" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; display: block; float:right; clear: right;"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/43/Excavation-timbering.png/300px-Excavation-timbering.png" alt="Traditional trench shoring or Timbering." style="font-size:0.8em;border:none;" width="300" height="336" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both; float: right; width: 300px; ">Traditional trench shoring or Timbering. (Photo credit: <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Excavation-timbering.png">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">One of the most common legal troubles facing the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction" title="Construction" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">construction industry</a> are lawsuits regarding </span>improper<span style="font-size: 100%;"> use of on site trench shoring equipment for excavation projects. <a href="http://www.pro-tecequipment.com/">Trench shoring</a> refers to the use of equipment to support the sides of trench walls to prevent the walls from collapsing. When conditions get a bit wet, or when construction workers are working around loose soil, the sides of the walls can cave in, crushing or suffocating anyone unfortunate enough to be at the bottom of the trench.</span></span><div><span>Because these kinds of accidents rarely occur, and because the walls of a trench usually look quite secure, it is a safety cost that many construction companies try to cut out of their budgets. That certainly comes back to bite them later when lawsuits can range in the millions of dollars, putting their company completely out of business.</span></div><div><span>Solutions for this problem is quite simple. Just by investing in some proper steel <a href="http://www.pro-tecequipment.com/products/steel-trench-shields/">trench shields</a> or other shoring safety equipment, fewer accidents and deaths would occur, and fewer businesses would go out of business from a lawsuit that could be easily avoided.<br /></span><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blog.pro-tecequipment.com/steel-trench-shields/2011/tales-from-the-road" target="_blank">Tales from the road</a> (pro-tecequipment.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blog.pro-tecequipment.com/uncategorized/2012/trench-shoring-news-april-2012" target="_blank">Trench Shoring News - April 2012</a> (pro-tecequipment.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://bayintegratedmarketing.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/a-history-of-trench-warfare/" target="_blank">A History of Trench Warfare</a> (bayintegratedmarketing.wordpress.com)</li></ul></div></div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top:10px;height:15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=ab84fc43-66af-4f87-8397-ff39cee1b6d5" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border:none;float:right" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1530055089257823553-6718313771915844904?l=legaltechinsights.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ivan Dragovnoreply@blogger.com1http://legaltechinsights.blogspot.com/2012/04/trench-shoring-woes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530055089257823553.post-69863614983591650752011-12-15T08:55:00.000-08:002011-12-15T08:59:45.566-08:00Welcome to Lansing Debt Relief Attorneys blog!<br />This is the new homepage of http://legaltechinsights.blogspot.com/<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1530055089257823553-6986361498359165075?l=legaltechinsights.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ivan Dragovnoreply@blogger.com0http://legaltechinsights.blogspot.com/2011/12/welcome.html