What do the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) and the Kundel Trench Safety Division of Kundel Industries have in common? Anything and everything that has to do with Trench Safety! Trenching can potentially be an extremely dangerous venture...
Trench Boxes BLOG
Aging Trench Shoring Equipment Brings New Capital
Kundel Industries is thinking “outside the box” to meet the needs of its customers. Those who work in the trenches or help protect those in the trenches have a singular priority: SAFETY. Kundel wants to help you assess your aging inventory and...
Superior Engineering by the User
The fact that Kundel trench safety equipment was designed and engineered by those who actually used the equipment has served the industry in ways the Kundel family never thought possible. Kundel Industries was born from Kundel Construction and they...
How Safe is a Five Foot Trench?
Constructions sites are loaded with potential hazards, and trenches make up a large portion of accidents. Trench workers must take vital precautions before and during their work, and foreman should make sure that their trenches are as safe as they...
Put Trench Safety First
Trenches are some of the most dangerous parts of any construction site due to the lack of trench safety. In fact, the fatal accident rate in excavation is 112% higher than that of general construction activities. The nature of the work leads it to...
Ohio Trench Safety Grant | 2021
Trench Safety Grant (TSG) ProgramThe program is available only to Ohio employers who perform trenching and excavating to purchase shoring and shielding equipment. Please note that the deadline for employers to submit Trench Safety Grant...
Kundel Takes Great Care of Their Dealers
Here we see a truck loaded with a couple of trench boxes and a stone box. They are headed to one of Kundel's top dealers; Heckmann Sales & Leasing. A couple of Kundel's dealers have over $1 million in inventory to keep contractors supplied...
Great News! BWC Announced Long-Awaited Grants for Trench Safety in Ohio
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a new $2 million safety grant program today to assist employers in purchasing equipment to protect their workers while working in trenching and excavating situations. BWC’s Trench Safety...
Preventing Trench Cave-Ins Will Save You a Ton of Money
Trench cave-ins are well known in the construction business. It is an excavation that is used when pipes, water mains, electrical conduits, and other materials need to be buried. Soil conditions, jointing systems, and other principles are combined...