Trench Cave-Ins: Forces and Effects
May 13, 2015
How much force can a trench cave-in impart on the human body? And what are the health effects? When we think about the damage that a cave-in can do, we tend to think exclusively in terms of how much soil weighs and how hard it will press on the worker. It’s a fairly simple calculation. Take the volume of soil that’s fallen, multiply that by the soil weight, and there you have it. But this analysis, although eye-opening, doesn’t present a complete picture because it only looks at the forces present once the soil is laying on you.
