Residents in some towns may have noticed crews digging around the bottom of utility poles and wrapping a paper-like material around them.

Experts recommend never digging a hole deeper than the knee height of the shortest person in your group — with two feet being the maximum depth.

Officials in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, are warning tourists this year about a beach activity that poses a high risk of serious injury or death. Rescuers there discovered a 7-foot hole in ...

Digging holes in sand might seem innocent, but if the hole is deep enough and collapses on a person, it is extremely difficult to escape. In fact, research suggests more people die from sand burial ...

Local News Don’t dig deep holes in the sand at the beach – they can turn into traps A young girl digs a hole at the beach – but lifeguards want to remind beachgoers that it’s a danger.

A new beach safety rule in the City of Holmes Beach, Florida, prohibits digging holes deeper than one foot and bans metal shovels, while still allowing children's plastic toys for sand play.

Not just children In 2011, Matt Mina spent three hours digging a deep, 6-foot hole at 54th street in Newport Beach when the sand collapsed around him and buried him.