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- Trenching and Excavation - Overview | Occupational Safety and Health . . .
Describes how soil analysis should be conducted to determine appropriate sloping, benching, and shoring for preventing cave-ins and how employees should be trained on all trenching hazards before beginning work
- Trenching and Excavation Safety
Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous construction operations The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Excavation standards, 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1926, Subpart P, contain requirements for excavation and trenching operations
- Trenching and Excavation Safety - Occupational Safety and Health . . .
OSHA standards require that employers provide workplaces free of recognized hazards The employer must comply with the trenching and excavation requirements of 29 CFR 1926 651 and 1926 652 or comparable OSHA-approved state plan requirements
- Trenching and Excavation - Construction | Occupational Safety and . . .
Trenching and excavation hazards are addressed in specific standards for the construction industry This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to trenching and excavation
- Trenching | Transcript - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
One of the most dangerous types of construction work is trenching, which kills, on average, 40 workers every year Workers can suffer death or serious injury within minutes of being caught in a trench cave-in
- Trenching and Excavation - Additional Resources | Occupational Safety . . .
This OSHA video shows one of the steps, classifying soil, that employers must follow so that trenching work can be done safely This video is not intended to be a complete educational tool, instead it is meant as an introduction for people who want to know more
- eTool : Construction - Trenching and Excavation | Occupational Safety . . .
The primary hazard of trenching and excavation work is employee injury from a cave-in Before workers enter a trench, a soil analysis should generally be conducted to determine the appropriate employee protection methods such as sloping, benching, shoring or shielding
- Prevention Videos (v-Tools) | Construction Hazards - Trenching . . .
Prevention Video (v-Tool) Excavations in Construction Trenching (Excavaciones en la Construccion Excavaciones)
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