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While installing culverts and other drainage facilities, most construction companies like to use the trench safety equipment. These machines are strong enough to break hard rocks and eliminate the debris to make the installation of such culverts possible. These machines READ MORE
Excavation has long been considered an extremely dangerous but necessary part of construction work making a trench safety system incredibly important. Any time workers are below ground level they are at risk from cave-ins. A trench collapse can easily lead READ MORE
Workers who dig or excavate trenches are at risk of death if they enter an unprotected trench and there is a trench cave-ins.However, hazards associated with trench work and excavations are well defined and preventable. There is no reliable warning READ MORE
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that an average of about 70 people die every year due to cave-ins from trenches and that another thousand or so workers get injured every year from cave-ins. Ninety-five percent of these incidents have READ MORE
Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous construction operations. OSHA trench definition is any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in the earth’s surface formed by earth removal. Also, OSHA trench definition is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is deeper READ MORE
According to the OSHA Act, it is the responsibility of the employer to ensure the safety of their employees in the workplace. The OSHA trench safety mission is to ensure that all workplaces are healthy and safe for the people working there. READ MORE
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.650,29 CFR 1926.651, and 29 CFR 1926.652, Subpart P, Excavations, states that the greatest construction site risk is excavating. To reduce the probability of injury and potential for death, contractors are required by the Occupational Safety and READ MORE
Shoring which is the same as waling, is the approach of moving vertical support panels downward along the face of the trench wall surface. Cross-members or dental braces are positioned vertical to the trench wall face at a 90-degree angle. READ MORE
When trench shoring safety systems are not used in excavations, bad things take place. Professional staff members are killed or injured each year when trenches collapse on them. How to avoid such misfortune appears sufficiently easy: Shore up walls or READ MORE
Atmospheric testing is called for prior to employees get in an excavation above 4 feet (1.22 meters) in depth where an oxygen shortage or a harmful environment exists or can fairly be anticipated, such as in excavations in landfill locations or READ MORE