14 Steps to Ensure Safety In and Around Trenches and Excavations — Part 1

Trench safety expert offers a detailed checklist of things your crews can do to plan for and eliminate dangers
14 Steps to Ensure Safety In and Around Trenches and Excavations — Part 1
There are a number of things right with this excavation: The worker is wearing personal protection equipment, he is inside the protective trench shield and there is a ladder in place for access and egress.

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 things you and your work crews must plan for to greatly reduce — and even eliminate — the dangers around trenches and excavations. Here we provide the first six items. In Part 2, we will present...

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