Water must be controlled to prevent cave-ins. Surface water must be diverted or controlled. The competent person must inspect the trench after each rain storm. Of course, in this photo there are even more problems, like no trench shield, for starters.
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 steps you and your work crews must plan for to greatly reduce — and even eliminate — the dangers around trenches and excavations. Here we provide the final eight items. Part 1 of this article...
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