Addressing the most common causes of excavation, trenching, and shoring
violations, Excavation Safety provides you with the insight you need to
ensure compliance and protect workers' lives and company investments.
The author provides step-by-step methods for restricting workers from
hazardous areas, providing egress from excavations, protecting workers
from materials and equipment, selecting competent people to perform
self-inspections, and ensuring a protection system is in place. The
first part of the book explains the hazards of the excavation site and
the need for safe work practices. The second part contains all relevant
OSHA standards as well as extensive notes, annotations, and comments.
You will learn which actions should be taken at each site to eliminate
serious injury, work delays, and additional costs. Such actions include
evaluating soil conditions and structure, designing support systems to
guard against cave-ins, and conducting self audits to detect potential
problems. You will also examine pre-site considerations, including
educating workers about unmarked, undetected underground utility lines,
identifying employer responsibilities, and establishing a training
program based on OSHA's model of voluntary training guidelines. Each
chapter includes a content summary for quick reference, and the included
case studies provide examples of common excavation errors and the
corrective actions required to fix them.
