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 …

Trenching and Excavation Safety Trench collapses, or cave-ins, pose the greatest risk to workers’ lives. When done safely, trenching operations can reduce worker exposure to other potential …

requirements for excavation and trenching operations. This booklet highlights key elements of the standards and describes safe work practices that can protect workers from cave-ins and other …

Shoring is the provision of a support system for trench faces used to prevent movement of soil, underground utilities, roadways, and foundations. Shoring or shielding is used when the …

The references on this page provide information related to trenching and excavation in construction including OSHA's trenching and excavation construction regulations, hazard …

The competent person can choose from different protective systems for a trench, based on the types of soil found. For all trenches deeper than 5 feet deep or for any trench that shows signs …

Where the stability of adjoining buildings, walls, or other structures is endangered by excavation operations, support systems such as shoring, bracing, or underpinning shall be provided to …

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 …

Appendix C to Subpart P of Part 1926—Timber Shoring for Trenches (a) Scope. This appendix contains information that can be used timber shoring is provided as a method of protection …

Excavations in Construction/Trenching (Excavaciones en la Construccion/Excavaciones)