Protect your team through clear Excavation, Trenching, and Shoring Safety in Construction instruction on causes of trench collapses and protective systems to prevent collapses.
The Excavation, Trenching, and Shoring Safety in Construction program builds practical awareness and supports consistent workplace decisions. Key outcomes include the ability to spot causes of trench collapses, spot protective systems to prevent collapses, and summarize types of soil classification. The material also helps learners explain the role of the competent person on-site. Practical examples connect the subject to routine tasks, expected procedures, and decisions employees may need to make on the job. Learners finish with a clearer understanding of what to look for, how to respond, and when to raise a concern or seek additional guidance.
The examples covered are type C, Type B, Type A, and stable rock.
A competent person is a person who has been trained to recognize possible hazards and have them corrected at any point during the excavation. They are responsible for performing all inspections and ensuring the proper protective systems are in place.
The examples covered are shielding, shoring, sloping, and benching.
Any trench over 5 feet deep need to be protected from a cave-in, trenches deeper than 4 feet need to have a ladder system for entry and exit, ladders need to extend 3 feet out of the trench for ease of access, spoil piles are expected to be kept at least 2 feet from the trench edge, and one competent person needs to be on-site at all times.
Learners are taught that the presence of moisture in the soil, weather conditions, nearby vibrations, the type of soil, and the location of the spoil pile are all conditions that may lead to a trench collapse during excavation.
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