Trenching & Excavation Safety
Compliance with OSHA’s Trenching & Excavation Standards saves lives, and can help your company avoid costly OSHA citations & Penalties.
OSHA’s excavation standard requires your company to have a “Competent Person” on the site during critical operations, and all employees must be trained on the hazards of trenching & excavation work.
AGC Safety Training Program:
OSHA
Trenching & Excavation
“Competent Person Training”
Training time: 4 Hours. Information to be presented: There is no excuse for a worker to be hurt or killed by a cave-in. OSHA regulations (1926.651) require that all “daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems shall be made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions. An inspection shall be conducted by the competent person prior to the start of the work and as needed throughout the shift.” This course provides the knowledge to meet this requirement.
Hazards, Review of Accidents, and the Human Factor
o Dangers of excavations
o Case studies
o Human factors involved
Laws, Policies & Penalties
o Federal
o State – Texas
o Civil & Criminal Liability
Soil Mechanics
o Factors influencing soil strength
o Factors influencing cave-ins
Job Planning & Excavation Safety Plans
o Traffic control INSTRUCTOR: Alfredo Lopez-ESC Audits
o Utility NotificationDate: Thursday April 29,
o Site Preparation Time: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
o Determining soil typesLocation: AGC – Harlingen
o Determining the safe method Costs for AGC Members: $40.00 per person
Three ways to provide cave-in protection Cost for Non Members: $50.00 per person
o Slope
Determining the safe angle
Sloping and Benching
Multiple benching
o Shoring
Screw Jacks
Aluminum Pneumatic
Aluminum Hydraulic
o Shielding – Trench Boxes
Certification
Installation, moving and removal
Access & Egress
Class size will be limited to the first 20 to register. Telephone 956-423-4091 or Fax 956-423-0174