Excavation and Trenching Safety Guideline
Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous operations in construction. New types of excavation equipment and strict enforcement of…
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Caught Between Hazards: One of Construction’s Fatal Four
To reduce the high number of injuries and deaths that occur on construction sites, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,…
Tunneling Safety
Tunneling work is widely carried out in the construction of the railway, road projects, and irrigation This work is specialized…
Major Safety Concerns for Construction Workers
According to OSHA, about 6.5 million Americans work at more than 250,000 construction sites across the United States on any given day.…
Online Quiz:Construction Safety -Excavation
Excavation failures are particularly dangerous because they may occur quickly, limiting the ability of workers (and in some cases others…
Hydro Excavation
Hydro Excavation is the process of removing or moving soil with pressurized water. An air conveyance or vacuum is then…
Trenching and Excavation Safety
George Kennedy is supervisor can recall multiple incidents involving unprotected workers and trench cave-ins. Unfortunately, some of those stories have…
Tool Box Talk: Excavation
Trenches are potential killers. The majority of fatal trench accidents occur where the depth is less than 1.5m. A cubic…
Excavation and Trenching:Training Materials
The grantee developed safety training materials regarding the recognition and abatement of excavation and trenching hazards. Training materials include an…
Operator dies when forklift falls off loading dock
These flashes summarize the key matters and incidents, allowing wider dissemination of lessons learnt form them. The information below has…
Worker struck, killed by outrigger
These flashes summarize the key matters and incidents, allowing wider dissemination of lessons learnt form them. The information below has…