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Trenching and Excavation Safety
What’s at Stake? Dig a hole in the ground and you have made an excavation. Excavations can be any size: wide, narrow, deep, or shallow. A trench is an excavation, too, if […]
FavoriteTrenching and Excavation: How to Avoid an Early Grave
Safety Talk What’s at Stake? Trenching and excavation work are among the most hazardous construction operations out there. On average, two workers are killed every month in trench collapses What’s the Danger? […]
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WHAT’S AT STAKE? One of the most dangerous forms of construction work is excavation labour involved with trenching and shoring. Excavation is defined as ground breaking or making trench in ground. Cave-in is […]
FavoriteExcavating and Shoring Guidelines Safety Talk
WHAT’S AT STAKE? Excavation work generally means work involving the removal of soil or rock from a site to form an open face, hole or cavity, using tools, machinery or explosives. It […]
FavoriteLocating Underground Utilities Before You Dig
WHAT’S AT STAKE? Every year, underground infrastructures and utilities are unintentionally struck across Canada. Unsafe digging could result in serious injury or death, fines and repair costs, or interrupted services. Although […]
FavoriteDig Deep for Trenching and Excavation Safety
What’s at Stake? The fatality rate for excavation work is more than 100 percent higher than the rate for general construction work. On average, two workers are killed every month in […]
FavoriteUneven Terrain
WHAT’S AT STAKE? Uneven ground can introduce several avoidable hazards, such as sloping slippery surfaces, ruts and furrows, and the risk of penetrating into voids hidden below the ground. Each year, health […]
FavoriteDon’t Let A Trench Be Your Grave
Danny Meggison was an experienced trench worker, but he made a big mistake that left his eight-year-old son without a father. The 43-year-old worker was in a narrow ditch replacing a […]
FavoriteDon’t Let a Trench Be your Grave – Spanish
¿QUE ESTÁ EN RIESGO? Las excavaciones y zanjas de más de 4-5 pies/1,2-1,5 m de profundidad (dependiendo de sus regulaciones federales, estatales y provinciales) requieren que haya un sistema de protección […]
FavoriteDon’t Let a Trench Be your Grave
What’s at Stake? Excavations and trenches more than 4-5 ft/1.2-1.5 m deep (depending on your federal, state, and provincial regulations) require a protective system is in place to protect workers from […]
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