Trenches and excavations poses various safety hazards to the workers who must work in and around them. What hazards and safety violations do you see in this photo?
- Part of the trench is unsupported; leaving workers exposed to cave-in hazards.
- Shoring is not consistently braced by screw jacks. This could allow the sides of the trench walls to collapse.
- The spoil pile of rocks and other materials is not far enough back from the edge of the excavation.
- Workers could easily be hit or crushed […]
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- Workers could easily be hit or crushed […]
