Safety Talk

What’s at Stake? Maintenance workers may be involved in new landscaping, plantings or playground equipment footings with the aid of a shovel or powered digging equipment. Digging also encompasses excavation and trenches. The former is a hole left in the ground as a result of removing material. The latter is an excavation in which the depth exceeds the width. What’s the Danger? All digging whether it is confined to landscaping, plantings or to working in a trench has serious health and safety concerns. To start with, all digging including trenching and excavation work, is inherently dangerous work. Studies show that excavation work is […]