From the monthly archives:
‘‘Should I slope this trench, or should I use trench shoring and shielding equipment ? ’’ Contractors and utilities often ask the TrenchSafety staff this very question. So TrenchSafety developed a handy, easy-to-use, and FREE online tool that enables you to explore the “pros and cons” of both sloping and shoring/shielding. It Couldn’t Be Simpler to Use [...]
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The Importance of Locating Underground Utilities When opening an excavation, you must take extreme caution to ensure that you do not strike underground utilities. If you don’t, the results can be dangerous. And deadly. A tragic incident occurred in mid-November in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. A contractor was repairing a water line when his rubber-tired backhoe [...]
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