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At TrenchSafety, one of our main jobs is helping contractors, utilities, and municipalities like you complete your work more efficiently, at reduced costs, and in the safest ways possible. That’s exactly the purpose of our latest book, “Basic Principles of Working Safely in Trenches & Excavations.” All too often, following one of TrenchSafety’s training classes [...]
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Let’s assume your employer (company or utility) has an excellent safety program. You’ve been trained and designated as the “Competent Person” on project excavation sites. All the workers on your crew have been appropriately trained. You use trench-protection systems on your job sites. You have an emergency plan in place, and so on. Let’s also [...]
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Are You Guilty of Any of the Following? OSHA recently released a list of the most frequent construction violations they cited between October 2010 and September 2011. For the first time in many years, fall protection has taken the lead as the most frequently cited standard, replacing scaffolding. But scaffolding comes in a close second. [...]
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