From the category archives:
Soils . . . and Their Classification When employees must work in a trench or excavation, it is extremely important to know the characteristics of the soil where the excavation exists. Soil must be classified by the onsite “Competent Person,” and proper steps taken to ensure worker safety. It’s the law. There are two important [...]
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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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A Video Camera in the Right Place, at the Right Time Unfortunately, we often hear about yet another trench cave-in that kills a worker. But rarely is there someone around with a video camera when a collapse occurs. Well, that is exactly what happened in the video below. And the person with the video camera? [...]
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