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Excavation, Trenching and Shoring

Scope and Application:

This policy sets forth the official practices required for excavations made by Company employees on property owned by the Company or contracted work performed by company personnel.

General Requirements:

All excavations shall be made in accordance with the rules, regulations, requirements, and guidelines set forth in 29 CFR 1926.650, .651, and .652; the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's standard on Excavations, except where otherwise noted below.

Procedures:

A competent person shall be placed in charge of all excavations. Underground utilities must be located and marked before excavation begins. Employees are not allowed in the excavation while heavy equipment is digging.

Inspections:

The competent person shall conduct inspections:

• Daily and before the start of each shift by using the DAILY EXCAVATION CHECKLIST found at the end of this chapter

• As dictated by the work being done in the trench.

• After every rain storm.

• After other events that could increase hazards, such as snowstorm, windstorm, thaw, earthquake, dramatic change in weather, etc.

• When fissures, tension cracks, sloughing, undercutting, water seepage, bulging at the bottom, or other similar conditions occur.

• When there is a change in the size, location, or placement of the spoil pile.

• When there is any indication of change or movement in adjacent structures.

(For excavations 4 feet or greater in depth, a trench inspection form shall be filled out for each inspection.)

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