Excavation & Trenching
Cost: $95 per participant / Contract Pricing Available
Length: 4 hours
CEUs: 4
Course Description:
Trenching & Excavation Safety – An Overview of the OSHA Standards pertains to the individual employees’ training requirements to receive information about the potentially hazardous conditions they may encounter during trenching / excavation operations.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality references professional organization publications in their rules, IE: "Safety Practices for Water Utilities" - American Water Works Association Manual
30 TAC 290.44(a) Design and standards.
References
OSHA – Occupation Safety & Health Administration –
29 CFR 1926 Subpart P Excavations
29 CFR 1926.650 - Scope, Applications and Definitions
29 CFR 1926.651 - Specific Excavation Requirements
29 CFR 1926.652 – Requirements for Protective Systems
OSHA – Occupation Safety & Health Administration –
29 CFR 1910.146 Permit-required Confined Spaces
29 CFR 1910.146 “Appendix E” - Sewer System Entry
29 CFR 1910.146 “Appendix F” – Rescue Team or Rescue Service Evaluation Criteria
TCEQ 30 TAC 290 and 30 TAC 217
Course Overview
- Conduct training for to develop safe work practices, meet state and federal regulations on Trenching & Excavation Safety and TCEQ CEUs.
- Include discussion covering the following topics:
- Identifying risks and hazards associated with excavations and trenches
- Determining the correct protective system based on soil type and job task
- Understand the role and responsibility of a competent person
- Identifying risks and hazards associated with trenches and excavations greater than 4 feet deep (confined space entry)
- Identify protective measures to minimize hazards including ventilation
- How to complete a confined space permit
- Present Trenching / Excavation Safety Awareness
- Incorporate active participation in the lesson.
- Provide an oral quiz or short evaluation at the end of the course.
- Ensure feedback from participants at various points in the training.
Overall Course Goals and/or Objective Statements
Upon successful completion of this workshop, the student will be able to:
- Identify and list hazards associated with excavations and trenching
- Obtain safe procedures to identify soil typing, benching and sloping, shoring, traffic and site control, access and egress and safe entry procedures
- Gain an understanding of who is a competent person and be able to conduct a trench or excavation inspection
- Know how to obtain and use available hazard information, forms and permits,
- Understand protective measures such as engineering controls, work practices to mitigate hazards, and how to select personal protective equipment,
- Be able to conduct an excavation hazard analysis, inspections of excavations and trenches and learn how to minimize or eliminate hazardous conditions
- Communicate hazard specific information to their fellow employees.