Excavation Safety Program Featured !

This procedure is designed to provide the minimum safety requirements in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Standard, 1926, Subpart P.

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Table of contents

1.0         OBJECTIVE

2.0         ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY

2.1         Employer

2.2         Program Manager

2.3         Employees

3.0         TRAINING

3.1         Training Schedule

3.2         Training Components

3.3         Training and Duties of Program Manager

4.0         EXCAVATION REQUIREMENTS

4.1         Utilities and Pre-Work Site Inspection

4.2         Surface Encumbrances

4.3         Underground Installations

4.4         Protection of the Public

4.5         Protection of Employees

4.6         Exposure to Vehicular Traffic

4.7         Exposure to Falling Loads

4.8         Warning System for Mobile Equipment

4.9         Hazardous Atmospheres

4.10       Personal Protective Equipment

4.11       Walkways and Guardrails

4.12       Protection from Water Accumulation Hazards

4.13       Stability of Adjacent Structures

4.14       Protection from Falling Objects and Loose Rocks or Soil

4.15       Inspection by Program Manager

5.0         PROTECTIVE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

5.1         Protection of Employees

5.2         Design of Sloping and Benching Systems

5.3         Design of Support, Shield, and Other Protective Systems

5.4         Materials and Equipment

5.5         Installation and Removal of Supports

5.6         Sloping and Benching Systems

5.7         Shield Systems

6.0         ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS

7.0         CHANGES TO PROGRAM

8.0         GLOSSARY