Section 1 Level Up as a Safety Officer - Excavations, Trenches, & Soil Mechanics
- Introduction: OSHA's Standard for Trenching Excavation & Soil Mechanics
- What you can do with this course. The OSHA Standard.
- OSHA's Trenching & Excavation Standard and an outline of this course
- OSHA's Standard for Excavations, Trenches, & Soil Mechanics
Section 2 OSHA & Employer Requirements
- OSHA's requirements and your employers duty to keep you safe
- OSHA's specific excavation and trenching requirements and protective systems.
- Apply Your 'Next Level' Safety Awareness To The Job ... Inspection Time!
- Employer & Employee Requirements
- Excavation or Trench
Section 3 Hazards, What Causes Cave-ins, and Confined Spaces
- Rewarding practices of on the job leadership and safety.
- Hazards, what causes cave-ins, and confined space
- Confined Space Excavation Hazards, and What To Look Out For That Could Kill You.
- Confined Space Hazards
Working safely, the Competent Person, Soil Types, and Soil testing
- Working in the trench, the Competent Person's roles, and soil
- The "Ocular Pat Down" and Soil Types and Conditions
- Job Site Soil Analysis
What to do before you dig, types of trench protection, and underground utilities
- Your Required Plan, Protection, and Stand-by Equipment Prior to Digging
- Impress your boss!! Appropriate protection while in the trench.
- Walking over and working near a trench
OSHA's Trenching and Excavation Fact Sheet
- An OSHA, quick reference, fact sheet. Please download and study.
Section 6: Safety tips & facts to take with you, a short video, and conclusion.
- Mission Complete!! Outro Video and THANK YOU!
