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Excavation or Trench Inspection Checklist

by Matthew Fairhurst, from the Community

This excavation and trench inspection checklist helps teams identify and control hazards before work begins. Inspect excavation depth and width, soil type, protective systems, spoil placement, access and egress, utilities, weather and wet conditions, hazardous atmospheres, and support systems. Verify competent person oversight, PPE use, and emergency readiness to prevent cave ins, struck by incidents, and other risks.

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Excavation and Trench Daily Inspection Checklist
This daily excavation and trench inspection checklist helps crews identify and control hazards before work begins. It covers site and soil conditions, protective systems, utility locating, entry and egress, weather and water management, hazardous atmospheres, and PPE. Prompts guide a competent person to verify guardrails, setbacks, shoring or shielding, ventilation, ramps and ladders, emergency equipment, and safe work practices around heavy machinery. Use it to document findings, attach photos, record recommendations, and sign off inspections to reduce the risk of cave-ins, struck-by incidents, and other excavation-related injuries.
by Unearthllc User, from the Community
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Excavation and Trench Daily Inspection
Use this excavation and trench daily inspection checklist to help a competent person assess site conditions before work. Verify soil type and stability, select appropriate protective systems such as shoring, sloping, and trench shields, confirm utility locates and color codes, ensure safe access and egress, manage water and weather, test for hazardous atmospheres, and confirm PPE. Includes a recommendations section and sign-offs.
by Cameron Hughes, from the Community
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Excavation or Trench Daily Inspection
This daily excavation and trench inspection checklist helps supervisors and competent persons assess site conditions and control hazards before work begins. Verify soil type, protective systems such as sloping, benching, shoring, or certified trench shields, and confirm utilities are located and protected. Check access and egress with secured ladders or engineered ramps, exclusion zones, and traffic controls. Review equipment and lifting requirements, PPE, and guard against hazardous atmospheres with testing and ventilation where needed. Include wet weather precautions, water removal, and post-rain inspections. Use this template to document findings, photos, recommendations, and sign-off to support WorkSafe and OSHA compliance and keep crews safe.
by john smith, from the Community
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Trenching and Excavation Checklist and Permit
Use this trenching and excavation checklist and permit to conduct daily inspections before work begins. Verify soil type, protective systems, spoil placement, barriers, ladders and egress, guardrails and warning systems, utility locating and marking, wet condition controls and dewatering, hazardous atmosphere testing and ventilation, PPE and visibility, and equipment safety. Includes fields for project details, photos, recommendations, and signatures from the competent person and site representative to document compliance and reduce cave-in and struck-by risks.
by Brandon McCurry, from the Community
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Excavation and Trench Daily Inspection Checklist

This daily excavation and trench inspection checklist helps crews identify and control hazards before work begins. It covers site and soil conditions, protective systems, utility locating, entry and egress, weather and water management, hazardous atmospheres, and PPE. Prompts guide a competent person to verify guardrails, setbacks, shoring or shielding, ventilation, ramps and ladders, emergency equipment, and safe work practices around heavy machinery. Use it to document findings, attach photos, record recommendations, and sign off inspections to reduce the risk of cave-ins, struck-by incidents, and other excavation-related injuries.

by Unearthllc User, from the Community

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Excavation and Trench Daily Inspection

Use this excavation and trench daily inspection checklist to help a competent person assess site conditions before work. Verify soil type and stability, select appropriate protective systems such as shoring, sloping, and trench shields, confirm utility locates and color codes, ensure safe access and egress, manage water and weather, test for hazardous atmospheres, and confirm PPE. Includes a recommendations section and sign-offs.

by Cameron Hughes, from the Community

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Excavation or Trench Daily Inspection

This daily excavation and trench inspection checklist helps supervisors and competent persons assess site conditions and control hazards before work begins. Verify soil type, protective systems such as sloping, benching, shoring, or certified trench shields, and confirm utilities are located and protected. Check access and egress with secured ladders or engineered ramps, exclusion zones, and traffic controls. Review equipment and lifting requirements, PPE, and guard against hazardous atmospheres with testing and ventilation where needed. Include wet weather precautions, water removal, and post-rain inspections. Use this template to document findings, photos, recommendations, and sign-off to support WorkSafe and OSHA compliance and keep crews safe.

by john smith, from the Community

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Trenching and Excavation Checklist and Permit

Use this trenching and excavation checklist and permit to conduct daily inspections before work begins. Verify soil type, protective systems, spoil placement, barriers, ladders and egress, guardrails and warning systems, utility locating and marking, wet condition controls and dewatering, hazardous atmosphere testing and ventilation, PPE and visibility, and equipment safety. Includes fields for project details, photos, recommendations, and signatures from the competent person and site representative to document compliance and reduce cave-in and struck-by risks.

by Brandon McCurry, from the Community

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