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Redpoint Trenching and Excavation Safety Checklist

by Mike Ferris, from the Community

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Use this comprehensive trenching and excavation safety checklist to support safe digging operations and consistent compliance. Verify competent person responsibilities, removal of surface hazards, protection from cave ins, and daily inspections. Confirm utility locating and current tickets, proper access and egress with ladders, and controls for water accumulation and hazardous atmospheres. Check soil classification and select the right protective system including sloping, shoring, or shielding. Review PPE, fall protection, electrical safety, equipment condition and alarms, confined space entry, housekeeping, traffic control, and readiness of fire extinguishers and first aid. Designed for construction crews to reduce risk and meet OSHA 1926 Subpart P.

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