Basic Principles Of Working Safely In Trenches Excavations

Basic Principles of Working Safely in Trenches & Excavations

All too often, following one of TrenchSafety's training classes about working safely in trenches and excavations, someone from the audience will come up to the instructor. They want to talk about a cave-in that happened on a job site where they were working that resulted in a serious injury . . . or a death. In all the stories, the effect is profound. Friends lost. Families shattered. The sights and sounds permanently burned into their memories. "It was all so sudden. And there was nothing I could do," they always say. But such incidents don't have to happen. Trenching and excavation work can be done safely. The tools and techniques to avoid injury and death are readily available. In this book you learn about those tools and techniques. Plus so much more: The Competent Person. How to evaluate the soil you're working in. OSHA's standards. The Manufacturer's Tabulated Data. The 5-foot Rule. When to use a Registered Professional Engineer. And more. Save lives. Reduce your costs. And work more efficiently. Are there three more important reasons to work safely in trenches and excavations?"

Principles of Construction Safety

The construction industry has not had a good record on health and safety and faces tough legal and financial penalties for breaches of the law. This book provides a unique resource for all those who construct or procure the construction of projects of all sizes and in all countries and for clients who need to keep abreast of their own and their contractors' responsibilities. It gives practical guidance on best practice, including: measuring performance and recording information developing a safety policy and method statements assessing risk training and understanding people the basics of the construction/environment interface The book addresses several topics not found in other reference works, discussing techniques of health and safety and basic environmental management as applied to the industry. It uniquely provides 50 quick reference guides setting out solutions to common problems. These include falls, manual and mechanical handling, work with asbestos and noise. It also summarises the main UK legal requirements on construction safety and health and includes a number of useful checklists and model forms. Written by a very experienced health and safety practitioner, who is also author of the highly successful IOSH book Principles of Health and Safety at Work, this book will be welcomed by all responsible for health and safety. It will also provide an excellent text for the NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) Construction Safety and Health national certificate.

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