Excavation Safety: General Requirements Cont’d

General Requirements Continued:

• Do not permit employees to go underneath the loads of lifting or digging equipment.
• When hazardous atmospheric conditions exist or you can reasonably expect them to exist, test and control the atmosphere to prevent exposure to harmful levels.
• Removable-type steel casings, and individually manned lifelines and harnesses are needed to protect employees in bell-bottom pier holes. Follow confined-space entry procedures.
• Employees must not work in excavations in which there is accumulated water unless they follow necessary safety precautions.
• Additional underpinning, shoring or bracing may be required when adjoining utility lines, foundations, walks and footings are endangered.

• Store spoils, equipment and other materials that can pose a hazard at least 2 feet away, or use effective retaining devices.  

Additional Requirements will be reviewed tomorrow.