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Safe Work Practices / Excavation and Trenching Ground Disturbance
  1. Hazards associated with ground disturbance

    • Collapsing from weather or equipment

    • Objects falling into the excavation

    • Oxygen deficient atmospheres

    • Toxic atmospheres
  1. Control measures include:

    • Sloping & Shoring requirements

    • Marking

    • Access and Egress

    • Spoil piles, etc.