Trench Safety Rescue Awareness

Hours
2-16 hours

Description
Each year workers are killed and disabled in excavation and trench cave-ins in California. Almost all of these accidents result from failure to shore or slope the trench or from inadequate shoring or sloping. This course provides guidelines based on CAL/OSHA standards for shoring, sloping, and benching.

Topics

Students will be instructed on safe rescue awareness practices:

• Before rescue - site/cave-in inspections and rescue action planning
• Suggested outlines for emergency shoring and safe zones
• When a trench is also a confined space
• Safe removal of victims
• Post-rescue activities