For any excavation greater than 5ft, workers must be protected from cave-ins by an adequately designed protective system e.g. shoring, shielding, slop...
Pipeline trenching with benched sides...
Excavation with wood shoring, wales in place, staircase to lower level....
Installing wooden sheeting, no fall protection on open sides....
Shoring not braced by screw jacks continuously throughout trench. Loose board above the workers. Ladder not visible....
Part of trench unsupported. Some shoring not braced by screw jacks. Loose board above workers heads. Ladder not visible in photo....
Photograph of excavation and shoring operations. Potential slip or trip hazard for jackhammer operator working at top of pile. Equipment operator usi...
Excavation site...
Badly supported scaffold, excavation beneath scaffolding not shored...
Hazardous waste workers, working inside small trench. Workers in class C protection equipment, Tyvek suits, gloves, booties, hard hats, 1/2-face ai...