• Video Training
• Alerts and Fatality Reports
• Harzard Alert Posters

Safety in Excavations and Trenches
Publication ( 28 pages) prepared by Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour

Trenching Safety Tips
Fact sheet ( 2 pages) prepared by Ontario CSAO

Trenching Safety: Introduction to Trenching Hazards
Manual ( 33 pages) prepared by Ontario CSAO

Excavations
Publication (~5 pages) prepared by US OSHA

Trenching and Excavation Safety
Fact sheet (~3 pages) prepared by US OSHA

Excavations
OSHA standard detailing the difference between an excavation and a trench, as well as the dangers of trenching and excavation operation.
prepared by US OSHA

Confined Spaces/Trenching
Safety Video Catalogue ( 73 pages) prepared by Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour

Trenching Safety
Bulletin (~1 page) prepared by Department of Labour, Newfoundland & Labrador

NIOSH - NIOSH Warns of Danger of Trench Cave-ins
Publication (~2 pages) prepared by US NIOSH

NIOSH - Preventing Deaths and Injuries From Excavation Cave-Ins
Publication (~4 pages) prepared by US NIOSH

Hazard alert posters below prepared by WorkSafe BC

• Worker Dies When Excavation Wall Collapses ( 1 page)
• Worker Crushed to Death Between Tractor Canopy and Backhoe ( 1 page)
• Skid Steer Loader Tips Over ( 1 page)
• Safe Shoring Requirements ( 1 page)