Engineer’s Corner: OSHA Soil Types and Their Impact on Shoring Systems
September 16, 2017
In almost all cases, a Competent Person must first classify soil in accordance with the OSHA Appendix A Soil Classification prior to selecting open cut sloping or a manufacturer shoring system for a project. The appendix outlines three soil types in descending order of stability, Type A, Type B, and ...
Slide Rail System Used to Provide Deep Manhole Installation for Pump Station Project.
September 16, 2017
A coastal South Carolina contractor recently installed several manholes as part of a pump station improvement project. The excavation would require a linear run of 12-ft with a width of 16-ft and a depth of 20-ft. The contractor on site classified the sandy soil as a Type C-80 soil. ...
Slide Rail System Provides Necessary Soil Support for Manhole Installation in Roadway
September 16, 2017
A utility contractor recently completed construction and installation of two new manholes between high traffic roadways. The contractor estimated the excavation for the first manhole needed to be 16-ft long and 16-ft wide excavated to a depth of 24-ft. The second manhole had a linear run of 20-ft with a ...
Engineer’s Corner: Trench Shield Inspection and Repair
August 11, 2017
It is well understood that the use of shoring equipment requires regular inspection and maintenance. Understanding how to inspect a shoring device, what needs to be focused on and how to make practical decisions about what is observed is not so clear. Steel shoring shields have very long life times, ...
Slide Rail System Provides Positive Shoring Alongside DOT Roadway
August 11, 2017
A contractor had been tasked with setting a new manhole inlet tying into an existing 60 -in storm drain, which would ultimately help regulate storm water for toll roads. The excavation would require a 12-ft square excavation to a depth of 16-ft in what the contractor had classified as a ...
Slide Rail System Used For Campus Infrastructure Project
August 11, 2017
A contractor was extending a drainage tunnel as part of infrastructure support for a growing Texas university. The contractor would need to excavate 300 lineal feet to a depth of 12-ft and with a width of 16-ft to accommodate the 10-ft square drainage tunnel. The contractor had classified the sandy ...
Engineer’s Corner: National Trench Safety Develops a New Lecture Series
July 17, 2017
OSHA Subpart P was promulgated starting in 1970 when Federal OSHA was established and adopted it as a “National Consensus Standard” in 1989. At that point it became a law that employers had to adhere to and could be cited for violating it. In my personal opinion, the standard has ...
Davit Arm Solves Jobsite Safety Need
July 17, 2017
A Mid-Atlantic contractor was installing piping and pumps in a 30-ft deep wet well. The contractor needed a safe way to lower equipment into the wet well and allow the crew the tools to complete the project, as the site would not have sufficient room to install scaffolding. The contractor called ...
Steel Sheeting Guide Frame System Provides Necessary Soil Support
July 17, 2017
A contractor was performing a storm water infrastructure upgrade tying drainage into an existing manhole. The project would require a 16-ft long, 12-ft wide and 14-ft deep excavation in a sand and clay mixture that the Competent Person had classified as a Type C soil. The project occurred on a ...
National Trench Safety Announces Opening of New Fort Worth, Texas Operation
June 12, 2017
HOUSTON, T.X.—National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety equipment, trench and traffic safety engineering, and OSHA-compliant training classes, announced today the opening of a new branch operation in Fort Worth, Texas. “We’re excited to be strengthening our presence ...
