Safety Skillopedia

Excavation or trench is a manmade cavity required to perform various kind of jobs like building foundation, reservoirs, making roads in construction, oil and gas or in several other service industries however working in excavation is a hazardous job, workers working in excavation may face different risk factors an excavation is any man-made cut into the earth's surface formed by earth removal, a trench is a narrow excavation with a depth greater than its width but is no wider than 15 feet using protective systems and safe work practices can minimize trenching hazards for workers.   Picture: Excavation in progress at a Mining Site  The biggest risk workers face during trenching and excavation work is the risk of death from soil caving in but other potential hazards do exist including workers falling into a trench hazardous atmospheres caused by toxic gases fumes or vapors entering the trench materials or objects falling into an excavation such as dirt removed from a trench ...

Construction plays major role in development of a nation, a large number of people commonly earn their butter and bread from construction industry and run their family expenditures. On one hand where it offers you lucrative jobs and salaries this sector requires extremely hard and perilous works where if safety regulations not followed one can meet with unpleasant moments including injuries or even death. What makes you safe while working on a construction site, we will be talking in next few minutes in our today’s blog:  Let's start with what you'll be wearing at construction site, you've got to be properly dressed at the worksite at a minimum that means hard hat long pants heavy-duty work boots with a non-skid sole a shirt with sleeves a safety vest or bright colored shirt and eye protection check your hardhat to make sure that's in good condition if there's tears in the suspension or holes in it you'll need a new one during the course of a normal work day y...