Excavation & Trenching toolbox talks

Accumulating water, pumps monitored by a competent person, diversion, and why wet ground is Type C.

4 feet triggers a way out, 25 feet of lateral travel is the limit, and the ladder moves with the work.

The 2-foot minimum, equipment counts too, and why a pile at the edge forces a flatter slope.

Why Appendix A takes one visual AND one manual analysis, the field tests, and why hard dry sand is still Type C.

Locate tickets, the APWA color code, the tolerance zone and private lines — what 1926.651(b) requires before the first bucket.

The 5-foot rule, the two exceptions, slope/shore/shield, egress within 25 ft and the daily inspection.