Trenching and Excavation Safety Online Safety Training
This Trenching and Excavation Safety online safety training course is convenient and easy to use. Individual employees can train at a time that is convenient for them, at their own pace. The system automatically tracks their progress in the course along with any completed quiz scores and bookmarks the learner’s place to make it easy to resume training if training is interrupted. Upon completion of the course, and a 100% score, the employee will then be able to print a certificate of completion.
Employers no longer need to pull large groups of employees off the job to complete their safety training.
This online training course can help you:
Meet compliance-based safety requirements
Reduce risks of accidents and injury on and off the job
Lower insurance premiums, workers compensation claims and lost work hours
Improve employee morale and retention
This course covers required training on the hazards and safety principles unique to trenching and excavating including: planning factors, site assessment, different excavation methods, confined space requirements, general safety principles, causes of excavation and trenching related fatalities, cave-ins, and recognizing hazards present during trenching and excavation work.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the health and safety concerns unique to trenching and excavation
Identify the applicable confined space requirements associated with trenching and excavation
Specify trenching and excavation safety principles
Identify the purpose of the site assessment
Identify the causes of excavation and trenching related fatalities
Identify causes and preventive actions associated with excavation cave-in accidents using the Deaths and Injuries from Excavation Cave-ins
NIOSH ALERT
Intended Audience:
Employees involved with trenching and excavation operations at the workplace.
