- Author
- Yokel, F. Y. | Stanevich, R. L.
- Title
- Development of Draft Construction Safety Standards for Excavations. An NBS/NIOSH Publication. Volume 2.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV
- Report
- NBSIR 83-2963; DHHS/PUB/NIOSH-83-2693, April 1983,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- construction industry; excavation; trenching; shoring; safety engineering; regulations; construction equipment; meetings; industrial accidents
- Identifiers
- occupational safety and health
- Abstract
- A record of an interim stage in the development of revisions to existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations governing excavations, trenching and shoring practices in the construction industry, Subpart P 29 CFR 1926, is presented. The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) prepared a working draft of recommended changes to the regulations based on previous NBS technical studies. Five regional industry workshops were held to discuss the proposed revisions. Included in the report is a copy of the recommended revisions, which were submitted to the workshops, and a record of industry's response in the form of suggestions, commentary and summaries of workshop activities.