- Author
- Yokel, F. Y. | Stanevich, R. L.
- Title
- Development of Draft Construction Safety Standards for Excavations. An NBS/NIOSH Publication. Volume 1.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV
- Report
- NBSIR 83-2693; DHHS/PUB/NIOSH-83-103, April 1983,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- construction industry; excavation; trenching; shoring; safety engineering; regulations; construction equipment; meetings; industrial accidents
- 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. The key section of the report presents an analysis of industry response and resulting recommendations. The document is a record intended to aid OSHA during subsequent stages of the rule-making process.