- Author
- Salomone, L. A. | Yokel, F. Y.
- Title
- Proceedings, Federal Workshop on Excavation Safety, September 19 and 20, 1978.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 79-1935, December 1979,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- excavation; trenching; safety engineering; meetings; accident prevention; soil classifications; engineers; guidelines; shoring
- Abstract
- A two-day workshop was held to obtan opinions from knowledgeable people on tentative conclusions and recommendations of a NBS Study on excavation safety. The workshop agenda included a series of presentations on Tuesday, September 19, 1978 and a series of group discussions on Wednesday, September 20, 1978. The topic areas covered in the group discussions were: soil classification; acceptable measures to protect workers against death by caving of banks in trenches and excavations; and, role of the professional engineer and engineering guidelines. This report summarizes and synthesizes opinions expressed in these group discussions and presents comments provided by correspondence after the two-day workshop.