This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavations, introduction of various types of shoring (wood timbers and hydraulic), soil classification, and use of protective systems.
Testing methods are demonstrated and students participate in workshops in the use of instruments such as penetrometers, torvane shears, and engineering rods.
Upon course completion of students will have the ability to assess employers’ compliance with the OSHA Excavation Standard, utilize soil testing methods to classify soil types, determine protective systems for excavation operations, and training requirements.
Distinguished 24 years career as an occupational health and safety security and environment (OHSSE) professional in heavy industrial settings, Binh Pham has demonstrated accuracy in dealing with hazardous work practices and conditions. He is competent in providing OHSSE consultations for functional departments and businesses and in providing regulatory compliance and site HSE audits and risk assessments. Binh strives to ensure businesses to develop and maintain a zero-injury safety culture through employees and contractors safety, health and environment training. He has provided loss prevention and risk management consulting parts to a variety of oil and gas, power, manufacturing, construction, and retail/distribution with a track record of satisfying results without Lost Time Injury (LTI) thorough his career.
