Employers should take the following site worker safety steps to protect workers from injury while working with excavators or backhoe loaders. Site Workers Train site workers to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions and to follow required safe work practices that apply to their work environments. Make all workers on the site aware of the machines’ […]

Employers should take the following site set-up safety steps to protect workers from injury while working with excavators or backhoe loaders. Site Set-Up Contact local utilities and other responsible parties to locate overhead and underground utility lines before beginning work. Avoid working near overhead power lines. If you must work near them, develop a plan […]

Download OSHA’s ‘Protect Workers in Trenches’ poster: Prevent trench collapses and save lives: SLOPE or bench trench walls, SHORE trench walls with supports, or SHIELD trench walls with trench boxes. At Ron Meyer & Associate Excavating, Inc, we’ve been providing underground and commercial construction to private and commercial businesses for 39 years. As the general contractor or […]