Trench Safety

As described briefly in the Chapter 9, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established trench safety requirements as set forth in , and the outlines additional construction project safety requirements.
The LG is responsible for including the appropriate provisions for trench safety into the bid documents and for coordinating with the TxDOT district office during construction. Details regarding specific trench safety requirements that must be followed and properly documented are found in of this Manual. Procedures that must be followed to implement these requirements are described in the Chapter 7.