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et's assume your emplDy2r(a company ora *  'v-H- __, _ - ,V
utility) has an excellent safety pmgmrn. You've Vt » :. _‘ 4 it‘
been trained and designated as the ”Compet2nt l.’ -4 3, 5»: '> 4
Person" on proiect excavation sites.All the 4 7  _,. , , Q r t

workers on your crew have been appropriately trained. ‘ 1‘, \' 1' ‘ . ,_ -. _ Ir» -;-«L
You use trench-protection systems on youriob sites. You ' \ _.  ' * . _~5 .\ _
have anemergency planinplace, and so on. . M  ‘ tic -» " V I 7/ -_v ‘
Let's also assume that another contractor at another  . ‘ _ p r ,'"
site nearby the one you're wnrkmg on has taken a few ',, ‘C ‘ — (X.

shortcuts. suddenly, one of that contractor'sworlcers _ . » 2

comes yelling: "A man's been buiiedl we need your helpl" v . ‘_

"There's been a cave—in!" A i

what do you do? Below am some suggestions fl 

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- stay calm. Ltn‘ ..: 1' V

- Take charge of the ,ob site untilatrained team, headed _ _ _ V

by an "Infidel" Cvfllmmler" (“'2 ‘M W" "W1 by IC,‘,."..?Il‘lIL‘,’,'L'.,,”v”T..”".§ 7.'a‘.,'J?’,'L}.‘§.' 1’f£‘a'I$C”a'ff}.‘17.';TJ"£!Z‘l.LZ1.}I' ",.i'.7§."tI7’r'iYl‘Z [,".‘a"a"‘.‘,'.’*
firefighters and rescue/recovery teams), arrives. W ,0 ,‘,,,,,,,,,,‘,N,m “'

- sarely get everyone who is not trapped out of the l. < _  —- -
trench Account tor all workers. »_ , 

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- Call 911 and/or the company's rescue team and 1: 5‘ -, ‘9 a  ;‘ .- _ a;
report the cavern If the construction site is difficull to ' E .t»' J  i
find, designate someone to meet the trained rescuers at a 1' ,/ l;
readily identifiable address urlandmark and direct them » \ : ~’ . K r- 1, 1
to the cave-in lncatlon. _ ‘ i r » ¢“ . I ' v
- Keep everyone who is not directly involved in the ’ ' r:.(" \  I‘ " '
rescue/recovery at least we teet from the trench or » i r '
excavation r ' '
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- Shutdown all equiprnentereept pumps that are being L. , ;_ . / -’ , 
used to remove waterin the imrnediatevicinityotthe ;_-' 4 _V ,;»v - ‘ _ r “' _ -
cave-in» (2.  1 t ‘ V, :Tu2:—\-".~"“‘.§e;«*.s!4"~>j;_3;
- Slop or re.route traffic that might create vibrations and /3 ' ' , — '_ ,- ‘ ' ~  "‘ ,:-.:‘."1 2 _‘ '
eause a secondary cave-in. -  ' -' ~- ~*- - '
- Doc--=mrw.=d-s ”'"*‘“'““'“‘*“’“'**'°%°r .7£'.‘;i‘}5'a‘§‘.'iii.fif,.£§‘Zfi}.%H51?f,5;?.Q1£T;J:i;’£:L:S3“3i3§§1i353;;I;T.L:‘J:‘ZTi£:iS§“"
excavator. suoh equipment may iurther lnlum the victim m,,,W

‘ D” “°‘ ‘“"‘°‘’‘ ‘*‘{"“"‘“" ‘‘“’'° °’ °'1“‘P"““‘ “WY - The resence ui an otentiall harrniul atrnos heres

can be helpiul in locating the victim P Y P Y P

, , - The location and condltiun of all underground utilities
ln addition, the following intorrnation should be gathered;
There may be a very stxong temptation to iump down into the
‘ N“"“’“ °‘ ""°"‘°" ‘”PP°‘ trench and try to dig the victim out Do not do it. untrained, or ill-
. whm .1“ v.m,,.(,) was 1“ men equlpped, "rescu£r~"’ trequently become victims themselves from
secondary caveins
- The time the :2|vtz<in occurred
or course, the one Ihlng LhaI'~ better than all these measures is

‘ “-9 dvvth of the trend‘ avoiding a cave-in in the first place. Do it right the flrsl time so

. 11.9 59“ mm thata rescueis never necessary

- An estimate of how much soil has collapsed on the REMEMBER Use Prmedivn---1| Will save 3'0"‘ lift .
victim
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