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Trenches: The Dirt Doesn't Warn You

One toolbox talk, one page, ready to print. The sign-in sheet is on the same sheet as the talk, so the meeting and your training record are one piece of paper.

A cubic yard of dirt weighs as much as a small car. When a trench wall lets go, it doesn't rumble first, it just goes, and a man buried to the chest can't breathe against that weight.

Talk it through

3 more talking points are on the sheet.

Walk the job

If there's an open excavation on or near this job, look at it from a safe spot. Check protection, access, and spoil distance.

Ask the crew

Reference printed on the sheet: OSHA 1926 Subpart P, excavations

What you get

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The whole year

All 52 weeks, one for every week of the year, ordered by season so the talk matches the weather. The Toolbox Year: 52 Toolbox Talks, $19.

Try one first, free

The heat talk is free, no email needed, no strings. Take it and run it Monday.

Training aid, not legal advice. It supports your company's safety program and current OSHA standards, it doesn't replace them. One purchase covers your company: print all your own crews need, on all your own jobs.

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