Excavation and trench daily inspection checklist

It has 6 checks: Utilities were located and marked; Walls are sloped, shored or shielded as the plan requires; A safe way in and out is within reach of workers; Spoil and equipment are kept back from the edge; Water, cracks or soil movement have been checked; A competent person has looked at the trench today. 6 of them are critical.

Every day. Use it every day before anyone enters, and again after rain, a change in soil conditions, or anything else that could affect the walls.

Write down what failed, who will fix it, and by when. If a critical check fails, stop and fix it, or keep people away from the hazard, before the work goes ahead. In Reldro, a failed check can become a corrective action with an owner and a due date.

You can read it here for free. To use it, get it in Reldro. It arrives ready for you to edit to fit your site and procedures, your crew can complete it on a phone even without signal, and Reldro keeps each completed checklist with the site, the date, and who did it.

No. It's a starting point for your own inspection. Adapt it to your procedures and the rules where you work. Reldro doesn't certify that a site or job is safe or compliant.