Ingress = something from outside coming in This concept of ingress and egress traffic has also come into the spotlight regarding digital traffic and effectively managing that traffic flow - as more and more employees work from home, digital traffic patterns have changed right along with physical patterns. Doors that were previously two-way have been changed to one-way to allow folks to ingress and egress while limiting human contact. Grocery stores have implemented traffic patterns to allow people to move between aisles. Social distancing while dining outside at restaurants. Wearing masks at hair salons and barbershops. Metal ladders should be used with caution, particularly when electric utilities are present.2020 came with a lot of changes to daily life.
Ingress and EgressĪccess to and exit from the trench require the following conditions: The incident was obviously investigated, and the root cause established was insufficient planning of the excavation works as a safe access/egress was not provided for the personnel entering the trench.Īfter a certain amount of research, we hired a number of Haki staircases which we now use on a daily basis for access in and out of excavations. The latter is what we did here on the Q block Aseptic construction facility a few months ago, only for one of the engineers to trip over on some loose terrain while entering the excavation and for him to fall onto the concrete blinding and injuring his arm and leg. HSE recommends numerous ways to comply with ‘safe access’ obvious methods are the use of a ladder, stepping back an excavation, and benching a slope to provide a walkway into the trench. Other persons may be designated and trained as competent persons.Īccess and egress into excavations over the years has sometimes been a bone of contention.The following persons are considered competent persons: Unless identified as having no opportunity for cave-in by a competent person, excavations less than 5 feet in depth are subject to all requirements of this policy and applicable OSHA regulations. Contractors will not be allowed to enter an excavation created by SUNY Geneseo personnel unless all applicable OSHA regulations are complied with.ĭue to prior disturbances and filling activities, all soils on the SUNY Geneseo Campus are classified as Type C Soils. These regulations must be followed prior to allowing anyone to enter an excavation.Ĭontractors, whether contracted to SUCF, DASNY, SUNY Geneseo, or other entities, are wholly responsible for compliance with all applicable OSHA regulations while working on the SUNY Geneseo campus or adjacent properties. The purpose of this blog is to assist SUNY Geneseo employees in their understanding and comprehension of the inspection and protective systems requirements of the OSHA Excavation regulations. OSHA has produced an Instructional Manual, CPL 2.20B CH-3 (August 22, 1994) which is appended to this Policy detailing the requirements of the OSHA regulations. Entering excavations, or “man-made cuts, cavities, trenches, or depressions in an earth surface, formed by earth removal” are governed by OSHA and PESH regulations on the State University of New York campus at Geneseo.
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