Excavation and Trenching Protective Systems: Toolbox Talk Video

(Spanish CC Available)

This is an English course that has an option for learners to turn on closed captions and change the language to Spanish in the setting options once they begin the course.

Este es un curso de inglés que tiene una opción para que los estudiantes activen los subtítulos [CC] y cambien el idioma a español en las opciones de configuración cuando comiencen el curso.

Excavations and trenches are generally protected from collapse by one of four major protective systems; benching, sloping, shoring, and shielding. In this short video toolbox talk, we have fun illustrating the differences between these protective systems using items typically found in your home kitchen.