A new GC or municipal contract
Prime contractors and public owners often ask for your written trenching program and competent person records.
Industries / Excavation, trenching & utility contractors
For excavation, trenching and underground utility crews
Is your trenching program written the way Subpart P reads?
Cave-ins, utilities, water and bad air: Subpart P covers a lot of ground. Upload your excavation program and safety manual, and we check them point by point against the OSHA excavation rules, quoting your document wherever it addresses a rule.
When owners use it
The moments your paperwork gets asked for.
Training a new competent person
Make sure what your program says matches what you teach and what the standard requires.
After a near miss
A wall sloughs or a utility gets hit, and you want to know what your paperwork says and what's missing.
What we check
The rules your documents are checked against.
From the Construction Safety (OSHA 29 CFR 1926) rule pack. Each finding names the rule it's measured against and, where your document addresses it, quotes your words, checked word for word.
- Locate underground utilities before digging29 CFR 1926.651(b)
- Protective systems in excavations 5 feet or deeper29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1), (b), (c)
- Ladder or ramp within 25 feet in trenches 4 feet or deeper29 CFR 1926.651(c)
- Spoil piles and loose rock kept away from the edge29 CFR 1926.651(j)
- Air testing and rescue equipment where a hazardous atmosphere could exist29 CFR 1926.651(g)
- Protection from water in excavations29 CFR 1926.651(h)
- Daily and after-rain inspections by a competent person29 CFR 1926.651(k)
- Stability of nearby buildings, walls and sidewalks29 CFR 1926.651(i)
- Traffic, falling loads, equipment near the edge, and walkways29 CFR 1926.651(d), (e), (f), (l)
Plus the basics every employer needs (13 rules)
- OSHA "Job Safety and Health – It's the Law" poster29 CFR 1903.2
- OSHA injury and illness records (Forms 300, 300A, 301)29 CFR Part 1904
- Reporting severe injuries and deaths to OSHA29 CFR 1904.39
- Hazard Communication program29 CFR 1910.1200 (construction: 29 CFR 1926.59)
- Form I-9 employment eligibility verification8 U.S.C. 1324a; 8 CFR 274a.2
- Wage and hour records and minimum wage poster29 CFR Part 516 (poster: 29 CFR 516.4)
- Equal employment opportunity: "Know Your Rights" poster42 U.S.C. 2000e; 29 CFR 1601.30
- Written anti-harassment and complaint procedureEEOC Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (2024)
- Family and Medical Leave Act notices29 CFR 825.300
- EEO-1 Component 1 annual report29 CFR 1602.7
- Workers' compensation insuranceState workers' compensation law (varies by state)
- Business licenses and permits kept currentState and local licensing law (varies)
- General liability insurance kept currentContract / licensing requirement (varies)
We check your written program, not your soil classification or protective system design. Tabulated data and engineered systems still need a competent person or a registered professional engineer.
Deep checks
Go point by point on one topic.
A deep check reads all of your documents against one topic the way an inspector would go down a checklist, and marks each point met, partial or missing. Topics for this industry:
Excavations and trenching (a point-by-point check of Subpart P)Silica dustOSHA injury records and reporting
Deep checks come with the One-Time Report and the monthly plans.
What to upload
Start with the documents you already have.
- Excavation and trenching program
- Safety manual
- Daily excavation inspection forms
- Competent person training records
PDF, Word or plain text. Please don't upload personnel files, patient records or anything with Social Security numbers: the check only needs your policies and programs.
Compliance information and organizing tools, not legal advice. Have your safety or HR person confirm the findings that matter most.
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