CIRMA Workshop: Trenching & Shoring; February 9, 2010

Workshop:

Trenching & Shoring

February 9, 2010
Danbury, CT
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Registration 9:00 AM

This seminar is open to CIRMA members only

SUMMARY

This workshop provides attendees a thorough understanding of the hazards of trenching operations and proper safety techniques.

Employee Safety Series

Trenching & Shoring is one of many informative workshops in CIRMA’s Employee Safety Series. This workshop is free to CIRMA members. For more information about this and other CIRMA workshops, please email CIRMA at cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.

"CIRMA’s Employee Safety workshops help prevent injuries, save lives, while reducing occupational health and safety training costs."

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Trenching and shoring is recognized as one of the most dangerous types of construction work. Every year over 1,000 preventable deaths occur in trenching and excavation-related accidents in the United States. Conn-OSHA standards are designed to prevent accidents from soil cave-ins, the leading cause of accidental death in excavation work.

Other hazards include working with heavy machinery; manual handling of materials; working in close proximity to traffic; electrical hazards from overhead and underground power-lines; and underground utilities, such as natural gas.

Topics covered in this workshop are:

Site Hazard Risk Assessment
Notification—Call Before You Dig
Emergency Planning
Guarding Protection with Barriers
Trench Boxes
Shields
Shoring
Benching and Sloping
Inspections for Safety Hazards
Soil Types Identification
Air Quality Tests
Fall Protection and Personal Protective Equipment Requirements
Site Audits
Recordkeeping

AUDIENCE This workshop is designed for:

Risk Managers
Public Works Directors and Supervisors
Public Works employees
Highway Supervisors and employees
Police

SPEAKERS Mark Wantroba
Senior Risk Management Consultant
CIRMA Risk Management Services Mark serves as a Senior Risk Control Consultant for CIRMA’s Risk Management Services. He has over 20 years experience working in the commercial insurance industry providing risk management and safety and health services. Mark holds a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Southern Connecticut State University. He also completed his M.S. in Exercise Physiology (Biomechanics) from the same institution. Mark is a Certified Safety Professional and holds the Associate in Risk Management and Associate in Loss Control Management designations. He has been a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers since 1989. WHERE HATTERS PARK
7 East Hayestown Road
Danbury, CT 06810
203-797-4650 COST per attendee This seminar is open to CIRMA members only and is free of charge

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For more information, please call Martin Connelly at 203-946-3743 or email cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.

DIRECTIONS

From the Hartford Area:
Merge onto I-84 West. Take the CT-37 exit, Exit 6, toward New Fairfield. Turn right onto North ST/CT-37. Turn Right onto Hayestown Avenue. Turn left onto Tamarack Avenue. Tamarack Avenue becomes East Hayestown. The park is on the right.

Via I-95 South:
Merge onto I-95 South. Merge onto CT-34 W via Exit 47 toward Downtown New Haven. Turn right onto Ella T. Grasso Boulevard/CT-10/CT-34. Turn left onto Derby Avenue/CT-34 West. Continue to follow CT-34 West. Turn Left onto CT-34/Roosevelt Drive. Continue to follow CT-34. Turn left onto Mile Hill Road. Merge onto I-84 West via the ramp on the Left toward Danbury. Take the CT-37 exit, Exit 6, toward New Fairfield. Turn right onto North ST/CT-37. Turn right onto Hayestown Avenue. Turn left onto Tamarack Avenue. Tamarack Avenue becomes East Hayestown. The park is on the right.

Via I-95 North :
Merge onto I-95 North. Merge onto US-7 N via Exit 15 toward Norwalk/ Danbury. Turn right onto US-7/Grist Mill Road. Turn left onto Main Avenue /US-7. Continue to follow US-7 North. Turn Left onto US-7/CT-33/Westport Road. Continue to follow US-7 North. Take Exit 5 toward CT-37/Downtown Danbury/CT-39/Bethel/CT-53. Turn slight right onto Downs Street. Downs Street becomes North Street/CT-37. Turn right onto Hayestown Avenue. Turn left onto Tamarack Avenue. Tamarack Avenue becomes East Hayestown. The park is on the right.

Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
900 Chapel Street, 9th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: (203) 498-3000
Fax: (203) 562-6314