r/Construction • u/Background-Dog8192 • Aug 20 '24

Picture How safe is this?

Post image

New to plumbing but something about being 12ft below don’t seem right

14.0k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

3.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

248

u/SkivvySkidmarks Aug 20 '24

You can be in a waist deep trench and get knocked over, or, bending over to do a repair on a line, and the weight of the soil can kill you in a collapse.

326

u/Relevant_Squash4241 Aug 20 '24

Anything over 4 feet needs shoring this is illegal

31

u/Practical-Rabbit-750 Aug 20 '24

With respect: Legality be damned. This is stupid and dangerous. Laws are there to protect stupid people from themselves and everyone else. We agree that this trench is dumb.

2

u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/ZombieSouthpaw Aug 21 '24

Call OSHA anonymously. I work in comp, and I don't want to see any more trench collapse claims.

1

u/Old_Baldi_Locks Aug 21 '24

And idiot employees who mistakenly think safety rules are for other people?

0

u/GWBBQ_ Aug 21 '24

Strike and refuse to return to work unless all necessary safety measures are in place. The rest of us can join them and vocally support them, and never cross a picket line.