United Rentals to Hold Trench Safety Training This Week
United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company, today announced an online trench safety educational session that takes place on June 19 to support the 2024 Trench Safety Stand Down. The free webinar will equip attendees with the knowledge to ensure safe excavation practices and enhance trench safety.
Trench Safety Stand Down, which takes place June 17-21, 2024, is a North American initiative focused on trench and excavation hazards and reinforces the importance of using trench protective systems and protecting workers from trenching hazards. It encourages companies to conduct or participate in safety activities that review hazards related to working in and around trenches and excavations in infrastructure, oil and gas transmission and gas distribution projects.
“Safety on the jobsite is paramount,” said TJ Bryson, trench safety region sales and marketing director, United Rentals. “At United Rentals, we believe safety powered by productivity is the best way to protect workers and prevent damage to structures and infrastructure. Our trench safety stand down training session provides an excellent learning opportunity for teams to equip themselves with the essential knowledge to help operations run smoothly and safely.”
Trench Safety Stand Down Training Webinar
The webinar, Understanding Trench Safety Essentials, addresses commonly misunderstood aspects of trench safety. Anyone can attend this online educational session, and webinar sessions will be conducted:
- June 19 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. EDT
- June 19 - 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT
To register, go to the United Rentals Trench Safety events webpage.
Among the commonly misunderstood trench safety issues to be discussed in the webinar are:
The 20 Foot Rule. The United Rentals Trench Safety team will clarify the 20-foot-deep rule and explain the many circumstances that may require engineer approval at shallower depths.
Limitations of Protective Systems. OSHA guidelines and manufacturer recommendations on protective systems can conflict. The team will clarify the rules on tabulated data to help guide crews for safe and compliant excavations.
Trench Shield Usage. The United Rentals team will discuss common questions and uses for trench shields, tabulated data and restrictions or modifications.
United Rentals Trench Safety provides safety through underground solutions and safety training. With more than 92 trench safety locations and North America's largest shoring and underground excavation rental equipment fleet, United Rentals provides customers with customized, cost-effective trench safety and excavation rental solutions. Additional information about United Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.