What does OSHA require when employees work in excavations where water is accumulating?
Correct Answer
C) Protection from hazards caused by water accumulation using appropriate controls.
Employees may not work in excavations with accumulated water unless protected by adequate precautions.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Employees may not work in excavations with accumulated water unless protected by adequate precautions.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Treat the condition as requiring no controls if production is urgent
In site construction, No controls if production is urgent is the wrong selection for Excavation water accumulation: the choice would not get the project to Protection from hazards caused by water accumulation using appropriate controls.
Option B: Base the excavation water accumulation response on a daily report note only
The trap in B is Only a daily report note. That selection is wrong because the option delays or omits the controlling step.
Option D: Limit excavation water accumulation to a deeper trench only
Choice D (Only a deeper trench) is rejected because it tries to bypass the Excavation water accumulation checkpoint.
Memory Technique
File excavation water accumulation under a cover note: condition first, number or duty second, answer Protection from hazards caused by water accumulation using appropriate controls.
Reference Hint
Open OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P; EPA Construction General Permit concepts where applicable; use OSHA 1926.651(h) to confirm that Employees may not work in excavations with accumulated water unless protected by adequate precautions.
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