Safe Digging
These people onsite must review locates and confirm it matches marks on ground
Who is EVERYONE? (Crew, hydrovac operator, mechanical operator, Supervisor)
A protective system must be in place at this depth before workers are permitted to enter the trench.
What is 1.2 meters or 4 feet?
This is the maximum distance a ladder can be from any worker in a trench to ensure safe egress.
What is 7.5 meters or 24.6 feet?
This digital platform is used by Rabcon crews to report, track, and document soil conditions on site in real-time.
What is SoilFlo?
When your boom is about to play limbo with a hydro line, this is the person you call to get those lines lifted and keep things shock-free.
Who is Jessica?
These are the excavation methods you must use when digging within the restricted clearance of underground utilities.
What is hydrovac and hand digging?
To prevent workers from exiting the shoring system to access this, it must be placed inside the support system, at ALL times near a worker.
What is a ladder?
This is how far a ladder must extend above the landing area in an excavation to ensure safe access and exit.
What is 900 millimeters or 3 feet?
Rabcon uses this digital platform to complete safety forms, inspections, time-off requests, and daily reporting from the field.
What is Wijs?
When you’re checking your bank account on Friday and it’s not empty, you can thank this magical being who processes your payroll (and tolerates your late timesheets).
Who is Sandra?
The minimum distance any tools, debris, material, or dirt piles must be placed away from an excavation edge.
What is 1 meter?
This designated person must always be present when a worker enters a trench, acting as a safety watch and communicating with workers below.
Who is a topman?
This is the minimum height a support system, such as shoring or a trench box, must extend above the top edge of an excavation.
What is 0.3 meters or 11.8 inches?
Rabcon was the first company in Ontario to achieve this updated version of the provincial safety standard certificate.
What is COR 2020?
Soil tracking is a regulatory requirement, and when you're unsure if your logs are done right, these are who you call for clarity.
Who are Project Managers (Louie, Peter)
This is the minimum distance you must maintain from an UNEXPOSED utility when using mechanical excavation equipment.
What is 1.2 meter?
This is one of the least stable soil type, often previously excavated, and known for collapsing to a 45-degree slope when dry and slabbing off when wet.
What is Type 3 soil?
This is the minimum space that must be maintained between excavation walls to ensure safe working conditions.
What is 450 millimeters or 17.7 inches?
Rabcon earned this internationally recognized certification in 2025, to demonstrate its commitment to global occupational health and safety standards.
What is ISO 45001?
This is the person who gets stuck playing detective when defective items show up with no tag, no note, and no clue what's wrong.
(Always tag out defective items!)
Who is Angelo?
This is the minimum distance you must maintain from an EXPOSED utility when using mechanical excavation equipment.
What is 0.3 meters?
These two activities must never be performed while a worker is inside a trench, as they can lead to sudden collapse, engulfment, or struckby.
What are adjusting shoring and backfilling?
Excavations deeper than this must be protected with a barrier or guardrail at least 1.1 meters (3.6 feet) high to prevent falls.
What is 2.4 meters or 7.9 feet?
This is what Rabcon delivers to communities by installing and replacing critical underground infrastructure like watermains.
What is clean, safe water?
Their phones never stop ringing, their calendars are packed, and somehow they still greet you with a smile (sometimes). They’re the reason crews know where to go every day - the masterminds behind the Daily Schedules.
Who are Dino and Cathy?