Pipe burst sewer and open trench

[@mwrcrft]

Another great video , I do enjoy the pipe burst pulling deal.

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

I do too!

[@martincooperbradford]

Not to jump on the OSHA wagon here. A Trench collapse takes about .5 seconds - same time that it takes the average human to realize something is happening (no time for reacting) - A Cubic yard of soil can weigh 3K lbs (3’x3’x3’). Plumbers are usually bent over in a trench - imagine getting hit with 3K+ lbs on your back - probably break it. I say this as a 20+ year commercial plumber and an ex OSHA 30 instructor. Add the shoring materials and time into the contract. Not to mention - if anything ever happened to one of your workers - you have given them the golden ticket with videos like this - shows a jury a total disregard to safety - this would be a willful violation - that my friend is huge $$$, and can also turn into Criminal - Look up Atlantic Drain in Boston and the owner Kevin Otto, he was sentenced to a year in jail, for criminal negligence. Two of his workers were buried in a trench when a unsupported fire hydrant main let go. The were basically in quick sand and drowned / buried in mud. Two families lost loved ones - no trench box or shoring and an unsupported 8” water line. Do the right thing for your workers!

[@chrisnelly2518]

If your company has insurance then you better be careful showing a man in a 8' hole with no shoring. It's lot cheaper to make a bigger / wider hole than paying for a lost of life

[@PRC533]

Spoil pile was too close to the edge as well and I was cringing watching that guy stand right next to hydraulics under intense pressure (and frankly underneath the bucket of that mini-ex). One pinhole and he's in a world of trouble.

[@ChrisPlotz]

It’s really not though.

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

Bigger/wider holes are more likely to colapse fyi

[@Graffenwehr]

That's nice work you guys did!

[@RAIDERD87]

Alot of u guys worried about the shoring😂 I DO AGREE WITH U BUT!!! if that dude and his crew dont care i dont either it is wat it is … me personally woulda packed my shit and left theres plenty of plumbing companys looking for lic. Plumbers 🤘🏽

[@Eagle7834]

Another straight cut ditch with someone down there. Unreal

[@TheGuccibane]

Watching a fiction TV series? Eh no thanks.. Watching specialty tools doing specialty tasks? You friggin bet your bottom dollar!

[@jeffjones4006]

I’ve been on breaks where 36” pipe was fused and connected to ductile pipe

[@azmrblack]

How do you guys ensure the fall of the pipe is correct along the entire run?

[@KevinSmith-be3or]

The fall on the pipe isn’t their problem, it’s the other things they failed on.

[@ChrisPlotz]

What machine are you using to do you pull

[@digger_jon2778]

If you cant setup shoring you have zero right to be digging earth plain and simple you and your employees lifes are worth the investment

[@jimanderson4495]

Thanks

[@brianmay530]

Why would you ever have a ladder in a hole with no shoring on KZbin? Guess I answered my own question… osha will see it

[@PRC533]

They were right to have a ladder in the hole, but they were using the wrong ladder and using it incorrectly at that. There are very many other things wrong with that setup as well, I gave a very detailed explanation in another comment but it's been crickets so far.

[@alanlofts1653]

Where’s the shoring

[@MrBurnsSoFunny]

shores or props used to support or hold up something weak or unstable.

[@alanlofts1653]

Probably quarter million dollars worth of equipment on job site and can’t afford shoring for safety unbelievable

[@kcplumbingandrooter]

Awesome observation

[@roberthernandez1985]

That is a pretty deep coffin ⚰️ to be working in lol KC we use the hydraulic shoring jacks they’re cheap and easy to use and lightweight

[@penstateftw422]

@@roberthernandez1985 and you cant rent hydaulic shoring from rental places for 160 cad a day, give u 6 jacks and like 12 plates lmao. i guess a guys life is worth less than 130 usd

[@haloplumbingservices1340]

Shoring......lol.....time is $$$$ and OSHA not around.....

[@PRC533]

Looks like every excavation I ever rolled up on when I had that job. It only takes seeing one dead body underneath a few tons of dirt to convince you that proper shoring is always necessary.

[@KevinSmith-be3or]

Any plumbing company with Rooter in it, makes me cringe.

[@philiphorner31]

Another job ignorant of trench shoring. You get away with that until you don't.

[@s0nnyburnett]

Only bachelors allowed in the pit or does nobody give a shit?