# Federal Register
1 - 1926.650 - 80:25365-25526 - Confined Spaces in Construction; Final Rule - PDF
2 - 1926.650 - 77:72781-72783 - Standards Improvement Project--Phase IV - PDF
3 - 1926.650 - 54:45894-45991 - Excavations; Construction; Trenching; Shoring; Sloping; Benching;Final Rule
4 - 1926.650 - 53:5280-82 - Excavation
5 - 1926.650 - 52:12288-339 - Excavation
# Letters of Interpretation
1 - 1926.650 - Manufacturer's Tabulated Data in the design and application of trench safety systems.
2 - 1926.650(b) - Can a person who qualifies as a "competent" person under one section of support P also qualify as a competent designer of structural ramps under 1926.651(c)(1)(i)?.
3 - 1926.650 - Permissibility of using average excavation depth to determine protective system requirements for the excavation.
4 - 1926.650(b) - Registered professional engineer approval requirements for combination trench shield and sloping system trenches with a depth greater than 20 feet.
5 - 1926.650 - Registered professional engineer approval requirements for manufactured trench protection systems deeper than 20 feet.
6 - 1926.650 - Clarification of utility "owner" as used in the Safety and Health Standards for Excavations, Underground Installations.
7 - 1926.650 - Trench shield must extend 18" above excavation walls when below grade.
8 - 1926.650 - Stacking trench boxes in trenches.
9 - 1926.650 - Classification and subsequent designs may be used if they have been approved by a registered professional engineer.
10 - 1926.650 - Testing of type C soil is not necessary if employees are adequately protected.
# Regulations
1 - 1926.650 - Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart.