# Directives
1 - National - CPL 02-00-087 [CPL 2.87] - Inspection Procedures for Enforcing the Excavation Standard, 29 CFR 1926, Subpart P
# Federal Register
1 - 80:25365-25526 - Confined Spaces in Construction; Final Rule - PDF
2 - 54:45894-45991 - Excavations; Construction; Trenching; Shoring; Sloping; Benching;Final Rule
3 - 53:5280-82 - Excavation
4 - 52:22799 - Excavation
5 - 52:12288-339 - Excavation
6 - 39:10216-23 - Excavation
# Regulations
1 - 1926.651 - Specific Excavation Requirements.
# Standard Interpretations
1 - 1926.651 - Evaluation of the use of aluminum forms as an exit route from trench excavations.
2 - 1926.651 - Use of hydro-vacuum excavation equipment and other acceptable means to locate underground utility installions.
3 - 1926.651 - Acceptable methods to locate underground utility installations; evaluation of hydro-vacuum excavation.
4 - 1926.651 - Clarification of utility "owner" as used in the Safety and Health Standards for Excavations, Underground Installations.
5 - 1926.651 - Use of explosion proof certified equipment inside of pipes and manholes.
6 - 1926.651 - Fall protection requirements where employees are required or permitted to cross over excavations.
7 - 1926.651 - Confined space standard for general industry.
8 - 1926.651 - Confined space standard for general industry.
9 - 1926.651 - Requirement for Air Sampling in trenches.
10 - 1926.651 - Clarification of Standards
11 - 1926.651 - Clarification of Competent and Qualified Person, as it Relates to Subpart P.
12 - 1926.651 - Trenching requirements as it relates to banks and shoring.
13 - 1926.651 - Clarification of excavations, trenching, and shoring standards.