NIOSH Criteria Documents

Development of Draft Construction Safety Standards for Excavations: Volume I

May 1983
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 83-103 (Volume I)

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**TABLE OF CONTENTS**
Preface	83103V1A.PDF (8 pages, 170K)
Contents
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Analysis of Comments and Recommendation	83103V1B.PDF (51 pages, 1,777K)
3. Appendix: Workshop Input Document	83103V1C.PDF (64 pages, 2,126K)

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NIOSH Criteria Documents

Development of Draft Construction Safety Standards for Excavations: Volume I

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