Trench & Shoring

The trench inspection that has to happen every morning a crew works below grade, not just once at kickoff.

Trench conditions change with rain, vibration, and depth as digging continues, so yesterday's inspection means nothing today. A QR tag at the entry point ties the record to that specific excavation.

No app install to inspectWorks with no signalPer-tenant data isolationTimestamped photo evidence

How it works

Three steps from sticker to audit trail

No rollout project and no training day. The tag on the trench box is the entire interface.

1

Tag every trench box

Durable QR labels arrive pre-registered to your account. Nothing on the sticker identifies you — the link between tag and company lives on the server.

2

First scan sets it up

Scanning an unclaimed code walks you through naming the trench box, choosing a checklist and setting how often it needs checking.

3

Every scan after is the record

Anyone with a phone sees when it was last inspected and files the next one. Overdue trench boxes surface before an inspector finds them.

On the checklist

What a trench box check actually covers

Start from a checklist that already knows the job, then change anything you want. Daily before entry, and again after any rainfall, vibration, or other hazard-increasing event..

  • Shoring or trench box rated for depth and soil type
  • Spoil pile set back at least two feet from edge
  • No standing water or seepage at base
  • Ladder or ramp within 25 feet of workers
  • No cracking or tension fissures at edge

Why it has to be provable

OSHA 1926.652

Requires daily inspection of excavations by a competent person before employee entry and after any hazard-increasing event such as rainfall.

Cited as a guide to what auditors look for. Confirm the edition and any local amendments that apply to your site — adoption varies by jurisdiction.

Conditions change hour to hour on an open trench. Doesn't a single inspection just create false confidence?

Each entry gets its own scan, so the record shows exactly when the trench was last checked, not a stale sign-off from the start of the job. If conditions change after rain or a vibration event, that's a new scan, not an assumption riding on an old one.

Why teams switch

Built for competent persons on excavation crews; the person entering the trench documents the check.

The spreadsheet was never the problem. Proving the check actually happened is.

Evidence, not assertions

Every inspection carries its timestamp, the person who filed it and the photos they took. A record that cannot be back-dated is worth more than one that can.

Overdue surfaces itself

Assets past their interval are flagged on the dashboard and emailed to whoever owns them, so a missed check is noticed by you and not by an inspector.

Anyone can file one

Contractors and temporary staff scan and inspect without an account or a licence. You pay for assets tracked, not for seats.

What good looks like

The numbers an auditor asks for

< 30s

Scan to filed inspection

100%

Inspections with a timestamp and author

0

Apps for an inspector to install

7 yr

Evidence retained and exportable

Put a tag on your first asset today

Start with one checklist and one label. Nothing to install, and the record is yours to export whenever you want it.

Trench & Shoring Inspection Software — QR Inspection Tracking