Richards Excavating employs policies regarding the safe operation of its employees and equipment for all operations and locations. All safety policies and procedures comply with current OSHA standards specific to those tasks/operations, additional safety policies are used for any task that is identified to be hazardous or specific locations where either the location or the operations are noted to cause a specific hazard. Richards Excavating works with all parties to incorporate their specific safety goals and requirements into their operations to insure compliance with more stringent safety regulations and insure the safety of its employees. Some of the General Policies regarding safety are: