SAFE WORK PROCEDURE

FORM 5.19.3 SWP NO: 01 REV: 01

DEPT/SECTION: Civil Works EMPLOYEE JOB TITLE: Foreman, Labor, Helper
STEP JOB TASK TITLE: Excavation
JOB STEP POTENTIAL HAZARDS CONTROLS OBSERVATION
# Steps in the What could cause injury, loss, Required to minimize/eliminate hazard
process/task damage, interruption or
pollution

1 Mechanical Excavation  Contact with buried UG  Competent person shall conduct inspection Acceptable
use of services, prior to excavation operation to plan and
excavator/backhoe  Collapse of excavation oversees operation and able to recognize any
 dust, weather condition, existing or potential excavation dangers.
fall of  Competent person shall determine the type of
personnel/material to soil and the safety measures to be execute.
the excavation,  "As-built" drawings shall be reviewed prior to
 hit by excavator or tool the start of digging any excavation in order to
used for manual identify the presence, type and location of
excavation buried services.
 Contact with existing  If it is suspected that underground services are
facilities and buried in a radius of 10 meters within the
equipment’s planned location of the excavation, or if a
 Damage to existing doubt exists regarding the accuracy of the as-
underground utilities built drawings, scanning for buried utilities
(water/flooding, power must be performed with appropriate
& or communication equipment operated by a competent person.
outage), respiratory  The exact location of buried services shall be
problem, dehydration, noted on the documents pertaining to the
sunburn, heat stress, excavation (e.g. risk assessment, permit to
fatal injury, damage to work, Point of Work Risk Assessment) and
materials/property marked on the work location in accordance
 Electrocution to with the local standards (flags, painted, etc.)
personnel that caused prior to digging the excavation.
serious injury and even  Hand digging must be considered when
fatality digging an excavation near a known buried
service. Hand digging is mandatory when
excavating near any flammable or explosive
STEP JOB STEP
# Steps in the What could cause injury, loss,
process/task damage, interruption or
2 General requirements
after Excavation
3 General Housekeeping
and removal waste
materials generated
from sites
Personal Protective Equipment (Check the box for required PPE)
POTENTIAL HAZARDS
pollution
 Falls into trenches or
excavations
 Tripping over
equipment,
 Debris and spoil
 excavated material or
other objects falling on
workers
 Unstable adjacent
structures
 Mishandled or poorly
placed materials
 incidents involving
vehicles and other
mobile equipment
 Improper handling
Contact with sharp
edges
 Obstruction on
passageway
 Exposed with dust
 Slip, trip and fall
CONTROLS OBSERVATION
Required to minimize/eliminate hazard
service.
Acceptable
 All exposed cables and pipes shall be
adequately protected and supported when an
excavation is opened.
 Barricade & safety signs to be in place , proper
PPE's be used , toolbox talks regarding
excavation safety, signal man/banksman
availability
 Means of prevention for vehicle and workers
falling in to the excavation or causing collapse
(e.g. stop block, hard barrier)
 Slope and step(sloping/benching) to be
maintained to prevent collapse
 Warning signs to be installed; Walling
protection to be made for excavations on a
sandy type soil
Acceptable
 Use of proper PPE's
 Manual handling techniques & proper
ergonomics orientation
 Waste segregation and proper removal of
waste at site
 Provision of waste bins and proper disposal of
waste generated from the site
 Proper training and awareness in dealing with
waste and hazardous material
STEP JOB STEP POTENTIAL HAZARDS CONTROLS OBSERVATION
# Steps in the What could cause injury, loss, Required to minimize/eliminate hazard
process/task damage, interruption or
pollution
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