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SUBJECT: EXCAVATIONS SITE:
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OPEN EXCAVATIONS!!!
HOW DO I PROTECT EXCAVATIONS?

SOLID BARRIERS
POST VISIBLE WARNING SIGNS
EMERGENCY LIGHT AFTER HOURS
REMOVE SOIL HEAPS FROM EDGES
BRACE / SUPPORT WALLS

WHAT IS A SAFE ACCESS TO AN EXCAVATION?

A LADDER
POINTS TO NOTE:

1. PLACE WATCHMAN FOR HIGH RISK OPERATIONS

2. USE LIFE LINES WHERE NECESSARY
3. INDUCT WORKERS IN THE SAFE WORKING
METHOD
4. INSPECT EXCAVATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
LEGISLATION
5. APPOINT A COMPETENT PERSON TO INSPECT
6. NO MACHINERY WORKING CLOSE TO EDGE
WHILST
WORKER BUSY IN EXCAVATION
7. BE VIGILANT WHEN HIGH RAINFALL COULD DE-
STABILISE THE WALL SIDES
8. IS THERE AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN
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