CONTROLS

• All excavations must be conducted under a Bardavcol issued Excavation Permit.

• A Dial Before You Dig (DBYD) enquiry must be submitted for all excavations, and further visual inspections undertaken for the services.

• All services identified in the DBYD must be physically located to ensure they will not be damaged during excavation.

• All requirements of the Asset owners must be met.

• All excavations deeper than 1.5m must be benched, battered, or shored appropriately.

• All excavations over 1.5m must have a rescue plan in place.

• All excavations over 3.0m require workers to be harnessed and a davit arm setup for rescue.

• Plant and other items must keep out of the zone of influence of the trench.

• Workers must not be in the trench when the excavator is digging, and must remain outside of the slew zone of the machine at all times.

• No one can work outside of the Shoring/Battered/Benched area when in the trench.

• Edge protection must be installed for all excavations over 1.5m.

• All excavations must be fenced off from access after-hours, and covered if practicable.