Whsmp · OPW16/0021

                                                                                      SWMS:07 – Excavation & Trenching
Safe Work Methods
                                                                                                                                                                Responsible
                                                                                  H                         Controls / Work Methods                                              Residual Risk
                                                                                                                                                                Person/s for
           Job Steps                   Potential Hazards         L    C    R      O                  1. Eliminate 2. Substitute 3. Isolate 4. Engineer
                                                                                                                      5. Admin 6. PPE
                                                                                                                                                                 Monitor &
                                                                                  C                                                                                              L    C    R
                                                                                                                                                                   Review
Notification (Victoria)          Not notifying authorities of    C    3   H       5      A notification is to be made to the authorities at least 3 days     Hutchinson        D     3    M9
                                 proposed excavation (applies             13              before the excavation work is to commence.                          Builders
(If excavation outside the       in Victoria)                                            The notification is to include:
parameters of building                                                            5        a) The name of the employer;
permit.)                                                                                   b) The date of notification;
                                                                                           c) The name and contact details of the person directly
                                                                                               supervising the excavation work;
                                                                                           d) A description of the type of construction work
                                                                                               proposed:
                                                                                           e) Whether explosives will be used in carrying out the
                                                                                               proposed excavation;
                                                                                           f) The dates on which the excavation work is likely to
                                                                                               commence and be completed; and
                                                                                           g) The location or locations of the proposed excavation
                                                                                               work.
Locating Underground             Contact with underground        C    4    E      5      Prescribed information such as (type of service, location of        Hutchinson        D     4    H
Services                         services                                 18              service, depth of the service, if the service is live if it is an   Builders                     14
                                                                                          electrical service and any restrictions to be followed in doing     Foreman
                                                                                          the work) is to be obtained from appropriate sources and
                                                                                          recorded in writing.
                                                                                         The prescribed information is to be given to each person
                                                                                  5       who is to do the excavation work at or near the location of
                                                                                          the service.

                                                                                  5      The performance of the excavation work is to consider the
                                                                                          restrictions to be followed in doing the work.
                                                                                         Underground services are to be identified by a detection
                                                                                  5       service to determine depth and location.
Performing excavation and        Reducing the stability of       C    5    E      5      No work is to take place adjacent to a building or structure        Workers           D     4    H
trenching work                   nearby structure                         22              such that it may undermine or make unstable the building                                         14
                                                                                          or structure.                                                       Geo-Technical
                                                                                                                                                              Engineer
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