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Excavation & Ground Disturbance Safety

Excavation: A man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression formed by earth removal.
Trench: A narrow excavation. The depth is greater than the width, but not wider than 4.57 m (15 feet.)
Each year in the construction and hydrocarbon industries many workers are injured & killed due to failure to
follow common safe work practices during excavation work activities.
Excavation Inspection Tag
Common Excavation Hazards
• Damage to underground utilities (electrical, FOC Cables, Pipe lines
etc.
• Excavation cave-in & collapse
• Struck by falling objects
• Being hit, or crushed by machinery
• Fall in to excavation, Electrocution
• Asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen or toxic substances

Provided support for the Exposed pipeline provided Exposed cable provided additional
adjoining existing structure additional support to avoid sleeve protection

Control measures
• Mark the area of excavation and arrange the resource as per the depth of
the excavation.
• Conduct underground survey (Using Scanner and / Trial pit) and identify
the underground facilities.
• Obtain work permit and excavation certificate. Implement all PTW control
measures and JSA.
• Don’t perform mechanical excavation within 2m radius of identified
underground facility. Perform mechanical excavation only if work permit
is permitted to do so.
• A close supervision shall be provided for all excavation activates.
• Any excavation more than 1.2 meter deep must be adequately supported
on the sides by proper slopping / benching / shoring or shielding for
personnel protection.
• Stability of adjacent structure need to be ensured and provide adequate
support for the same if required
• Excavated material should be kept at least 1.5 m away from the top edge
of excavation.
• Ensure safe means of access and entry / exit for excavations deeper
than 600 mm
• Protection for all excavations edges. (Sloping, Shoring etc..)
• Excavated area shall be barricaded by hard barricading and installed
sign boards.
Bulletin /October 2018