Title Page
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Document No.
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Construct Civil Ltd excavation audit tool
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Client / Site
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Conducted on
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Prepared by John Smith Simplistic Safety Systems
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Location
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Personnel
NATURE OF WORK
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Describe the nature of the work or activity
Administration
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Is administration to be audited
WORKING ON EXCAVATION SITES
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Is this work or activity notifiable?
SAFE SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES
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What is the work method?
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Has a safety management system been developed?
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If there is no written system, how have the hazards been identified, assessed and controlled?
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How will they be monitored and reviewed?
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Have workers been trained on its content?
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Are the key causes of harm identified?
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Are the hazards identified?
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Are the hazard controls outlined?
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Is there advice on the use of safety equipment? (for example, PPE, gas monitors).
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Have emergency procedures been communicated to the workers before the excavation begins?
SURROUNDINGS
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Have underground utilities (water, sewer, gas, telecommunications) been identified, located and marked prior to excavation?
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Have overhead utilities (power/phone lines) or obstacles been identified?
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Excavations adjacent to buildings or structures: Has expert advice been obtained before the excavation was started?
SYSTEMS
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Is there a system to deal with potential contaminants?
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Is a traffic management plan required?
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Is there a system for the monitoring and reassessment of work as it progresses? (for example, a schedule of regular inspections)
SECURITY ON SITE
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Is the site externally secure? (for example, fencing, barriers)
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Is the site internally secure? (for example, fencing, barriers)
FALLS
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Is there protection from risk of falls? (for example, edge protection)
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Is spoil and plant clear of the face edge by the required distance?
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Are properly secured stop blocks provided to prevent tipping vehicles falling in?
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Is the battering or benching at a 1:1 gradient?
SHORING
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Does the shoring and materials used meet design standards?
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Have the trench covers and shoring been approved by a structural engineer?
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Where the excavations are more than 1.5 m deep, are they shored and cut back to a safe slope (or does an engineer state the precautions are adequate)?
MINIMISING HAZARDS
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Is there safe access and egress to the trench?
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Are excavations in or next to roads or structures adequately shored or supported to support such road services?
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Have workers been advised of the location of underground and overhead utilities?
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Can the workers describe the emergency procedures including evacuation from a trench and a rescue plan?
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Are environmental hazards like dust, noise, and low light levels being controlled?
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Is there a need for gas monitoring to be conducted?
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Is the PPE in use adequate and of correct standard and condition?
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Is the mobile plant clear of any overhead lines?
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Are workers aware of mobile plant movement on the site?
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Are there exclusion zones and/or a spotter around the mobile plant?
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Do safety barriers or delineations used on road sites comply with safe traffic management?
SIGNATURE
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Sign off