Construction Health and Safety Manual E7 Excavation

Publication Year

2014

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Considers ordnance, ground conditions, method of excavation, basic principles of support, standard or designed solutions, systems of support, trenches, wide and single-sided excavations, drafts, headings, permanent works as temporary support, and related safety aspects. Includes three checklists for different contexts of activity.

Document History

Volume E, Section 7 was previously known as CSM Section 8B - Excavation. Original section publication date - 1996; complete revision in 2012. Whole section revised June 2014.

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