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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 305

Management of risks to health and safety associated with excavation work

305 Management of risks to health and safety associated with excavation work

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage risks to health and safety associated with excavation work under part 3.1 .
Note—
WHS Act section 19 (see section 9 ).
(2) The risks this section applies to include the following—
(a) a person falling into an excavation;
(b) a person being trapped by the collapse of an excavation;
(c) a person working in an excavation being struck by a falling thing;
(d) a person working in an excavation being exposed to an airborne contaminant.
(3) In complying with subsection (1) , the person must have regard to all relevant matters including the following—
(a) the nature of the excavation;
(b) the nature of the excavation work, including the range of possible methods of carrying out the work;
(c) the means of entry into and exit from the excavation, if applicable.



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