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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS (NO 59 OF 2011) - REG 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, in accordance with Part 3.1.

Note for subregulation (1)

WHS (NUL) Act – section 19 (see regulation 9).

    (2)     The risks this regulation 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 subregulation (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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