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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 305

Management of risks to health and safety associated with excavation work—Act, s 19

    (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 (Managing risks to health and safety).

Note     title="A2011-35">WHS Act

s 19 (see  s 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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