Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(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: WHS 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.