South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 305

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 Chapter 3 Part 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.