Safety Alert
Risks associated with working on or near lamp columns with non-standard roots during excavation works
Risks associated with working on or near lamp columns with non-standard roots during excavation works
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- FOD5-2010
- Line of FireStructural and Asset Integrity
- Line of fireStructural and asset integrity
- Excavation
- Safety communication
- Construction
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Summary
This safety alert addresses excavation near lamp columns with non-standard foundations following a fatal collapse caused by cutting a horizontal foundation connection. It describes offset root designs and calls for asset information sharing, enquiries and agreed planning with owners, alongside identification of unusual buried objects before disturbance.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Excavation; trenching.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
FOD5-2010. Themes: line of fire, structural and asset integrity.