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    The document provides a safe work procedure for backfilling. It outlines 8 steps for safely conducting backfilling work, including requirements for personal protective equipment, distance from excavation edges, use of ladders, and tool inspection. Supervisors are responsible for monitoring compliance with the controls and procedures to prevent injuries from collapsing soil, falling, or being buried during the work.

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    The document provides a safe work procedure for backfilling. It outlines 8 steps for safely conducting backfilling work, including requirements for personal protective equipment, distance from excavation edges, use of ladders, and tool inspection. Supervisors are responsible for monitoring compliance with the controls and procedures to prevent injuries from collapsing soil, falling, or being buried during the work.

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    OCCUPATIONAL H & S MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OHS Section 4.4.4.20.

    77
    SAFE WORK PROCEDURES Rev 6 25/11/13
    BACKFILLING PAGE 1of 2
    Record Keeping Project OHS File, Client, Site Agent, Archive

    TYPE OF WORK PERFORMED: BACK FILLING DATE COMPLETED:

    Step Activity Rules What can cause Result of cause Preventative Measures Controls (test, Weights
    No. injury/damage? (injury/damage) (tools, PPE, checklist)
    equipment)
    Safety Health Finan.
    1. Personal protective Not wearing personal Injury to body. Employees to be inducted Supervisor to monitor the
    equipment to be worn. protective equipment. in the use of PPE and its use of PPE.
    maintenance.
    1.1 Safety boots.
    1.2 Hardhat.
    1.3 Gloves.
    1.4 Dust mask.
    2. Employees are not to Sides of excavation Injury to body re Supervisor to instruct Supervisor to monitor.
    stand closer than 600m may collapse causing excavation. employees to be careful
    form edge of excavation person to fall. not to fall into excavation.
    barricade.
    3. No employee is allowed Worker may be buried Suffocation. Foreman to instruct Supervisor to control.
    in an excavation while it by soil. employees.
    is being back filled by
    machine.
    4. If employees are Falling rocks sides Injury to head, arms Foreman to check if back Supervisor to monitor on
    working in an excavated collapsing injuring possible suffocation, fill procedure is being an ongoing basis.
    area or a trench they person. Vibration may fatal. complied with and that
    have to inspect the cause side to collapse. there are no machines
    sides of the excavation causing a vibration closer
    for overhanging rocks than 10 meters from sides
    that might fail, bad soil of excavation.
    conditions that might
    collapse. Or for
    machines that vibrate
    standing closer than 10
    meters form the
    excavation edge i.e.
    compressor.
    5. A ladder must always Not being able to Suffocation. Foreman to induct Supervisor to monitor.
    be used to get into and escape when required employees to use ladders
    out of excavated area. may cause person to be in excavations for access.
    Good access is buried.
    important.

    6. Tools used are to be in Wooden handles of Injury to hands. Employees to be trained to Supervisor to check
    a good condition and picks and shovels may inspect their tools. condition of tools.
    OCCUPATIONAL H & S MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OHS Section 4.4.4.20.77
    SAFE WORK PROCEDURES Rev 6 25/11/13
    BACKFILLING PAGE 2of 2
    Record Keeping Project OHS File, Client, Site Agent, Archive

    Step Activity Rules What can cause Result of cause Preventative Measures Controls (test, Weights
    No. injury/damage? (injury/damage) (tools, PPE, checklist)
    equipment)
    Safety Health Finan.
    must be inspected have splinters.
    before use.
    7. Always be aware of Pick on head shovels Injury to head and Employees to be trained to Supervisor to monitor.
    fellow employees on legs. legs. be aware of what are going
    around you in the on around them in the work
    excavation and the place.
    operations that they are
    involved in.
    8. Forman to know at all Not extracting buried Suffocation fatality. Watchman to be present Foreman to be aware of
    times how many persons in time. Due to above excavation to watch dangers of sides
    employees are working not knowing where they for location of workers. collapsing and make
    in the excavation and worked. provision.
    where.

    1 – 10 (HIGH) 11 – 16 (MEDIUM) 17 – 25 (LOW)

    Proposed follow-up of deviation: _________________________________________________________________________________


    _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

    SITE AGENT: ________________________

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