Activity Hazard Effect Likelihood Severity Risk Control Measures

Excavation Exposed to Potential to 3 2 6 ENGINEERING

hot sun sustain CONTROL (EC)
dehydration
ADMINISTRATIVE
CONTROL (AC)

1. To consume more
clean drinking water.

2. Get frequent short

break under shaded
area.

3. Proper work
rotation (AC)

PPE CONTROL

1. Wearing of safety
helmet, safety shoes/
boots, working
gloves, safety vest,
safety glasses and
visible long sleeve
shirt should be made
mandatory. (PPE)

Collapse of 1. Workers 2 5 10 ENGINEERING

the sides of can be CONTROL (EC)
the critically
excavation injured or 1. Sloping and
(Cave-ins) die in cave- bleaching the sides
ins of the excavation
2. Heavier 2. Supporting the
soils can sides of the
crush and excavation by
distort the placing a shield
body in a between the side of
matter of the excavation and
seconds. the work area.

3. Provide safe
access and egress for
worker at
excavations by
means of ladders
steps, ramps, or
other safe methods
of entering or
exiting.

ADMINISTRATIVE
CONTROL (AC)

1. have supervisor to
supervise your work

2. inspect the
trenches at the start
of each shift or after
any occurrence that
could have changed
conditions in the
trench such as
rainstorms

PPE CONTROL

1. Wearing of safety
 helmet, safety shoes/
boots, working
gloves, safety vest,
safety glasses and
visible long sleeve
shirt should be made
mandatory.

exposure to 1. lead to 3 5 15 ENGINEERING

underground worker CONTROL (EC)
services or fatalities
overhead 1. Cable and / or
electrical 2. causing pipe plans and
cables expensive service plans should
damage to be used to locate
municipal underground
infrastructur services which
e should be marked on
the ground and
where practicable
digging should take
place as far as
possible from them.

2. Provide safe
access and egress for
worker at
excavations by
means of ladders
steps, ramps, or
other safe methods
of entering or
exiting.

ADMINISTRATIVE
CONTROL (AC)
 1. have supervisor to
supervise your work

PPE CONTROL

1. Wearing of safety
helmet, safety shoes/
boots, working
gloves, safety vest,
safety glasses and
visible long sleeve
shirt should be made
mandatory.

Reference

1. (2012) Excavation work, Code of Practice, Retrieved from

https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/system/files/documents/1705/mcop-excavation-work-v1.pdf

2. Billy Stutz (2018), 5 common trenching & excavation safety hazards, Retrieved from
https://www.ferguson.com/content/trade-talk/business-tips/5-common-trenching-excavation-safety-
hazards

3. Nina McGinley (2016), Cave In: The Hazards of Excavation and Trenching, Retrieved from
https://www.getdsservices.com/2016/07/cave-hazards-excavation-trenching/

4. Madeh Izat Hamakareem (2019), Excavation Hazards- Affects and Prevention Measures, Retrieved
from https://theconstructor.org/construction/excavation-hazards-effects-prevention/8494/