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ED5 Digging Team Audit

by Danielle Copsey, from the Community

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Use this ED5 Digging Team Audit to assess safe excavation and street works. Check site housekeeping, PPE, first aid, CoSHH, equipment calibration (CAT and Genny), tool condition, and vehicle safety. Verify shoring or sloping, access, utility marking, trial holes, spoil placement, and support of adjacent services. Confirm NRSWA/Chapter 8 traffic management, signage, and pedestrian protection. Include environmental controls for refuelling, waste, water run-off, and site reinstatement.

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Use this site compliance audit checklist to assess civil and fiber works sites. Verify on-site risk assessments, pre-start checks, gang and COSHH packs, current utility drawings, and service identification and trial holes. Confirm worker qualifications, Cat and Genny condition, vehicle safety, spill kits, first aid, and correct PPE. Review signage, permit boards, cones, barriers, walkways, ramps, and resident access. Check traffic management setup, housekeeping, dust suppression, and protection of drains. Conclude with findings and capture signatures and date.

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