Excavation and earthworks FLHA examples
Trenching, footings, site cuts, pools, drainage and compaction. Pick the job below to see a complete FLHA with every step, hazard and control, download it as a Word template, or make your own in a couple of minutes.
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FLHATrenching10 steps · 12 hazards coveredFLHAFooting Excavation5 steps · 7 hazards coveredFLHASite Grading6 steps · 10 hazards coveredFLHAPool Excavation8 steps · 11 hazards coveredFLHAStorm Drain Installation5 steps · 11 hazards coveredFLHAPost Hole Digging5 steps · 8 hazards coveredFLHABackfill and Compaction5 steps · 6 hazards covered
Common excavation and earthworks hazards
Hitting underground servicesDigging, drilling or driving pegs hits a buried power cable, gas pipe or water main, causing electrocution, explosion or flooding.
Being hit by heavy equipmentExcavators, loaders, telehandlers and trucks run over or crush workers, especially when reversing or slewing.
Trench or excavation collapseThe trench walls cave in and bury or crush a worker. Trenches deeper than 1.2 metres (1.5 metres in Alberta and Manitoba) need support or sloping.
Poor housekeeping and wasteGarbage, offcuts and materials left lying around cause trips, cuts and fires, and block exits.
Public entering the work areaMembers of the public, including children, walk into the site and are hit by plant or falling objects, or fall into holes.
Contact with overhead power linesA ladder, aerial work platform, crane, dump truck or long length of material touches or gets close to an overhead line and electrocutes people.
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