RISK ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERGROUND CABLE JOINTS-INSTALLATION

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Hazards

Working underground

Consequences

Operatives – exposure to magnesium oxide dust. Injuries to hand from sharp swarf.

Control Measures

1. Suitable PPE to be worn during this task.
2. Severity is only high in any trench where a danger of collapse exists (this may only be a shallow trench).
3. Where a risk of collapse exists, the trench sides are to be adequately supported.
4. Only competent, trained personnel to carry out cable jointing/installation
5. Suitable PPE (eye and hand protection) to be worn whilst carrying out the activity.
6. All cables should be laid at a suitable depth in a bed of sand and covered with sand and sifted soil before backfilling is carried out.
7. Directly above the cable route at a depth of approximately 225 millimeters a yellow cable marker tape with the words ‘’Caution electric cable below’’, should be installed.
8. Cable marker tape should also be laid along the route of all buried electrical services ducts where it is considered that they are likely to be disturbed in the future.

 RISK ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERGROUND CABLE JOINTS-INSTALLATION

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RISK ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERGROUND CABLE JOINTS-INSTALLATION