Groundworks Risk Assessment & Method Statement

Groundworks involves excavation, plant operations, and underground services.

Comprehensive activity covering site clearance to foundation completion.

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Key Hazards

⚠️Trench collapse
⚠️Service strikes
⚠️Plant hazards
⚠️Falls into excavations
⚠️Ground contamination

Control Measures

✓Service location
✓Trench support
✓Edge protection
✓CPCS operators
✓Contamination assessment

PPE Requirements

  • 🛡️Hard hat
  • 🛡️Safety boots
  • 🛡️High-vis
  • 🛡️Gloves
  • 🛡️RPE (if contaminated)

Legal Requirements

  • 📋CDM Regulations 2015

Step-by-Step Method

Site clearance
Service location
Excavation
Foundations
Drainage
Backfill

Emergency Procedures

• Collapse: Evacuate, call 999
• Service strike: Emergency services