[Saice] The Safety of Persons Working in Small Diameter Shafts and Test Pits for Geotechnical Engineering Purposes

[Memory Scheepers]

The first Code of Practice on safety in small diameter vertical shafts
was published in 1960(Ref 6) and revised in 1980(Ref 7).  These codes
drew attention to the measures that were necessary when persons descend
into small diameter shafts.  The purpose of the current code is to take
account of improved methods developed over the last thirty years, to
include provisions for test pits in addition to shafts and to highlight
the changes in practice required by recent legislation.This code applies
to geotechnical personnel who descend into small diameter shafts (as
drilled by an auger rig or similar) or into test pits (excavated by hand
or using a mechanical excavator) for the purpose of describing and
sampling the soil profile or performing in situ tests.  

 

Although this code has been written primarily with site investigation by
geotechnical professionals in mind, many of the provisions of the code
are also applicable to contractors engaged in the construction of
piles.The code does not apply to construction activities involving work
in trenches which, as a result of their length, are inherently less
stable than test pits.  Additional or varied precautions may apply in
mining areas.

 

If you are interested in purchasing "The Safety of Persons Working in
Small Diameter Shafts and Test Pits for Geotechnical Engineering
Purposes- Code of Practice 2007" R150.00 vat inclusive, please complete
order form and send back to me via e-mail or fax.

 

Regards,

 

Angelene Aylward

Sales Administrator

 

 

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