1. Excavation Safety

2. Roles and Responsibilities
Contractor
Cannot dig unless a SLAC-provided Excavation Permit implemented
Coordinates underground survey
Provide a Competent Person

3. Program Status Past and Present
                  
Program Status Past and Present
Excavation-related SLAC
Utility strikes (punctured gas line, broken CT water line, buried electrical.
Radiation-generating devices (soil density gauges) that were brought on site without prior approval of RPFO.
Employee struck by Backhoe, injured shoulder
Heading change to “Excavations: present
Change the first bullet to: An abandoned pipe strike
Change second bullet to: A radiation-generating device…without prior approval

4. Program is intended to protect workers
Program Requirements
Program is intended to protect workers
Egress within 25 feet
Protective system
All four sides as needed
Loose rock and soil
Oxygen deficiency
Water accumulation
Heavy equipment
Fall protection
I see, perhaps the head for this slide could be: How Does SLAC answer those concerns

5. Program is also intended to protect -
Program Requirements
Program is also intended to protect -
Existing Utilities and Adjacent Structures
Utility strikes, undermining
The Environment
Erosion, stormwater pollution, improper disposal of excavated material

6. Roles and Responsibilities, continued
Subcontractor’s Excavation Competent Person
Is present during all active operations. If work is being conducted in a trench by more than one subcontractor, each must have its own competent person present when employee exposure can reasonably be anticipated.
Identifies and ensures the use of adequate protective systems, work methods, and personal protective equipment (PPE) on site in accordance with excavation regulations and best safety management practices
Stops activity and removes exposed personnel from the hazardous area until necessary precautions have been taken to ensure their safety whenever finding evidence of a potentially hazardous situation that could result in a possible cave-in, failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions

7. Daily Inspection Competent Person must:
Perform and document the daily excavation inspection and maintain the documentation for review by SLAC/DOE.