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OSHA requires employers to provide ladders, steps, ramps, or other safe means of egress for workers working in trench excavations 4 feet (1.22 meters) or deeper. The means of egress must be located so as not to require workers to travel more than 25 feet (7.62 meters) laterally within the trench.
Before beginning any excavation project, always \u201ccall before you dig.\u201d That number is 811 and provides you with information for your project to avoid damaging underground pipes and electrical lines and keep employees safe from injury.
Step 1: Context \u2013 Create a grid on the surface area of the site using a ruler, string, and stakes (to anchor string). Step 2: Dig \u2013 Be careful not to damage anything that is uncovered. At this time do not remove any artifacts or eco-facts. Begin by carefully brushing away soil from items.
Shallow excavations are defined as being anything less than 1.5 metres deep, which really is not very deep at all; a relatively short person could comfortably see over the top. Deep excavations, on the other hand, are defined as being any excavation which is more than 4.5 metres in depth \u2013 a considerable height indeed.
The Permit to Dig provides a safe system of work for any. operation which penetrates, lowers or disturbs the existing ground level to a depth greater than. 100mm (unless work is in a footway and where a permit is ALWAYS required including footways.
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Permit to dig is a formal management system used to control the high-risks of excavation works. Technics' permit system controls and minimises risks to workforce and utilities on site. It also helps to reduce the chance of a costly and high-risk utility strikes and can manage design costs.
In the UK, you can dig 100 mm or less without needing a permit. The Permit to Dig is essentially security insurance that you will not penetrate or disturb the existing ground level.
For example, OSHA in the United States still specifies a depth that trench shoring must be used, which is currently 5 ft or 1.5 metres deep. However, if the trench is less than this depth, a competent person must determine if a protective system is required.
Metal detecting, searching or digging is not a public right and as such it needs the permission of the landowner. The PLA and the Crown Estate are the largest land owners of Thames foreshore and jointly issue a permit, which is administered by the PLA allowing searching or digging.
Shallow excavations are defined as being anything less than 1.5 metres deep, which really is not very deep at all; a relatively short person could comfortably see over the top. Deep excavations, on the other hand, are defined as being any excavation which is more than 4.5 metres in depth \u2013 a considerable height indeed.

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