| Document ID (ISN) | 54897 |
| CIS number |
90-1934 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-11-885492-5 |
| Year |
1989 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSG 47
|
| Title |
Avoiding danger from underground services |
| Bibliographic information |
HMSO Books, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1989. 24p. Illus. Bibl. Price: GBP 2.25. |
| Abstract |
This guidance incorporates and supercedes that previously contained in Guidance Note GS 33 (Avoiding danger from buried electricity cables). Topics covered: dangers arising from work near underground services; safe systems of work based on obtaining plans of buried services, use of cable and pipe locating devices, and safe digging practices; safe use of trenchless methods; special requirements for underground services in partly completed housing developments; installation of new services near existing services; problems arising at demolition sites. Specific advice is given on matters relating to the 4 main types of underground services: electricity cables, gas pipes, water pipes and sewers and telecommunications cables. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
trenching and excavating; mechanical hazards; underground cables; United Kingdom |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
telecommunications equipment; piping; first aid; water and sanitation services; safety guides; legislation; replaced; cable detectors; safe working methods |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Trenching and excavating
|
