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Document ID (ISN)24886
CIS number 76-839
Year 1975
Convention or series no. VBG 38a
Author(s)
Unfallverhütungsvorschrift, Federation of Industrial Mutual Accident Insurance Associations (Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften), Bonn, Feb. 1975.
Title Earth-moving work
Original title Erd- und Felsarbeiten [in German]
Bibliographic information Carl Heymanns Verlag KG, Gereonstrasse 18-32, 5 Köln 1, Germany (Fed.Rep.). 11 + 16p.
Abstract These safety regulations contain provisions on the following points: excavation, vertical and horizontal board shoring, manual and mechanical loading, barring down and protection against falls of ground, protection against falls, filling in. Appendices: administrative regulations and commentaries, followed by the full text of standard DIN 4124 - excavations and trenches (sloping of trench sides, shoring, calculation of shoring).
Descriptors (primary) trenching and excavating; trench shoring; earthmoving; Germany (Federal Republic of)
Descriptors (secondary) protection against falling objects; protection against falls from heights; standard; directive; comment on directive; sloping of trench sides
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Trenching and excavating