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Document ID (ISN)32263
CIS number 79-1740
ISSN - Serial title Cahiers de notes documentaires - Sécurité et hygiène du travail
Year 1979
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Comités techniques nationaux des industries des pierres et terres à feu, et du bâtiment et des travaux publics, Caisse nationale de l'assurance-maladie, Paris, 20 Nov. 1978 and 17 Jan. 1979.
Title Earthmoving, excavation and working opencast quarries
Original title Travaux de terrassement et d'exploitation de carrières à ciel ouvert. [in French]
Bibliographic information 3rd quarter 1979, No.96, Note No.1204-96-79 (Recommendation No.159), p.463-464.
Abstract The measures prescribed by this recommendation concern: stability of slopes; soil drainage; dumping excavated material and reclaiming from dumps; safety helmets; dust control measures on excavation sites. The mean values of the angle of internal friction of soil are given for certain types of soils.
Descriptors (primary) trenching and excavating; opencast work; earthmoving; France
Descriptors (secondary) dust control; drainage; directive; sloping of trench sides; safety helmets; soil stability
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Construction industry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Trenching and excavating