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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 408 · clause 408 · NLR 5/12

PART XVIII EXCAVATION, UNDERGROUND WORK AND ROCK CRUSHING — Removal of material

408

(1) A worker shall not permit excavated material to remain

408(a)

within 1.22 metres of the edge of a trench-type excavation; or

408(b)

within 1.52 metres of the edge of a pit-type excavation.

408(2)

Where skips or buckets are used to remove material from excavations, a horizontal shoring member shall be protected against dislodgement by the installation of vertical planking.

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