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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 410 · clause 410 · NLR 5/12

PART XVIII EXCAVATION, UNDERGROUND WORK AND ROCK CRUSHING — Excavation safety

410

(1) Excavations shall be guarded by effective railings or barriers to prevent workers from falling in to excavations.

410(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site, referred to as a borrow pit.

410(3)

The accumulation of water in an excavation shall be prevented by effective means.

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