{"id":208,"date":"2023-08-17T12:01:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T02:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prd0jseasy.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/trench-and-excavations-incident-emergency-response-procedure\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T20:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:02:33","slug":"trench-and-excavations-incident-emergency-response-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/uk\/trench-and-excavations-incident-emergency-response-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Trench and Excavations Incident Emergency Response Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"208\" class=\"elementor elementor-208\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6828d0 jseasy-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6828d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25a2165\" data-id=\"25a2165\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4034702 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4034702\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3799d60\" data-id=\"3799d60\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bd6859 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0bd6859\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trench and Excavations Incident Emergency Response Procedure<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125c440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"125c440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Trench and Excavations:<br \/><br \/><strong>A trench<\/strong> is a horizontal or inclined way or opening:<\/p><ul><li><p>that commences starts at and extends below the surface of the ground, and that is open to the surface along its length<\/p><\/li><li><p>the length of which is greater than its width and greater than or equal to its depth<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><br \/>For the purpose of emergency response, an <strong>excavation<\/strong> shall be defined by any depression, hole, trench, or earth wall, man made or natural, of 1500mm or greater<br \/><br \/>Trench collapses generally occur due to unstable soil conditions combined with improper or inadequate shoring. The potential for additional collapse is considered a primary hazard to personnel. Removing soil or debris, adding weight near the edge of an open cut, vibration (such as vehicle movement), rain, or simply the passage of time, may cause additional collapse at any time during the rescue operation.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Trench rescue operations present a significant danger to rescue personnel and may involve complex requirements for shoring, hand tools, earth-moving equipment, and other specialised resources. The purpose of this document is to outline the safe and effective management of trench rescue operations, which often require special considerations.<br \/><br \/>This procedure is included in the <a title=\"JSEAsy Premium is a total Environmental, Health and safety (EHS) management software package\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jseasy.com.au\/safety-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JSEAsy safety management software Premium versions. <\/a><br \/><br \/>This procedure can also be <a title=\"WHS Form 68 Trench and Excavations Incident  Emergency Response Procedure\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jseasy.com.au\/shop\/trench%20and%20excavations%20incident%20erp\/whs%20documentation%20-%20customised\/page\/shop\/flypage\/offset\/30?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purchased individually as a stand alone document<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-613eae3\" data-id=\"613eae3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0c7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a0c7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Trench-and-Excavations-Incident-Emergency-Response-Procedure.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Trench and Excavations Incident Emergency Response Procedure\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bedc8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bedc8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-179f819\" data-id=\"179f819\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-958218c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"958218c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WHS-Forms.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trench and Excavations Incident Emergency Response Procedure Trench and Excavations: A trench is a horizontal or inclined way or opening: that commences starts at and extends below the surface of the ground, and that is open to the surface along its length the length of which is greater than its width and greater than or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-208","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jseasy-safety-software.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}