Search results Overhead And Underground Mobile Plant and Site Transport Safe Workplaces Overhead and underground services (see the Overhead and underground services section for more information) Construction vehicles in the vicinity of overhead or buried electrical cables, underground gas... D5-overhead-and-underground Lighting Mobile Plant and Site Transport Safe Workplaces Lighting Where primary lighting (daylight) is insufficient to provide a safe means of access, or safe working conditions for pedestrians and/or construction vehicles, secondary lighting (artificial lighting)... D5-lighting Work Near Excavations Mobile Plant and Site Transport Safe Driving and Work Practices Work near excavations, pits, water, embankments and earthworks The CDM Regulations require 'suitable and sufficient measures shall be taken so far as to prevent any vehicle from falling into any... D5-work-near-excavations Ground Conditions Mobile Plant and Site Transport Safe Driving and Work Practices Ground conditions The required safe operating conditions for construction vehicles will depend on the specific vehicles in use. Risk assessment should be carried out to determine the specification... D5-ground-conditions Rescue Towing Mobile Plant and Site Transport Safe Driving and Work Practices Rescue-towing All rescue-towing operations must be under the supervision of a competent person. Where complex rescue operations are required, a specialist contractor, with specialist vehicles and... D5-rescue-towing Lift Trucks And Telescopic Mobile Plant and Site Transport Specific vehicles Lift trucks and telescopic handlers - (See the Lifting Operations section for more information) Lift trucks and telescopic handlers are often put to work in unsuitable conditions and with incompetent, untrained... D5-lift-trucks-and-telescopic Backhoe Loaders Mobile Plant and Site Transport Specific vehicles 180° Backhoe loaders Generally, the precautions applicable to 360° excavators are common to 180° backhoe loaders. In addition: When the front shovel is being employed, the backhoe attachment... D5-backhoe-loaders Scrapers Mobile Plant and Site Transport Specific vehicles Scrapers There are a wide range of scraper types and sizes; they may be towed behind crawler tractors, or be self propelled, the latter being powered by one or two engines. Generally the precautions and hazards... D5-scrapers Trenchers Mobile Plant and Site Transport Specific vehicles Trenchers The most common hazards involving trenching machines are underground services – electrical cables and gas mains. It is essential to determine, before digging commences, specific precautions that... D5-trenchers Side Booms Mobile Plant and Site Transport Specific vehicles Side booms A side boom is essentially a crawler tractor specifically designed to lift and place lengths of pipeline into ditches or manoeuvre pipes into position for welding, bending etc. The boom is positioned... D5-side-booms 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78
