ABU DHABI GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED

SHAH GAS DEVELOPMENT (SGD) PROGRAM

AUDIT REPORT

Excavations
Date:
Location:
Compliant
No. Items Addressed Findings/Remarks Status
Yes No
Do all excavation works have an
approved excavation permit available
1.
and is it correctly completed for the
location to be worked in?
Does permit contain drawings of
2.
existing utilities?
Has Foreman briefed the permit
3.
requirements to the work crew?
Are buried services adequately marked
4.
out to prior to work commencing?
Is adequate safety signage posted to
warn others of existing hazard and
5.
safety measures to take (i.e. no smoking
sign, close to gas pipeline)?
Are excavation works close to buried
6. services carried out by hand to ensure
buried services are not damaged?
Are uncovered utilities adequately
7.
barriered off and protected?
Is adequate support given to utilities
8. where excavations are dug beneath the
existing utility?
Are other works close to utility works
kept at a safe distance so as to not
9.
disturb the works i.e. heavy equipment
traffic kept sufficient distance away?
Are appropriate personnel protective
10. measures in place (i.e. work in confined
spaces etc.)?
Has the excavation been inspected by a
competent person and is that inspection
11.
recorded formally and displayed at the
work site?
12. Has the excavation been clearly signed
to warn those working around the area
 (i.e. "Warning - Deep Excavation")?
Have suitable barricades been installed
around the excavation (i.e. physical
13.
barrier for vehicles; soft barrier for
pedestrians)?
Are all barricades kept at least 1.8m
14.
from the edge of the excavation?
Is spoil removed from the excavation
15. kept at a suitable distance away from
the edge of the excavation?
Is the excavation in general good
16. condition with no evidence of
cracks/minor collapse of material?
Have excavations deeper than 1.2m
17. been designed to prevent collapse (i.e.
use of sloping/benching/stepping)?
If adequate sloping/benching/stepping
is not possible, have the use of trench
18.
boxes been used to protect workers
from collapse?
Has sufficient access been provided
to/from the excavation (i.e. access
19.
through barricades; access points every
25ft within excavation)?

Conducted by:

HSE Inspector