Safety precautions and procedures for the construction and descent of machine-bored shafts for piling and other purposes

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

29-08-2008

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Guidance on safety and procedures to be taken where it is required to lower personnel into a shaft greater than 750 mm diameter.

This British Standard provides guidance on the safety precautions and procedures involved where it is required to lower personnel into a shaft that is machine bored and not less than 750 mm in diameter. It does not cover the descent of hand-dug shafts lined progressively as excavation proceeds, !for which reference ought to be made to BS 6164\'.