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This British Standard makes recommendations for and gives guidance on health and safety practices in shaft sinking and tunnel construction.<\/p>\n

The standard includes health and safety recommendations that are also relevant to cut\u2011and\u2011cover tunnelling, immersed tube tunnels and other forms of underground construction as well as to the construction aspects of maintenance, renovation and repair of shafts and tunnels.<\/p>\n

The recommendations in this British Standard are not intended to apply to the construction of shafts or tunnels for the purpose of mineral extraction.<\/p>\n

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NOTE 1 The design, manufacture and use of plant and machinery are referred to only where safety considerations are affected. Various European Standards relating to the design of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and machinery for use underground are currently under development or revision.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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NOTE 2 Current legislation relating to occupational health and safety can be found at \/2.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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PDF Pages<\/th>\nPDF Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nForeword <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n1 Scope
2 Normative references <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n3 Terms and definitions
4 The control of risk
4.1 From hazard identification to safe systems of work <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n4.2 Planning for contingencies and emergencies (see Clause 14) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n4.3 Types of accidents
4.4 Occupational health and welfare <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nTable 1 \u2014 Accidents \u2013 Indicative examples of cause and prevention (not in order of priority) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nTable 2 \u2014 Principal occupational health hazards <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n5 Investigation and information gathering
5.1 General
5.2 Preliminary studies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n5.3 Project\u2011specific studies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n5.4 Ground investigation during construction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n6 Detailed planning for health and safety
6.1 Integral nature of design and construction
6.2 Pre\u2011construction stage organization
6.3 Construction stage <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n6.4 Safety of permanent and temporary works <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n6.5 Recruitment of project personnel
6.6 Competence <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n6.7 Personal protective equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n6.8 First aid provision and procedures <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n7 Excavation and control of ground movement
7.1 Management of risk in the tunnel construction process
7.2 Basic principles <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n7.3 Ground movement control <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\n7.4 Ground characteristics <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\n7.5 Tunnel excavation
7.6 Tunnelling machines <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n7.7 Control of ground movement when tunnelling in soft ground without a segmental lining <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\n7.8 Tunnelling in rock <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\n7.9 Hand excavation, headings and small tunnels <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\n7.10 Pipe and box jacking <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n7.11 Soil conditioners
Table 3 \u2014 Soil conditioners <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n8 Permanent support
8.1 General
8.2 In\u2011situ linings <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\n8.3 Prefabricated linings <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\n8.4 Construction of openings <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n8.5 Monitoring of loads and deformation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n9 Management of groundwater
9.1 Control of groundwater <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\n9.2 Geotechnical processes for water management and ground improvement <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n9.3 Compressed air
9.4 Drilling through the tunnel lining for dewatering, ground treatment or freezing
9.5 Risk from groundwater on entry to cutterhead <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\n9.6 Handling of groundwater <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\n10 Inundation
10.1 General
10.2 Reliance on geological information
10.3 Other potential sources of flooding <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\n10.4 Precautions for probe drilling
10.5 Inundation during shaft and portal construction
10.6 Inundation of a tunnel constructed with open faces (including backshunts and foreshunts) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n10.7 Inundation during Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) launch
10.8 Inundation via the TBM during operation
10.9 Inundation during face inspections of closed face TBMs
10.10 Dealing with inundation
11 Compressed\u2011air working <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\n11.1 Physical effects of compressed air <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\n11.2 Structural considerations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\n11.3 Shaft construction under compressed air (see also Clause 20) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\n11.4 TBMs and compressed air <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n11.5 Air supply <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n11.6 Bulkheads, airlocks and associated compressed\u2011air equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\n11.7 Fires and rescue in compressed air <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n11.8 Inundation
11.9 High pressure compressed air
12 Explosive atmospheres
12.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\n12.2 Occurrence <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\n12.3 Explosion characteristics
12.4 Detection and monitoring <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\n12.5 Action levels
12.6 Re-entry procedures
Table 4 \u2014 Action level summary table
12.7 Sources of ignition <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\n12.8 Explosion protection (see also 12.5) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\n12.9 Work in potentially explosive atmospheres
12.10 Other explosive gases
12.11 Methane occurrence on TBMs
12.12 Methane occurrence in slurry plant <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\n12.13 Flammable dust
13 Fire and smoke
13.1 Sources of fuel and ignition <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\nTable 5 \u2014 Provision of fire extinguishing equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\nTable 6 \u2014 Portable fire extinguishing equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\n13.2 Welding and cutting (burning) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\n13.3 Fire precautions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\n13.4 Fires involving electrical equipment
13.5 Water spray curtain
14 Response to emergencies
14.1 Escape routes
14.2 Emergency services and operational capacity <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/td>\n14.3 Emergency control facilities <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\n14.4 Raising the alarm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\n14.5 Alarm procedures <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\n14.6 Site training
14.7 Access
14.8 Lighting
14.9 Smoke control
14.10 Rescue facilities <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/td>\n14.11 Self\u2011rescuers
14.12 Accounting for personnel <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\n14.13 Refuge chamber
14.14 Escape and rescue in small tunnels
14.15 Response to inundation risk <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\n14.16 Recovery of the situation following inundation
15 Ventilation
15.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\n15.2 Guidelines for fresh air supply quantities <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\n15.3 Quality of air
15.4 Atmospheric monitoring <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\nTable 7 \u2014 Alarm settings and responses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\n15.5 Unoccupied tunnels and stagnant areas
15.6 Hazardous gases <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\nTable 8 \u2014 Summary of most commonly encountered atmospheric contaminants <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\n15.7 Ventilation systems and plant <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\n15.8 Ventilation in drill and blast tunnelling <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\n15.9 Cooling through ventilation
15.10 Ventilation of shafts
16 Dust, particulates and other contaminants
16.1 Importance of dust control
16.2 Effects of dust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\n16.3 Exposure limits for dust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
128<\/td>\n16.4 Sampling
16.5 Control and removal of dust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
129<\/td>\n16.6 Respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
16.7 Asbestos
16.8 Diesel particulate matter (DPM) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\n16.9 Fumes from cutting and welding
16.10 Spray-applied membranes
16.11 Other ground contaminants <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
132<\/td>\n16.12 Heat strain
17 Quality of illumination
17.1 General
17.2 Level of lighting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\nTable 9 \u2014 Mean lighting levels
17.3 Type of lighting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
134<\/td>\n17.4 Siting of luminaires
17.5 Emergency lighting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\n17.6 Fire hardening of wiring
17.7 Hand lamps and cap lamps
17.8 High visibility clothing
18 Operating communications
18.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
136<\/td>\n18.2 Communication systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
137<\/td>\n18.3 Signals <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
138<\/td>\n18.4 Closed\u2011circuit television (CCTV)
18.5 Emergency response <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
139<\/td>\n19 Noise and vibration
19.1 General
19.2 Noise emission and exposure <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
141<\/td>\n19.3 Vibration <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
142<\/td>\n20 Shafts, pits and piles
20.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
143<\/td>\n20.2 Design
20.3 Locating shafts
20.4 Safety considerations relating to shaft construction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
145<\/td>\n20.5 Shaft construction techniques and operation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
148<\/td>\n20.6 Lifting in shafts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
149<\/td>\n20.7 Protective structures in shafts
20.8 Pit bottom safety
20.9 Plant safety <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150<\/td>\n20.10 Services in shafts
20.11 Inclined shafts and escalator shafts
20.12 Transport systems for inclined shafts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151<\/td>\n20.13 Disused shafts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
152<\/td>\n20.14 Tunnel eye
20.15 Removal of temporary rings and panels of d-walls
20.16 Shaft top layout <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/td>\n20.17 Personnel access <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\n20.18 Communication
21 Lifting equipment and operations
21.1 Lift plan
21.2 Cranes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\n21.3 Winches
21.4 Materials hoists
21.5 Communication <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/td>\n21.6 Lifting of persons <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
158<\/td>\n21.7 Arch and mesh installation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
159<\/td>\n21.8 Lifting with excavators
21.9 Visual and\/or audible alarms
22 Access
22.1 Walkways <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160<\/td>\n22.2 Stair and ladder towers
22.3 Access for maintenance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
161<\/td>\n22.4 Gradients
22.5 Temporary tunnels
22.6 Working at height in tunnels and shaft
23 Materials handling systems
23.1 Rail haulage <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
164<\/td>\n23.2 Operational considerations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
172<\/td>\n23.3 Conveyors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
174<\/td>\n23.4 Slurry transport systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
177<\/td>\n23.5 Personal protective equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
178<\/td>\n23.6 Other haulage methods
23.7 Adits and inclines
23.8 Storage and disposal of excavated material <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
179<\/td>\n24 Tunnel plant
24.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
181<\/td>\n24.2 Separation of vehicles and pedestrians
24.3 Rubber-tyred free-steered vehicles <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
182<\/td>\n24.4 Crawler tracked plant
24.5 Pneumatically-powered plant and equipment
24.6 Hydraulically operated plant or equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
183<\/td>\n24.7 Electrically-powered plant and equipment
24.8 Internal combustion engines
24.9 Battery power <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
184<\/td>\n24.10 Concreting plant <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
186<\/td>\n24.11 Water drainage pumps
24.12 Drilling and piling rigs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
187<\/td>\n24.13 Grouting equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
188<\/td>\n24.14 Earthmoving plant
24.15 MEWPs
25 Electrical
25.1 Company and site management hierarchy <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
189<\/td>\n25.2 Planning, management and control of the electrical system
25.3 The management system
25.4 Training and competence <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
190<\/td>\n25.5 Safe system of work
25.6 Mains supply connection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
191<\/td>\n25.7 Site installations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
195<\/td>\nTable 10 \u2014 Earth leakage protection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
197<\/td>\n25.8 Cables <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/td>\n25.9 Joints and terminations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
201<\/td>\n25.10 Transformers and switchgear in tunnels <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
203<\/td>\n25.11 Electrical plugs and sockets
25.12 Lighting installations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
204<\/td>\n25.13 Electric motors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
205<\/td>\n25.14 Laser products <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
207<\/td>\n25.15 Generators
26 Maintenance, renovation and repair
26.1 General
26.2 Asset management <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
208<\/td>\n26.3 Preparation for renovation or repair <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
210<\/td>\n26.4 On\u2011site procedures for renovation and repair
26.5 Work in shafts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
211<\/td>\n26.6 Temporary works
26.7 Record of work <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
212<\/td>\nBibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health and safety in tunnelling in the construction industry. Code of practice<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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