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The Excavation Safety Program was developed to ensure a safe work environment and to protect the health and safety of KAUST Staff and any contractors or vendors working on KAUST premises. The program sets forth the practices required for trenches or excavations with a depth of 1.2 meters or greater along any portion of its length.
Excavation involves the removal of soil or rock from a site to form an open space, hole, or cavity (of any size) using tools or machinery and includes trenching activities. All excavations or trenches 1.2 meters or greater in depth shall be appropriately benched, shored, or sloped according to the procedures and requirements outlined in this program.
Any employee required to dig or enter an excavation should attend, at a minimum, excavation safety awareness training before beginning related work. The classroom training is provided by HSE and covers the potential hazards encountered when working in and around excavations and the procedures that must be followed to avoid these hazards.
