Sygma Solutions is now a EUSR approved training provider and also is CITB approved. Our courses are also approved by The Survey Association. This means that we can now provide EUSR HSG47 training for all operatives engaged in the location and identification of underground services in order to avoid striking them when carrying out excavation works.
HSG47 has been produced by the HSE and is now in the third edition which was published in 2014. The guidance outlines the dangers of working near underground services and provides advice as to the best ways to avoid danger to peoples’ health and safety as well as the risks that can be caused by damage to services.
According to the HSE, there are three critical elements of a safe system of working and these are planning the work, locating and identifying any underground services, and carrying out any excavation safely.
There are, of course, different types of services running underground and they can be anywhere. Obviously, if you are going to excavate in the High Street there will be electricity, there may or may not be gas, there will be water, there will be sewage, there will be telecoms, and so on.
Two of the most dangerous services are obviously electricity and gas. Striking either of them can cause serious damage, fire, and explosion. This can easily result in severe injury to workers or passers-by and sometimes is fatal. There is an average of 12 deaths every year as a result of striking underground services.
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