Safe Intrusive Activities on Land Potentially Impacted by Contamination (2^nd Ed.)

Safe Intrusive Activities on Land Potentially Impacted by Contamination provides health, safety and environmental information and good practice recommendations for professionals engaged with intrusive activities on land potentially impacted by contamination. The book is relevant to all intrusive activities, including ground investigations, piling, land drilling, earthworks and ground remediation. This publication aims to promote safe working practices, and to improve awareness of health, safety and environmental matters. Land potentially affected by contamination contains particular hazards that require the employment of specialist geoenvironmental services with appropriately trained and experienced office and site personnel, suitable plant and equipment, and high levels of supervision and response. The guidance has been structured to be read as a whole in the order presented. Coverage reflects recent developments in health, safety and environmental legislation, and changes to working practices, equipment and methods, and also the greater prominence given continuous risk assessment. Safe Intrusive Activities on Land Potentially Impacted by Contamination is relevant to all professionals working in this area, including individuals and organisations involved in specification, procurement, execution or supervision."

1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 LEGISLATION 2.1 General 2.2 Acts 2.3 Regulations 3.0 COMPETENCE, TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS 3.1 General 3.2 Competence 3.3 Qualification Requirements 3.4 Training 4.0 MANAGING HEALTH & SAFETY 5.0 DESK STUDIES 6.0 RISK ASSESSMENT 6.1 General 6.2 Hazard Identification 6.3 Hazard Assessment 6.4 Risk Estimation 6.5 Risk Evaluation 7.0 SITE CATEGORISATION 8.0 INTRUSIVE & NON INTRUSIVE METHODS & SITE PRACTICES 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Non-intrusive Methods 8.3 Intrusive Methods 9.0 PROJECT SPECIFICATION 10.0 CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS 11.0 INSURANCE 12.0 HEALTH & SAFETY PLANNING 13.0 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND SITE SAFETY EQUIPMENT 14.0 PLANT & EQUIPMENT 15.0 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE 16.0 SAFETY INDUCTION 17.0 SITE MANAGEMENT 17.1 Site Rules 17.2 Use of PPE/RPE/Decontamination Equipment 17.3 Prevention of Cross Contamination 17.4 Prevention of Contamination by Arisings 17.5 Limiting the Creation of Contamination Pathways 17.6 Control of Gas Emissions 17.7 Control of Fugitive Dust 17.8 Disposal of Excess Arisings & Other Materials 17.9 Visitors 18.0 HANDLING OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL 18.1 General 18.2 Sampling 18.3 Containers 18.4 Transportation 19.0 STORAGE & DISPOSAL OF GEOTECHNICAL & CHEMICAL SAMPLES 20.0 BACKFILLING 30 20.1 Surface Settlement 20.2 Boreholes & Trial Pits 20.3 Large Excavations 21.0 DECOMMISSIONING & DEMOBILISING 30 21.1 Decommissioning of Monitoring Installations 21.2 Site Decommissioning REFERENCES APPENDICES A . Site Categorisation System B . Indicative Site Categorisation by Industry C. Personal Protective & Site Safety Equipment D. Flow Diagram of Key Health and Safety Processes E. Classification of Soil Samples for Disposal F. Non-intrusive Techniques – Relative Merits G. Intrusive Techniques – Relative Merits H. Additions to Bill of Quantities I . Suggested Topics to be covered during Safety Induction J. Definitions K . Respiratory Protective Equipment"

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