KD-RES-EX-004
Excavation and Trench Collapse Rescue Plan
The rescue plan for an excavation: the collapse, the support failure, the service strike, the flood and the fall, the rule that nobody jumps in, hand digging around the casualty from a supported position, the machine held back, the rescue support stock at the edge, the route a stretcher comes up, the people and the kit — the plan the permit to dig points to.
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Statutory basis, cited on the form
- CDM 2015 reg 22
- CDM 2015 reg 30
- MHSWR 1999 reg 8
- Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 reg 3
- Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 reg 5
Guidance and standards relied on
These are not law. HSE guidance carries no statutory force in itself, British Standards and NASC technical guidance are industry documents, and the Joint Code of Practice is an insurers' code. They are what the document is built to — and where a court would look for the standard of the reasonable contractor.
- ACOP L101 (3rd edition, 2014)
What it is not
It is not a completed document and it is not health and safety advice. You must adapt it to your site and have a competent person complete and sign it off. See why we don't say "compliant".
Format
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This revision was prepared against legislation current at 10 August 2026. Revision A0. Check kubitdocs.com/revisions for the current revision before use.
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