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KD-RA-PL-003
Ground Bearing Checks and Outrigger Mat Set-Up
Obtaining the outrigger or track loads, identifying voids, services, excavations and made ground, sizing and placing spreader mats to the lift plan or…
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Statutory basis, cited on the form
- LOLER 1998 reg 8
- BRE BR 470 (2004) (working platforms for tracked plant)
- CDM 2015 regs 13, 15 and 25(4)
- HSWA 1974 s.2(2)(a)
- MHSWR 1999 regs 3 and 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.
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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