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BS 6164:2019 Health and safety in tunnelling in the construction industry. Code of practice, 2019

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 The control of risk [Go to Page]
4.1 From hazard identification to safe systems of work
4.2 Planning for contingencies and emergencies (see Clause 14)
4.3 Types of accidents
4.4 Occupational health and welfare
Table 1 — Accidents – Indicative examples of cause and prevention (not in order of priority)
Table 2 — Principal occupational health hazards
5 Investigation and information gathering [Go to Page]
5.1 General
5.2 Preliminary studies
5.3 Project‑specific studies
5.4 Ground investigation during construction
6 Detailed planning for health and safety [Go to Page]
6.1 Integral nature of design and construction
6.2 Pre‑construction stage organization
6.3 Construction stage
6.4 Safety of permanent and temporary works
6.5 Recruitment of project personnel
6.6 Competence
6.7 Personal protective equipment
6.8 First aid provision and procedures
7 Excavation and control of ground movement [Go to Page]
7.1 Management of risk in the tunnel construction process
7.2 Basic principles
7.3 Ground movement control
7.4 Ground characteristics
7.5 Tunnel excavation
7.6 Tunnelling machines
7.7 Control of ground movement when tunnelling in soft ground without a segmental lining
7.8 Tunnelling in rock
7.9 Hand excavation, headings and small tunnels
7.10 Pipe and box jacking
7.11 Soil conditioners
Table 3 — Soil conditioners
8 Permanent support [Go to Page]
8.1 General
8.2 In‑situ linings
8.3 Prefabricated linings
8.4 Construction of openings
8.5 Monitoring of loads and deformation
9 Management of groundwater [Go to Page]
9.1 Control of groundwater
9.2 Geotechnical processes for water management and ground improvement
9.3 Compressed air
9.4 Drilling through the tunnel lining for dewatering, ground treatment or freezing
9.5 Risk from groundwater on entry to cutterhead
9.6 Handling of groundwater
10 Inundation [Go to Page]
10.1 General
10.2 Reliance on geological information
10.3 Other potential sources of flooding
10.4 Precautions for probe drilling
10.5 Inundation during shaft and portal construction
10.6 Inundation of a tunnel constructed with open faces (including backshunts and foreshunts)
10.7 Inundation during Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) launch
10.8 Inundation via the TBM during operation
10.9 Inundation during face inspections of closed face TBMs
10.10 Dealing with inundation
11 Compressed‑air working [Go to Page]
11.1 Physical effects of compressed air
11.2 Structural considerations
11.3 Shaft construction under compressed air (see also Clause 20)
11.4 TBMs and compressed air
11.5 Air supply
11.6 Bulkheads, airlocks and associated compressed‑air equipment
11.7 Fires and rescue in compressed air
11.8 Inundation
11.9 High pressure compressed air
12 Explosive atmospheres [Go to Page]
12.1 General
12.2 Occurrence
12.3 Explosion characteristics
12.4 Detection and monitoring
12.5 Action levels
12.6 Re-entry procedures
Table 4 — Action level summary table
12.7 Sources of ignition
12.8 Explosion protection (see also 12.5)
12.9 Work in potentially explosive atmospheres
12.10 Other explosive gases
12.11 Methane occurrence on TBMs
12.12 Methane occurrence in slurry plant
12.13 Flammable dust
13 Fire and smoke [Go to Page]
13.1 Sources of fuel and ignition
Table 5 — Provision of fire extinguishing equipment
Table 6 — Portable fire extinguishing equipment
13.2 Welding and cutting (burning)
13.3 Fire precautions
13.4 Fires involving electrical equipment
13.5 Water spray curtain
14 Response to emergencies [Go to Page]
14.1 Escape routes
14.2 Emergency services and operational capacity
14.3 Emergency control facilities
14.4 Raising the alarm
14.5 Alarm procedures
14.6 Site training
14.7 Access
14.8 Lighting
14.9 Smoke control
14.10 Rescue facilities
14.11 Self‑rescuers
14.12 Accounting for personnel
14.13 Refuge chamber
14.14 Escape and rescue in small tunnels
14.15 Response to inundation risk
14.16 Recovery of the situation following inundation
15 Ventilation [Go to Page]
15.1 General
15.2 Guidelines for fresh air supply quantities
15.3 Quality of air
15.4 Atmospheric monitoring
Table 7 — Alarm settings and responses
15.5 Unoccupied tunnels and stagnant areas
15.6 Hazardous gases
Table 8 — Summary of most commonly encountered atmospheric contaminants
15.7 Ventilation systems and plant
15.8 Ventilation in drill and blast tunnelling
15.9 Cooling through ventilation
15.10 Ventilation of shafts
16 Dust, particulates and other contaminants [Go to Page]
16.1 Importance of dust control
16.2 Effects of dust
16.3 Exposure limits for dust
16.4 Sampling
16.5 Control and removal of dust
16.6 Respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
16.7 Asbestos
16.8 Diesel particulate matter (DPM)
16.9 Fumes from cutting and welding
16.10 Spray-applied membranes
16.11 Other ground contaminants
16.12 Heat strain
17 Quality of illumination [Go to Page]
17.1 General
17.2 Level of lighting
Table 9 — Mean lighting levels
17.3 Type of lighting
17.4 Siting of luminaires
17.5 Emergency lighting
17.6 Fire hardening of wiring
17.7 Hand lamps and cap lamps
17.8 High visibility clothing
18 Operating communications [Go to Page]
18.1 General
18.2 Communication systems
18.3 Signals
18.4 Closed‑circuit television (CCTV)
18.5 Emergency response
19 Noise and vibration [Go to Page]
19.1 General
19.2 Noise emission and exposure
19.3 Vibration
20 Shafts, pits and piles [Go to Page]
20.1 General
20.2 Design
20.3 Locating shafts
20.4 Safety considerations relating to shaft construction
20.5 Shaft construction techniques and operation
20.6 Lifting in shafts
20.7 Protective structures in shafts
20.8 Pit bottom safety
20.9 Plant safety
20.10 Services in shafts
20.11 Inclined shafts and escalator shafts
20.12 Transport systems for inclined shafts
20.13 Disused shafts
20.14 Tunnel eye
20.15 Removal of temporary rings and panels of d-walls
20.16 Shaft top layout
20.17 Personnel access
20.18 Communication
21 Lifting equipment and operations [Go to Page]
21.1 Lift plan
21.2 Cranes
21.3 Winches
21.4 Materials hoists
21.5 Communication
21.6 Lifting of persons
21.7 Arch and mesh installation
21.8 Lifting with excavators
21.9 Visual and/or audible alarms
22 Access [Go to Page]
22.1 Walkways
22.2 Stair and ladder towers
22.3 Access for maintenance
22.4 Gradients
22.5 Temporary tunnels
22.6 Working at height in tunnels and shaft
23 Materials handling systems [Go to Page]
23.1 Rail haulage
23.2 Operational considerations
23.3 Conveyors
23.4 Slurry transport systems
23.5 Personal protective equipment
23.6 Other haulage methods
23.7 Adits and inclines
23.8 Storage and disposal of excavated material
24 Tunnel plant [Go to Page]
24.1 General
24.2 Separation of vehicles and pedestrians
24.3 Rubber-tyred free-steered vehicles
24.4 Crawler tracked plant
24.5 Pneumatically-powered plant and equipment
24.6 Hydraulically operated plant or equipment
24.7 Electrically-powered plant and equipment
24.8 Internal combustion engines
24.9 Battery power
24.10 Concreting plant
24.11 Water drainage pumps
24.12 Drilling and piling rigs
24.13 Grouting equipment
24.14 Earthmoving plant
24.15 MEWPs
25 Electrical [Go to Page]
25.1 Company and site management hierarchy
25.2 Planning, management and control of the electrical system
25.3 The management system
25.4 Training and competence
25.5 Safe system of work
25.6 Mains supply connection
25.7 Site installations
Table 10 — Earth leakage protection
25.8 Cables
25.9 Joints and terminations
25.10 Transformers and switchgear in tunnels
25.11 Electrical plugs and sockets
25.12 Lighting installations
25.13 Electric motors
25.14 Laser products
25.15 Generators
26 Maintenance, renovation and repair [Go to Page]
26.1 General
26.2 Asset management
26.3 Preparation for renovation or repair
26.4 On‑site procedures for renovation and repair
26.5 Work in shafts
26.6 Temporary works
26.7 Record of work
Bibliography [Go to Page]

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