Civil & Earthworks SSSP
An SSSP for civil and earthworks, built around plant, deep excavation, services and traffic.
A civil & earthworks SSSP is a Site-Specific Safety Plan for one job on one site. It sets out the civil & earthworks hazards, the controls in the order required by reg 6 of the General Risk and Workplace Management Regulations 2016, task analyses for the higher-risk tasks, and how you meet your duties under HSWA 2015. It is what a New Zealand main contractor checks before your crew starts.
What a civil & earthworks SSSP must cover
- •HSWA 2015 section 36: the PCBU must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of its workers and anyone else affected by the work
- •General Risk and Workplace Management Regulations 2016 reg 6: apply the hierarchy of control measures, eliminating the risk so far as is reasonably practicable before minimising it
- •WorkSafe New Zealand Good Practice Guidelines for Excavation Safety: geotechnical assessment and support for excavations a person could enter
- •A trench deeper than 1.5 m is particular hazardous work notifiable to WorkSafe New Zealand
- •Traffic management on and around a worksite follows the relevant Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management
- •HSWA 2015 section 34: consult, co-operate and co-ordinate with the main contractor and the other PCBUs on site (the 3Cs)
Common civil & earthworks hazards
- Excavation and trench collapse
- Mobile plant and truck movements near workers on foot
- Underground and overhead service strikes
- Traffic on live roads adjacent to the works
- Ground and water instability
Task analyses included
Your SSSP comes with task analyses for the higher-risk tasks. The Trade Pack (NZ$149) includes the full library below plus a toolbox talk set.
- ✓Bulk excavation and cut-to-fill with plant
- ✓Deep trench excavation with support (notifiable work)
- ✓Locating and potholing services before excavation
- ✓Working near overhead power lines
- ✓Truck loading, haulage and tip movements
- ✓Working next to live traffic (temporary traffic management)
- ✓Piling and shaft excavation
- ✓Spotter and exclusion-zone procedures around plant
What the main contractor expects
- •An SSSP with a geotechnical and trench-support method for deep excavation
- •A traffic management plan where the works adjoin live roads
- •Service locating and overhead-line controls
- •WorkSafe notification for trenches deeper than 1.5 m
- •Plant and pedestrian separation with spotters
Get your civil & earthworks SSSP, sorted in minutes
Answer a few questions about your site and crew. We write your SSSP against HSWA 2015 and the General Risk and Workplace Management Regulations 2016, check it, and email it, ready to hand over.
SSSP Pack
NZ$89 one-time
A personalised SSSP with your hazard register, task analyses and emergency plan.
Trade Pack
NZ$149 one-time
The SSSP plus the full task-analysis library for your trade and a toolbox talk set.
One-time payment in NZ$. No subscription. Free revisions within 24 hours.
Civil & Earthworks SSSP: common questions
What makes a civil earthworks SSSP compliant?
It shows how each excavation a person can enter is supported after a geotechnical assessment, how services are located before digging, how plant and people are kept apart, and how traffic is managed. Deep excavation and traffic are where WorkSafe and main contractors look hardest, so those get their own task analyses.
Is earthworks notifiable work?
Excavation more than 1.5 m deep that a person works in, where the depth is greater than the width, is particular hazardous work notifiable to WorkSafe New Zealand at least 24 hours before it starts. The SSSP records the notification and the support method.