BS 6164:2019

This British Standard makes recommendations for and gives guidance on health and safety practices in shaft sinking and tunnel construction.

The standard includes health and safety recommendations that are also relevant to cut?and?cover tunnelling, immersed tube tunnels and other forms of underground construction as well as to the construction aspects of maintenance, renovation and repair of shafts and tunnels.

The recommendations in this British Standard are not intended to apply to the construction of shafts or tunnels for the purpose of mineral extraction.

Cross References:
BS 4727-1 Group 01:1983
BS EN 206:2013+A1:2016
BS 6100-3:2007
BS 5975:2008+A1:2011
BS 6031:2009
BS 6387:2013
BS 5607:2017
BS 638-4
BS 476-22
BS 6724
BS 476-21
BS 476-4
BS 5045
BS 4363
BS 5930
BS 5306-3
BS 6657
BS 7375
BS EN 3-10
BS 7430
BS 7671
BS 476-20
BS EN 169
BS 7835
BS 8460
BS EN 352
BS EN 377
BS 8467
BS 638-5
BS 7863
BS 5911-1
BS EN 166
BS 638-7
BS 4211
BS 7121-1
BS 7121-5
BS 5306-8
BS 1129
ISO 13850:2006
BS 9990:2015
Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2016
PAS 8811
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002
BS EN 60204-1
Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
BS EN 60079-11
Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996
Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000
BS 8081
BS EN 1127-1
BS EN 60079-0
BS 5266-1
BS 6841
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
BS EN ISO 13850
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Mines and Quarries Act 1954
BS 5958-1
BS EN 60079-7
BS 5228-2
BS EN 1889-1
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
BS EN 458
BS EN 60079-1
Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
BS 5228-1


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