UK construction-safety guidance by the Riskora Editorial Team
Pricing or planning excavation near electrical cables? The compliance pack is usually the part that holds the job up — not the work itself. Electrical cable strikes are one of the most common causes of serious injury in UK groundworks — and almost all of them are preventable with cable avoidance tools and confirmed plans. For excavation near electrical cables, the controlling framework is clear: HSG47 and the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require cable avoidance measures. A well-written RAMS converts the legal duty into something workers, supervisors and clients can actually use on the day.
Example RAMS
RAMS for Excavation Near Electrical Cables — UK
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HSG47 and the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require cable avoidance measures. Distribution network operators (UKPN, SSEN, WPD) require notification and may impose specific safe working distances for HV cables.
On a typical UK site, a principal contractor is preparing to mobilise next week and still needs a defensible RAMS to send across to the principal contractor. They walk through the guided builder, accept the suggested hazards for excavation near electrical cables that fit, override the ones that do not, capture the project details in one pass, and send the finished document straight from Riskora to the client. The finished document explicitly addresses electrocution from cable strike, which the principal contractor would otherwise expect to see written into the pack.
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