• Question: Do you have to go into the sewers and is it safe?

    Asked by Ry to Charlene on 4 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Charlene Chung

      Charlene Chung answered on 4 Mar 2019: last edited 5 Mar 2019 7:36 pm

      I don’t go into the sewers myself but I wouldn’t mind going into them as that would be cool, but they are not the prettiest or smell the nicest!

      When I go out on site I meet up with a site crew, and one of the crew are lowered into the manholes to taken information, photos and all the measurements I need to start building or update the model. I stay at the side of the open manholes and do look down them also, but I don’t enter them.

      The site crew is trained to going into the sewers as it is a small confined space.

      Before I go out on site, I do a risk assessment which covers what will happen when I am there, and what are the risks that might be encountered and the actions to take if anything it dangerous or unsafe.
      The site crew also do a risk assessment before the go out on site. If there is any situation that is not safe for any of us, for example; manholes too close to dangerous roads or a really deep chamber which they cannot safely be lowered in and out of they do not carry on and take their safety into account first.

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