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Posted By Chris D
Hello. Can someone please provide me with any relevant info in relation to;
Creating a method of work and risk assessment ideas for unexploded munitions IE. construction sites........ and
Health Surveillance in the construction industry.............. if the company mainly carries out excavation work, is it really required??
Thanks in advance for any relevant info.
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Posted By Bob Youel
this is an expert area get experts in - do not undertake such work yourself unless you are competent -
the local authority usually have a list of where known munitions are and where heavy concentrations were
a general assess is easy and the area should be covered in the emergency actions part of your systems
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Posted By Chris D
Thanks for that. The work is actually on old MOD property, the job is to dig out for excavations etc, not specifically remove munitions if you know what i mean??/
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Posted By Derek Holt
Chris,
Who owns the land now? Is the work for the owner? If so then there is an onus on them.
The vast majority of old military land has been searched/cleared before being handed to local authorities etc, that doesn't mean that there is absolutely no explosive ordnance there but the likelihood is reduced substantially. If the land ceased to be owned by the military before approximately early to mid 70's then it may not have been cleared if their was cause for it to be. It is relatively easy to have a desk top study undertaken which will reveal ownership and past uses of the land. It may be that it was never a munitions storage area or training area or target during the war and hence likelihood of encountering EO or UXO pretty remote.
Contact me direct and I will be able to advise further.
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Posted By Susan Oxley
Hi Chris,
I work on a construction site with a large number of H&S professionals as well as former military personell. Not too long ago an old WWII munition was unearthed on site. The site was completely evacuated and police and they called in professional bomb dispoal team do deal with the situation.
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Posted By jeffrey david smith
If found, evacuate area and call 999 and explain. Everything will then be taken care of. If you are not an expert in this field, do not even try!! I work for the MOD and alongside some ex-armourers and their main concern is with the public trying to undertake things they really were not trained to undertake such as move said explosive, try and diffuse, stand around it and poke it, throw things at it, re-bury it and try and forget etc.
999 is quick and easy and experts will come a-running!!!
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Posted By andymak
Dealing with this kind of thing is very much an expert role, I know with the Olympics development area they are still wondering what to do with the unknown UXB's that they are likely to come across whilst excavating.
My own personal advice would be:-
If it's not ticking when you find it call in the experts.
If it is ticking secure the area then call in the experts.
If it starts or stops ticking whilst you are next to it RUN!
It never ceases to amaze me the variation of requests that arise on these forums, and how much is to be learned from it.
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