hand-dig zone
In French: zone de creusage manuel
Definition
A strip at least 1 m wide on each side of the locate marks. No bucket digging there: the pipe or cable is exposed by hand or by vacuum until you can see it.
Sources
APSAM asks to keep the machine at least 1 m on each side of the marks and to expose services by hand.
Fiche technique 34, Protéger les services publics souterrains · APSAM (Association paritaire pour la santé et la sécurité du travail, secteur affaires municipales)