CSM :- Requiremnts : SHE : P3 : Site Safety Instructions

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Chapter: - Contractor Safety Management

SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Part - 3 : Sub Contractor: Site Safety Instructions

 

In addition to the above requirements, the Contractor must ensure that it and its personnel comply with the following specific Site Safety Instructions.

1.  All incidents, accidents and equipment damage shall be reported immediately to the Employer’s site manager.
2. Work areas must be kept clean and tidy with rubbish and other safety hazards cleaned up promptly.  Fire hazards such as garbage, oil rags and flammable materials must be promptly removed and corrective action is completed.  All protruding nails or bolts shall be bent over or removed and all other dangerous protruding objects shall be removed or protected.
3. All openings in floors if over 150mm x 150mm will have 35mm x 35mm x 3mm mesh cast in be securely covered and/or have handrails, all in accordance with statutory requirements and the Employer’s directions.
4. Signage and Handrails to penetrations, perimeters, stairs, walkways etc. shall be erected and maintained in a safe condition in accordance with statutory requirements and the Employer’s directions.
5. Adequate fire protection shall be provided as necessary.  In particular a suitable fire extinguisher shall be securely attached to each electric or oxy-acetylene or oxy-LPG welding plant brought on site.
6. Electric leads shall not be over-extended and shall be switched off at the point of power supply and removed when not in use. All temporary electrical circuits must include a Residual Current Device, Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker or Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter at source.
7. Explosives shall not be used without the express permission of the Employer’s site manager.
8. All necessary precautions shall be taken in the use of compressed air.
9. Hook or load riding shall not be permitted except in accordance with statutory authority nor shall tractions ride on material hoists, bulldozers, front-end loaders, forklifts or similar plant not intended for the carrying of personnel.  Operators must have all required licences and certificates for the equipment being operated.
10. Clear and standard crane signals must be used at all times by licensed personnel.
11. All equipment such as front end loaders, bulldozers, backhoes and forklifts are to have their bucket or blade lowered when not in use and chocked or blocked during maintenance or repairs.
12. All working platforms, suspended or otherwise, shall conform to statutory requirements.
13. All hoists and scaffolding are to be in accordance with statutory requirements and approved in writing where required.
14. Ladders must be approved, extend 1.2 metre above landing, be set a correct angle 75° to horizontal and secured at all times.
15. Safety belts or harnesses shall be worn and properly secured to approved fixing device where no other form of protection is available.
16. Welding operations shall be screened to protect all personnel against welding flashes.
17. Personnel are required to wear approved eye protection whilst performing or exposed to operations that can cause eye injury.
18. No machinery, hand tools or any other type of equipment are to be operated without protective guards.
19. The Contractor will be required to modify guard or remove any plant or equipment, which does not meet the Employer’s safety requirements or statutory requirements.
20. All operators of any explosive-powered tool shall be qualified and licensed in accordance with statutory requirements.  A warning sign shall be displayed at each place where the tool is being used.
21. Trenches and excavations must be adequately shored and / or strutted before personnel are allowed to access it.  Safe access shall be provided in all excavations.
22. Where petrol, diesel or gas powered equipment is used on site with the approval of the Employer, fuel therefore shall be stored only in satisfactory metal safety containers approved by the Employer and in accordance with statutory requirements.
23. Respiratory protective devices shall be worn for the protection against harmful substances, which could enter body through the respiratory system.  Such harmful substances include dust, mist, fumes, smoke, gas and vapours.
24. Drugs of abuse shall not be brought on to or consumed on site.  Persons affected are not permitted on site.
25. Persons affected by alcohol are not permitted on site.
26. Subcontractors are to supply all necessary safety equipment for their employees’ use.
27. Prior to operating or directing the operation of cranes or lifting gear ensure equipment has current approval and work is carried out by certified competent personnel.
28. Obtain a work permit approved by both the Employer and the Contractor for any activity that involves the potential hazards.
29. Free-standing scaffold towers used externally must not be higher to the top platform level than three times the minimum base  dimension, unless secured to a permanent structure. For internal use only, the height to platform may rise to 3.5 times the minimum base dimension. Wheels must be locked when towers are in use. No person is permitted to remain on a tower platform while a tower is being moved.
30. Powered cranes and hoists, aerial platforms and scissor lifts must have a competent driver, certified by a qualified third contractor. Additionally, the above items must be certificated as safe to use by a qualified third contractor.
31. Adequate lighting must be provided to enable safe access to and egress from every place on a site where persons are liable to   work, in addition to task lighting.
32. Induction/Orientation for project workers
• The sub/contractor shall ensure all workers shall receive a full project-specific EHS induction/ orientation before commencing any work onsite. Keeping a project log-recording numbers of all workers, the content of the induction/orientation and date of starting work shall  validate this.
33. Sub/contractor training
• The sub/contractor shall ensure all contractor’ workers shall receive at least one specific task-related training/skills session per   week. This may be achieved by using Toolbox talks &/or training in a specific Safe Work Method Statement.
34. Lost time injuries
• The sub/contractor shall report lost time injuries and hours worked by all workers. The definition of a ‘lost-time injury' is one that  results in absence from normal work on the shift following that during which the injury was suffered.  The sub/contractor shall follow up medical treatment and other statutory requirements till injured person returns to duties or  properly compensated and rehabilitated. All these follow up shall be reported to the Employer on daily basis.
  

 

For your any clarification on safety matters, contact should be made to the relevant the Employer site management.

Special Note : If the Contractor fails to meet the EH&S guidelines, the Personal Protective Safety Equipment will be provided by the Employer and the cost of the same will be deducted from Contractor’s bill.