• WORKING HOURS;
Contractor to identify anticipated working hours. If working before and after the anticipated work hours - define the hazard associated with it, ex. Night shift and or weekends. Particular attention shall be paid to:
Levels of supervision
Task observation and monitoring of workforce
If night shift consider; lighting and workplace access
Activities being identified as being hazardous if undertaken outside of daylight hours:
e.g. Lifting Operation.
• WORK ATTIRE:
Contractor shall identify its color codes and describe the basic work attire including coveralls, safety helmets, Safety Glass with shields, safety shoes with steel toe caps, and other additional protection equipment as necessary for the execution of all works.
• DISCIPLINARY ACTION:
Contractor shall describe, list, and post its progressive Disciplinary Action Procedures for the worksite and Camps. (Set the rules and set the disciplinary action for violators; like smoking inside the rooms; cooking inside the rooms; drinking liquors; fighting, gambling, etc.)
Contractor shall detail how it will implement and enforce the conditions defined within the OHS Manual in the entirety and how it will ensure compliance from its own personnel and those of its subcontractors and its site representatives.
• SAFETY COMMITTEE:
Contractor shall establish, identify and maintain SAFETY Committee Team to meet on a regular basis (at least monthly) Attended by Client Representative, Consultant Representative and other related government representative to improve/ maintain the occupational health and safety of the project - minuted and filed. Mention also who will be the chairperson of the meeting, usually the Contractor Safety Manager.
• EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN:
Contractor shall prepare an Emergency Response Plan, which shall include Notification of Emergency, Evacuation Routes, Emergency Assembly Point; Mobilization of Emergency Response Team, Medical and Ambulance Support, communication with neighboringEmergency facilities,rescue techniques, ( to include rescue from elevation and confined Space) Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all its employees aware and strictly follow site Emergency Procedures.
• PROJECT SAFETY MEETINGS:
Contractor shall describe all its safety Meetings, including the meeting schedules, attendees, and Meeting Chair Person. These meetings may include but not limited to the following:
Safety Committee Meeting:
Safety committee Meeting is a meeting internal to the contractor, conducted once a month, and attended by the Contractor PM, CM, Safety Manager, Supervisor, or Safety Officer (which is available) to discuss issues of relevance to safety especially those affecting progress. It has to be minuted and record keep for future reference. This meeting has to be chaired by the Contractor Safety Manager or the Contractor project or Site Engineer.
Weekly Safety Meeting:
WEEKLY Safety meetings has to be conducted one day before the Weekly Progress meeting so that issues of importance to the project especially causing delay may be discussed during the weekly Progress Meeting to be given solution at once. It has to be minute and tracked to ensure compliance to mark close in the next Weekly safety Meeting and records keep for future reference.
This meeting has to be attended with the client’s representative, consultant safety Engineer, The contractor PM / CM, Project / Site Engineer, and the contractor Safety representative (Safety Manager, Supervisor, or Safety Officer.) This meeting shall be chaired by the Contractor Safety personnel present during the meeting.
Safety Toolbox Talks:
Daily Team Talks – shall be given prior to start a new activity explaining the hazards and the control measure that may be encountered in doing the job.
Weekly Toolbox Talks: The contractor management shall introduce weekly safety toolbox talk of 15 – 20 minutes duration, every Saturday morning at the start of the work week in a language understood by the audience / workforce. To be conducted by the safety representative, line supervision or management. Topics shall be prepared by
the contractor safety which are related to any ongoing activity at site, documented and filed for records.
• HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS:
Contractor and its Sub contractor shall be familiar with the hazardous materials present in the project and provide in writing its Methods and procedures for handling, transporting, storage, use and disposal of Hazardous Materials. ( e.g. ACM, Contaminated soils with oils and other combustible and flammable liquids, etc.)
• TRANSPORTATION OF EMPLOYEES:
• Contractor / ABSAR shall transport its workers from and to site and Camps in Buses and not in any uncovered trucks or Pick Ups. No one will be allowed to ride at the back loading chamber of DYNA AND PICK UPS. Any violators shall be dealt with accordingly per the disciplinary action in this safety program.
• ACCOMMODATION FOR EMPLOYEES AT CAMPS:
• Contractor / ABSAR shall provide accommodation Camps for its labor force, including Staff personnel, in a company built accommodation Camp, equipped with all facilities for Fire prevention and protection, (Fire extinguisher and Fire Hose Reel Cabinets);
• Contractor to Food allowance for workers.
• CAMP HEALTH AND HYGIENE:
• Contractor / ABSAR shall provide cold drinking facilities in the camp’s strategic locations.
Schedule of replacement of water filters shall be regular with records as part of their maintenance plan.
• Potable Water supply facilities shall be deposited in an overhead tanks delivered by a water tanker in a regular basis, as required, with the schedule of chlorinization by a third party on record with the result.
• Adequate number of toilets has to be provided with complete videt hoses and shower facilities with adequate numbers of Water Heaters.
• Contractor to provide accommodation rooms equipped with AC units having dual control for hot and cold, with the minimum number of occupants to be housed in each rooms at least 4 personnel in each room with a steel cabinet provided for each.
• No cooking inside the room shall be allowed, any violators shall be dealt with accordingly.
• No smoking inside the rooms shall be allowed any violator shall be dealt with accordingly.
• No drinking of liquors shall be allowed in any part of the Camp. Any violators shall be penalized.
• All penalties shall be based on the approved penalty system in this Safety Program.
• COMMUNICATION:
Contractor ./ ABSAR shall disseminate all information’s in this Safety Plan that need to be known by the workers by posting in all bulletin boards in all strategic locations in the camps and at the work sites., and through safety Toolbox meetings in the native tongue of the workers for their thorough understanding.
For the workers compliance for any issued guidelines, the disciplinary action shall be imposed without fail, notwithstanding their position and nationality. Mistake is mistake and if it deem necessary, even up to the deportation of the violators then it shall be done.
Policy is policy and it shall be followed by all.