SECURITY AND SAFENESS GMS Ben Luc Long Thanh Expressway Project Package A5 Civil Works Km 32+450 to Km 35+900 HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN & SECURITY ASURANCE PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS I HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN[.]
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SECURITY ASURANCE PLAN
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I HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN
II SECURITY ASSURANCE METHOD
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It is the prime concern of the Contractor that the works to be carried out at theconstruction site are of the highest safety standard The Contractor's managementlevel will be responsible for ensuring that safety is given top priority which it deservesand that the safety objectives which are identified are, so far as is reasonablypracticable
1 Project Health and Safety Organisation and Responsibility
The policy of the Contractor's management level is to accept and implement the safetyrules and regulations, standards and codes of practice of the local Government and theEmployer in addition to such internal policies as may be in existence within theContractor's organization
And to achieve aforesaid policy, the management will be properly considered andappropriately developed and implemented the following:
- Identify the common and serious hazards and resolve them
- Conduct safety audits to evaluate the safety performance
- Compliance with the Employer's safety policy at all levels of management
- Plan and implement accident prevention programmes and measures
- Plan and implement fire safety and emergency control measures and proceduresOperational success will be achieved in conjunction with a good and effectiveaccident prevention practice based on internationally accepted codes and practices.All local Government's legislation will be considered in establishing the obsoleteminimum requirements for policy
The management will take all reasonable steps within its power to meet itsresponsibilities and shall pay attention to the provision of the following:
Trang 4- Plant, equipment and systems of work that are safe and suitable for the purposeintended.
- Safe arrangement for the handling, transportation and storage of equipment,materials, etc
- Monitor the safety activities programme
- Acquaint management with the legal aspects of the safety rules and regulations
- Equip managers with the necessary tools for the successful execution of safetyactivities in order to prevent injury to personnel and/or damage to property
- Keep records in compliance with the requirements of all local safety rules andregulations
- Provide all workmen with safety provisions and ensure the correct usage of allnecessary protective clothing and safety equipment while carrying out the work
- Conduct in-house training through: i) on the job training; ii) on the jobcorrections, and iii) tool-box meeting
- Promote safety at all levels through safety meetings, safety promotion activitiesand campaigns, and safety competitions with incentive awards
- Provide safety banners, safety signboards, posters, etc and display them atconspicuous points or location as constant reminders
- Establish a safety committee which will meet regularly to review all existingsafety measures
- Appoint a safety officer to assist the management team to identify and solveproblems and to work out methods of establishing and maintaining a safe andhealthy working environment
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a) Project Manager
The project Manager is responsible for the establishment of the Project Health andSafety Plan programme This Programme shall be according to the Bidder target withthe recommendations and assistance of the Deputy Project Manager, ContructionManagers and the safety Officer Accident prevention procedures will be included inall activities by the application of sound safety planning Specifically, the ProjectManager shall set the pace for the project health and safety programme with thesafety Officer and shall act as follows:
- Direct the activities of the safety Team as the Project Manager
- Promote full support of the health and safety programme
- Delegate responsibilities for the various safety functions and authorities withhealth and safety promotion at all levels of the Project
- Maintain active involvement in the Project’s safety status and safety morale
- Ensure prompt investigation action on any accident investigations with properreports completed and follow – up action taken
b) Project QEHS Manager
The project QEHS Manager is appointed by the Project Manager, to be in-charge ofthe quality, environmental, health and safety aspects of the activities on site with thesystem implemented in this Project He will oversee the activities concerning theseaspects by reviewing/discussion with the Safety Officer or even together with theProject Manager to ensure the compliance of the laws and regulations The specifichealth and safety responsibilities of the Project QEHS Manager include, but are notlimited to, the following:
- Responsibility for all safety activities on the Project and maintain liaison withthe Construction Manager/Safety Officer
- Establish and direct the site Health and Safety Plan programme
- Ensure and guide Safety Officer to promote activities onsite to achieve theProject’s objectives and targets
- Ensure the Safety Team is formed and actively involved in the health and safeenvironments matters in the Project
- Ensure compliance to the health and safety programmes by all departments inthis Project
- Establish safety rules with special attention to unusual operations and safetyrequirements of the Employer
Trang 7- Ensure information and follow-up action of Safety Officer after discussion withProject Quality Manager.
- Involve with the planning for the operations where the possible hazard mayhappen or the safety level is below the normal
- Oversee the implementation and execution of Safety Programmes and theireffectiveness
- Suggest/Support the Safety Officer on health and safety programmes such astraining programme for approval from the Project Manager
- Monitor/Check any unsafe acts during site patrols
c) Construction Manager
The Construction Manager is the key figure when it concerns the monitoring of thecontractual obligations of the various contractors on the job One of these obligationswithin our total program is safety
- The Construction Manager is responsible for the training and directing of siteengineers and office engineers which includes their safety responsibilities
- The Construction Manager shall be prepared to accept the responsibilities foradministering the site safety programme during the absence of the Safety Officerfrom the Project Manager
- The Construction Manager shall take and active part to the Safety Team Heshall review the specifications and prints for safety compliance and relate hisfindings to this team
- The Construction Manager will co-ordinate activities with the Safety Officerregarding construction teams and subcontractor performance and take whateversteps are necessary for proper safety compliance
- He shall assist the safety Officer on problems or a technical nature
As administrator of the health and safety programme, he shall function as the SafetyCo-coordinator advisor and consultant to the Project Manager and supervisorypersonnel in establishing and maintaining compliance with the health and safetyprogramme Safety Officer shall be a suitable qualified and experienced person withcomplete involvement with the safety activity throughout the period of this Project.The Safety Officer’s specific responsibilities include the followings:
- Coordinating the site safety efforts with the Project Manager and the Employer’shealth and safety requirements
- Keeping the site management and the Project QEHS Manager informed of theprogress of the health and safety programmes and making recommendations for
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- Administer site health and safety policies and procedures within the framework
of the Bidder Health and Safety Plan particularly emphasis on potentialhazardous operations
- Proposing programmes to implement the accomplishment of short and longrange of site health and safety objectives and to motivate all employeeparticipations to obtain these objectivies
- Preparing , submitting and distributing the required safety and injury reportswith records kept in his file
- Maintaining a continuing inspection programme and reporting the findings andrecommendations to the Project Manager/Managers/Constractors for promptcorrections
- Conducting and/or participating in job safety meetings
- Supervising safety trainings in accordance with the site requirements
- Coordinating the first aid and rescue services on site with certification to ensurethe appointed employees are equipped with proper first aid know-how in theabsence of a nurse
- Establishing a fire prevention programme with training on the actions andparticipation of the employees for designated duties such as informing the FireBrigade
- Investigating all accidents, injuries, fires, property damage and other safetyrelated incidents and prepare/submit the required report
- Identify the classification of injuries if they are occupational or time losing,disabling injuries and take the follow-up actions on the control of injury caseswith appropriate accident forms to be filled
- Assisting Sub-Contractors with their health and safety program to meet thevarious site health and safety requirements
- Notify the Project Manager and Project QEHS Manager of all health and safetyinspections with any action to be taken
- Evaluating the needs and then, request of safety, first aid and fire protectionequipment needed on the job Ensure that safety, equipment is maintained ingood condition at all times
- Check/Provide safety approval for new tools and equipment, including toolsneeded for specific job
- Effective display and maintain publicity of news of health and safety on the site
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to instill a good and positive attitude on health and safety environment amongthe people of all levels on site at all times
- Administer and/or monitor the site hazardous waste program
- Administer and/or monitor the Occupational Health and Safety Act and thehazardous materials information system regulation on worksite
- Attend pre-job meetings with Sub-Contractors and ensure the Sub-Contractorscomply to the Bidder safety policies and procedures during their work in theProject
- Plan the site health and site safety program timely to achieve the required sitehealth and safety policies and procedures accordingly
- Maintain an updated knowledge of al health and safety policies and procedureswith knowledge of state provincial and local safety laws and regulations
- Maintain updated knowledge of state-of-the-art concepts of accident preventionand continually contributing to upgrading the site safety effort
- Execute effectively on any other assignments delegated by the Project Manager.Construction Manager The Site Engineers will be directly responsible for the success
of the health and safety programmes as they are in direct contact with the Contractors Their abilities to instill good health and safety attitudes to the Sub-Contractors will reflect the success of the health and safety programmes on site.Site Engineers are responsible for a wide range of activities They must plan theirhealth and safety activities with care and good effort as they have to carry out otherportions of their work programme such as cost, manpower allocation and scheduling
Sub-of the respective work within this Project
The specific health and safety responsibilities of Site Engineers include, but are notlimited to, the following:
- Review all work and all new personnel for safety needs Completefamiliarization with health and safety requirements is an integral part of the totaljob responsibility
- Continual monitoring of the safety attitudes of Sub-Contractors and theirresponsibilities towards the health and safety of their trade and participations inthe job safety effort
- Enforce on compliance with all established health and safety regulations beforeand during performance of the work
- Conduct health and safety inspections and make corrections on a daily basis
Trang 10- Ensure that proper trade health and safety training is provided.
- Initiate plans prior to the start of work to supply the tools, materials, andequipment necessary to do the job safety
- Assist with accident investigations to ensure proper reporting anddocumentation with prompt corrections made after accident and to prevent anyrecurrences
- Co-ordinate planning and work activities with other supervisory personnelperforming work within, or adjacent to, their assigned work areas
- Site Engineers who have responsibility for contractor’s operations will monitorSub-Contractor’s compliance with the site health and safety programme Thisactivity will be coordinated with the safety Officer
1.4 Health and safety checker
The health and safety checkers are key people on construction site to prevent accidentfrom happening They are the personnel at the front line, directing work activitieswhere by they are in control over the workers for the respective works which have thelikelihood of victims from potential accident Therefore, the Safety Checkers have toknow and be responsible for the followings:
- Check their workers at the start of work daily to make sure these workers areready to carry out their assigned tasks from their knowledge /information oftheir workers under their charge and also the physical and mental state of eachworker daily
- Observe and monitor continuously all workers on their knowledge andcapabilities on their works and health & safety issues
- Follow-up continuously with site inspections to ensure health and safetyinstructions are carried out such as personal protective equipment required to beused and in proper order
- Give specific health and safety instructions with each job assignment according
to each worker’s knowledge of job with related impacts to the environment,health and safety
- Ensure workers under their charge use the proper well-maintained tools andequipment for each job
- Check for any incident at the end of the day daily and report to safety Officerwhenever necessary
- Inform Safety Officer if unsafe acts or conditions found which they are notresponsible
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Operators or Workers working with tools, plant, equipment, etc are responsible fortheir health and safety with others working around them Therefore, there should besufficient instructions provided to them They shall be responsible for the followings:
- Use proper, correct and well-maintained tools and equipment for the jobs
- Use protective measures such as safety helmets, safety boots, goggles, safetybelts, etc must be worn whenever required
- Maintain and keep tools in good condition at all times
- Report defects in plant or equipment or any potential risk to health and safety toSupervisor
- Avoid improvising work which entails unnecessary risk
- Refrain abuse of welfare facilities
- Suggest ways for eliminating hazards
2 Safety Instruction and Training
2.1 General
- No employee shall be required to work in surrounding or under workingconditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous to his / her life, healthand safety
- The Bidder shall be responsible for initiating and maintaining a health andsafety program which will comply with the Contract, Engineer’sRepresentatives and Statutory requirements
- The Bidder Safety Program shall provide frequent and regular safety inspections
of the worksites, material and equipments by competent person designated bythe Bidder Results of findings shall be submitted to the Engineer’sRepresentative
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- Employee’s responsibilities for property and the safety of others
- Employee’s responsibilities for reporting all accidents
- Medical facilities and required treatment
- Procedures for reporting or correcting unsafe conditions or practices
- Safe clearance procedures
- Fire and other emergency procedures
2.3 Training
- Safety meetings scheduled on regular basis shall be held at least once a monthfor all Site Engineers on the Project to review past activities, to plan ahead fornew or changed operations and establish safe working procedures for anticipatedhazards
- Everyone required to enter confined or enclosed spaces or atmospheres withimmediate danger to life, shall be instructed as to the hazards involved andprecautionary measures to be taken Training by qualified person on the use andcare of such emergency and protective equipment shall be conducted All theBidder staff shall comply to all specific regulations in dangerous or potentiallydangerous areas
- All employees who have to handle poisons, caustic or other harmful substances,are required to receive instruction regarding the safe handling and use.Information and knowledge on the potential hazards, personal hygiene,protective equipment and other personal protective measures involved orrequired
- Personnel who may be required to use the rescue of life saving equipment must
be familiar with the locations of the equipment and knowledge with training onusing them
- Personnel required to provide or receive signals, must be familiar with theproper use of the signal system
- Personnel required to handle or use flammable liquids, gases or toxic materialsmust be trained in the handling, storage and use of them with specific protectionrequirements
- Whenever the employees are likely to extreme temperature or exceedatmospheric pressure, instructions on recognition, potential hazards, avoidance
of injury and first aid procedures to be applied for any incident
Trang 13- The Bidder shall provide a trained fire fighting team on site if required byAuthority, to ensure the protection of life and property
- The Bidder shall provide training on the handling of emergency situations thatmay arise from the use of equipment in the Project
- Instruction to use and operate any heavy equipment will be given by qualifiedrepresentative of the Bidder and personnel required to use these equipment shalldemonstrate their proficiency in the operation process
- Any personnel required working with energized power and transmission linesshall be instructed and trained in the live line bare-hand technique and safetyrequirements before allowed to use
3 Health and Safety Meeting
3.1 HS Committee meeting
The Bidder Health and Safety Meeting will be held on monthly basis A team shall beformed which is known as Health and Safety Committee The attendees for thismeeting shall be the project Manager, Deputy Project Managers, ConstructionManagers, Safety Officer and relevant staff with the agenda of this meeting but notlimited to them, as follows:
- Health and safety target/Program review
- Summary of monthly health and safety report
- Monthly Safety inspection
- Any other matters related to Health and Safety
3.2 Tool box Meeting
Tool Box Meeting will be conducted by Safety Officer and safety Checkers on aregular basis to address the safety related matters with the workers, issues will beraised or identified during the safety inspections and reminded at the Tool BoxMeetings, Safety Officer will prepare the items for these Tool Box, Meetings SiteEngineers will take the necessary action for those issues mentioned at these Tool BoxMeetings to ensure conformity of such issues are carried out
4 Safety Reports and Notification of Accidents
Trang 14- Safety Officer shall keep an accurate record of the report on the man-hoursexposure of the Sub-Contractors to the Engineer’s Representatives Form to beadvised.
iii) Damage to property / equipment or any dangerous occurrence resulting
in harm to people or properties
- Accident resulted in loss of life, public’s notice and awareness or press coverageshall be reported immediately to the Employer’s and the Engineer’sRepresentative by telephone
- Further to informing them by telephone, the Bidder have to provide by facsimilethe report in advance on the relevant issue within 3 hours to the Employer’s andthe Engineer’s Representative The complete detailed report must be submitted
by the Bidder to the Employer’s and the Engineer’s Representative within 24hours
5 Personal protective apparel and other site safety protection
5.1 Personal protective apparel
Personal protective gears like protective footwear such as safety boots, rubber boots,and groves shall be worn by employees engaged in works that require such protection.All points of entry for hard hat must be identified with the sign Visitors to site mustalso adhere to the safety requirements at the site
- Protection to eyes and face for work that may cause injury due to physical,chemical or radiation agents
- Reflective or high visibility material should be worn for staff exposed tovehicular traffic e.g Signalmen, spotters, inspectors servicemen, etc
- Protective nets for overhead protection shall be provided wherever the public orworkers are subjected to injury due to falling objects
- Work near protruded vertical reinforcing steel shall not be permitted unlessprovision to eliminate possible hazards is carried out
- Protection to ears with ear plugs or ear muffs are required for sound transmitted
at working area that exceeds 85DbA