Contractors enforcement

The site-specific safety and health plan (SSAHP) mnst inclnde pro-cednres for implementing and enforcing safety and health rnles for all persons on site, inclnding employers, employees, ontside contractors, and visitors. 

To maintain adeqnate site control, the site safety and health snpervi-sor mnst have the anthority to enforce the SSAHP s rnles on any individ-nal present at the site, whether that individnal is an employee or an ontside contractor. If there is more than one SSAHP (i.e., if each contractor develops its own), OSHA considers it essential that the plans he integrated and enforced consistently to ensnre that on-site personnel have a clear nnder-standing of safety and health expectations, lines of anthority, and emergency response actions. 

OSHA IMIS Records of workplace inspections, including those prompted by accidents where a worker is injured 1984-Present Information from OSHA field inspections, a third party More accurate description of impacts on employees and contractors Keyword indexing allows for easy search and retrieval Not comprehensive, limited to incidents selected by OSHA Inspections without abstracts cannot be keyword searched causal information unavailable Designed to assist compliance enforcement, not to report on incident causes Limited information from State-Plan states Not designed to be a lessons-leamed database... 

Certification that the applicant did not and will not use services of any person or firm debarred under the 1992 Generic Drug Enforcement Act. In order to prepare this certification, appropriate certifications should be obtained from all contractors used... 

Laboratory Techniques. In addition to the previous research programs which address the personnel and management information needs of forensic science laboratories, the National Institute is funding research to improve instrumentation and analytical techniques applied to the analysis of physical evidence. The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, California, and the Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) have served as prime contractors to the Institute in the laboratory technique area. Although space does not permit a complete discussion of all projects underway at Aerospace and NBS, I will describe two project areas which are of great interest to forensic science practitioners and researchers. 

An effective safety permit system was not enforced with Phillips or contractor employees, especially line opening and hot work permits. 

The requirement for building clean has arisen in recent years as more stringent clean rooms have become more popular. Imposing a clean construction protocol on contractors can lengthen the schedule and increase cost. The protocol should be developed during the construction document phase and be an integral part of the bid documents. Once the decision is made to work clean, protocols developed should be followed by everyone on the jobsite associated with the clean areas. A poorly conceived and enforced protocol will be a costly and futile exercise. The tendency to build clean on every new or retrofit project should be carefully evaluated and a practical protocol should be developed consistent with the needs of the project. 

All these codes are updated on a regular basis and it is the Project Manager s responsibility that the contractors as well as the Project Team Specialists conform and enforce the latest revision. 

Many Owners, especially large ones, have developed and promulgated and made mandatory their own sets of standards and specifications that supplement those normally used in the industry. The Project Manager must see that those are also enforced on contractors and vendors. 

This section provides insight into the behind-the-scenes workings of an engineering contractor s office, discusses the procedures that govern them and focuses attention on those that should be followed and/or enforced by the Project Manager during the detailed engineering phase. 

Congress mandated that the EPA collect fees from EPA accredited training programs and certified confractors to cover the EPA s costs of administering and enforcing the standards and requirements applicable to lead-based paint training programs and contractors. ... 

Because contractor management is so crucial to safe and successfiil operations, all industries have extensive regulations and guidance on the topic. A discussion of the standards provided by OSHA and BSEE (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement) is provided below. 

BSEE will hold lessees and operators directly and fully responsible for all activity conducted under a lease issued or maintained under OCSLA without limiting its ability to pursue enforcement actions against contractors. 

While the primary focus of BSEE s enforcement actions will continue to be on lessees and operators, BSEE will, in appropriate circumstances, issue incidents of noncompliance (INCs) to contractors for serious violations of BSEE regulations. The issuance of an INC to a contractor... 

The small size of the organization made it difficult to negotiate or enforce OHS requirements on the large contractors used to transport their finished goods. Due to the explosive nature of the product, there were only a limited munber of carriers available. Ensuring that the carriers followed their safe systems of work was an arduous task, and due to the organization s small size, they did not believe they had the negotiating power to enforce such requirements. 

The contractor shall enforce the host company s safety rules and practices as they apply to the contractor s employees, in addition to the contractor s own safety rules and procedures. 

The contractor shall provide all of their subcontractors with copies of all safe working procedures and shall ensure their enforcement. 

To support this enforcement process, DOE developed several DOE orders, guides, and manuals. These documents were to be used by the contractors to prepare documented safety analysis (DSA) and technical safety requirements (TSRs). 

Congress mandated that DOE change its methods of managing nuclear activities at contractor operated sites by requiring DOE to undertake enforcement actions against indemnified contractors for violations of nuclear safety requirements. The establishment of enforcement sanctions as a method of ensuring compliance with safety requirements is intended to minimize the risk to workers and the public. 

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