Sites safety rules

OSHA- Occupational Health and Safety Administration The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration, OSHA, is a federal government agency in the U.S. Department of Labor. OSHA s Web site is http //www.osha.gov/. The primary goals of OSHA are to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of America s workers. OSHA employs over 2,000 inspectors to ensure job site safety. OSHA was created by the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act of 1970. While many see OSHA as an intrusive government agency intent on enforcing arcane rules, the fact is that OSHA saves lives. And if that is not enough... 

Wlien a contractor/subcontractor is hired to perform work in a potentially hazardous area on one of your facilities or that of a client, the project manager shall provide the contractor/subcontractor a copy of the contractor site safety rules checklist for completion. The form and any other rules specific to that site must be signed, dated, and returned prior to any work being performed at a particular site. An executed copy will be made a part of the project file. 

Familiarization with plant hazards, rules and safety practices, security Clear delineation of work, responsibilities and handover (See also maintenance, permit-to-work systems, personal protection, site restrictions, access, modifications, personal hygiene etc.)... 

Many large contractors have distilled their site rules into professionally printed booklets to be distributed on induction, supported by posters to be put up around site. These documentary artefacts of safety are produced within a corporate rather than a site context, and are often positioned as a part of wider organisational safety management systems and safety management programmes. Such site safety guides often present the rules through the dichotomy of ... 

This foreman was talking about his own site operatives and his own management of safety, however, the way he talks about site safety rules gives them a very minor status - just an odd rule. Reference to violations as odd reduces their impact in both frequency and severity, and positions them within a reality where safety violations (which in practice could be very serious in terms of consequences) are frequently minimised through relatively casual talk and linguistic associations. Furthermore, this foreman s enforcement process does not fit within any wider management practice or process framework and no punishment is included within this level of interaction. This subcontractor s foreman is happy to simply enforce safety without further recourse or punitive action to his own site... 

Unpacking the enforcement of site safety rules has suggested that both site supervisors and operatives simply accept violations as part of their daily work, and are also resigned to the punishment dealt out if the perpetrator is caught. However, this clearly shifts responsibility... 

But the corporate voice also requires some elements of safety enforcement at times, although this is often dressed in the clothes of safety propaganda, seeking to shift enforcement from the implementation of rules through punishment to the encouragement of individuals to follow the rules of their own volition. For example, a common way of positioning the site rules in corporate site safety guides is to ask that the operatives ... 

What I found instead was an inconsistent, incomplete and often incoherent safety a safety that often didn t make sense, contradicted itself and was ever changing depending on time, space and place. But actually, this worked for me. As someone who has spent a long time on site, and for whom a key part of everyday was involved with enforcing the site safety rules whilst also attempting to engage with people and convince them why safety was important, these mixed up and messy ideas of what safety was really spoke to me. They explained why things were as they were, why safety was as it was, and were able to fit really well with how my world on site worked. 

The Health and Safety at Work Act makes you responsible for f following the site safety rules demonstrating safe working practice... 

This section is not meant to cover every rule related to general building site safety, but to give an overview of general building site safety. All of the topics associated with site safety could easily provide enough information to be covered separately, and those are the topics that comprise the rest of the sections of this manual. 

This section is not meant to cover every rule related to general building site safety, but to give you an overview of general building site safety. 

This section is only intended to cover general site safety and general safety awareness for employees at their current site. Some of the general site safety rules you may want to cover include the following ... 

Contractor safety orientation is another critical step in ensuring that contractor employees understand hazards related to the job, know site safety practices and rules, and are familiar with local emergency practices related to the site. Contractor safety orientation methods involving classroom sessions or video presentations can be very effective in preventing needless losses. The duty of a contractor in a host employer s workplace should be, at a minimum, to maintain the same level of safety and compliance that the host employer practices. These requests and requirements should be outlined in the scope of work and contract documentation. The host employer should also remember that the contractor s responsibility (liability) only applies to the extent to which the contractor has control of or can reasonably be expected to have control of the site. Those actions by the host employer that may create or expose employees to hazards remain the responsibility of that employer. 

Are there written policies for on-site contractors Are contractors rates and safety and health programs reviewed before selection Do contracts require contractors to follow site safety and health rules Are there means for removing a contractor who violates the rules ... 

The format and extent of orientation training will depend on the complexity of hazards and on work practices. For small businesses, job orientation may consist of a quick review of site-specific safety rules. A safety professional and/or the new employee s supervisor usually present this training [5]. 

There should also be clear definitions regarding the availability of essential or safety-related plant - e.g., emergency shutdown systems, fire detection equipment, fire suppression equipment, or backup electricity supplies. These types of procedures and definitions are usually called operating rules or site safety policies (Fig. 10.3, top right). 

Responsibility for the safety of connected apparatus generally rests on whoever has responsibility for its presence on site. The principal contractor, however, would be well advised to stipulate, in the site safety rules and perhaps in the subcontracts, that any electrical apparatus or electrically powered equipment brought on site must be serviceable and safe. Arrangements must be made for its safe installation and maintenance and for users to be trained to use it safely. The rules should also prohibit the use of apparatus that becomes defective, until the defect has been repaired. 

The site safety rules instruct the operator to take the key with him whilst he is within the fence in order to avoid this possibility. 

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