Site preparation safety management

REMEDIATION, DECONTAMINATION, AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT 16.9.1 Site Preparation and Work Zones... 

Step-by-step program for crisis preparation and management. Initial response, communications, public relations, personnel functions, security, and site safety. 

Safety and Quality Team Engineers prepare weekly nuclear safety report that provides staff of the various departments and site management, with general comments concerning site nuclear safety level indicators related to the management of equipment unavailability and a list of event reports that are issued or will be issued. 

Two types of forms can be used to report personal injuries, depending on their seriousness. One form would be used for accidents in which the injury does not require a doctor s attention but can be handled by first aid at the job site. This form provides the necessary information in case the injury becomes more serious at a later date. The second from is more detailed in nature and is used when a doctor s attention is required. The employee is responsible for reporting an injury, while the supervisor is responsible for correctly preparing the proper forms. Serious accidents should be investigated by the safety manager, who can determine the corrective actions. 

The Corps ofEngineers uses a form of the JHA process called Activity hazard analysis (AHA) on all construction sites. Before beginning each work activity involving a type of work presenting hazards not experienced in previous project operations or where a new work crew or sub-contractor is to perform the work, the Contractor(s) performing that work activity shall prepare an AHA (Army System Safety Management Guide, 2008). 

The term unpacking may seem a little odd. It comes from the way this book has been researched and prepared. It means to pull apart, to challenge, to question and to consider from as wide a variety of perspectives as possible, both academic and practice-based. It therefore lets us take safety apart within the specific construction site context to see what we can find - an ideal approach to help us answer the questions above, allowing us to explore and address them from outside the traditional frameworks of legislation, management systems and best practice. Instead, we can see how these approaches actually work in practice, how they are received by those who have to use them on a daily basis, and how they ultimately contribute to what safety actually is on sites. The way this process has been carried out is discussed in much more detail in Chapter 3. 

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