Site visitor safety

Wlien the appropriate researeh has been eompleted, it is time to use the information to develop the site-speeifie safety plan. Keep in mind that this plan will provide the basis for proteetion of workers, visitors, and the publie. The plan defines health and safety hazards, eontrols, and requirements for individual aetivities at a speeifie worksite and provides doeumentation to help identify and eontrol health and safety hazards before fieldwork begins [1],... 

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. 

Ensure contractors and site visitors adhere to the safety system requirements... 

A formal site visitor procedure must be in place to meet the requirements of the health and safety regulations and to maintain site security. 

Clearly defined and well-communicated safety roles and responsibilities for all levels of the organization are critical in the beginning phases of developing a safety management system. These outline all expectations about performance and accountability among the leadership team, all employees, contractors, and site visitors. Once the roles and responsibilities are assigned, everyone in the organization must be made aware of their individual roles and responsibilities. 

A properly designed and implemented site-speeifie HASP provides the basis for proteetion of workers, visitors, and the publie. The HASP is a requirement at all HAZWOPER sites [1] and will likely soon beeome a requirement at all sites. However, before we begin development of the HASP there is a lot of work to do. The following diseussion will outline the diflferenees between a health and safety program and a HASP doeument. 

Site C s SSAHP elearly stated that safety and health requirements deseribed in the plan apply only to the employees of the prime eontrae-tor and subeontraetor, and to visitors under the direet eontrol of the eontraetor. As a result, the SSAHP did not eover other individuals on site sueh as EPA personnel state and loeal government personnel or employees, representatives, or eontraetors of the Potentially Responsible Party (PRP). 

Therefore it is required of all buyers that, while they essentially retain the right to propose and enforce the rules of the water treatment contract, they have to also accept some responsibility in its smooth passage. Buyers thus cannot place responsibilities on field representatives, for areas of the operator s plant or process, over which they have no final control. It is untenable. Buyers have to manage their own plants and ensure that proper maintenance and repair work is carried out. Buyers also have to provide adequate resources to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of all company workers and visitors on-site. Service company representatives, in turn, have to work within established plant rules. 

Williams Bio-Energy will host the industrial site for this demonstration. Williams works with Nuvera and Caterpillar to provide them with site electrical load requirements. They will prepare the site to ensure that the fuel cell system links to their power network and will supply ethanol fuel and other utilities. During the demonstration, Williams personnel will monitor and service equipment and permit visitors to witness the demonstration in comfort and safety. 

Visitors, vendors, or other consultants coming onto the plant site should be made aware of the safety requirements of the organization. Some form of security control at the entrance gate will help control who comes into the plant and also regulate the number of outside vehicles entering the site. This is normally done for security purposes and also helps with the safety of visitors to the plant. 

System was also being implemented at their sites and mines as company policy. Visitors from all over visited the plant and mine and were amazed at the safety culture they found. The state mine inspector at the time rated the smelter as the safest in the state. 

Keep employees and others (contractors, visitors, etc.) on the site informed on health and safety matters and arrangements. 

A job safety assessment or analysis should be performed at the start of any task or operation. The designated competent or authorized person should evaluate the task or operation to identify potential hazards and determine the necessary controls. This assessment should focus on actual worksite conditions or procedures that differ from or were not anticipated in the related project or phase hazard analysis. In addition, the authorized person should ensure that each employee involved in the task or operation is aware of the hazards related to the task or operation and of the measures or procedures that workers and visitors must use to protect themselves. Note The job safety assessment is not intended to be a formal, documented analysis, but instead is more of a quick check of actual site conditions and a review of planned procedures and precautions. A more detailed explanation of job safety analysis is provided in Chapter 12. 

All authorized visitors should be given a hard hat, briefed on health and safety issues and supervised throughout the period of their visit. Walkways on the site should avoid hazards from workers at height, vehicles or excavation work. 

Such arrangements will include site rules (see Appendix 7.1 for an example) for the protection of members of the public, visitors and other employees. They should also cover issues such as shared facilities (e.g. the use of catering facilities) and the need for full co-operation from the occupier and his staff in the observation of health and safety rules. 

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This was the only site that required the authors to wear both a safety helmet and a reflective vest. The authors visited this site twice and discovered that safety awareness is quite good on this site. AU workers wear a safety helmet, and all visitors are required to wear a reflective vest. Safety measures have the common flaw of requiring contractors to invest a significant amount of money. Implementation of KYT, however, requires a negligible sum of money to reduce careless behaviour during a risky job and raise the safety motivation of workers. All of these potentially save substantial money spent on accidents. The morning session... 

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