Understanding the Scope of Work

The next step is to talk to individual task managers or others who can expect to perform the work. This may include subcontractors or other personnel who will perform work on the site. If contractors are involved, a decision should be made as to the relationship and responsibility for overall safety responsibility. If the HASP is likely to be adopted by others, this should be kept in mind during development. 

Besides incentives, contracts are important because they define what is supposed to happen and who will be responsible for what. The HASP document should reflect site activities. Having a good understanding of 

Contract documents should be reviewed. The HASP should reflect and possibly reference contractual agreements. Contract documents can contain much information pertinent to site safety. For example, many contracts contain monetary incentives for completion of site work accident free. If management wishes to share some of this monetary incentive with site workers, the HASP is an excellent vehicle for communicating safety incentive programs. 

Job specifications should be reviewed. For larger sites job specifications may be many inches thick, and for small sites job specifications may not exist. For those sites where job specifications do exist, they should be studied in detail. The specifications will typically supply the author(s) of the HASP with pertinent information about the customer requirements. 

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First and foremost, one must understand the scope of work and environmental requirements controlling this work. One should ask What are the controlling factors for this work and how much priority does each factor have Obvious conditions needed are the end... 

Is it ensured that the suppHers adequately understand the scope of work and SHE requirements and work according to these ... 

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