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CONTENTS
1. GENERAL
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1. GENERAL
       All employees, from Construction Manager to each labour, engaged in execution of the
       project are required to participate in practising safety requirements provided in this plan,
       which is based strictly on the Owner’s safety requirements.
       The primary purpose of this plan to prevent any accidents, accident or events that could
       result in injury, illness or fatality to personnel of Owner, Contractor, Subcontractor and/or
       third party. This plan shall also be implemented to prevent damage or destruction to the
       property, equipment and materials of Owner, Contactor, Subcontractor and/or third party.
       Any local government law, state and municipal ordinance, or rules and regulations
       prescribing safety for construction work shall prevail over this plan.
           2.1.1.    Seek to avoid harm to the health of, or injury to, employees and others, and
                     damage to property from their operations and from those subcontractor’s on
                     their behalf.
           2.1.2.    Enhance safety consciousness in their employees and subcontractors.
           2.1.3.    Take the initiative where necessary to promote a workable and to improve
                     code of safe practices; and practical regulations that are related the above
                     matters.
           2.1.4.    Recognise the importance of involvement and commitment of the
                     supervision and employees in developing and applying a policy.
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       The Construction Manager will have overall responsibility for safety at the site. A Safety
       Engineer will be assigned who is responsible for implementing the contractor’s safety
       program and procedures and monitor all safety activities of all personnel including
       subcontractor’s personnel at the site. He will report directly to the Construction Manager.
       In addition to Safety Engineer, all supervisory personnel will enforce the safety
       requirements on the project.
       Contractor’s safety Organization shall be comprised of a Safety Committee consisting of
       Construction manager, Safety Engineer, Superintendent and Subcontractor’s safety
       representatives.
       The responsibilities of the safety Committee are to establish safety rules and regulations
       aimed at accident and fire prevention. All employees and subcontractors and their agents
       working at site should observe any site rules and regulations, apart from local legislation,
       approved by the committee.
3.1.       Function of safety committee.
           The Committee, comprised of site management and subcontractor supervisors will
           meet the last once a month of review the following:
           3.1.1.    Ensure that       the committee members execute the directives and
                     implementation of safety policies.
           3.1.2.    Ensure that the accidents are promptly reported to them whenever
                     necessary. All major accident must be reported immediately.
           3.1.3.    Feedback and recommendation from individual committee members are to
                     be studied and evaluated for implementation where necessary.
           3.1.4.    Resolving conflict between safety program and production personnel.
           3.1.5.    Recommendation to management for budget in regard to safety expenses
                     and/or acquisition of safety equipment.
           3.1.6.    The Chairman of the committee may recommend to the administration
                     manager for dismissal of employees for flagrant compliance of safety rules
                     and regulation.
3.2.       Safety Engineer
           3.2.1.    Report to Construction Manager.
           3.2.2.    Supervises safety and security personnel of subcontractors.
           3.2.3.    Responsibilities:
                     In day-to-day he has the responsibility to provide all levels of supervision
                     with the service and technical advice needed for proper compliance of the
                     job site safety program. He is responsible to the Construction manager for
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          3.3.5.    Remedy any defect that may cause injury damage. Work should cease
                    immediately and only be continued in after the defect has been rectified.
          3.3.6.    Make proper use of all safeguards, safety devices and other appliances
                    furnished for they protection or for their protection for others.
          3.3.7.    Ensure and also make their subordinates acquainted with and obey all
                    safety at health instructions.
          3.3.8.    Ensure that careless and reckless practices and actions that are likely to
                    result in accidents or injuries are prevented.
          3.3.9.    No site workers, unless duly authorized, should interfere with remove, after
                    or displace any safety device or other appliance furnished for their
                    protection or the protection of others, or interfere with any method or
                    process adopted with view to avoiding accidents and injuries to health.
          3.3.10.   All personnel in sections/ departments concerned with construction work
                    should cooperate in taking preventive that will ensure safety and health of
                    site workers.
          3.3.11.   Ensure that workmen are acquainted with the emergency procedures and
                    conduct regular practices.
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             The focal point of safety program is the Construction Manager/ Safety Engineer will
             ensure that:
             4.2.1.   On day-to-day basis the safety program is implemented.
             4.2.2.   The planning for effective accident prevention is implemented a minimum in
                      accordance with the below listed table.
                      Abbreviations:
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            The contractor’s construction management team will be dedicated to the principal that
            accident prevention is an essential part of construction planning efficient of every project.
            Before the start of any construction activities, the Safety Engineer will organise safety
            training with the specific scope to make the safety engineers and worker of various
            subcontractors familiar with project safety procedures. Also, the Safety Engineer will act a
            liaison between Owner and the Contractor for obtaining work permit wherever required.
     5.1.       Indoctrination and Training
                Every worker, prior to being admitted to the worksite shall attend indoctrination
                course organised by the Contractor Safety Committee during which the basic safety
                requirements are illustrated.
                As proof that the course has been attended, the worker is given a “Safety Card” to be
                always kept with him and to be shown to Owner’s Supervision Staff who request it.
                Worker found without Safety Card may be immediately expelled from the job site at
                the sole description of the Safety Engineer.
                Supervisors/ Group leaders will be encouraged to conduct a short talk on safety to
                their employees weekly. Such meeting will have duration of approximately half-hour.
                Topics of the talk will vary from week to week. The Safety Engineer will introduce
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       specific topics. In co-operation with the Owner’s Safety Organization, training on fire
       fighting shall be conducted.
       This program is to train all the Supervisory Staff in the use of the fire hoses,
       extinguishers, etc. The sessions will be continued during the course of the job to
       expose each supervisor for at last one trading session.
       Supervisory personal those are normally responsible for construction activities within
       the operational areas of the plant will be given more intensive training.
5.2.   Safety and Health manual
       Contractor to will provide a safety and health manual given employee. This manual
       will be submitted to owner before start construction work for his approval.
       This manual will contained the followings:
       5.2.1.   Health and Safety Policy
       5.2.2.   General Safety Rules
       5.2.3.   Safety Procedures on Site
5.3.   Safety Meeting
       Weekly safety meetings will be held to improve safety co-ordination between the
       Contractor’s supervisory personnel, subcontractor’s safety personnel and/ or other
       supervisory staff so as to stress awareness for safe working condition and practices
       to the worker on the project.
       Safety Engineer assisted as required by other members of the Safety Committee will
       conduct the meeting.
       Subjects to be discussed are:
       Safety toolbox meeting will be held daily to review and discuss regarding the safety
       matters for the work to be performed. Pertinent supervisor/ foremen will conduct this
       meeting with his crews before work start using the subject information furnished and
       the actual meeting time will not exceed five minutes except in unusual circumstances.
5.4.   Safety Publicity
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                with water, soaps. Individual means of drying, and covered receptacles for
                waste.
       5.8.5.   All cafeterias, canteens, mass facilities and related establishment will be
                established, operated and maintained in compliance with health and
                sanitation recommendation of the Government applicable state and local
                regulations.
5.9.   Security Control
       The Security Officer, reporting to the Safety Engineer, will be responsible for the
       security program at the site.
       The program contains the following procedures:
       5.9.1.   Identification
                a. Each employee is furnished with his jurisdiction identification badge.
                    This badge is printed in English and local letter.
                b. All visitors should be escorted in and out of the complex by an
                    authorised security guard.
       5.9.2.   Daily gate logs
                All visitors entering or existing the site are recorded on the daily gate logs.
                a. Visitor’s name.
                b. Time in/ out.
                c. Purpose
                d. Destination/ Badge number
       5.9.3.   All vehicles are recorded.
                a. Owner/driver name.
                b. Time in/out
                c. Destination/Badge number
                d. Vehicle number
       5.9.4.   Material gate pass
                All materials, tools and equipment from any source passing in the gate are
                properly identified. Any materials or equipment existing the gate should be
                listed on a gate pass or bill of lading. The item listed are checked and verify
                by the authorised person and counter signed by the authorised supervisor.
       5.9.5.   Security guard
                Security guards are arranged under the control of Security Officer to patrol
                the job site, inspection of ware house, offices, storage yards, etc., for 24
                hours a day which are enclosed by the safety fences.
       5.9.6.   Substance abuse
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                     Alcohol and illegal substances will not be tolerated at the site; workers
                     violating the policy will be subject to dismissal.
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       f.   What were the basic or underlying causes? Personal, Management system or job
            factors.
       g. To the best of the witness’s knowledge, was there previously know and/ or
            reported problem or condition associated with the accident?
       Explanations should focus on identifying the basic cause of the accident with led to
       the injury. Explanation such as “foreign body in an eye”, “stressed back while lifting
       box”, and “ employee does not know how injury occurred” are not a sufficient
       investigation.
       Drawing should be worker up and/ or sketches to indicate to be accurate.
       Sufficient photographs should be taken as soon as possible since conditions often
       change rapidly. The back of each photograph should contain the following
       information:
       a. Description and Location of the Principal Item (s).
       b. Date and Time.
       c. Name of Photographers.
       A full report of the investigations must be forwarded to the Division Manager and the
       Safety Officer as soon as possible besides the accident investigation report.
       The Owner Safety Officer will check that any proposed remedial action have been
       implemented on subsequent visits to the site.
6.2.   Accident Report and Accident Register
       6.2.1.     To be able to review accident and gather statistical information about them,
                  records must be kept which set out the details of every accident.
                  Therefore, for each accident that occurs, an Accident Investigation Report
                  must be completed, and an entry made in the Accident Register.
       6.2.2.     The Accident Investigation Report is to be completed on the day of the
                  accident.
       6.2.3.     A copy of the Accident Investigation Report is to be sent to the Owner on a
                  monthly as completed.
       6.2.4.     A copy of the accident Register is to be sent to the Owner on a monthly
                  basis.
6.3.   Statistical Analysis
       The Statistical Analysis is to be completed on a monthly basis and copies forwarded
       to the Owner.
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          The Frequency Rate, Duration rate and Safety Performance Index are calculated as
          follows :
           The duration rate shows the average number of hours lost for each injury and will to
           a degree indicate the seriousness of the injuries that are occurring.
7.1.      General
          All employees who will execute the construction work in job site will be consulted for
          physical fitness to the authorised hospital prior to being in work performance.
          The physical examination report will be kept in contractor’s clinic and the copy of the
          report will be furnished the Owner.
          All employees at no time will use or be under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs
          intoxicants or similar mind-altering substances while on duty. Any employees found to
          be under the influence of or consuming these substance will be immediately removed
          from the job site. Policies and procedures utilised for the prevention plan.
7.2.      Construction Equipment Operator
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The operators of any construction equipment or vehicle will be able to read and
understand the signs, and operation instruction in use and will hold the relevant
public road licences.
The operators of hoisting equipment, draglines, mobile construction equipment and
motor vehicles will no are permitted to operate beyond the following limits:
7.2.1.   Operators of hoisting equipment, mobile construction equipment and drag
         lines will not be permitted to exceed 10 hours of duty time worker at some
         other occupation, without an interval of 8 consecutive hours of rest.
7.2.2.   Operators of motor vehicles, while on duty, will not operate a motor vehicle
         for a continuous period of more than 10 hours, not will the combined duty
         period exceed 112 hours in any 24 hours period, with out at least 8
         consecutive hours of rest.
7.2.3.   All operators of hoisting equipment used for hoisting personnel will have a
         manual physical examination if required by governmental agencies of
         regulation.
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