Safety @ Construction
Site
SAFETY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Assignment of responsibility
Hazard identification and control
Training and communication
Documentation and enforcement of safety rules
SAFETY PROGRAM
Maintenance of safe working conditions
Setting performance goals
Rewarding safety performance
Reviewing circumstances involved in incidents
Taking appropriate correction actions
PERSONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENTS
SAFETY PROGRAM (CONTINUED)
Establishing Safety performance objectives for all levels of management
Including safety as part of management performance reviews
Measuring effectiveness
BENEFITS OF A SAFETY PROGRAM
Reduced workers’ compensation claims
Reduced expenses related to injuries and illnesses
Reduced absenteeism
Lower employee complaints
Improved employee morale and satisfaction
Increased productivity
Reduction of hidden cost
Reduced insurance cost
HIDDEN COST
Workers Compensation Cost
Replacement and training cost for new or substitute employee
Poor Quality
Penalties for non-compliance
PLANNING A PROJECT
Develop goals and objectives
Define project team
Project manager
Site Supervisor
Site Safety
Other Programs
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Supervisors/Management
Establish safe work practices
Enforce safety rules and regulations
Train employees how to avoid hazards
Enforce reporting work-related injuries, illnesses, and near
misses
Investigate causes of incidents or near misses
Take the appropriate action to prevent recurrence
Ensure prompt medical attention
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (CONTINUED)
Safety Coordinator
Develop and implement accident prevention
programs
Advise management on company policies and
governmental regulations
Evaluate effectiveness of existing safety programs
Train management in safety observation
techniques
POOR SAFETY PRACTICES
GOOD SAFETY PRACTICES
IMPLEMENTING THE WORK PLAN
Essential in reducing injuries and illnesses
Maintains a safe environment
Designed to protect employees, company’s
facilities, and local community
WORK PLAN (CONTINUED)
Pre-entry briefing to alert personnel of hazards
Conduct Job Hazard Analysis as appropriate
Periodic safety inspection
Correct known deficiencies
Must be available for review and updated as required
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Company Policies
Site Description, Background
Site Security
Emergency Response
IDENTIFYING PROJECT-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Job Hazard Analysis
Select activities with highest risk
Break activity into individual components
Identify potential hazards in each component
Develop procedures to eliminate/reduce hazard
CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION
Must complete prequalification
OSHA recordable cases
General company information
Safety programs
Medical surveillance programs
Management philosophy
MANAGEMENT ASPECT
• Project Safety Plan
• Prepare a project safety Plan
• (a) Overall Scope of work : Fabrication, erection, excavation,
concreting, brickwork, finishing work, painting, blasting, non
destructive tests, etc.
• (b) Obligation Chart: Responsibility of the line functionaries and
reporting of the line functionaries and reporting of the safety
engineering functions
Measurement Books
About issue / use of MB & salient features are:
1. Payments for works & for all supplies are
made on the basis of measurements recorded
in MBs –in accordance with rules in concerned
PWD
2. MBs are very important initial account
records
3. All measurements should be taken down in MBs
& nowhere else.
4. Entries should be done at the work spot in ink to
counter any efforts to tamper or extrapolate etc.
5. The official entering measurements will also
work out & enter the figures for contents or area
column
No erasures permitted.
Mistakes to be corrected by drawing the pen through
incorrect entry & inserting correct entry between the
lines.
Apart from measurements, the description of the item
as per tender to be written by AE.
Rules for Registration of Contractors make it
mandatory for Contractors to engage technical
personnel:
PWD 65-Clause 7(a), (b) state
1. Bill to be submitted by Contractor on or before 15th
of each month for all items executed in the previous
month.
2. Details furnished by the Contractor in the bill to be
measured by the [Link] the contractor’s or his
authorized agent’s presence.
3. Contractor’s or his authorized agent’s signature to
be obtained in the MB.
4. If Contractor does not submit the bill EE to get the
work measured within 7 days of the prescribed time.
PSUs, Boards, Societies & Local Bodies
MBs being used for recording works.
MBs not being used in many such bodies for
recording receipt of goods / equipments.
Payments being made on the basis of verification
of materials & invoices.
Need for reforming the system
The present system is archaic, time & effort consuming.
The present system results in a lot of clerical work by technical
officers.
As a result, their time, which is better spent supervising works, is
consumed in a clerical work.
There are no consistent practices across Procurement Entities.
Need for reforming the system
(Contd…)
The present system makes no use of the currently
available IT technology.
The present system is not in harmony with the e-
governance.
The present system needed reforms.