Legal And Other Requirements For The Control Of Hazards For Fire Protection Works Particularly The Installation Of Fire Fighting Equipments
| 6. | Fire Protection works-Installation of fire fighting equipments | 1)WSH Act Para 15- Duties of person shall wear PPE 2)WSH(Construction) Reg 2007 Para 33(2)-Duties of employers to provide PPE 3)WSH(Scaffold)Regulation 4)WSH (General Provision)Regulations 5) Fire Safety Act (Chapter 109A) 6) Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 and subsidiary legislations 7)Code Of Practice For Working Safely At Height 8)CP 20:1999 Code of Practice for Suspended Scaffolds 9)Factories (Scaffolds) Regulations 2004 10)Factories ( Safety Training Courses) Order 2001 & WSH ( Construction) Regulations 2007,regulation 9 11)WSH (Risk Management) Regulations 12) SS CP 52 Code of Practice for Automatic Fire Sprinkler System 13) Emergency power supply for lighting, ventilation and alarm systems for all passenger lifts shall comply with the requirements in SS CP 2 Code of Practice for Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Electric Passenger and Goods Lifts. | 1)Workers shall don the safety harness when working on scaffolds 2)Workers shall anchor the safety harness 3)Employers/scaffold supervisor shall provide safety harness, provide safe means of access, ensure all identified openings are covered with steel plate toe board and scaffolds erected with metal barricade and metal guardrails 4)Employers/scaffold supervisor shall report all industrial accidents to MOM within 10 days through I-reporting 5)Contractors shall engage licensed waste contractor for disposal of the empty paint containers 6)First aid kit shall be provided at site for emergency use 7)All fire protection works installation shall comply with SS CP 52 Code of Practice for Automatic Fire Sprinkler System 8)Only qualified Fire Safety Engineer shall be engaged for the building Fire Protection works | 1)PTW (accompanied with risk assessment,& methods of statements) shall be apply for Fire Protection works-Installation of fire fighting equipments & shall be approved by the building HSE department before work commencement 2)Scaffold supervisors directing all scaffolding activities must attend the Supervision of Metal Scaffold Erection Course 3)First Aid kit shall be make available at site for emergency use. 4)Workers & scaffold supervisor working on a scaffold structures shall ensure the following: a)They shall anchored their safety harness at all times b)They shall ensure all visible openings on the scaffolds are effectively covered using reasonable practicable means c)They shall ensure all scaffolds are erected with reasonable practicable means of metal barricade and metal guards rails and steel plate metal toe boards d)They shall ensure sufficient and secured anchorage, by means of a life line or otherwise for the safety harness or safety belt e)They shall ensure the anchorage shall not be lower than the level of the working position of the person wearing the safety harness or safety belt 5)Workers working in boom lift shall don the safety harness at all times and the safety harness shall be anchored on the boom lift basket 6)Daily safety toolbox meeting shall be conducted prior to work 7)All safety harness shall be physically check for damages by the workers and verified by the scaffold supervisor daily prior to use 8)Operators shall attend the Mobile Elevated Work Platform Training for Boom lift 9)Scaffold Supervisors shall perform integrity scaffold checks daily & ensure it’s integrity daily prior to work commencement 10)Worker carrying out work in erecting of scaffolding/installing of suspended scaffold shall attend the scaffold erector course/suspended scaffold rigger course 11)Project manager in charge of construction activities in building and engineering construction worksites of a contract sum of $10 million or more shall attend the construction safety course for project managers 12)Worker shall conduct pre-start boom lift check and ensure the boom lift mechanical function is working properly before using them 13)Boom lift operator shall identified the boom lift route and ensure it is cleared of obstruction 14)Only operator who had attended the Elevated Work Platform Training for Boom lift can operate the boom lift 15)No one shall be near or under the suspended basket when boom lift operation is in progress 16) Installation of the sprinkler system and its associated water supply,control and testing requirements shall comply with the SS CP 52 Code of Practice for Automatic Fire Sprinkler System 17) Emergency power supply for lighting, ventilation and alarm systems for all passenger lifts shall comply with the requirements in SS CP 2 Code of Practice for Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Electric Passenger and Goods Lifts. 18)All boom lift shall be parked in a safe location with its basket suspended in mid air after work completion 19)Automatic Fire Sprinkler System shall be installed at inhabitable height of 24meter |
