Air conditioning, refrigeration & Ventilation Works

Legal And Other Requirements For The Control Of Hazards For Air conditioning, refrigeration & Ventilation Works

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Air conditioning, refrigeration and ventilation works-installation of air –con and ducting

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)Regulations 4)WSH(Risk management )Reg 5)WSH(Scaffold)Regulations) CP 14:1996 6)Code of Practice for Scaffolds 7)CP 20:1999 Code of Practice for Suspended Scaffolds 8)Factories (Scaffolds) Regulations 2004 9)Factories ( Safety Training Courses) Order 2001 & WSH ( Construction) Regulations 2007,regulation 9 10)WSH(General rovision)Regulations11)Environmental  Protection & Management (Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations Reg 9 12)Environment Protection & Management Act(Chapter 94A Section 77)Environmental Protection & Management)Energy Conservation Reg

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

1)PTW (accompanied with risk assessment,& methods of statements) shall be apply for air conditioning  refrigeration & ventilation at height and shall be approved by the building HSE department before work commencement 2)Scaffold supervisors directing all scaffolding activities must be MOM approved scaffolding supervisors and be trained & qualified 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)Daily safety toolbox meeting shall be conducted prior to work 6)All safety harness shall be physically check for damages by the workers and verified by the scaffold supervisor daily prior to use 7)No materials shall be kept at or near the edge of the building scaffolds 8)Scaffold Supervisors shall perform integrity scaffold checks daily & ensure it’s integrity daily prior to work commencement 9)All industrial accidents shall be reported to MOM within 10 days through I-reporting 10)Employers engaged as contractor to provide scaffolds services shall ensure the provision of reasonable practicable means of PPE, safe means of access and egress to ensure his workers safety whilst carrying out thet work 11)Contractor shall ensure that only approved Air refrigerant and energy saving label air conditioner is use 12)Worker carrying out work in erecting of scaffolding/installing of suspended scaffold shall attend the scaffold erector course/suspended scaffold rigger course 13)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

Soil Investigation And Earthwork Services

Legal And Other Requirements For Control Of Hazards/Risks For Soil Investigation And Earth Work Services

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Soil investigation ,stabilisation and earthwork services-Study of soil before constructing of building

1)WSH (General Provision) regulations 2)WSH Act Para 15- Duties of person shall wear PPE 3)WSH(Construction) Reg 2007 Para 33(2)-Duties of employers to provide PPE 4)WSH(Risk Management )Reg 5)WSH(First Aid) Reg 6)Environmental Public health Act( Chapter 95)7) Application for approvals and permits under Regulations 7)Parks and Trees Act(Chap 216 Section 23(3) Parks and trees (planting areas) notification (planting trees)

1)Risk Assessment Shall be conducted on all activities associated with soil investigation, stabilisation, earthwork services 2)Workers shall don the require PPE relevant to their assigned work 3)Employer shall provide all require PPE 4)All industrial accident shall be reported to MOM within 10 days through I reporting 5)First aid kit shall be made available 6)Contractor shall apply license or permit for carrying out horticulture and landscaping works in public area 7)Worker if deployed for directing & controlling traffic shall don reflective vest 8)All workers shall undertaken  pre job warm up exercise before work commencement

1)Soil profile study of the site have been undertaken by the Qualified Person 2)Soil profile study undertaken by accredited laboratory & soil test results verified by Qualified Person 3)Survey on site and surrounding undertaken to confirm that there is no building or structures that may have shallow foundation in the vicinity of the proposed site 4)Pre- checks by means of using detector and referencing to site plan undertaken to confirm there is no underground telecommunication cables nor gas piping  that need to be removed prior to any demolition or excavation work. 5)Provision of soil movement monitoring equipment and deployment of one trained worker to closely monitored the affected site soil movements 6)All trenches are built with an adequately designed protective system to deter cave-ins 7)Risk assessment undertaken together with all involved workers to identify the hazards and risks associated with soil investigation, stabilisation, earthwork services and construction of building 8)Workers communicated on the hazards and risks as well as the control measures to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 9)Safety Toolbox meeting conducted to remind workers on hazards and risks associated with their work activities  10)Pre job warm up exercise shall be conducted prior to commencing work 10) Relevant PPE issued to all involved workers

Erecting Of Metal Scaffolding

Legal And Other legal Requirements For The Control Of Hazards For Erecting Of Metal Scaffolding

3.

Metal scaffolding –Erecting of metal scaffolding for access to work

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)Regulations 4)WSH ( First Aid) Regulations 5)WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations 6)Environmental Protection& Management Act ) Chapter94A 7)WSH (General Provision) Regulations 8)WSH (Risk Management) 9)CP 14:1996 Code of Practice for Scaffolds 10)CP 20:1999Code of Practice for Suspended Scaffolds 11)Factories (Scaffolds) Regulations 2004 12)Factories ( Safety Training Courses) Order 2001 & WSH ( Construction) Regulations 2007,regulation 9

1)Workers shall don the safety harness when working on scaffolds at all times 2)Workers shall anchor their safety harness at all times whilst working on scaffolds 3)Employers 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)First aid kit shall be provided at site for emergency use 6)Employers shall ensure his workers employed to carrying out work in erecting of scaffolding/installing of suspended scaffold shall attend the scaffold erector course/suspended scaffold rigger course

1)PTW (accompanied with risk assessment,& methods of statements) shall be apply for painting at height and shall be approved by the HSE department before work commencement 2)Scaffold supervisors directing all scaffolding activities must be MOM approved scaffolding supervisors and be trained & qualified 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)Daily safety toolbox meeting shall be conducted prior to work 6)All safety harness shall be physically check for damages by the workers and verified by the scaffold supervisor daily prior to use 7)No materials shall be kept at or near the edge of the building scaffolds 8)Scaffold Supervisors shall perform integrity scaffold checks daily & ensure it’s integrity daily prior to work commencement 9)All works on scaffolds in open areas shall ceased when there is signs of lightning & thundering 10)All industrial accidents shall be reported to MOM within 10 days through I-reporting 11)Employers engaged as contractor to provide scaffolds services shall ensure the provision of reasonable practicable means of PPE, safe means of access and egress to ensure his workers at work 12)Building tops shall be housekeep and nothing shall positioned in such a manner that would poses a tripping hazard 13)Worker carrying out work in erecting of scaffolding/installing of suspended scaffold shall attend the scaffold erector course/suspended scaffold rigger course 14)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

Waterproofing Application Of Membrane

Legal And Other Requirement For The Control Of Hazards/Risks For Waterproofing Application Of Membrane Activity On Roof Top

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Waterproofing –application of membrane for barrier of water on building tops/roof

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)Regulations 4)WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations 5)Environmental Public Health Act (chapter95) 6)WSH (General Provision) Regulations 7)Factories ( Safety Training Courses) Order 2001 & WSH ( Construction) Regulations 2007,regulation 9 8) WSH (Risk Management) Regulation 9)CP 14:1996 Code of Practice for Scaffolds 10)CP 20:1999Code of Practice for Suspended Scaffolds 11)Factories (Scaffolds) Regulations 2004

1)Workers shall don the safety harness when working on scaffolds 2)Workers shall anchor the safety harness 3)Employers 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

1)PTW (accompanied with risk assessment,& methods of statements) shall be apply for painting at height and shall be approved by the HSE department before work commencement 2)Scaffold supervisors directing all scaffolding activities must be MOM approved scaffolding supervisors and be trained & qualified 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)Daily safety toolbox meeting shall be conducted prior to work 6)All safety harness shall be physically check for damages by the workers and verified by the scaffold supervisor daily prior to use 7)No materials shall be kept at or near the edge of the building scaffolds 8)Scaffold Supervisors shall perform integrity scaffold checks daily & ensure it’s integrity daily prior to work commencement 9)All roofing membrane application works shall ceased when there is signs of lightning & thundering 10)All industrial accidents shall be reported to MOM within 10 days through I-reporting 11)Employers engaged as contractor to provide scaffolds services shall ensure the provision of reasonable practicable means of PPE & safe means of access and egress  to ensure his workers safety at work 12)Building tops shall be housekeep and nothing shall positioned in such a manner that would poses as a tripping hazard 13)Worker carrying out work in erecting of scaffolding/installing of suspended scaffold shall attend the scaffold erector course/suspended scaffold rigger course 14)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

Painting & Marking

Relevant Legal And Other Requirements For The Control Of Hazards /Risks For Painting & Marking Activity 

No	Trade / Operations	Relevant legal and other requirement	Application	Required Control Measure
1.	Painting and road marking-Decoration of finishing surface or demarcation	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)Regulations 4)Factories ( Safety Training Courses) Order 2001 & WSH ( Construction) Regulations 2007,regulation 9 5)Environmental Protection& Management Act ) Chapter94A 6)WSH (General Provision) Regulations 7)WSH (Risk Management) Regulation 8)WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations 9)CP 14:1996 Code of Practice for Scaffolds 10)CP 20:1999Code of Practice for Suspended Scaffolds 11)Factories (Scaffolds) Regulations 2004	1)Workers shall don the safety harness when working at height above 2 meter on scaffolds 2)Workers shall anchor the safety harness 3)Employers 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 shall report all industrial accidents to MOM within 10 days through I-reporting 5)Contractors shall engage licensed waste contractor for disposal of the hazardous empty paint storage containers 6)First aid kit shall be provided at site for emergency use 7)Employer shall provide safe means of access & egress at work for his workers to access the designated work area for safe job completion 8)Check the supply chain new vendor qualification records and ensure that the engaged  paint contractor is company approved vendor and have been audited to meet company standards	1)Risk Assessment shall be conducted on all activities associated with painting at height, handling of paint ,storage of paint and disposal of  hazardous empty paint storage container 2)Safety Data Sheet (SDS) shall be available for interpretation of health & environment impact, and for handling, storage & disposal requirements 3)Paint which has chlorinated content shall not be used for road marking in view of it’s environment impacts 4)Workers shall don the relevant PPE as recommended in the SDS 5)Scaffolding supervisor shall ensure all visible opening areas on the erected scaffolds are effectively covered with reasonable practicable means –steel  plate toe board&  to ensure there is no gaps that would threaten the safety of the workers working on the scaffolds 6)All scaffolds workers shall don safety harness at all times whilst working on the scaffolds 7)All scaffolds shall be erected with reasonable practicable means of barricade with metal guard rails and toe boards in such a way that they would not threaten the safety of the workers working on the scaffolds 8)Safe means of access & egress shall be provided prior to commencing work on scaffold structures 9)Safe Job procedure developed and workers trained on working on scaffold procedures , donning & anchoring of safety harness 10)PTW (accompanied with risk assessment,& methods of statements) shall be apply for painting at height and shall be approved by the HSE department before work commencement 11)Scaffold supervisors directing all scaffolding activities must be MOM approved scaffolding supervisors and be trained & qualified 12)Only workers who have undergone the scaffold erector course/suspended scaffold rigger course can be deploy to erect and work on scaffold 13)Professional Engineer shall be engaged to design the scaffold if the scaffold height is more than 30 meter 14)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 15)Daily safety toolbox meeting shall be conducted prior to work 16)All safety harness shall be physically check for damages by the workers and verified by the scaffold supervisor daily prior to use 17)No materials shall be kept at or near the edge of the building scaffolds 18)Scaffold Supervisors shall perform integrity scaffold checks daily & ensure it’s integrity daily prior to work commencement 19)All painting works shall ceased when there is signs of lightning & thundering 20)All hazardous paint wastes empty containers and cans shall be disposed of by licensed waste contractors and waste segregated using designated waste bins for disposal 21)All industrial accidents shall be reported to MOM within 10 days through I-reporting 22)Employers engaged as contractor to provide scaffolds services shall ensure the provision of reasonable practicable means of PPE to ensure his workers safety at work and also to ensure his workers have undergone the scaffold erector course/suspended scaffold rigger course

WSH Safety Rules And Regulations Sample

 

Safety Rules & Regulations For Employees &
                         Contractors

S/N	Area of Concern	Safety Rules & Regulations
1	Driving To work	1)Employees driving to work shall ensure that they keep their vehicle speed to 20km/hr upon reaching the company main gate and they shall don the seat belt at all times 2)Employees ferrying other employees to work shall ensure that the front & rear passenger are don with seat belt at all times until the car come to  a complete stop 3)Employees who drive to work shall undergo the plant driving training and be qualified. Else they are prohibited from driving to work
2	Commuting to work by taxi	1)Employees shall alight outside the main gate unless due to adverse weather condition, the employee can alight at the main reception of building 7.However the employee must advise the taxi driver to keep his speed at 20km/hr and to don the seat belt at all times
3	Commuting to work by company transport	1)Employees  shall don the seat belt whenever he/she  is on board the bus and the seat belt shall not be removed until the vehicle comes to a complete stop. 2)Employees shall alight immediately from the  bus should he found the seat belt is faulty and wait for the next bus
4	Employee HSE Training	1)Employees are accountable for their own HSE trainings in particular : a) 5 Minimum HSE Training Requirements b)6 Job related training They should ensure their HSE training records are updated and the mandatory HSE training completed before 1 Dec of every year.
5	Pre Job Warm Up Exercise	1)All employees shall be involve in morning pre job warm up exercise unless the weather prove otherwise or when the employees is not well
6	Site PPE Requirement	1)All employees shall observe and also ensure their visitors or guest adherence  to the specific site PPE requirement whenever they visits the shop floor
7	Horse play at work	Employees shall not horse play at work
8	Forklift	Employees shall conduct the pre start inspection and duly complete the checklist without fail
9	Risk Assessment	Employees shall conduct risk assessment for activities associated with the hazards or risks of the project they are handling. They shall revise the risk assessment when the processes has changed or when an incident or accident had occurred and they shall keep the register for a period of 3 years and review them once every 3 years

S/N	Area of Concern	Safety Rules & Regulations
10	WSH Acceptable Behaviour	Employees shall observe and adhere to all the  WSH acceptable behaviour stipulated in Appendix at all times
11	WSH Acceptable Conditions	Employees shall observe and adhere to all the  WSH acceptable conditions stipulated in Appendix at all times
12	Accountability	Employees are each accountable for their own actions and the safety of others. When an employee observe an unsafe act performed by another fellow employees, it is the employee duty and responsibility to stop the said employee for further committing his act and advise the said employee tactfully on his unsafe actions
13	HSE Reporting	Employees shall report 2 HSE incidents and 1 Environment incident per year as part of our HSE management objectives for the year
14	Permit To Work	Employees shall apply for PTW to get approve for conducting any of the following high risk activities a)Working at height > 2 m b)Working in confined space c)Electrical works high tension d)Hot works e)Lifting operations
15	Safe Work Procedure	Employees shall at all times adhere to the safe work procedure whilst working in Reda Production System manufacturing facility
16	HSE communication	Managers are accountable for effective HSE Communication and HSE management
17	Policy(s)	Departmental managers are accountable and responsible to ensure that all his reports are aware of all Reda Production System(s) policy(s)
18	Standards	Departmental managers are accountable and responsible to ensure that all his reports are aware of all Reda Production System(s) standard(s)
19	HSE Objective for new year	Departmental managers are accountable and responsible for reviewing their department and their reports HSE objectives for the new year
20	Work Accountability	All employees shall stop all his work if he feels that the machine on which he is operating is behaving abnormally than norms and shall report the machine condition to his supervisor immediately
21	Work Accountability	All employees shall stop all his work if he feels that the job is unsafe and  shall report the situation to his supervisor immediately
22	Fatigue Management	All employees are  each accountable to practice sound fatigue management to ensure they have good quality rest before they turn up for work the next day