Site Specific Environmental, Health and Safety Program
Friday, February 08, 2008
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Project Name
________________________________________________________
Site Address
Introduction
It is the responsibility of each contractor working on this project to implement, enforce and modify when necessary the safety policies and procedures identified here-in. Communication and training is an integral part of the program, and should be emphasized over the duration of the job.
In order to facilitate the above, each and every employee on site shall follow the established policies and procedures, report hazardous conditions and mitigate “areas of concern” before an illness, injury or other incident is realized, including those considered to be “near miss”.
Any and all persons on this site are obligated to follow the same rules and regulations that have been implemented for the contractors and their sub-contractors in accordance with the requirements of, but not limited to; the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Massachusetts Department’s of Environmental Protection (DEP), Public Safety (DOS), and other applicable state and local regulatory requirements.
The responsibility for the implementation and enforcement of this program rests with the
- General Contractor: _________________________
- Site Superintendent:_________________________
The collective goal of all persons on site is to provide a healthy and safe working environment for everyone, and to protect, to the best of our ability the property and the environment by following this program, the regulatory requirements and “best management practices” for the duration of the project.
If a conflict is identified between the safety manuals of the general contractor, any sub-contractor, or the owner, the most stringent requirement shall prevail.
Scope
The General Contractor, under the direction of the site superintendent and/or project managers is responsible for the implementation, maintenance, supervision, enforcement and training of this program, in accordance with the requirements of all local, state and federal rules, regulations and standards.
This program can and should be used (with applicable modifications) as a guide to assist the contractor and all sub-contractors working on the project, but shall not be considered an all-inclusive document, as the responsibility for full regulatory compliance rests with the General Contractor.
In order to facilitate “best management practices” for this project, the general contractor shall incorporate the most stringent rules and regulations of all on-site contractors and the owner into this program.
It is expected that any and all hazardous conditions identified by personnel on site, a safety officer or a local, state and/or federal inspector will be corrected immediately, or referred to a supervisor for corrective action. The General Contractor through his/her designee shall be responsible for the enforcement of the rules, regulations and other applicable environmental, health and safety requirements on site, as well as the appropriate disciplinary action for non-compliance.
Primary Requirement
The General Contractor shall make all personnel on site, including sub-contractors aware of this site specific safety plan, and emergency action plan(s), prior to initiation of work. This notification shall include; site specific program content, special project concerns and hazards, owner modifications, the training requirements for the project, including the day and time of the “tool box” talks, the reporting of hazards, illnesses, injuries and “near-misses”, any dangerous or out-of-service equipment and the location of all the plans, manuals, MSDS and JHA/JSA’s, if requested. The Project Manager for the site shall administer and direct the environmental, health and safety program. All reports, including accidents, incidents, out-of-service equipment and other information related to this plan shall be submitted to the Project Manager/Site Superintendent for corrective action and distribution.
Definitions
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) – The regulatory agency, typically the city or town inspector charged with code compliance, as it pertains to the specific code.
Barrier Protection: Physical separation of adequate size and strength to prevent unauthorized access to an area, building, section of a building, excavation or space where persons and/or vehicles are excluded or protected.
Competent Person: The two most appropriate definitions, as it pertains to a site specific safety plan are included here-in. A competent person could be either a technically qualified and trained individual for a specific task, such as a scaffold erector or a construction supervisor, or it could be an individual who has the ability to recognize a hazard, and has the ability to promptly correct it.
- a person with the appropriate certification, knowledge, or who is a technically qualified and trained individual for a specific task, or
- a person who is capable of identifying existing hazards in the workplace, selecting the appropriate control strategy, and has the authority to take prompt corrective action to eliminate the hazards.
Confined Space: any space that meets the following 3 criteria:
1) is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work.
- access doors and panels measuring as an example; 18” x 18”, 2’ x 2’, 3’ x 3’ etc.
- manhole(s)
- tunnels
2) has limited or restricted means of ingress or egress, such as, but not limited to:
- Boilers, ductwork, elevator hoist-ways, overheads and pits, excavations, pits, stacks, tanks, tunnels, vaults
3) is not designed for continuous occupancy.
There are only two classifications for confined spaces;
- Non - Permit Required Confined Space(s)
- Is a confined space that does not contain any known or potential hazards (atmospheric, mechanical or physical) that have the potential to cause serious illness, injury or death.
- Permit Required Confined Space(s)
- A confined space that does contain one or more known or potential hazards that could pose a threat to the health and safety of the persons who will enter the space, and for which entry a permit is required. A permit required confined space has one or more of the following characteristics;
- hazardous atmosphere
- materials that could engulf / entrap the entrant / occupant
- has an internal configuration that could trap or asphyxiate the entrant / occupant
- has air, gas, steam or water under pressure
- has the potential for extremely high temperatures
- electrocution hazards
- greater than ½” of water or other fluid
- any other recognized health and/or safety hazard
Contract: an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
Contractor: a person who contracts to furnish supplies or perform work at a certain price or rate. A written agreement between owners, contractors and their sub-contractors.
Employer: a person or business (contractor and/or sub-contractor) that employs one or more people, esp. for wages or salary:
Excavator: any company or person, including the owner who performs an excavation
Facility: any building, pipe, underground enclosure such as a vault or manhole.
Inspector: a person from a local, state or federal regulatory agency who is on site for the purpose of inspecting for compliance.
Multiple Employer Work Site: is made up of:
- The Creating Employer: the employer that caused a hazardous condition that violates an OSHA standard.
- The Exposing Employer: an employer whose own employees are exposed to the hazard.
- The Correcting Employer: an employer who is engaged in a common undertaking, on the same worksite, as the exposing employer and is responsible for correcting a hazard.
- The Controlling Employer: an employer who has general supervisory authority over the worksite, including the power to correct safety and health violations itself or require other to correct them. Control can be established by contractor or, in the absence of explicit contractual provisions, by the exercise of control in practice.
Owner: a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
Project: a large or major undertaking, esp. one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
Trench: a subsurface excavation > 3’ in depth, and is < 15’ between soil walls, as measured from the bottom
Checklists and Forms Associated with Site Specific Safety
- Site Specific Safety Plan Checklist in PDF format --- >> click here to download!
- Emergency & Business Telephone Numbers Form in PDF format --- >> click here to download!
I. EMERGENCY
Emergency Action Plan 29 CFR 1926.35
- Fire Emergency
- Fire Alarms – All employees and visitors on site a required to evacuate the building or site in the event of a fire alarm, regardless of cause or time.
- For reasons of accountability, the General Contractor shall, before any work is initiated, identify specific areas of accountability for each contractor, trade or manageable group.
- Accountability areas shall be > 50’ from the building
- It is the responsibility of the individual group, by contractor, trade etc., to determine whether or not all of the personnel evacuated the building, and if not, to report the names of the missing (or unaccounted person(s)) to the fire department incident commander, the local police/security department, or if necessary the project superintendent.
- FIRE – In the event of an actual fire or smoke condition, the following previously identified (through training) procedures shall be followed;
- Notify all persons in the immediate area of the fire to initiate evacuation
- Close the door to the fire area to contain the fire or smoke condition
- Activate the building Fire Alarm System or alternative Fire Alarm Notification Device
- From a safe location, or through the appropriate channels (cell phone, portable, etc.) call the local emergency number to report the fire, and
- if safe to do so, and you have been properly trained, attempt to extinguish the fire with the appropriate fire extinguisher
- Medical Emergency
Emergencies which include significant lacerations, amputations, head, neck or back injuries, any loss of consciousness, allergic reactions, diabetic emergencies, seizures, difficulty breathing, stroke and unknown illness or injuries shall require the response of an ambulance by calling 911 or the local emergency number; (_____) _____ - __________.
- Unless required for reasons of Life Safety (i.e. explosion, fire, structural failure etc), no injured or ill person shall be relocated, as this may compromise their health, safety and well-being.
- A designated person shall be identified to meet the ambulance at a pre-determined location, and direct the ambulance crew into the area or building where the incident has occurred.
- First Aid Kits and Fire Extinguishers shall be conspicuously placed by the Exit on each floor. The first aid kits shall be maintained by the site superintendent, or his/her designee(s).
- At the location of the First Aid Kits and Fire Extinguishers (by the Exit Door), the names of the person(s) on site that have prior training in CPR and First Aid shall be posted. At any site, where the response of the ambulance could exceed 5 minutes, the contractor shall provide first aid, until the ambulance arrives.
- Illness and Minor Injuries
- All minor injuries and illness shall be reported to one of the following person(s)
- _______________________________________________________
- _______________________________________________________
- _______________________________________________________
- All minor injuries and illness for which there is no loss of consciousness, difficulty breathing and no history of seizure, diabetes or similar can be transported to an approved medical treatment facility, by an authorized employee in a company vehicle. For this project, the Medical Treatment Facility is;
- Medical Facility: _______________________________________
- Address: _______________________________________
- City / Town: _______________________________________
- Telephone #: _______________________________________
- Several copies of the directions to the Medical Facility are located in _________________________________________
Incident / Accident Investigation, Reporting and Recordkeeping
- All incidents, regardless of severity (including near-misses) shall be immediately reported to one of the supervisors for the injured or ill employee, as well as the site supervisor, so that corrective action can be initiated to prevent a reoccurrence.
- Exception: For all EMERGENCIES that require an ambulance, make the call for the Ambulance the 1st priority. The call for the ambulance (911 or the local emergency number) shall be made by one of the person(s) that first recognize that an emergency has occurred.
- As soon as the emergency / incident has been completely addressed, the supervisor or their authorized representative shall begin the incident investigation and necessary paperwork, which must be completed, with proposed corrective action within 24 hours of the incident.
- OSHA requires employers to maintain accurate records of work-related deaths, illnesses and injuries.
- Only “recordable” illnesses and injuries have to be entered on the OSHA 300 log, or its equivalent. A “recordable” illness or injury is one or more of the following;
- Fatality
- One or more lost work days
- Transfer to another job
- Termination of employment
- Medical treatment other than normal 1st aid
- Loss of consciousness
- Job restrictions
- Restriction of motion
- Diagnosed occupational illness
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