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~ Chapter 3 ~ Rules of Labor Protection

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Rules of Labor Protection

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Giosan Cosmin Constantin

Rules of labor protection

1. At the work execution some rules will be followed:

a.

The Norms of Labor Protection elaborated based on the Law no. 90 from

25.06.1996 and promulgated through Decree no.290 from 11.06.1996. b. The standing order regarding the labor protection and industrial sanitation in constructions published in the Constructions Gazette approved by MLPAT with Ord. 9/N/15.03.1993 c. Labor protection norms in constructions montage activity approved cu Ord. IM006/1996 The specific labor protection norms for masonry, prefabricated no. 90/1996 The law regarding labor protection and industrial

M.C. Ind. Nr. 1233/D/29.12.1980 d.

montage and finishing works in constructions. e. sanitation f. General labor protection norms edited by the Work and Social Protection STATS 26112/87 protection against electric shock STATS 12216-84 protection against electric shock at the portable electric STAS 12217-88 protection against electric shock at the mobile electric Specific Labor Security Norms for works at highness Decree 235/26.07.1995 Specific Labor Security Norms for preparing, transport, and pouring concrete and The law

Minister in collaboration with Health Minister g. h. equipment i. equipment j. k.

execution of reinforced and precast concrete works Decree 136/17.04.1995 It is admonished on the detailed attribution of the provided technologies for each work, with whole gang, on the organization and endowment of the working place with tools and corresponding equipment for accomplishing the labor protection briefing to all the workers,

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periodically and when changing the working place, the permanent verification of well-condition and working state of the tools, devices and equipment. By working at height it is understand the activity performed at minimum 2 m measured

from workers foot until the reference natural base (the ground level) or any other artificial base from which the risk of falling exist. For the works execution at height some things have to taken into consideration: the preliminary technological organization of the works at height by the collective

insurance of all working conditions during the entire period of works development; the endowment with individual protection equipment according to the conditions

from the working place so that the safety of executor to be insured; the compulsory initiation, training and usage of collective and individual

endowments corresponding to the working place and respective works risks; Working at height is allowed only if the working place was improved and endowed from technical and organizational point of view. The access to and from the working place placed at height must be insured against falling of the workers, The workers must use the constructors and assembler safety belt, according to the present norms. The anchorage point must be chosen so that the fixing zone of the worker to be under the level of the anchorage place during the whole period of work. The safety belt must be checked before using it. For working at height it is compulsory the usage of crash helmet. Before starting the works, the worker has to check the integrity of the helmet, of the damping system and of the fixing belts. The works have to be developed only under surveillance; the person nominated for surveillance must check before starting the work if the all the necessary safety measures were insured. The inclined beams, plans and platforms used in materials handling must be resistant and provided with safe catching and fixing devices, any displacement during the works being forbidden. They will have a slope of maximum 20% and a width of minimum 1 m. They will be

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provided with high balusters of 1 m with intermediate bonds and with lateral borders of 10-15 cm. The ascension ramps will have a slope of maximum 1:3 and at every 30-40 cm some

wood laths will be fixed on the whole width of the ramp. It is forbidden the blockage of the access ramp with building materials or any other objects. The ramps must be permanently maintained and cleaned. For using the scaffoldings, formworks and centrings there will be applied the previsions from the Specific Labor Security Norms for formwork, centrings and scaffoldings works. The quality of the wood materials must correspond to the project. The floorings made of steel are made from expanded or ribbed steel sheeting. The joints between the panels or the bordages of the floorings have maximum 10 cm width. On the floorings surface in the slope or in the curved part some wood laths will be fixed at a distance of 30-40 cm, against sliding. The fixing the flooring on the supports will be made such that the possibility of displacement or sliding to be excluded. The floorings will not be placed on cantilevers. The usage of installations, devices and tools for working at height is allowed only if the working instructions and the labor security are adapted to the site conditions. At the working place at height there must be lifted only materials which are absolutely necessary. The necessary tools for execution of different operations must be kept in special pockets or in sheaths fixed on the safety belt. The tools and the materials must be lifted gradually, according to the necessity, with a helping rope, being forbidden their throwing from the ground level to the working position or vice versa. At the elaboration of the site organization project, there must be envisaged a series of measures which would insure the labor safety: the enclosure of the site with definitive or inventory elements; the leveling of the ground before starting the works;

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the enclosure of the dangerous areas on the site (places where montage works are

executed, the action radius of the cranes, the place where the scaffoldings are dismounted, the slaking pits etc.); the trenches or the channels with a depth larger than 1 m will be provided with

walkways for passengers having the minimum width of 0.7 m and with balustrades (on both sides) of 1 m height and wood boards of 15-18 cm; the enclosure of the holes, shafts, deep trenches, of the holes from the floors etc.; the insurance of rainwater removal through drainage trenches.

Measures taken for the labor security at the concreting works the operations of charging/discharging the materials and the equipment used for

concreting works will be made only in the places mentioned in the site organization or in the special authorized or established polygons; lifted; the cleaning, the maintaining and the repair of the concrete mixing are allowed the access of the workers under the concrete mixing bucket is forbidden when it is

only after the machine has stopped and has been disconnected from the power; the transport of concrete on the scaffoldings will be made on floorings of

minimum 1.2 m width, with balusters and borders on the edges; the wholes from the floorings through which the concrete is poured must be covered when concrete pouring works are not performed; when the concrete is transported on the vertical direction it is forbidden the

stopping of the workers under and in incidence of the lifting device; when discharging the concrete it is forbidden the workers ascension on the

concrete mixer; the concrete stuck on the bucket will be removed with shovels with long handles; the concrete pump will be placed towards the working place such that the

mechanic to have visibility to the concreting place; the pump or the pipe for the concrete transport is dismounted only after the

equipment stopped functioning; during the cleaning of the pipe the workers must move away at a

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distance of 10 m from this place, and in the front of the evacuation hole is mounted an inclined shield; in case of the concrete pouring from a height greater than 1.5 m, the working

floorings must be enclosed with balusters and wood boards on the edges; when poring concrete on surfaces with a slope greater than 300 the concreters

must wear safety belts tied through ropes by the resisting elements of the construction; in case of pouring concrete with concrete buggy there will followed the

instructions for the use of these devices; before work starting, the technical condition of the concrete buggies and the devices and accessories, including the hanging device will be checked; it is forbidden for the workers to stay under the concrete bucket; in case of the blockage of the concrete buggy, this will be cleaned only when it is

placed on the ground and insured against turning over; the electrical equipment necessary for putting into service the compactors will be

made taking into consideration the technical labor security rules for electric equipment; the framework of the vibrator will be tied to the ground and the workers must

wear electric insulator boots and gloves; the electric wires which charge the vibrator with electricity must be flexible and insulated in rubber tube; it is forbidden the access of the people in the area close to the construction where

it is possible the concrete falling during the pouring; on cold time the walkways for people, the charging/discharging floorings, the

runways, the access ramps must be cleaned from ice or snow and dotted with sand or slag; in the case of steam heating there must taken some measures against workers accidents with steam or by touching the distribution pipes; the straightening of the reinforcement must be made in another place, enclosed

and marked with warning plates; the removal of the metallic dust and the rust resulted from the cutting and bending

reinforcement is made using brushes, brooms or air exhausters; it is forbidden the removal of this dust by hand or by mouth blowing out; the welding of the reinforcement and the steel frameworks is made taking into

consideration the norms regarding the welding works;

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it is forbidden the execution on the bottom of the formwork the montage of the

reinforcement or of the steel frameworks in beams or in other isolated elements; it is forbidden the circulation and the montage of the reinforcement on the floors

formworks before these were first well consolidated and checked

For preventing fires the following norms will be applied: Decree no. 775/198 General norms for preventing and extinction of fires H.G.R. 51- 1992, 1996 Measures for improvement the activities of preventing H.G.R. 448/2002 Construction categories which submit themselves to P 118-99 Norm for fire safety of constructions;

and extinction of fires; -

authorization P.S.I. -

STAS 11841/83 Safety measures against fires. Types of fires STAS 6647/88 Safety measures against fires. Fire resistant elements for holes O.G. nr. 60/1997 Regarding defense against fires, approved with the law no. C 300/94 Norm for preventing and extinction of fires during the construction

protection for walls and plates; 212/1997 works and the installation for those M.L.P.A.T. 20/N 11.07.94 B.C. 9/94; A person responsible of P.S.I. will be named and trained and intervention teams will be organized (on shifts). During the works, there will be placed in visible and marked places, known by all the execution personal: at least a panel P.S.I. fully endowed; minimum 2 fire extinguishers in working state (1 piece/100 m2) a water supply network with the possibility to be used in case of fires;

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In order to evacuate the personal in case of a fire, besides the usual circulation ways made of incombustible materials and permanently lightened, at least 2 stairs on chains (or steel cable) will be mounted in different places. The smoking is allowed only in special installed places. The electric installations and equipment used are examined every day by an electrician trained for this purpose, which will repair every detected defection; they will be adequately isolated such that not a short circuit to appear. The signaling and fire extinction installations are designed and made according to technical rules so that they present the exploitation safety, to insure the possibility of periodical checking of the working states and eventual revision and repairs to be easily made.

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