Rescue and emergency response procedure
Rescue and emergency response procedure
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Sino hydro is committed to an active Safety Management Program and is prepared for any
emergency situation to protect people and assets. The Rescue and Emergency Response
Procedures have been developed to further define and clarify personnel responsibilities. The
success of Sino hydro safety and these procedures is dependent on your personal involvement,
commitment to alert and respond when real needs arise. All Contractor and Subcontractors
personnel are to be briefed and trained to understand these procedures. Project Managers (PM)
and Construction Managers (CM) are responsible for implementing these procedures. All visitors
will also receive a separate briefing on visitor’s emergency procedures while they are on site
tours, visits and/or field trips.
Sino hydro is committed to safety, both on and off-the-job, and we are confident that we can
achieve an excellent safety performance for both our project teams and our subcontractors.
2. PURPOSE
The purpose of this document is to ensure that all foreseeable emergency situations arising
during the execution of the project are properly identified, reported and dealt with in a safe and
effective manner.
This Emergency Response Plan covers:
• Nomination of persons responsible for managing an emergency situation;
• Definition of roles/responsibilities of emergency response team;
• Procedures for reporting, communicating and response action in an emergency;
• Monitoring, testing and maintenance of alarm systems and early warning devices;
• Training requirement including mock drill exercises for emergencies;
• Rescues and medical treatment of casualties.
It is the responsibility of the Contractor Project Manager to ensure that all personnel, including
visitors, are made fully aware of the contents of the emergency response procedures and
receive information and induction training as necessary. The information and the training shall
be documented.
This Rescue and Emergency Response Plan outlines the individual responsibilities, preparedness
and proper response for directing the activities required to contain and control an emergency
situation or disaster.
3. Emergency preparedness shall be primarily put in-placed to prevent any occurrence of incident
in Sino Hydro (Infrastructure and Building Maintenance project). Proactive initiatives like
organization of Emergency Response Team and identification of site watchman and provision of
appropriate training, regular conduct of emergency drills and exercises have been considered
for the awareness of all personnel as well as in providing prompt incident response.
and will inform their organization promptly to involve Subcontractors Management, supervision
and workers as soon as possible.
Subcontractors shall issue own emergency procedures to adhere completely to Contractors and
Company requirements.
5. REFERENCES
• SA Safety Management Guide: Emergency Preparedness
• Saudi Aramco Safety Handbook
• Contractor Site Safety Program (CSSP)
• SA CSM part 1, 1-1, Emergency Reporting and Response.
6. Emergency
Event that causes a deviation from normal operating conditions, and such as to result in harm or
potential harm to the health and safety of people, the environment and the Company’s or third
parties’ assets.
Emergency may result from human behaviors (terroristic attack, civil war, riots, demonstrations,
etc.), malfunctions or failure of machine or plant, technical event (ignition, explosion, short
circuit, etc.) or natural events (earthquake, hurricane, etc.).
Group of qualified personnel responsible for managing emergencies (fire, medical or rescue)
Incident.
An accidental event or chain of events that causes an emergency within the project context.
Medical Evacuation.
Incident Discovered
Immediately Notify Nearest medical facility/Hospital/Clinic/Company Ambulance and HSE
Manager/HSE Coordinator
Preliminary Notifications for All Incidents
Immediately, within 5 MINUTES after he has been advised, the HSE Manager /Area HSE
Coordinator shall notify the following:
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In case of emergency, the person becoming aware of such emergency situation shall
immediately inform the Safety Officer or his supervisor.
SO/Supervisor shall immediately communicate with ERT Coordinator providing as clearly as
possible:
• Exact location of the incident;
• Nature of the incident;
• Caller’s name and location;
• Other relevant information.
Upon receiving notification by SO, ERT Coordinator shall inform the EMM in order to activate
the SET.
At this point, the ERT shall act in the area affected by emergency, based on the information
received by the ERT Coordinator.
On being alerted to a medical emergency, the personnel shall respect as foreseen in the MERP, but
basically, must respect following instructions:
1. Keep clear the zone affected by the emergency and remove any vehicles that could cause
restriction to the emergency response team (follow the instruction of the SET) or of the
ambulance services;
2. Not disturb the accident scene;
3. Not block the emergency operations;
4. Return to work if safe to do so.
In the event of person missing:
• SET shall consider likely areas of the site to be searched;
• Provided it is safe to do so, the ERT will organize a systematic search of the area to
recover missing persons, starting in the high-risk areas;
• As soon as each area is found to be free of casualties, this information shall be
transmitted to the EMM;
• Should gas be detected, a Rescue Team with breathing apparatus shall be activated to
conduct the activities.
9. Evacuation
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Evacuation of the entire project areas is unlikely to be required but in case will be required all
personnel have to stop all activities, clear the area and immediately proceed to the designated
site assembly points.
Important Notes Specific to All Emergencies
• At no time shall ANYONE enter an unsafe area. Injured persons on levels above ground
shall be removed by the Rescue Personnel who will evacuate victims to a safe area for
treatment
• Contractor’s Clinic shall continue to respond to MVA’s on and off-site and activate
Contractor’s Emergency Response Plan.
• For identified critical activities Saipem will mobilize ambulance on the work
site to ensure timely medevac response in case of an emergency
• During critical activities ambulance and dedicated nurse will be mobilize
according to ambulance availability on each site
• Dedicated ambulance will be mobilized during the critical activities of the
project
• Sino Hydro provided ambulance with dedicated ambulance driver who are
oriented on the fastest route to the nearest medical facility / hospital.
11. TRAINING.
The principles and most important information about Emergency Response Plan shall be
gathered in:
• Contractor Orientation and HSE Induction;
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All SET member shall participate to specific training which advice and inform them about their
duty and responsibilities in case of emergency.
Subcontractors HSE Manager shall ensure training sessions for their personnel to familiarize
them with the Emergency Response Plan.
All workforce will be instructed regarding the requirement to immediately notify any accidents
using the 911 emergency telephone number. This will be reminded during massive information
campaigns through general assembly meeting and tool box meeting conducted at 6-month
intervals.
Doctors, Nurses, Ambulance Drivers, First Aiders and Safety personnel shall undergo refresher
training schedule every (6) six months following their initial induction training.