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Safety Management

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Safety Management

By:
Dr. Mohamed Darwish

1) Company’s Philosophy
• The true essence of the safety program
is not the documents that are written in
the program file, but it is the company
philosophy and the commitment that top
management has to safety.
• Company Goals:

• To abide by the standards

• To minimize or avoid litigation
• To minimize or avoid injuries
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Leadership
Company policies, goals, objectives, Report cases, recommend actions and
responsibility assignments and program participate in program evaluation.
evaluation.

Moderate Management levels

Responsibility assignments and

Report cases and participate in
program evaluation.
program evaluation.

Employees and Subcontractors

Characteristics of Construction Injuries

To characterize construction injuries we
need to answer the four questions related to
any incident:
Where do injuries occur?
When do injuries occur?
How do injuries occur?
Who is injured?

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Analyzing Construction Injuries

2 ) Statement Policy or Mission

•It is advisable to begin the development of safety
program with a mission statement. It is a general
and powerful statement of the company’s view of
worker safety. It is more than a few carefully crafted
words; it is the driving force behind safety program.
•Example:
“ We are fully committed to safety, and we integrate
safety into all of our activities. Safety is our top priority.
We will not compromise our safety philosophy to meet
budgets, deadlines, or scope-of-work objectives or to
achieve any other project goals. Our commitment to
safety means we are committed to performing all our
tasks in a safe manner. That commitment to safe
performance is mandated for all those employed by
the firm.” 6

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3 ) Scope of the Safety Program

•The standards and provisions set forth in the safety
program are to be considered applicable to all on-site
construction activities
•Work procedures are to be consistent with the health
and safety standards
•Keeping a clear positive safety culture among
employees
•Practicing on Off-hours as well
•Each employee should endeavor to:
• Work safely on or off job
•keep safety of others
•Use knowledge and influence to prevent accidents
•Call attention to unsafe conditions
•Contribute ideas for improvements
•Be courteous, and realize individual actions may cause injury to others.. 7

4 ) The Responsibility of the Company

•The firm shall at all times conduct the work safely

and ensure a safe work site
•It bears the overall responsibility of the safety of its
employees, agents, and subcontractors
•The firm is responsible for the adequacy and safety
of all construction methods and procedures and the
safe prosecution of the work
•It is responsible for conducting the work and keeping
the work site in compliance with all safety laws,
including but not limited to, national OSH
requirements.
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5) The Safety Director

•Should be designated for each project before the
start of construction

•Full-time or part-time

•Duty is to provide assurance to workers that the

work place is safe dependent on the project

•He should have full power needed to carry out

the duties of the position

•It is not a symbolic position 9

6) Pre-construction Meeting or Conference

• Before the start of construction for representatives
of the contractor to meet with the owner’s
representatives to review their respective safety
requirements and to discuss Safety
implementation

•The meeting is devoted to discussing the manner

in which the firm intends to administer the health
and safety program and to delegate the
responsibilities for implementing the program.

• Is a good time to resolve questions before

construction begins. 10

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7) The Project Safety Program

Definition

•It is a comprehensive written accident prevention

program covering all aspects of on-site construction
operations and activities associated with a particular
contract (to be discussed at the preconstruction conference )

•Until the project safety program is approved, it is

common for such an owner to refuse to process progress
payments.

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8) Training
•It should be at the core of every safety program

•Firm policies might be established on minimum training

requirements (e.g training of every employee having a
supervisory role on 1st aid)

•Some training may apply to all employees (Train workers

on Hazards Communication Program)

•Other training may include (training on OSHA reporting

requirements, electrical lockout, confined space entry,
trenching, asbestos removal)
•An orientation session should be completed for every
newly hired worker in the project to become familiar with
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9) Safety Standards and Regulations on

Owner’s premises
•Owner might require adhoc standards or requirements

•Care must be exercised to educate everyone

concerning the added requirements

Examples:

•Special Eye protection

•Additional Hearing protection
•Safety shoes are not optional
•First-aid supplies
•First-aid training
•Visitors are only allowed through authorization from owner
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10) Hazard Analysis

• Before the beginning of each major phase of work, an
activity hazard analysis(phase plan) should be prepared.

• Activity hazard analysis must be prepared for every contract

activity and operation in each major phase of the work. The
analysis should address the following:

• Sequence of the work

• Hazards of each activity performed in each phase
• Control measures, procedures and safeguards necessary to
eliminate the hazards or reduce the risk

• Subcontractors are also required to provide similar

assessments.

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11) Safety meetings

• Safety meetings tend to be a strong component of
many safety programs.

• At a minimum, a weekly 15-minute “toolbox”

safety meeting with all personnel should be
conducted early in the day by the project
management personnel, field supervisors, or
foremen. All construction personnel are required to
attend .

• Monthly safety meetings should be held for all

levels of supervision
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12) Safety performance evaluations

• It is important to establish a means of evaluating

safety performance

• To evaluate safety, it is important to have reliable

measure e.g:
• The rate of occurrence of recordable injuries
• insurance loss ratio
• incidence of medical-case injuries

• The company should evaluate the safety performance

of various levels of management, the first-line
supervisors (foremen), and the subcontractors
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13) Emergency plans

Always Remember these two paragraphs:

“No matter how safe an operation appears to be, it

would be foolish to ignore the possibility of a
serious accident “

“The consequences of not planning for emergencies

may be the difference between
an unfortunate incident and a catastrophic event.”

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14) Accident Reporting

• Many owners want to be apprised of safety
performance on their projects.

• They do not want surprises.

• The following is an example of a contract clause

that has been used by an owner:

“ the key to improve safety activities lies on improving

the information that the contractor supplies to the
owner concerning where accidents occur, why
and when”
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Sample
Accidents
Report

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15) Investigation of Accidents and Incidents

• The intent of accidents investigations is to

determine the cause of the accident so that
management can devise means of preventing
reoccurrence.

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Final Comments

• Planning is one way to avoid unplanned events

• An effective safety program can help avoid job injuries

• A safety program must be thorough, and applicable to

all aspects of the job

• All parties to a construction project must be included in

some way in the safety program

• Each program must be specific to a particular project

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