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0 Health, Safety &

Environment Work Practices
 Definition
 Safety – is a control of hazard in order to attain an
acceptable level of risk.
 Unsafe Condition – is a sub-standard condition in the
work place where personnel are exposed to hazard.
 Unsafe Act – is a non-conformance of personnel on
the set safety procedures, rules and regulations of
the company.
 Hazard – a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune.
Ex. 1). Drinking alcohol is a health hazard,
2). Working at heights without fall
protection is a fall hazard.
 Safe Work Practices
Six Steps to Safe Work Execution
1. Planning 4. Mobilize
Don’t rush - stop, think, When ready, start the work,
and consider all options work the plan
2. Preparation 5. Evaluate
Get the right equipment,
Look around, does your
tools, material, and people
activity affect others, or
3. Lockout/Tagout have conditions
Isolate/block/control changed?
applicable energy 6. Demobilize
sources Remove all tools,
equipment, and surplus
materials
 Types of Hazards
 Unsafe Acts
 Things people do that ignore safety procedures
and risk their own or other people’s health and
safety
 Unsafe Conditions
 Machines, tools, protective equipment, or work
area conditions that present hazard(s)
due to safety deficiency.
 Job Hazard Analysis

 Looks at job conditions

 Studies each job step for hazards
 Decides how to eliminate, reduce, or
minimize identified hazards
 Maximize workers’ participation
 Enhances planning
Safety Task Analysis Risk Reduction Talk
or Daily Safety Toolbox Meeting

 Pre-job evaluation performed by worker(s)

 Places job planning into your hands
 Encourages participation
 Enhances ownership
 Facilitates best approach to
work execution
 Hazard Identification – General
 Make a wide angle view of all activities.
 What can go wrong here?
 Does anything not look, smell, or “feel” right?
 Can my job affect an adjacent activity?
 Look up – Always be alert to overhead hazards.
 What are the emergency procedures?
 Is other worker performing an unsafe act?
 Do I working with chemicals? What are the hazard
associated with them?
 Engineering Controls
 Designed into the  Isolation
workplace to prevent  Shielding, muffling, or
reducing noise level;
contact with harmful controlling ventilation/air
substance or hazard flow
Procedure
 Eliminate or control 

 Work plan, prevention-

hazards at the source based, adapting to
environment and worker
 HSE process evaluates
Substitution
hazard and provides 

 Less harmful product or

direction and solution. lower speed or energy
 Guards
 Prevents contact
 Signs
 Provide warning and
notification
 Intended to help safeguard
employees
 Colors of signs have different
indications
 Red – Danger
 Yellow – Caution

 Green/ Blue – Information

 Pictograms warn by way of

illustration
 Warning and Elimination
Barricades/Barriers
 Used to warn of potential
hazard
 Can also limit access to
an area or job activity
 Placed by group
performing job
 Accompanied by a sign to
explain or provide specific
instructions/information
Three Different Types
 Caution – Yellow and Black
 Danger – Red and White
 Radiation – Magenta and
Yellow
 Barricades can also be
erected by fences, ropes,
and scaffolding
 Erection and dismantling
 Safety Watches
 Specially trained individuals assigned to man the work
area and warn others of potentially unsafe situations or
emergency conditions
 Can be distinguished by bright color vest as follows:
Different Types Color Vest

Firewatch Red
Safety Attendant/Hole Watch White
Spotter/Flagmen Orange
 Road and Traffic Safety
Your Responsibilities
 Check your vehicle regularly (tires,
brakes, lights)
 Never start reversing without looking
behind
 Be alert for personnel working in the
area
 Don’t overload the vehicle – secure
the load
 Don’t let anyone sleep or
rest under the vehicle
 Mandatory use of seatbelt
 Road and Traffic
 No Passengers on open pick-up, lorries, cranes etc.
 Observe site speed limits and traffic signs, Maximum
Speed Limit is “25Kph”. Exception shall be emergency
vehicles responding to an emergency with maximum speed
45 kph.
 Ensure that all passengers wear seat belts.
 Slow down if visibility is poor or during rain
 Vehicles shall be parked at designated areas only.
 Vehicles shall not be parked within 5 meters of fire fighting
equipment ( alarm boxes, hydrants, hose reels, etc.)
 Vehicle radios/cassette players shall
not be operated in the plant area.
 Working Around Heavy Equipment
 Wear a highly visible jacket and hard hat at all times.
 Stay clear of hauling operations; the equipment
operator often can’t see you.
 Never walk or work under suspended loads.
 Be alert for back-up alarms.
 Follow the instructions given by the flagman.
 Don’t walk in between vehicles or a vehicle
and a fixed object.
 Don’t sleep under parked vehicles.
 Plant / Facility Safety
 Vehicle Entry
 Movement of vehicles or self propelled mobile
equipment within operating areas shall be done
under safe work permit to be issued by the owner.

 Test for the presence of flammable gas shall be

done during the travel of vehicle within operating
areas. Vehicle shall be switch off in case
flammable gas was detected.
 Plant / Facility Safety
 Fire Equipment and Facilities
 The use of fire hydrants and hose for non-
emergency purposes is prohibited except by
specific written authorization of the utilities shift
supervisor.
 A FPESI (Fire Protection Equipment Service
Interruption) permit shall be processed before
taking any fire protection system, or road
(that could prevent access by emergency
vehicles.
 Plant / Facility Safety

 Use lifting equipment only for its intended

purpose.
 Lifting equipment should never be overloaded.
 Man lifts and elevated platforms must be
equipped with guardrails.
 Employees working on lifts must wear
appropriate fall protection equipment.
 Areas near cranes and lifts
shall be kept clear.
 Plant/Facility Safety (Continued)

 Cords with no insulation or frayed insulation

 Plugs that don't match their outlets—like a three-pronged
plug in a two-pronged outlet
 Tools that smoke, smell, spark, or shock
 Wires running across the floor/walkway/roadway
 Electrical cords left near heat or water
 Working with electrical tools with wet or sweaty hands
 Overloaded circuits or equipment can cause fire
or explosion
 Bare wires in sockets and light strings
without cages (protectors)
 Plant / Facility Safety (Continued)

 Chemicals can be dangerous when not used and handled

properly.
 Chemical safety depends on a combination of engineering
controls and personal protective equipment and practices.
 Before you start any job where you have to use,
handle, or store a chemical, find out each
potential hazard and what you must do
to protect yourself.
 You must know what to do in
case of emergency.
 Environmental Requirements

 Follow all precautions stated on the permit and other

environmental requirements.

 Comply with the project’s Construction

Environmental Control Plan.

 Attend onsite project-specific environmental

awareness training.
Environmental Requirements(Continued)

 Donot dump waste in surface waters,

wetlands, or sensitive areas.

 Conduct refueling and equipment maintenance

in bermed areas away from surface
waters and wetlands.
 Environmental Requirements (Continued)

 Place drip pans under all standing mobile

equipment.
 In case of chemical spill, immediately notify
your supervisor. Contain the spill using
absorbent materials. Do not rinse spills
away.
 Environmental Practices (Continued)

 Maintain equipment in proper operating

condition.

 Do not apply used oil as dust suppressant.

 Do not burn anything except untreated wood,

and only with project approval.

 Dust control.
 Environmental Practices (Continued)

 Store all wastes in properly designated areas.

 Label all containers appropriately.
 Store hazardous wastes securely and in closed
containers.
 Recycle or re-use materials such as used oil,
used batteries, welding rods, solvents, paints,
paper, glass, and scrap wood or metal
as much as possible.