Site
Specific Safety Program
GM Industries, Inc. is a company that is committed
to protecting employees, clients and the general public on all our projects.
This premise is a Company value of great importance. Our goal is ZERO
incidents. The following guiding principals will evidence this philosophy
and our future success:
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Senior management
is responsible to support and monitor the safety, health and risk
management process.
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The line organization is responsible
and accountable to lead and implement the safety, health and risk
management process.
Supervision shall possess the skills
and commensurate with project responsibilities.
All employees must comply with safety,
health, and risk management requirements.
We will work towards continuous improvement.
We will foster a culture that aligns
safety, health and risk management with the other business objectives.
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The emphasis will
be on the Safety, Health and Risk Management. Planning Process
and reduction of incidents will be our measure of our success.
SITE-SPECIFIC SAFETY PLAN
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
This is a written example of a Site Specific Safety Plan (SSSP) that
GM Industries, Inc. implements and maintains as part of our everyday
Project Management procedures.
The SSSP comprises the following elements:
1. Responsibility/Key Line Personnel
2. Identification of Competent/Qualified Persons
3. Scope of Work Evaluation
4. Hazard/Risk/Exposure Assessment
5. Control Measures
6. Periodic Inspections
7. Daily Safety Planner
8. Compliance
9. Written Progressive Disciplinary Program
10. Hazard Correction
11. Training and Instruction
12. Project Site Orientation
13. Employee Communication System
14. Record Keeping
15. Accident/ Exposure Investigation
16. Emergency Action Plan
17. Site-specific Medical Emergency Plan
18. Hazard Communication Plan
19. Worker training and instruction Check Lists
Appendices:
Appendix A Daily safety Planner
Appendix B Accident Report
Appendix C Location of Emergency
Servcies
Appendix D Worker training checklist
Appendix E Competent Persons
1. RESPONSIBILITY / IDENTIFICATION OF KEY LINE PERSONNEL
Executive Responsible for project:
- Lead Project Manager
- Construction Supervisor
- Security & Safety Manager
- Lead Project Engineer
- On-site Supervisor
The above noted personnel have the authority for implementing the
provisions of this program. All managers and supervisors are responsible
for implementing and maintaining the SSSP Program in their work areas
and for answering worker questions about the SSSP Program. A copy of
this SSSP Program is available from each manager and supervisor.
2. IDENTIFICATION OF COMPETENT/QUALIFIED PERSONS
Refer to Appendix E.
3. SCOPE OF WORK EVALUATION
Description of work to be performed.
4. HAZARD/RISK/EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
The major safety hazards/risks and exposures have been assessed
as follows:
- Falling objects
- Working aloft
- Ladder/climbing
- Digging/excavating
- Material handling
- Load noises
- Flammability
5. CONTROL MEASURES
GM Industries, Inc. site staff will monitor the hazards/risks and
exposures in accordance with this Safety Plan. The plan addresses the
various hazards/risks and exposures, and the checklists and will bring
any concerns or violations to the attention of the staff for correction.
Unsafe or unhealthy work conditions; practices or procedures shall
be corrected in a timely manner based on the severity of the hazard.
Minimum required protective equipment (PPE) would be:
- Eye protection
- Safety boots
- Hearing protection
- Gloves
- First aid kit
- Fire extinguishers
- Fall protection
- Hard hats
Personnel will be trained in the proper use and application of PPE.
6. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS
Periodic inspections will be performed according to the following
schedule:
- When we initially establish our SSSP Program
- Daily
- When required by local regulators
- When new substances, processes, procedures or equipment, which
present potential new hazards, are introduced into our workplace
- When new previously unidentified hazards are recognized
- When occupational injuries and illnesses occur
- When we hire and/or reassign permanent or intermittent workers
to process, operations, or tasks for which a hazard evaluation has
not been previously conducted; and
- Whenever workplace conditions warrant an inspection
Periodic inspection consist of identification and evaluation of work
place hazards utilizing applicable sections of the attached Hazard
Assessment Checklist, the Daily Safety
Planner system any other effective methods to identify and evaluate
workplace hazards.
7. DAILY SAFETY PLANNER
The Daily Safety Planner method
will be utilized to identify work place hazards. A sample Daily Safety
Planner is included in Appendix A.
This is a daily checklist that all GM Industries, inc. site staff are
required to review on a daily basis. The Project Engineer and Client's
representative should be immediately notified of any potential safety
issues.
8. COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
Management is responsible for ensuring that all safety and health
polices and procedures are clearly communicated and understood by all
employees. Managers and supervisors are expected to enforce the rules
fairly and uniformly. All employees are responsible for using safe
work practices, for following all directives, policies and procedures,
and for assisting in maintaining a safe work environment.
Our system of ensuring that all workers comply with the rules and
maintain a safe work environment includes:
- Informing workers of the provisions of our SSSP Program
- Evaluating the safety performances of all workers
- Recognizing employees who perform safe and healthful practices
- Providing training to workers whose safety performance is deficient
- Disciplining workers for failure to comply with safe and healthful
practices.
9. WRITTEN PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINARY PROGRAM
Non-compliance with Site Specific Safety Plan will result in disciplinary
action provided for in the corporate discipline program.
10. HAZARD CORRECTION
Unsafe or unhealthy work conditions; practices or procedures shall
be corrected in a timely manner based on the severity of the hazards.
Hazards shall be corrected according to the following procedures:
- When observed or discovered
- When an imminent hazard exists which cannot be immediately abated
without endangering employee(s) and/or property, we will remove all
exposed workers form the area except those necessary to correct the
existing condition.
- Workers necessary to correct the hazardous condition shall be provided
with
the necessary protection; and
All such actions taken and dates they are completed shall be documented
on the appropriate forms.
11. TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION
All workers, including managers and supervisors,
shall have training and instruction on general and job-specific safety
and health practices. Training and instruction shall be provided as
follows:
- When the SSSP Program is first established
- To all new workers
- To all workers given new job assignments for which training has
not previously been provided
- Whenever new substances, process, procedures or equipment are introduced
to the workplace and represent a new hazard
- Whenever the employer is made aware of a new or previously unrecognized
hazard
- To supervisors to familiarize them with the safety and health hazards
to which workers under their immediate direction and control may
be exposed; and
- To all workers with respect to hazards specific to each employee's
job assignment.
Workplace safety and health practices for all locations include, but
are not limited to, the following:
- Explanation of the SSSP Program, Contractor's/Client's Safety Program,
emergency action plan and fire prevention plan, and measures for
reporting any unsafe conditions, work Practices, injuries and when
additional instruction is needed
- Ensure proper Use of appropriate clothing, including gloves, footwear,
and personal protective equipment
- Daily Safety Planner System
- Required information about chemical hazards to which employees
could be exposed and other hazard communication program information
- Availability of toilet, hand washing and drinking water facilities
for impacted employees
- Provisions for medical services and first aid including emergency
procedures
- In addition, we provide specific instructions to all workers regarding
hazards unique to their job assignment, to the extent that such information
was not already covered in other training.
12. PROJECT SITE ORIENTATION
We orientate our workers about the following subjects:
- The employer's Code of Safe Practices
- Good housekeeping, fire prevention, safe practices for operating
any construction equipment
- Safe working procedures for cleaning, repairing, servicing and
adjusting equipment and machinery
- Safe access to all working areas
- Proper use of all power tools
- Guarding use of fixed rotating cutting equipment
- Materials handling
- Driver safety
- Traffic safety
- Slips, falls, and back injuries
- Working aloft
- Ladder safety
- Ergonomic hazards, including lifting techniques and working on
ladders or stooped posture for prolonged periods at one time
- Personal protective equipment
- Respiratory equipment
- Hazards communication
- Client requirements
- Job site physical hazards, such as heat stress, noise, and ionizing
and non-ionizing radiation
- Personal hygiene/ Blood borne pathogens and other biological hazards.
13. EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
We recognize that open, two-way communication between management and
staff on health and safety issues is essential to an injury-free, productive
workforce.
The following system of communication is designed to facilitate a
continuous flow of safety and heath information between management
and staff in a form that is readily understandable and consists of
the following items:
- Site Specific Safety Plan (SSSP)
- Workplace safety and health training programs
- Regular required weekly safety meetings
- Effective communication of safety and health concerns between workers
and supervisors
- Posted or distributed safety information
- New worker orientation, required for all new employees.
14. RECORD KEEPING
We have taken the following steps to implement and maintain the following
records to document our SSSP Program:
- Records of hazard assessment inspections, including the person(s)
or persons conducting the inspection, the unsafe conditions and work
practices that have been identified and the action taken to correct
the identified unsafe conditions an work practices, are recorded
on a hazard assessment and correction form; and
- Documentation of safety an health training for each worker, including
the worker's name or other identifier, training dates, type(s) of
training, and training providers are recorded in a worker training
and instruction from.
Inspection records and training
documentation will be maintained according the following checked schedule:
- For three years, except for training records of employees who have
worked
- For less than one year which are provided to the worker upon termination
of employment
- Other records are required by contract specifications and/or local
regulations.
15. ACCIDENT/EXPOSURE INVESTIGATIONS
Procedures for investigating workplace accidents and hazardous substances
exposures include:
- Responding to the accident scene as soon as possible
- Reporting to Project Manager
- Reporting immediately to the appropriate Client point-of-contact
- Interviewing injured workers and witnesses
- Examining the workers for factors associated with the accident
exposure
- Determining the cause of the accident/exposure
- Taking corrective action to prevent the accident/exposure from
reoccurring and Recording the findings and corrective actions taken.
16. EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
In the event an evacuation of the work site is necessary, it will
be announced and all staff and visitors are to leave the area immediately
and assemble at a the pre-determined emergency meeting location.
The Supervisor (or acting supervisor) shall contact Project Manager,
any time an emergency action plan has been enacted. The on-site Client
Representative will also be contacted immediately.
17. SITE SPECIFIC MEDICAL EMERGENCY PLAN
In the event serious injury or illness occurs to a GM Industries,
Inc. employee, he/she is to be taken immediately to: the nearest Emergency
Medical Center. For minor injuries such as simple cuts, sprains, etc.
The employee will be taken to:
nearest required medical treatment facility. If in doubt, assume the
worst and transport the employee to: he nearest Emergency Medical Center.
The on-site Client Representative shall be notified as soon as possible.
In cases of serious
injury or illness, the employee is to be sent immediately to the nearest
hospital, by ambulance if necessary.
If the injury is the result of an accident on site then an Accident
Report Form-refer to Appendix B-
is to be filled out and submitted to the on-site Client representative.
GM Industries, Inc. employees MUST report all injuries or illnesses,
as soon as possible, to the on-site supervisor.
18. HAZARD COMMUNICATION PLAN
In order to comply with OSHA 1910.1200, Hazard Communications Standard,
the following written Hazard Communication Program has been established
for GM Industries, Inc.
This written program is available at GM Industries, Inc. headquarters
in Tolland Ct. for review by any interested employee.
1. Container labeling
A qualified employee shall verify that all in-coming containers
received for use are clearly labeled to include:
- Content identification. (The identity of the contents must match
corresponding MSDS.)
- Appropriate hazard warnings, (including routes of entry and target
organs.)
- Name and St. address of the manufacture
The supervisor of each area will ensure that all secondary containers
(those containers other than the original) will be labeled with:
- Content identification. (The identity must match the corresponding
MSDS.)
- Appropriate hazard warnings, (including route of entry and target
organs)
2. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
A qualified employee will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining
material safety data sheets for the company.
It is GM Industries, Inc. policy that when toxic or hazardous substances
are received without an MSDS or the appropriate MSDS is not on file
at GM Industries, Inc. that the chemical will not be accepted until
such information
is available.
A qualified employee will review incoming date sheets for new and
significant health/safety information. They will see that any new information
is passed on to the affected employees. If a MSDS is incomplete, they
will request a new MSDS from the manufacturer/supplier. MSDS sheets
are available to each employee during his/her work shift. To obtain
a copy of the MSDS call the main office at 860-872-4717 and a copy
will be provided.
3. Employees Training and Information
The GM Industries, Inc management ream is responsible for
our employee-training program, and will ensure that all elements specified
below are carried out.
Prior to starting work each new employee of GM Industries, Inc. will
attend a health and safety orientation and will receive information
and training on the following:
- An overview of the requirements contained in OSHA Hazard Communication
Standard 1910.1200
- Any operations in there work area where hazardous chemicals are
present
- Location and availability of our written hazard program
- Physical and health hazards of the chemicals in their work area
- Methods and observation techniques used to determine the presence
or release
of toxic a hazard substances in the work area
- Measures employees can take to protect themselves from hazards
in their workplace
- Including specific procedures the employer has implemented to prevent
exposure to hazardous chemicals such as appropriate work practices,
emergency procedures and personal protective equipment
- Explanation of the labeling system and what the label information
means
- Explanation of MSDS sheets and how employees can use this information
to educate and protect themselves.
19. WORKER TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION CHECKLISTS
Refer to Appendix D, Appendix
F & Appendix G
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