Right on Site PowerPoint

During this presentation, in Part 1 we will go through our general site rules which include:

• A guide to the signs on site
  
• Our rules on smoking, alcohol and drugs
  
• Driving and Vehicles on Site
  
• Alarms and Emergency Procedures
  
• What to do if you discover a fire
  
• What to do if there is an accident
  

Facilities on site
Part 2 covers our Rules for Working on Site - which explain Minimum PPE required

• Permit to Work System
  
• COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health)
  
• Our procedures on good manual handling practice
  
• Our policies on Equipment brought onto site, including Electrical equipment, Ladders,
• Scaffolding and lifting equipment
  
• Safe Working Areas
  
• Waste Disposal and pollution prevention
  
• Housekeeping
  

We have our business to carry out (if it will help, add brief details of the company’s main operation, in approximately one sentence) - but whatever job you’re here to do, we all have a common goal - to get the work done SAFELY. So we need to make sure that your actions won’t inconvenience or endanger anyone - and other people’s actions won’t be a threat to you.

. Safety Signs on site
While on site, you are likely to see various different types of safety signs. The main categories are:

• Warning signs (black & yellow or orange) which are warning of a nearby hazard such as danger from electricity or a wet floor, for example.
  
• Mandatory signs (usually blue & white) give you an instruction that you must obey. These usually relate to specific PPE to be used in that area.
  
• Prohibition signs (black object image within a red circle and with a crossbar). These are similar to some road signs and indicate an action that is prohibited in a specific area. Again, they must be obeyed.
  
• Safe Condition signs (green and white) indicate the location of escape routes, emergency exits, first aid equipment, emergency showers and eye wash bottles. Take note of these signs in the area where you are working.
  
  

15. This site is equipped with fire alarms. If you hear the evacuation alarm:

• Visitors should stay with their site contact, who will guide them as necessary.
  
• Contractors should make their way to the Assembly Point (explain or preferably show where this is to avoid disorientation in an emergency) and wait for further instructions.
  
• If you are using equipment that could start a secondary fire, such as welding equipment, shut down or switch off - if you can reach it safely - but don’t put yourself at risk.
  
• DO NOT go back in until you are given the all clear.
  
• Alarms are tested on a regular basis (explain when) - if you hear the alarm at any other time, it IS an emergency and you must respond.
  
• If there is a roll call, answer your own name clearly when it’s called - but don’t answer for anyone who is not present.
  
• If you know of anyone who may be trapped, or may not have heard the alarm, inform the fire warden immediately.
  
  

17. If there is an accident and you need first aid, these are the first aid arrangements we have on site:
(Explain what level of help is available:

• Who can offer help, how to find or identify them e.g.green hats, badges? Posters displaying the information?
  
• Where: First Aid Room? Gatehouse? Reception? - or none on site?
  
• Do you have safety showers and eyewash fountains or bottles? If so, where? How do they work?)
  
• If you are splashed with chemicals, you must react immediately. Some substances burn but diluting with water can reduce the effect. Check the position of the nearest safety showers and eye wash equipment for the area where you are working and if possible check how it works by testing it.
  
• Call our emergency number . . . .
  All accidents must be recorded in the Accident Book

26. Confined Space Entry. On average, work in confined spaces kills 15 people in the UK every year.
A permit must be issued before entering a confined space such as tanks, vessels, silos, drains, sewers and even some open top chambers or pits if ventilation is poor.
Atmospheric testing should be carried out before entry is permitted. The permit should include details of the use of breathing apparatus where necessary.