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Health Safety Environment (Hse) Guidelines - Ihs

This document outlines health, safety, and environment (HSE) guidelines for customers and subcontractors working on IHS Zambia sites. The guidelines cover working at heights, installations, decommissioning works, and additional safety tips. Personnel must follow fall protection plans when working at heights, using secured equipment and fall prevention systems. When installing or decommissioning, workers must wear appropriate personal protective equipment, receive site inductions, and keep work areas tidy. The document emphasizes being safety conscious and responsible for one's own behavior at the dangerous tower sites.

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Health Safety Environment (Hse) Guidelines - Ihs

This document outlines health, safety, and environment (HSE) guidelines for customers and subcontractors working on IHS Zambia sites. The guidelines cover working at heights, installations, decommissioning works, and additional safety tips. Personnel must follow fall protection plans when working at heights, using secured equipment and fall prevention systems. When installing or decommissioning, workers must wear appropriate personal protective equipment, receive site inductions, and keep work areas tidy. The document emphasizes being safety conscious and responsible for one's own behavior at the dangerous tower sites.

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HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

(HSE) GUIDELINES FOR CUSTOMERS


AND SUBCONTRACTORS
INTRODUCTION
▪ IHS Zambia is committed to ensuring that all personnel who access or conduct any works on our sites
(Towers) adhere to all our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) guidelines to avoid any harm. This
presentation provides the HSE guidelines which every customer, sub-contractor or any other authorized
personnel on our site should follow.

▪ The presentation covers our HSE guidelines as pertains to working on heights, installations,
decommissioning works and additional safety information to consider on our sites.

▪ Kindly contact your respective Account Managers and our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) team for
any clarity or orientation needed to ensure a 100% perfect HSE day as you carry out any works or access
our sites for your personnel.

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WORKING AT HEIGHT

All items, tools and equipment A fall protection and rescue A fixed or mobile platform with
must be secured to prevent plan must be developed and guard / handrails must be used
falling objects. implemented. where practicable.

A fall prevention system must


limit free fall. Should free fall
All anchor points must be When using a fall prevention
occur, it must be limited to 1.8
inspected and assessed as system, personnel must be
meters and the harness must
suitable before use. hooked to an anchor point at
have leg straps attached to
all times.
further mitigate fall suspension
trauma.

Fall prevention PPE must have All personnel working at height


a double hook-up capability must be trained, competent
and carabiners. and medically fit.

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INSTALLATIONS & DECOMMISSIONS WORKS HSE SITE GUIDELINES

Tower sites are dangerous places to work. These site safety health & environment rules are the minimum
requirements and will help to create a safe working environment within the tower site.

Always wear the prescribed PPE on site


▪ PPE is your last line of defense should you encounter a hazard on site. Wear your hard hat, safety boots,
work suit, safety goggles, gloves and Hi-Viz vest as a minimum, along with any additional PPE required for
the task being carried out.
Do not start work without an induction
▪ Each site has its own unique hazards and work operations, make sure you know what is happening so that
you work safely. Your induction is important, do not start without one.
Keep a tidy site
▪ Remember to keep your work area tidy throughout your shift to reduce the number of slip and trip hazards.
Pay particular attention to high-risk areas such as access and escape routes.

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INSTALLATIONS & DECOMMISSIONS WORKS HSE SITE GUIDELINES

Do not put yourself or others at risk


▪ You are responsible for your own behavior. make sure you remain safety
conscious throughout your shift and maintain a high level of situational
awareness. when unsure apply the “S.A.F.E” principle for personal safety risk
assessment. This represents; S-urvey the area, A-ssess the risk, F-ind a safe
way, E-verytime.

Other Safety Tips


▪ There should be no work on towers during rains, windstorms, sandstorms or at
night.
▪ Never work in unsafe areas. Stop and report all unsafe work.
▪ Report all injuries, unsafe acts, unsafe conditions and near misses immediately
they happen or are observed.
▪ Do not start open bush fires or kill wildlife.
▪ Manage all waste in an environmentally friendly manner.
▪ A trained first aider with a fully equipped first aid kit must be available at all times

during work shifts.


‘I am responsible for a perfect HSE day’
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© 2018 IHS Towers

www.ihstowers.com 6

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