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Health and Safety

MOHAMED SULTHAN MOHAMED MUNAS
B.Sc Hons in QS(SL), FRICS, FCMI, FQSI, MCIOB, MCABE, MCInstCES

Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Chartered Construction Manager
Chartered Manager
Chartered Building Engineer
Member of Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyor
Authorised Quantity Surveying Lecturer

RICS APC Assessor/ RICS APC Counsellor/ RICS CPD Lecturer / APC Coach

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Level 1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and responsibilities imposed by law, codes of
practice and other regulations appropriate to your area of practice.

Examples of knowledge comprised within this level are:

 Personal safety on site and in the office.
 Procedures imposed by law.
 Specific regulations relevant to your area of work. e.g. Fire safety standards.
 The impact on health and safety of: Design, Construction processes, Building maintenance.
 Health and safety training requirements as it relates to the employment of staff.

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Level 2
Apply evidence of practical application of health and safety issues and the requirements for compliance, in your
area of practice.

Examples of activities and knowledge comprised within this level are:

 Obtaining formal health and safety qualifications including first aid, industry specific or nationally recognised
qualifications.
 Being involved with specific roles and responsibilities within the various regulations.
 Being involved in specific health and safety audits/reviews.
 Reviewing health and safety proposals as part of a contractor’s tender.

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Read RICS publication “Surveying Safely”

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Definition of Health and Safety?

“Preventing people from being harmed or becoming ill by taking the right precautions and providing a satisfactory
working environment”

Who is responsible for safety?

Everyone of you!

 When any person is in the construction site, it is his responsibility to make sure the health and safety himself
against all the hazards which may happen. All of the persons in the site are responsible for the safety at site. To
coordinate the safety aspects in the construction site, it is recommended to deploy health and safety executive
generally known as HSE.

How do you know that the site has the safety procedure?

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Brief out what is Hazards and what is Risk?

Hazard - something with potential to cause harm

Risk - likelihood of harm being realized

Remember the All Related H&S Definitions!!! (Surveying Safely)

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Why health and safety procedures important for a construction company?

 If any accident happened, site may be closed for certain period. It causes delays for project delivery on time.
 Damage due to the accident will not be fully covered by the insurance, however company will have
compensation. but it will not reflect the full value of the actual damage. The insurance company pays the
contractor for the damage according to the premium they obtained. Differences should be borne by the
companies.
 If accident happened to the workmen, the company has to pay the injured party for the repatriation and for the
treatment.
 Costs associated with the time lost by injured persons (e.g. the time spent finding replacements, lost
production).
 Good practice of health and safety reduces accidents or ill heath from the outset.
 The companies who are having better heath and safety performance/practices, paying low insurance premiums
than the companies with a poor H&S performance/practices.
 If the company has good record on health and safety they have the opportunity to get award for safety. This will
enhance their corporate image.
 Good H&S practice stimulates well motivated workforces and high job satisfaction. It will avoid employees take
regular holidays/sick leave.
 New trend is to call for the prequalification with safety procedures and it has weighted in the tender evaluation.
Therefore, A poor health and safety record can potentially lead to loss of business.
 Potential to reduce the possibility of incurring high costs associated with the violation of legislation such as
imprisonment or high fines
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What is PPE? List out few Personal Protective Equipments?

Personal Protective Equipments (PPE)
 Safety Helmets
 Safety Goggles
 Safety Mask
 Safety Ear Plugs
 Safety Gloves
 Safety jacket/ High visible jacket
 Safety Belts (Safety Harness)
 Kneecaps
 Safety Boots

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What is the key document used at site for to Ensure safety at site?
Safety Manual/ Safety Plan
It is Engineer’s responsibility to obtain H&S Plan from the Contractor, review and approve prior to the
commencement of the work.

What is included in Health & Safety (H&S) Manual /Plan?

1. H&S Policy 12. First Aid Box
2. Safety check list 13. House keeping procedure
3. Safety auditing 14. Site emergency evacuation plan and procedure
4. Safety inspection 15. Personal Protective Equipments -PPE
5. Safety signs 16. Fire protection and prevention
6. Safety Inductions 17. Tool Box meeting
7. Safety induction meetings 18. Mock drills
8. Safety training 19. Scaffolding Handling procedure
9. Safety awards
10. Weekly Safety meetings
11. Accidents investigation and reporting

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What does it mean by Tool Box Meeting?

 Everyday morning gang leader hold a meeting with his subordinates at working area and discusses safety
hazards in the area, fire escape paths, location of fire extinguishers, About scaffoldings, etc. prior to start of the
work.

What does it mean by Mock Drill?

 Doing a trial assuming there is a fire at site after ringing fire alarm and evacuating the workers from the site to
ensure that safety plan is working.

What does it mean by Head Count? Why is it important?

 All the staff, workers and visitors must report to the site entrance and register with the security guard before
entering into the site. In case of a fire, fire warden will obtain the head count from the security guards and
check whether they have evacuated all personal.
I.e., Signing record, Punch system, Thumb impression, Tag or card system.

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What is fire triangle?

1. Oxygen,
2. Heat and
3. Fuel

What are the important things to be check before the use of scaffolding?
 Should checking whether scaffolding is having "FIT FOR WORK" tag before using it.
 This safety tag is to be fixed by the safety officer after scaffolding in charge/expert confirms/certifies it as safe for
use.
 Even though "FIT FOR WORK" tag is available, we should checking ourselves that all wheels/bases are properly
rested on the floor.

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If you are going to site for the first time, what is the procedure to be followed?
You need to do the site measurement, how you will visit a construction site?
 Inform the manager and get approval prior to site visit
 Safety induction at head office.
 Register at the site entrance.
 Report to the site office.
 Meet safety officer.
 Obtain safety induction at site.
 Collect Personal Protective Equipments and wear them.
 Inform in-charge of that site area where you are going to visit.
 Check scaffolding before climbing (with safety harness).

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Please explain the confined space working in terms of health and safety?
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Confined Spaces) Regulations 2001 (Ireland) cover all work in relation to
confined spaces.
 Confined Space refers to any place, including any vessel, tank, container, pit, bund, chamber, cellar or any other
similar space which, by virtue of its enclosed nature, creates conditions that give rise to a likelihood of an
accident, harm or injury.
 A person shall not carry out work in Confined Spaces if it is reasonably practical that it could be avoided.
 If the work must be carried out Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment must be carried out prior to the work
commencing.
 A person shall not enter a confined space unless there is a system of work in place that has been planned,
organized, performed and maintained so as to render that work safe and without risk to health.
 Anyone entering a confined space must be provided with appropriate information, training and instruction
appropriate to the particular characteristics of the proposed work activities.

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If you see any unsafe thing/ activity happening at site, what do you do?
 Immediately stop that work!. Then take him to the safety officer (otherwise if you leave him, he may continue
to do the same).

In a near-miss situation as a QS?

 Immediately stop the work! Advice him!!. Inform the supervisor!!!

While you are going to the site, you have seen one fatal accident happened at site.
Can you tell to whom you will inform?
 Call Emergency 999 (or whichever emergency number as per your country), they will coordinate to call
Ambulance and Police.

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If you see some area of the site has caught fire, what do you do?
 Break the 'Break glass point" to ring the fire alarm.
 If no "Break glass point" shout "Fire!, Fire!, Fire!,….." and run to the fire exit and assembly point.
 After reaching the assembly point, inform the fire wardens at site (Then, they will go to the site and evacuate
personnel from site).
 Fire wardens are trained for fire evacuation (You should not try to evacuate people at any time since it needs
special training).

How do you park your car at site?

Reverse Parking at designated place

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What is the Difference between QCS 2010 and QCS2014? (For Qatar Candidate Only)
 Welfare - QCS 2014 Section 1, for instance, deals with the welfare, safety and protection of workers. The
regulation sets out the minimum requirements for the provision of welfare facilities, in addition to other
minimum health and safety requirements.
 Labor Accommodation - QCS2014 specifies minimum space per person that meets or exceeds what is
required by local legislation or 4.5 sq.m. per person within each room/accommodation unit. ... 4 persons per
room/accommodation unit. ...adequate fire-fighting equipment in the labor accommodation ...basic first aid
....access to transport, religious, social and domestic facilities, communications, etc. (Sec. 1, Part 10, par.
10.10)
 Railways - QCS 2014 Section 29 is another new section that applies to rail projects, which was not in QCS
2010. This section sets out the minimum requirements for tunnel design, geotechnical specification, tunneling
(including tunnel boring machine excavation, precast concrete and grouting for segment lining), dewatering
and groundwater management, concrete and steel structures, and railway tracks.
 Emergency Response Plan - Contractor to prepare project emergency response plan. All personnel must
necessarily be aware and understand what actions to take and when to take them in the event of an
emergency situation. Records of drills and exercises conducted to be kept together with details of follow up
actions and performance assessments for audit purposes. (Sec. 1, Part 10, par. 10.3)

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What is the Difference between QCS 2010 and QCS2014? (For Qatar Candidate
Only)…..
 Earthquake Emergency Management Plan - Contractor to develop administrative processes and procedures to
support the plan and provide training on all associated processes and procedures. The Earthquake Emergency
Management Plan can be part of the Emergency Response Plan cited above. (Sec. 1, Part 10, par. 10.4).
 Environmental Manager - Contractor to appoint a suitably qualified Contractor’s Environmental Manager
(CEM), who will ensure that all reasonably practicable means are adopted to fulfill the environmental
requirements of the Employer. CEM to hold regular meetings, at least monthly, with the Engineer to discuss
construction activities and compliance with the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP). (Sec.
11, Part 2.3.15, par. 2.3.15.6)
 CEMP - Contractor to produce a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP), within one month of
award, that will be reviewed by the Engineer. Some project developers, such as Kahramaa, will allow the CEMP
to be a part of the Safety Plan. (Sec. 11, Part 2.3.15, par. 2.3.15.9)
 ISO 14001:2004 -- Contractor to have a recognized environmental management system such as ISO 14001:2004
or be able to demonstrate that they are actively working towards implementing such a system. (Sec. 11, Part
2.3.15, par. 2.3.15.9)

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Health and Safety Law and Legislation

1. Client Health, Safety, Security and Environmental 10. UK Workplace (Health, Safety and Management
Management System. Welfare) Regulations 1992.
2. U.A.E Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Federal 11. UK Government, Health and Safety(First Aid)
Law No. 8, Year 1980 Ministerial Order No 32 – Regulations 1981.
1982. 12. UK Working at Height Regulations2005.
3. Abu Dhabi Municipalities, Health & Safety Codes of 13. UK Provision and Use of Work Equipment
Practice for Construction Projects. Regulations 1998
14. UK Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
4. UK Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
15. UK Lifting Operations and Lift in Equipment
5. UK Management of Health and Health and Safety Regulations (LOLER) 1998.
at Work Regulations 1999. 16. UK Personal Protective Equipment at Work
6. UK Construction, Design and Management Regulations 1992
Regulations 2007 17. UK Confined Spaces Regulations1997.
7. UK Health and Safety Executive, “Successful Health 18. UK Health & Safety (Safety Signs and Signals)
and Safety Management” HSG65. Regulations 199
8. UK Control of Substances Hazard to Health 19. UK British Standard, BS 5973 Code of Practice for
Regulations 2002. Access and Working Scaffolds in Steel.
20. OHSAS 18001:1999
9. UK Controlling Noise at Work Regulations 2005.
21. ISO 14001

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What is the applicable law for Health & Safety in Qatar?

Law No. 14 of 2004

Which organization/ authority is responsible for Health & Safety in Qatar?

Qatar Civil Defense Department

Applicable Law in UAE and Responsible Bodies for Health and Safety
The applicable law for health and safety in UAE is Federal Law No. 08 of 1980 and the responsible bodies for health
and safety are shown below.
1. Civil Defense - Fire (997, if need ambulance call 998)
2. Dubai Municipality - Health and Safety

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