Occupational Health & Safety Best Practice in Construction Sector
- 1. OHS best practice in construction Presenter: Sisay Yami, EHS Manager Bsc Environmental Health Msc. Public Health Email: [email protected]
- 2. Outline of Presentation • Management leadership • Worker participation • Identify hazard , analyze risks and implement control measures • Follow hierarchy of control as applicable • Education and training • Documentations and reporting • .Monitoring and evaluation
- 3. OHS best practice • 1.Management leadership • Make safety and health a core organizational value, establish safety and health goals and objectives • Health and safety policy • Rule & regulation • Code of conduct • Always put health & safety at a priority • Build safety culture • Ensure commitment of top management • Provide adequate resources and support for the program, and set a good example
- 4. OHS best practice 2.Worker participation • Setting goals, identifying and reporting hazards, investigating incidents, and tracking progress • Understand their roles and responsibilities • Communicate openly with management • Report safety and health concerns without fear of retaliation • Access to OHS information
- 5. OHS best practice 3.Identify hazard , analyze risks and implement control measures • hazards from routine, non routine, and emergency situations are identified and assessed • Assessment of existing hazards, exposures, and control measures • Periodic inspections
- 6. OHS best practice 4. Follow hierarchy of control as applicable Elimination-substitution-engineering control- administrative control-PPE Ensure worker regularly use PPE as appropriate 5. Keep clean & organized work place • Managing worksite cleanliness and order • Proper disposal of both solid & liquid waste • Regular cleaning schedules
- 7. OHS best practice 5. Education and training • Regular safety toll box talk or safety meetings • Specialized training for specific tasks • All workers shall be trained on OHS, responsibilities, regulation etc… • All workers trained on work place hazard & control • Employers ,managers and supervisors trained on OHS, responsibilities, regulation
- 8. OHS best practice 6.Documentations and reporting • Encouraging a culture of safety reporting • Hazard communication • Report unsafe condition immediately • Prepare and execute OHS plan • Document all OHS related report • Perform incident/accident investigation & report • Perform regular reporting to concerned body
- 9. OHS best practice 7. Monitoring and evaluation • Routine inspection(Monitoring) Focus on 6 M • Method • Management • Material • Man(People) • Measurement • Machine • Evaluation and improvement