JGC / Kellogg Brown & Root

Health, Safety, and Environmental Construction Manual

Section II Risk Management Systems
Sub - Section 3 Altered, Job-Made and New Tools

Effective Date:
01 June 00
Revision No. 00

1. PURPOSE
1. To outline minimum safety requirements for tools.
2. Altered and job-made tools are not normally permitted, but occasionally it may become necessary
to fabricate special tools or make alternations to manufactured tools. To make certain that tools of
this nature are given the proper safety consideration for the purpose they are to be used, the
following controls are established in this procedure.
B. STEPS FOR APPROVAL OF ALTERED OR JOB-MADE TOOLS
1. If it becomes necessary to fabricate a special tool on the job such as lifting lugs, jigs, pipe stands,
hand tools, ladders, etc., the request for approval is made, with a sketch and purposes of tools, by
the craft superintendent/supervisor involved to the HSE Manager.
2. No tool will be fabricated or altered until the request has been approved by the project management
and safety department /HSE representative.
3. After the tool has been made it shall be inspected by the safety department /HSE representative
before the tool is used.
4. Manufactured tools are not to be altered or tampered with in any manner without first obtaining
approval of the safety department/HSE representative and project management.
5. Upon completion of the task for which the tool was altered or fabricated, the tool is destroyed. The
Construction Manager must approve reuse of such tools in each case thereafter.
6. The safety department / HSE representative is notified that the tool is being destroyed or reused.
C. NEW EQUIPMENT
1. Before a purchase order is placed for new equipment (equipment that is new to the site), a safety
analysis shall be performed. The requisitioning craft and the safety department are jointly
responsible to determine if requested equipment can be safely used. When the equipment is
ordered for use on a specific project, the responsible engineer is also consulted.
2. When the new equipment is received and before it can be place in service, a hazard review must be
conducted. Included in this review is the using craft(s), the inspecting crafts(s) and HSE
representative. The using craft(s) is responsible to thoroughly review the operators/owners
manual and follow its recommendations.

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JGC / Kellogg Brown & Root

Health, Safety, and Environmental Construction Manual
Section II Risk Management Systems
Sub - Section 3 Altered, Job-Made and New Tools

Effective Date:
01 June 00
Revision No. 00

3. Products of the hazard review:

a. Who can use.
b. Who will inspect and frequency.
c. What will be inspected.
d. Any need to improve guards, labels, etc.
e. Any other required alternations.
f.

Other special considerations.

g. A copy of the results of the hazard review is kept on file.

4. NEW METHODS
Safety must be given priority in the development of new methods. Craft supervisors shall consider
safety needs and consult the Safety Department / HSE Representatives during development.

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