BERRI DRILLING ISLANDS PROJECT

Contract NO.:6600042321 - BI/JO NO.: 10-07803

CHINA HARBOUR ENGINEERING ARABIA CO., LTD

Document Title: SAFETY TRAINING

TBT Topic: Buddy System TRAINER NAME:

NAME

Location: South & North Island Date: 16-Mar-2020

BUDDY SYSTEM
A buddy system is a type of safety management practice in which individuals are paired or teamed up
and given responsibility for ensuring each other’s safety.

It usually describes a mutual arrangement in which both parties are conducting the same hazardous
work and have equal responsibility for each other’s safety. However, in some hazardous work cases,
only one buddy may be assigned to do a task, while the prim
primary
ary responsibility of the other buddy will be
to ensure the partner’s safety.
Buddy systems may also be used as part of the workplace safety orientation process. In these instances,
a new employee is paired up with an experienced employee so that the exper
experienced
ienced employee can
reinforce the safety procedures taught to the new employee during his or her initial induction.

Use of the buddy system is recognized as an important risk control measure by both governmental and
non-governmental
governmental safety authorities. Bot
Both
h OSHA’s general industry and construction standards as well
as Saudi Aramco maintain an official definition for the buddy system, referring to it as “a system of
organizing employees into work groups in such a manner that each employee of the work group is
designated to be observed
ved by at least one other employee in the work group. The purpose of the buddy
system is to provide rapid assistance to employees in the event of an emergency.”

Buddy partnerships can reduce risk by providing multiple forms of safety assistance. Buddies may
ma
engage in preventative measures such as monitoring for or advising of potential exposure to hazards,
providing rescue if the buddy becomes trapped or otherwise unable to leave a hazardous area, alerting
appropriate persons if an accident or other safety incident occurs, or engaging in immediate first aid if
the buddy is injured.

Recently on site a quick sand incident happened with two workers and one heavy equipment.
equipment
Worker was working alone and gett into quick sand fortunately some other guy crossing by sees him and
called for rescue.
Last year One worker was get fainted and was working far from other workers ,he feels not well and try
to make to nearby rest shelter but fortunately safety guy was on round he helped him and rescue him

The use of a buddy working arrangement is a legal requirement for some types of hazardous work. For
instance, under OSHA 29-CFRCFR 1910.269 (l)(1)(i), the buddy system must be used ffor or any work on
electrical systems that are energized by more than 600 volts. Use of the buddy system may also be
necessary to meet general duty obligations. For example, in situations where an individual might
potentially be exposed to undue risk from work
working
ing in solitary conditions, the use of a buddy
arrangement may be legally required for work to proceed.