October

Return to Work / Start Safe

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Safe Start – Post Holidays

• Welcome back – hope everyone feels

refreshed after your well deserved
holiday.

• Prior to starting work we need to

STOP, THINK and PLAN our work
scope

• Focus MUST be on 5 Key areas

 Safety awareness 5 key Focal points

We would like to welcome everyone back after the Holidays,

Please concentrate Safety awareness on the following 5 areas

• PTW Compliance

• Working At Height

• Excavations

• Rigging and Lifting

• Dropped Objects
Safety awareness 5 key Focal points

• PTW Compliance

• PTW is in valid and in date.

• Authorization in place

• Correct signatures – PICWS has inspected

work area prior to work commencing.

• Contains all associated documentation

• JHA, MS, TRIC, Gas Test, Relevant

Certificates if required
Safety awareness 5 key Focal points

• Working At Height

• Scaffold are inspected and green tagged

• Guard rails and toe boards in place

• Harnesses are inspected and serviceable

• Area below WAH is cordoned off and safe

Safety awareness 5 key Focal points

• Excavations

• Inspected to ensure in a safe condition.

• Have suitable access / egress.

• Treated as CSE if required.

• Correct Edge protection in place.

• Excavation Certificate, Drawings, GPR

and Hydrovac being used.
Safety awareness 5 key Focal points

• Rigging and Lifting

• Lift plan in place and approved.

• Crane properly set up – outriggers etc.

• Cranes / Hiab's inspected.

• Equipment inspected – Fit for use.

• Cordon / Barriers in place.

• Tag lines used.

• Wind speed factors to be considered.

Safety awareness 5 key Focal points

• Dropped Objects
• Scaffold Toe boards in place, Gaps on
scaffold platforms closed.

• Canvas bags used to lift fittings.

• Lanyards used on tools.

• Tie off equipment where possible.

• Area below work cordoned off.

Safety awareness 5 key Focal points

QUESTIONS

If you are unsure of anything stop and ask

PLEASE INTERVENE IN ALL UNSAFE ACTS OR BEHAVIOURS

 Additional key Focal point

Focus Topic:

• Line of Fire
• Ensure that no one is placing themselves in the
line of fire.
• Do not stand between loads being lifted and solid
structures.
• Never hold objects while someone else is
attempting to hit them with hammers i.e. Flogging
spanners – earth spikes being driven into the
ground.
• Never stand in whip back zones near lines under
tension.
• Always stay in the vision and line of sight of
drivers in Trucks / Forklifts / Cranes / Hiabs /
Scissors lifts etc.