Safety and Occupation Health (SOH)Singapore

October 2006

Safety Team

• Safety Team:• LT LaVielle – Safety Officer• Ms. Alice Wilson – Assistant Safety • Officer/Environmental Engineer• Mr. Lee Wilson – Contracted Safety Specialist• Command Safety Representatives (Each Command has a • designated safety rep.)

Safety Program Focos

• Promote Overall Safety and Occupational Health• Traffic Safety• Recreational Safety• NAVOSH Program• Coordinate Training for the Region• Mishap Investigation and Reporting• Identify & Monitor Mishap Trends• Construction Safety

Focus Areas, Last 12 Months

• Accountability• Safety #1 priority to protect both the workers and tenants

• Safety violations reflected in contractor evaluations• Base improvements initiated to improve contractor safety• Contractor safety personnel are proactive to prevent accidents/injuries

• • Visibility• Strong QAE Program to monitor contractor performance

• Initiated Safety Council to include BOS Contractor representation• PWD oversight on all construction project performed on the compound

Focus Areas, Last 12 Months

• Mishap Prevention Efforts• Partnership with all contractors working on the compound and particularly

• day to day with the BOS Contractor• Monitor BOS Contractor Mishaps for accountability and prevention • opportunities• BOS Contractor maintains a continuous safety training program with • standard operating procedures written for each project prior to beginning•

• Communications• Contractor performs weekly safety briefs to workers, PWD is invited to

• participate in augmenting safety training• Weekly zone inspections conducted that include contractor operations, • affords the opportunity to observe work practices and offer oversight • to improve overall safety

Challenges & Initiatives

• Challenges• Language barriers are certainly a problem in Singapore

• especially with outside contractors, however these difficulties can be • somewhat alleviated with translators• Singapore regulations are not always compatible with U.S. regulations

• Initiatives• Strong Hazard Abatement Plan that identifies hazards around the compound

• and tracks them until they have been abated• NAVOSH Deficiency Notices are posted for all RACs 1, 2, and 3• The weekly zone inspection program is especially helpful in monitoring • projects being conducted around the compound

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