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FR-00-102/New/3/8/2011

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CIVIL WOKS

EXCAVATION

1. Safety precautions to prevent the collapse of excavations, and falls

The sides of the excavation or trench should be sloped or battered back to asafe angle of repose, usually 45, or be supported by timbering or other suitable

means to prevent a collapse

2. Adjoining buildings

Wherever possible, an excavation should not be so close and deep as to

undermine any adjacent building or structure. Precautions should be taken by shoring,

and so on, to prevent any collapse or fall when the stability of a building or structure

may be affected by excavation work in progress

3. Edges

You should not store, or move, materials and equipment near the edge of an

excavation. Danger may be caused either by materials falling on those workingbelow, or by increased loading on the surrounding ground so as to cause the

timbering or supports to the sides of the excavation to collapse

4. Lighting

There should be adequate lighting around the area of an excavation,

particularly at access points and openings in barriers.

5. Electrical cables

Hand dig with care, as cables may be just below the surface. Use a spade or

shovel and not a fork or pick-axe, and do not spear the tools into the ground. Ifyou find a cable embedded in concrete, do not break it out but seek advice.

CONCRETING JOBS

1. Concreting, Masonry, Plastering jobs

- Prolonged exposure to wet cement (for example, if you kneel or stand in

it) may cause cement burns or ulceration of the skin.

-Avoid breathing in cement dust, as well dust created by the surface

treatment of hardened concrete which may contain a high silica content, by

wearing suitable respiratory protective equipment

-Protect the skin from contact by wearing long-sleeved clothing and full-

length trousers, with rubber boots and gloves when required.

-Protect the eyes; if any cement gets into the eyes, rinse them immediatelywith plenty of warm water

-Immediately wash off any dust or freshly mixed cement that gets on to the

skin

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SCAFFOLDING

- Scaffolds should be erected, altered or dismantled only by competent persons

under supervision and after erection; scaffolds should be inspected at least once a

week.

-Mobile tower scaffold-wheels should be locked when in use; ladder access

should be inside the tower-Tie the tower into the adjacent structure wherever possible.

-Use the locks on the wheels whenever the scaffold is in use.-Never climb a mobile scaffold unless the wheels are locked and on level

ground.

- Keep the material on the platform to a minimum.

-Keep towers away from overhead electrical supply lines and check thatmobile towers are free of overhead obstructions before moving them.

-Avoid using a tower in windy or severe weather conditions.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

1. Safety Helmet

You should wear a helmet whenever you are on site and particularly whenyou are in an area where overhead work is going on.

2. Safety Shoe

You should wear a safety shoe to avoid injuries due to penetration of the soleby nails which have not been knocked down or removed, and those due to

crushing by falling materials, which can be minimized by wearing protectivefootwear.

3. Nitrile Hand gloves

Hands are extremely vulnerable to accidental injury, and in construction more

injuries are caused to hands and wrists than to any other part of the body. Openwounds, abrasions, fractures, dislocations, strains, amputations and burns occur.They are largely preventable by better manual handling techniques and equipment,

and by wearing suitable hand protection such as protective gloves and gauntlets.

4. Goggles for Eye protection

In industry many eye injuries occur as a result of flying material, dust or

radiation when the following jobs are being carried out: breaking, cutting, drilling, dressing or laying of stone, concrete and

brickwork with hand or power tools; Chipping and dressing painted or corroded surfaces;

- Cutting off or cutting out cold rivets and bolts.

Use proper safety goggles for eye protection while executing the abovementioned jobs.

WORK PERMIT

Contractor should take necessary work permit such as welding, work atheight from the concerned department.