Health, Safety & Environment Policy
Health, Safety & Environment Policy
Its the duty of the DOJ Contractors to ensure, so far as it is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work for all its employees as well as give due consideration to the environment. Our organization and arrangements for carrying this duty is as follows:
The plants and systems of work we use and our arrangements for the use, handlings, storage and transport of the articles and substances that we use in our work are safe and without risks to health. The provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure that health and safety at work of the members of DOJ Contractors.
The place of work which are under our control and maintained in a condition which is safe and without risk to health and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work. The provision and maintenance of working environment for members of DOJ Contractors that is without risks to their health and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work.
That the measures taken to ensure the health and safety at work of our members are kept under review. If any member of DOJ has an accident at work, however minor, he or she should report it to the relevant safety officer and Form HSEOO8 must be completed. Certain classifications of accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences have to be reported within seven calendar days. The administrator or leader of the part of DOJ will be able to advise on the categories.
First aid facilities and Restrooms are provided as part of our health and safety provisions.
Requests for specialist attention, should this be necessary, are usually made to the management by the Personnel Officer. In our profession it is on construction sites that we must be especially conscious of safety. A copy of our safety manual is usually read by all employees before they go on site.
Safety officers and fire officers appointed within the firm are responsible for ensuring that the above mentioned arrangements are adhered to as far as it is reasonably practicable. Safety briefings by the safety officers has become an important part of the in-house engineers monthly meeting while safety pep talks are organized for the rest of staff every fortnight. The management of DOJ regularly undertakes unscheduled safety audits to sensitize the safety climate in our working places. This way they can have a first hand knowledge of unsafe work practices and procedures. The results of the audit are usually discussed at the safety meetings.
Safety in Design
As far as design work is concerned the following guidelines for ensuring safety in executing our design work are followed:
As Engineers, we owe it as a duty to our client, the public and the profession that our designs, reports etc. will result in functional, safe and economic structures. Hence all our designs, reports, proposals, tests etc. are prepare to conform to well established national and international codes of practice which are embodiments of safety regulations and procedures in themselves.
Our details for construction or installation are such that these can be built without posing any hazards to the builder and the final user of the constructed facility. Hence, all construction features and fixtures shall be located in such a way as not to constitute safety hazards but shall facilitate circulation and safe movement of equipment and Personnel.
The use of in-house drawing office and design office manuals, quality systems, quality manuals etc. are adopted extensively within the firm. Finally, we conduct design reviews and hold in-house seminars and presentations to improve and keep up the high standard of our work.
Safety Management System
Our safety performance is enhanced by putting in place a set of guidelines, rules and procedures that act as standards of performance. These are usually well documented and made available to every employee while the safety officer ensures that these guidelines are maintained, followed and enforced.
Safety Performance And Personnel
. Every management staff is a safety officer in the firm while the firm also has designated safety officers from amongst the staff whose role it is to advise management on safety matters as well as help co-ordinate DOJ’s overall safety by conducting audit of the work place and methods and reporting on their findings.
. The success of our overall safety performance is hinged on safety training, followed by regular retraining of ou employees. Our training efforts are two-pronged.
. First is the staff in-house training and this is usually organized for every new staff while retraining is ensured during the normal monthly safety meeting. To ensure that staff realize that safety training is a continuous process unscheduled audits are put in place as well as the pep talks given by the safety officers on an Individual basis
. The second training effort of DOJ is to ensure that our staff regularly attend all safety meetings, seminar and courses organized by accredited safety training organizations.
Project Methodology/Work Plan General Strategy
The following general considerations shall be used in drawing up the programme of work:
. The tasks to be performed on the project shall be defined.
. These tasks are then arranged in logical sequence noting the input to the tasks, the output expected of the tasks and the procedures to be adopted to accomplish the task.
. Schedules for the performance of the tasks are established.
. Mechanisms for project control and completion schedule are then worked out