Safety Plan
It is the Company policy to make health and safety a top priority in all circumstances.
The Company is committed to implementing and maintaining a high level of health and safety performance in compliance with occupational health and safety legislation and code of practice. The Company will provide sufficient resources, select suitable responsible subcontractors and suppliers who have good safety practice, and will also maintain site facilities with a safe working environment such that the occurrence of accidents is minimized.
The Company and all subcontractors must strenuously enhance safety awareness of all employees and ensure that all employees fully understand, and comply with this Policy and that they pay heed to their own and other people’s welfare. The Company has the responsibility for ensuring that employees at all levels have received appropriate training and are competent to carry out their duties and responsibilities.
The Company endeavours to minimize accidents and maintains the accident rate below 35 per 1000 workers per annum.
Rules and Regulations
The ultimate objective of any safety management system is to prevent injury and ill health in the workplace.
In-house safety rules cover general rules, specialised work rules, specialized work permits and procedures.
1.1 General safety rules
General safety rules include clear instructions to personnel in each of the following general areas:
(a) safe operation of plant, machinery and equipment;
(b) maintenance of plant, machinery and equipment;
(c) proper and safe procedures for each production process, in the form of method statements;
(d) rules and instructions on various risk control systems including the permit-to-work system;
(e) provision, use and maintenance of personal protective equipment;
(f) rules for the provision, use and maintenance of safe access and egress and for traffic and plant movement;
(g) fire precautionary measures;
(h) safe handling and movement of materials;
(i) safety procedures for chemical processes and for the handling, transporting and storage of chemicals;
(j) safety procedures for emergency;
(k) duties and procedures for reporting hazards;
(l) duties and procedures for reporting incidents, accidents and ill-health;
(m) good housekeeping of the workplace.
1.2 Specialised safety rules, work permits and procedures
There should be a system for the identification and establishment of specialised in-house safety rules, specialised work rules, specialised work permits and procedures. Proprietors and contractors of relevant industrial undertakings should refer to the following:
(a) relevant legislation dealing with safety and health at work, which sets the minimum standards to follow;
(b) Codes of practice and guidance materials issued by the DSAL (Direccao dos Servicos para os Assuntos Laborais) on safety and health at work;
1.3 Supervision
To ensure compliance with these in-house rules, the contractor undertaking should exercise due diligence in the supervision of his workers. Moreover, there should
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