1.0 Purpose
To ensure that personal protective equipment is controlled, issued and maintained in good condition to provide protection to personnel
2.0 Scope
This procedure is applicable to all HAESUNG CONSTRUCTION, INC. sites for use and control of PPE.
3.0 Responsibility
3.1 Site Manager
The Site Manager will ensure that:
By personal example, PPE is correctly used at all times and when necessary, instigate disciplinary action for deliberate contravention or miss-use of such equipment
When a risk assessment has indicated that PPE is required, suitable PPE is provided and is always easily available to all employees that need to use it
Adequate information and training is provided to, and understood by, all employees who need to use, maintain or select PPE
3.2 Site HSE Representative
The Site HSE Representative will:
Provide guidance on selection, use and maintenance of PPE
Provide training in use of PPE
Monitor implementation of this procedure and investigate any reasons why it is not
Records are kept of all training, including details of the names of the participants, the date of the training, and the subjects covered
3.3 Employees
Employees will:
Only use PPE in accordance with the instructions provided and for the activities during which they are designed to provide protection
Attend training sessions and comply with the training, instruction and information provided
Check the condition of their PPE before each time that they use it iv. Clean, maintain and store their PPE in accordance with training and instructions
Report any losses, defects or other problems with PPE to their Supervisor or another responsible person immediately.
4.0 Description
4.1 Definitions
Sub-Contractors: Any third party employee executing works on the HSC premises or sites under HSC supervision
Personnel: Any HSC personnel of all levels of the hierarchy and any Sub-Contractors under direct control of HSC, and agents representing HSC
PPE: Personal Protective Equipment. All equipment which is intended to be worn or held by a person at work and which protects them against one or more risks to their health or safety’, e.g. safety helmets, gloves, eye protection, high visibility clothing, safety footwear and safety harnesses
Lanyard: A line for connecting a full body harness to an anchorage point with an inbuilt device that reduces the impact of a fall when used in fall arrest applications
4.2 Process
Assessing PPE requirement
Risk assessment is carried out to find out the requirement of PPEs and an effort is being made to prevent workers from coming in contact with the hazards by guarding suitably at source. When it becomes impractical to eliminate the cause of accident by engineering revision, dependence on PPE’s is being chosen as the last resort.
Selection of PPE is based on,
(a) Degree of protection which a particular PPE might afford,
(b) The ease with which it may be used.
Basic requirement - The Company ensures that:
PPE’s are capable of providing adequate protection
Only EN/IS mark PPE’s are procured
The equipment is light in weight and able to give the maximum comfort to the users
They do not restrict essential movement of the user
They do not produce any ill effect to skin or parts of the body in contact
List of people requiring use of PPE is defined.
Types of PPE to be used:
| Protection for: | Hazards | Options |
|---|---|---|
| Body | Temperature extremes, adverse weather, chemical or metal splash, spray from pressure leaks or spray guns, impact or penetration, contaminated dust, excessive wear or entanglement of own clothing. | Conventional cotton fabric clothing for all workmen. Cotton clothing with high visibility tape for material handling and HSE personnel. |
| Body | Falls from height, where protection against falls cannot be provided by other means | Double hook full body safety harnesses |
| Breathing | Dust, vapor, gas, oxygen-deficient atmospheres. | Disposable filtering face piece or respirator, half- or full-face respirators, air-fed helmets, |
| Eyes | Chemical or metal splash, dust, projectiles, gas and vapor, radiation. | Safety spectacles, goggles, face shields, Welding shields |
| Feet and Legs | Wet, electrostatic build-up, slipping, cuts and punctures, falling objects, metal and chemical splash, abrasion. | Safety boots and shoes with protective toe caps and penetration resistant. Leather leg guard |
| Hands and Arms | Abrasion, temperature extremes, cuts and punctures, impact, chemicals, electric shock, skin infection, disease or contamination. | Gloves, gauntlets, armlets. |
| Head | Impact from falling or flying objects, | A range of helmets. Color of helmets can be decided appropriately by unit management. |
4.3 Inspections
4.3.1 General Inspection of PPE
PPE users are responsible for inspecting issued PPE before each use and reporting any damage to their Supervisor, who must arrange to replace or repair replacement of PPE, as appropriate, if it is not functioning as required.
4.3.2 Inspection of Safety Harnesses and Lanyards
Inspection Regime
The following minimum inspection regime will be adopted for safety harnesses and lanyards:
User Inspections - each time the equipment is used
6-monthly Inspection - by Safety Representative
Identification
All items of fall arrest equipment are indelibly and permanently marked with a unique identification number, so that they can be readily associated with the respective documentation. If marking is not evident, or obscured by dirt, the item of equipment must be withdrawn from service immediately and referred to the safety representative who is responsible for the six-monthly inspection.
Examples of Defects and Damage
Items of fall arrest equipment which have been used to arrest a fall must never be re-used, they must be withdrawn from service immediately quarantined and destroyed after investigation.
The following defects and damage have the potential to result in the degradation and/or weakening of the lanyard:
Cuts of 1 mm or more at the edges of webbing lanyards (e.g. where the lanyard may have been choke-hitched around steelwork)
Surface abrasion across the face of the webbing and at the webbing loops, particularly if localized
Abrasion at the edges, particularly if localized
Damage to stitching (e.g. cuts or abrasion)
A knot in the lanyard, other than those intended by the manufacturer
Chemical attack which can result in local weakening and softening – often indicated by flaking of the surface. There may also be a change to the color of the fibers
Heat or friction damage indicated by fibers with a glazed appearance which may feel harder than surrounding fibers
UV-degradation which is difficult to identify, particularly visually, but there may be some loss of color (if dyed) and a powdery surface
Partially deployed energy absorber (e.g. short pull-out of tear webbing)
Contamination (e.g. with dirt, grit, sand etc.) which may result in internal or external abrasion damaged or deformed fittings (e.g. karabiners, screw link connectors, scaffold hooks)
4.4 Training
4.4.1 Anyone using PPE must be provided with adequate information and training in the use and care of their PPE.
They are communicated the following:
Why it is needed, when it is to be used, repaired or replaced and its limitations
Trained and instructed in how to use it properly
PPE is the last resort after considering other methods of protection, so it should always be worn whenever the user is at risk.
4.4.2 Site induction training must include a section, which ensures that all persons are aware of the requirement to use appropriate PPE and the penalties for failure to use PPE when required.
4.4.3 Records of all training given in the use and maintenance of PPE must be maintained
5.0 Records
Register for issue and distribution of PPE Inspection of PPEs compliance Inspection of PPEs quality
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