6.9 Health, Safety and Environment Management
6.9.1 Health management issues include looking into the risk factors to health of construction personnel and providing hygiene conditions at construction sites and methods of their man agement. It includes managing,
a) occupational/physical health hazards.
b) short term as well as long-term ill effects of the activities and the working environment of the construction sites.
c) provision of personal protective equipment required for specific health hazards. and
d) laying down of construction hygiene control methods.
6.9.2 Safety management issues include managing work processes, equipment and material handling at site for striving to achieve zero accident status at site.
For prevention and management of accidents, a proper organizational and administrative mechanism is requ ired. Following steps should be taken for achieving the same:
a) Laying down of safety regulations or mandatory prescriptions concerning different work processes.
b) Standardization of work processes and management actions.
c) Regular and stipulated inspection of works and machinery/equipments for enforcement of mandatory regulations.
d) Providing education and training to workers on safety issu es.
e) Publicity and appeal to develop safety consciousness.
f) Insurance of built facilities. construction personnel and third party.
g) Regular safety audit of construction sites .
h) Effective post accident action including accident analysis and reporting.
j) Effective post accident management including corrective measures to avoid repetition of such accidents.
Safety Officer shall be appointed in accordance with the concerned provisions of the Building and insitu Construction Works (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act. 1996.
Safety officer who is posted at a medium to major construction site shall:
a) look after the safety of the personnel. safe handling of materials and machinery, safe work practices and standard operating procedures;
b) be responsible for compliance of all statutory obligations of the employer in regard to safety of personnel and structures;
c) guide and assist the site managers/engineers to make their sites safe and accident free;
d) train personnel in construction safety. conduct safety surveys and design suitable documents for recording and promoting safety on sites and in the construction industry; and
e) arrange for safety briefing for all the persons entering the construction area .
6.9.3 Environment management issues include the following:
a) Minimizing adverse environmental impact of activities, products and services.
b) Limiting any adverse impact within the laws/ prescribed norms and their monitoring.
c) Safety of environment while working with hazardous materials and maintaining material safe ty data sheets.
d) Management of disposal of waste from the construction sites .
e) Considering positive environmental contribution particularly after completion of construction.
f) Mechanism to review concerns of interested parties.
