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    Securing an

    Effective

    Construction Site

    Safety Plan in the

    Most Efficient Way

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS:

    Construction Health and Safety

    Plan Compliance------------3

    Drafting a Construction SafetyPlan--------------------------5

    The Basics of Construction Site

    Safety Plan------------------7

    The Importance of a Site Specific

    Safety Plan------------------9

    Using a Construction Safety Plan

    Template--------------------11

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    Construction Health and Safety Plan

    Compliance

    Coming up with a construction health and safety plan is one of the important

    requirements a construction company will have to secure first before it can

    proceed with actual construction work. Along with the other paperwork

    indicating the integrity of the proposed structure, aconstruction site safety planis

    likewise needed to make sure that the company will comply with work safety

    standards set in that location.

    These occupation health and safety (OHS) codes cover all security, health and

    safety concerns that workers are likely to encounter while at the workplace. With

    construction jobs, these would typically translate to safety measures that the

    company has in place, should the need for them arise.

    These measures are often already included in on-site policies and rules that most

    construction firms impose, like always wearing the proper safety gear, hard-hat

    areas, signage and alarm or warning protocols. However, some changes and

    revisions are often needed to accommodate site-specific conditions and otherequally important factors.

    Common provisions of these site specific safety plans are considerations given to

    the nature of the actual work to be done, as well as other factors like inclement

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    weather conditions, ground or soil type and the

    preparations needed to make sure that all these site-

    specific potential threats are addressed.

    These additional considerations are necessary for theOHS authority to check and properly assess if the

    proposed construction site safety plan is already

    good enough or if changes will still have to be made.

    A construction firm would often also have ready-

    made templates for this particular requirement, as

    the provisions on health and safety protocols are

    similar across most of their construction projects.

    Using such a construction safety plan template willhelp save time and corporate resources than

    developing one from scratch.

    Others, however, would opt to just draft one every time they start on a new

    project, to make sure everything is tailor-made and set to the appropriate

    specifications and workplace demands. The construction health and safety plan

    compliance required is, in principle, mainly in efforts to protect the rights and

    privileges of those working in that specific environment and to avoid cases ofunsafe labor practices and unnecessarily risking peoples lives. Both methods have

    their own advantages and disadvantages.

    Whether a company drafts itsconstruction safety

    plan manually or through a construction safety

    plan template, the central idea remains the same

    to get the companies to prioritize and ensure

    the safety of its work force at all times.

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    Drafting a Construction Safety Plan

    The construction site is one of the most high-risk or hazardous work

    environments that many people routinely get exposed to, and that is why all

    construction firms are required to draft a viable construction safety plan before

    they can secure licenses and necessary permits to begin their work.

    Working in a construction site means people will have to stay in a place where

    there are a lot of heavy equipment, excavation works and other potentially

    hazardous materials. This has been a prevailing concern for those managing

    occupational health and safety, as even the most stringent and solidly built safety

    plans may still slip and fail to avert accidents.

    The construction safety plan is preferably site-specific, as the hazard

    considerations rely mainly on what factors may play in a specific place. A good

    example of this is when excavation works are being done in a place where the

    ground is loose or not as stable as in other locations. The plan for that specific

    work will have to evaluate site specific safety plan concerns and other similarissues.

    The standard provisions of occupational health and safety management systems

    are geared towards anticipating all possible safety scenarios, which could range

    from simple rules like early warning devices and signage, hard-hat and non-

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    smoking areas, to OHS compliant construction layouts. Most of these simple rules

    adhere to logic and are, in fact, set to prioritize the health and safety of each and

    every individual worker.

    As similar provisions are needed for most of the items that a construction safetystandard contains, some firms would have ready templates to fill out and get the

    job done easier. Having a construction safety plan templatewould save a lot of

    time otherwise spent drafting the safety standard for each and every construction

    project, making it an ideal addition to the builders tool set.

    Coming up with a professional-looking construction health and safety plan by

    using such a template could save hours of work, which, in the world of business,

    means an awful lot of money. These templates are also specifically designed to

    meet OH&S provisions, thus guaranteeing the quality of the results.

    Although some firms may still prefer making a point-by-point, manual safety plan

    draft for each single project they handle, there is little doubt that what they could

    produce manually will be just about as good as what can be produced by filling

    out aconstruction safety plan template.

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    The Basics of Construction Site Safety Plan

    As a way of protecting its workforce from potential hazards in the workplace,

    construction firms would always have a construction site safety plan for all the

    building and construction contracts it enters into. Often, these companies would

    pattern their construction safety plan to comply with the provisions set by the

    local occupation health and safety management authorities in the place where it

    operates in.

    These safety plans form the basis of core security and workplace safety policies

    that a company will implement across all its building and construction services.

    For companies handling multiple construction projects at once, the general rules

    are retained as its construction safety plan template, on which changes and

    revisions are put in to accommodate all other site specific safety plan initiatives

    that are needed in certain locations.

    The construction methods that the firms employ will also invariably have thesesafety protocols as its guiding principle. Construction health and safety plan

    drafts, although only usually developed to comply with the local occupational

    health and safety requirements, often serve as a good indication that the

    company sees to it that the welfare and safety of its personnel are held with

    utmost esteem.

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    For almost all construction works, a safety plan will have to be inspected and set

    first, before contract companies are even allowed to commence with their

    projects. This makes sense, because the idea of imposing this standard is to make

    sure that safety measures are being followed to avoid accidents and work-related

    injuries.

    These would typically be akin to common-sense rules and safety tips that the

    approving party deems customary and efficient, like always wearing the right gear

    and following specific procedures that are proven to make the construction site a

    better and safer workplace.

    Working with the OHS provisions that local authorities follow, aconstruction site

    safety plan could vary significantly from one specific location on to the next,

    prompting the construction firms to just create a new one for each new

    construction site project.

    Others, however, would have a general working place safety plan template that it

    can use on other projects, provided the site-specific requirements on such other

    sites are likewise met.

    Keeping a safety plan template ready is a

    good way of saving time when drafting a

    new one, although the tradesmen/

    construction administrators will have to

    make sure to accommodate area-specific

    safety nets. Whatever plan a company

    handles, however, the central idea remains

    the same: safety plans are there to makesure that all the company workers well-

    being is looked after and honored.

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    The Importance of a Site

    Specific Safety Plan

    Because different locations pose different

    safety and health threats, it is very crucial

    to come up with asite specific safety plan

    to manage a project well. Many of the

    construction accidents and mishaps

    happen because the safety plan

    implemented did not quite fit with what the site demanded. Indeed, this is one of

    the most common causes of workplace accidents, and is one that the Occupation

    Health and Safety authorities are trying to minimize.

    The construction health and safety plan should, at all times, take location-specific

    aspects into consideration. Concerns that are only encountered in specific

    locations, like mudslides and ground works hazards due to the topography and

    exposure to certain chemicals and toxins, etc., must be addressed and thoroughly

    covered in the drafting of theconstruction site safety plan.

    The standard for occupation health and safety requires all construction

    organizations and firms to come up with a comprehensive safety plan meant to

    cover all the security and workplace safety issues of those who will be working at

    the particular site. These have been implemented for quite some time now as an

    assurance that the workers rights and welfare are looked after.

    Although drafting a construction health and safety plan is something that firms

    are already familiar with and can easily draft, coming up with such a plan for each

    and every single construction project contract can still prove tedious and time-

    consuming.

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    To avoid skirting such a sensitive issue as employee

    care, the companies would typically have to delegate

    resources and people to come up with a decent,

    professional workplace safety draft that complies with

    the standard occupation health and safety standard

    provisions.

    In fact, some firms have come up with some sort of a construction safety plan

    templatethat it can use across all the different projects and sites. The template is

    more like its standard format for all the unique location aspects that will most

    likely come into play.

    For mining and excavation works, for example, construction sites are required by

    law to look into soil integrity and composition, to make sure that the ground is

    packed enough and that the structure will not collapse. Seemingly trivial details

    such as these are precisely what could sometimes compromise the safety of many

    workers.

    These site specific concerns, therefore, must neither be neglected nor dismissed

    by any contractor or construction firm, whether just for OH&S compliance

    purposes or out of a genuine commitment to caring for its workforce.

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    Using a Construction Safety Plan Template

    For construction firms handling multiple big

    projects and contracts, using a construction

    safety plan template might be needed in order

    to save time and resources in addressing project

    prerequisites for OHS standards compliance.

    Although each single project will have unique

    needs and site specific safety plan structures,

    using templates can still considerably stave off alot of the time that would otherwise have to be

    spent drafting these specifications manually.

    The templates are more like standardized forms

    that construction firms can use to easily plot

    specific safety concerns that will have to be addressed in order to assure a safe

    environment and workplace for the employees across all its projects. As such, the

    template would mainly cover all general safety concerns that are invariably

    present in all construction works, like hard-hat areas, appropriate equipment and

    safety gear, and common precautionary measures.

    To make room forsite specific safety planrequirements, the template will include

    a questionnaire form that can be filled in and answered to address unique issues

    and comply with the health and safety standards. The use of these safety plan

    templates can significantly reduce the time needed to draft a construction safety

    plan, which, in turn, will translate to a quicker and smoother construction

    workflow.

    The only real downside to using a template for all projects is that it cannot simply

    dismiss the possibility that people might overlook certain safety features needed

    for specific locations. Time and again, lapses in pinning down health and safety

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    the same can also be said of manually drafted safety plans.

    Moreover, manually written safety plans take longer to draft, even for somebody

    who is already familiar with all the components of the systems in place. Giventhese circumstances, it will indeed be more beneficial for the businesses to start

    using a template to draft its construction safety plans than to have people work

    on writing them every time.

    Perhaps, the quickest way to draft such building and construction requirement

    would be to work on a template first to get the basics done, and then just

    manually edit or put in the site specific safety plan changes that are needed.

    Either way, the only real burden that must weigh on these construction services

    shoulders is that the main purpose of making a construction health and safety

    planis to guarantee their workers safety and welfare at all times.

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