Appendix D.pdf

ATTACHMENT 1. PWS

APPENDIX D

RFQ:FA5270-12-T-0044

CONTRACTOR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

Reference: OSHA Stds. 29CFR1910 and 29CFR1926, EM 385-1-1, AR 385-10

SECTION I

INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING

General

1. No person shall be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions, which are unsafe, dangerous to his/her health.

2. The employer shall be responsible for initiating and maintaining a safety and health program, which will comply with the Corps of Engineer’s Safety and Health Requirements.

3. Prior to commencement of work at a job site, an acceptable accident prevention program written by the prime contractor for the specific work and implementing in detail the pertinent requirements of this manual, will be reviewed by designated Government personnel. On contract operations, the contractor’s program will include work to be performed by subcontractors, and measures to be taken by the contractor to control hazards associated with materials, services, or equipment provided by suppliers.

4. The accident prevention program shall be provided for frequent and regular safety inspections of the work sites, materials, and equipment by competent persons.

5. Prior to start of a project or any major phase of work, a job hazards analysis developed by the prime contractor will be reviewed with designated government personnel. The analysis will identify and evaluate the hazards and outline the proposed methods and techniques of accomplishing each phase in a safe manner.

6. Each employee shall be provided initial indoctrination and such continued training to enable him/her to perform his/her work in a safe manner.

7. Indoctrination and training shall be based on the safety program of the contractor or government agency and shall include but not to be limited to:

a. General safety policy and pertinent provisions of EM 385-1-1 and AR 385-10.

b. Requirements for employee and project safety.

c. Employee’s responsibilities for property and the safety of the others.

d. Employee’s responsibilities for reporting all accidents.

e. Medical facilities and required treatment.

f. Procedures for reporting or correcting unsafe conditions or practices.

g. Safe clearance procedures.

h. Job hazard analysis.

8. Regulatory scheduled safety meetings shall be held at least once a month for all supervisors on the project to review past activities, to plan ahead for new or changed operations, and establish safe working procedures for anticipated hazards.

9. At least one safety meeting shall be conducted weekly by field supervisors or foreman for all workers. An outline report of meeting giving date, time, attendance, subject discussed and who conducted it shall be maintained and copies furnished the designated authority on request.

10. All personnel who may have to rescue or lifesaving equipment shall be familiarized with the location of the equipment and shall be trained in its proper use.

11. All personnel required to handle or use flammable liquids, gases, or toxic materials shall be instructed in the safe handling, storage, disposal, and use of these materials and specific requirements for protection.

12. Heavy equipment operators shall receive instructions and shall demonstrate proficiency in the operation of the equipment.

13. Employees required to work energized power and transmission lines shall be instructed and trained in the live-line bare-hand technique and its safety requirements before being permitted to use the technique on energized circuits.

SECTION II

ACCIDENT REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING

1. All accidents, which occur to an employee, property, operation, project, or facility, shall be reported to the government representative, and will be investigated, and analyzed as prescribed by designated authority.

2. Accidents with any of the consequences listed below shall be immediately reported to the designated authority. These accidents will be investigated in depth to identify all causes and to recommend hazard control measures. Except for rescue and emergency measures, the accident scene shall be secured until it has been released by the investigating official. The consequences requiring an in depth investigation are:

a. An injury results in a fatality or permanent total disability.

b. Three or more personnel are hospitalized as inpatients.

c. Property damage in an amount specified by the designated authority.

Normally investigative officials, having expertise in areas related to the incident, will be selected from operating elements other than the elements involved. The format for investigation report will be as specified by the designated authority.

3. Injured personnel are responsible for reporting all injuries as soon as possible to their employer or immediate supervisor. No supervisor shall decline to accept a report or injury from a subordinate.

SECTION III

SANITATION

1. An adequate supply of drinking water shall be supplied.

2. Toilet facilities shall be provided at each construction job site in the ratios shown:

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES MINIMUM OF FACILITIES

20 or less 1

20 or more 1-toilet seat and 1 urinal per 40 workers

200 or more 1-toilet seat and 1 urinal per 50 workers

Under temporary field conditions, provisions shall be made to assure not less than 1 toilet facility is available. This requirement shall not apply to crews having transportation readily available.

3. Washing facilities shall be provided as needed to maintain healthful and sanitary conditions.

Washing facilities for personnel engaged in the application of paints, coatings, herbicides, insecticides, or in other operations where contaminants may be harmful, shall be at or near the work site for immediate emergency use.

4. Each washing facilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition and provided with water, soaps, individual means of drying, and metal-covered receptacles for waste.

5. An adequate number of waste receptacles shall be provided in the food service areas. They shall be emptied at least daily and maintained in a sanitary condition. They shall be provided with solid tight-fitting covers.

6. No food or beverages shall be consumed or stored in a toilet room or in any exposed to a toxic material.

SECTION IV

MEDICAL AND FIRST AID REQUIREMENTS

1. Prior to start of work, arrangements shall be made for medical facilities, ambulance service, and medical personnel to be available for prompt attention to the injured and consultation on occupational health.

2. Communication and transportation to effectively care for injured workers shall be provided.

3. First Aid Kit

First aid supplies are required to be easily accessible under paragraph Sec. 1926.50(d)(1). An example of the minimal contents of a generic first aid kit is described in American National

Standard (ANSI) Z308.1-1978 "Minimum Requirements for Industrial Unit-Type First-aid Kits".

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b. The contents of first aid kits shall be checked by the employer before being sent out on each job and at least weekly when work is in process to insure that expanded items are replaced.

SECTION V

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT

1. Personal protective equipments are required to wear in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions to the employees.

2. Items issued to individual personnel shall be inspected regularly and maintained in serviceable and sanitary condition and, before being reissued to another person or returned to storage, shall be cleaned, disinfected, inspected, and repaired.

3. Protective footwear, such as rubber boots, protective covers, safety boots, etc., shall be worn by all persons who are engaged in work which requires such protection.

4. Personnel working on electrical distribution systems shall be provided with linemen’s belt, insulating gloves, insulating hoods, insulating blankets, insulating line hose, and hot line tools as necessary, which shall be tested and maintained in safe condition, as stipulated by the National

Electrical Safety Code. Minimum dielectric test intervals shall be 3 months for equipment in use and 6 months for equipment in storage.

5. Miner’s lights and flashlights used around explosives and in atmospheres likely to contain explosive vapor, dusts, or gases shall be approved by the Mine Safety and Health Administration

(MSHA) or NIOSH.

6. Electric welding, gas welding and cutting, brazing, pressure and fusion welding, and operations where protections from radiant energy with moderate reduction of visible light is necessary shall require goggles, face mask, shields, or helmets, suitable to the type of work, providing protection from all angles of direct exposure, and lenses of appropriate shade (App. A).

All eye and face protective gears must comply with ANSI Z 87.1.

7. Electric arc welding and cutting and hydrogen welding and similar operations, where protection from injurious radiant energy with a large reduction in visible radiant energy is necessary shall require helmets or shields of insulating material not readily flammable, and designed to protect the head from direct rays and fitted with secure glasses of appropriate shade

(App. A).

8. Person handling rough, sharp-edged, abrasive materials or where the work subjects the hands to lacerations, punctures, burns, or bruises shall use hand protection.

9. All persons exposed to operations, which subject the eye s, or face to dust or flying particles shall use the eye and/ or face protection.

10. Babbiting, soldering, pouring of lead, casting of hot metals, handling of hot tar, oils, liquids, and molten substances, shall required eye protection such as goggles having safety lenses and screens for side protection, or face masks, shields, and helmets giving equal protection. Lens mountings shall be designed to retain in possession all parts of a cracked lens.

11. Operations which require handling of harmful materials such as acids, caustics, oils, liquids, and creosoted materials, and operations where protection from gasses, fumes, and liquids in necessary shall require the wearing of goggles with cups of soft pliable rubber or suitable face masks of hoods which cover the head and neck, and other protective clothing appropriate to the hazards involved.

12. Drop lines, lanyards and life lines independently attached or attended, shall be used when performing such works as following:

a. Work on stored material in hoppers, bins, silos, tanks, or other confined spaces.

b. Work on hazardous slopes, structural steel, poles; erection or dismantling of safety net;

tying reinforcing bars; and work from Boatswains’ Chairs, swinging scaffolds, or other unguarded locations at elevations greater than 6 feet.

c. Work on skips and platforms used in shafts by crews when the skip or cage does not block the opening to within 1 foot (30.5 cm) of the side of the shaft, unless cages are provided.

See 22.A.18.

13. Lifelines, drop lines, safety belts, and lanyards shall be used only for employee safeguarding.

Any lifeline, safety belt, or fiber lanyard actually subjected to impact loading shall be immediately removed from service, and shall not be used again for employee safeguarding.

14. Defective safety belts, harnesses, lanyards, lifelines, and drop lines shall be replaced.

15. Safety belts, harnesses, lanyards, drop line, and lifelines shall be inspected before use each day to determine that they are in safe working condition.

16. Electrical worker’s rubber insulting protective equipment shall be visually inspected prior to use.

17. Only tools and equipment intended for live-line barehanded work shall be used on transmission lines. They shall be kept dry, clean and visually inspected before use each day. If any hazardous defects are found, the item shall be removed from service.

18. Overhead protection shall be provided where the public or workers are subject to injury from falling objects.

19. Persons shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical or radiation agents.

20. Face and eye protection equipment shall be kept clean and in good repair. Defective equipment shall not be used.

21. Employees shall wear clothing suitable for the weather and work conditions. The minimum shall be short sleeve shirt, long trousers, and leather or other protective work shoes or boots.

Canvas, tennis or deck shoes are not acceptable.

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

22. Respirators shall not be substituted for engineering or environmental control methods without approval of the designated authority. Respiratory protection approved by NIOSH shall be provided all employees who are exposed to harmful concentration of dusts, gases, fumes, mists, toxic materials, or atmospheres deficient in oxygen. Employees should receive proper training and fit tasting according to OSHA 29 CFR1910. 134

23. No person shall be permitted in atmospheres containing less than 19.5% oxygen unless provided with a source of air meeting requirements of 07. B. 05.

PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR

24. All protective headgear shall meet the requirements of ANSI Z89.1, Class A or ANSI Z89. 2, Class B.

25. Protective headgear worn near electric lines, and equipment shall be Class B (ANSI Z89.2).

26. All points of entry to a hardhat area shall have “hard hat area” caution sign posted.

27. Hardhat areas shall be general areas such as construction, alternation, demolition, dredging, quarry, building, or similar related field activities rather than specific portion of a building or project.

28. All personnel working on or visiting non-administrative activities (i.e. construction, operations, and maintenance) shall be provided with and required to wear protective headgear.

SECTION VI

RAMPS, RUNWAYS, PLATFORMS, SCAFFOLDS AND TOWERS

All temporary trestles, ramps, scaffolds, and similar load-bearing structures shall be designated, constructed, and maintained in accordance with US Army Corps of Engineers Manual, EM

1110-1-2101 unless an alternate requirements is specifically approved by the designated authority. If these structures, including such accessories as braces, brackets, trusses, screw legs, and ladders, are damaged or weakened from any cause they shall be repaired or replaced immediately. All load-carrying timber members of scaffolds framing shall be minimum of 1500 fiber (Stress Grade) construction grade lumber. All planking shall be Scaffolds Grades, or equivalent, as recognized by approved grading rules for the species of wood used.