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Sharing of Safe Work at Height Howard How

FALL PREVENTION PLAN FPP

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Boustead Singapore Limited The Group

Established in 1828, Boustead Singapore is a progressive global infrastructure-related engineering services & geo-spatial technology group

Energy-Related Engineering

Water & Wastewater Engineering

Industrial Real Estate Solutions

Geo-Spatial Technology

Boustead Projects

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Boustead Projects Industrial Real Estate Solutions Division

Constructed and developed more than 2,000,000 square metres of industrial real estate regionally

Industrial leasehold facilities portfolio of over 90,000 square metres

Operations in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and China

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Boustead Projects Industrial Experience

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SCOPE

Introduction

Management Commitment

Building Capabilities and Competencies

Increasing Awareness

Improve System Procedure

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INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

Workplace Fatality

2008 2009 2010 2011

All Industry

No. of

Fatality 67 (25) 70 (31) 55 (32) 61 (22)

Fatality Rate 2.8 (6.9) 2.9 (8.1) 2.2 (8.1) 2.3 (5.3)

* FFH mainly from Construction, Marine and Manufacturing

Note: Figures in parenthesis denote figures from Construction Industry

No. of Fatality due

to FFH* 19 (10) 22 (9) 17 (10) 17 (7)

Spate of FFH incidents

30 Apr 2011 - A lifting supervisor fell 30m through a shaft during a lifting operation;

30 Apr 2011 - A worker working inside the ships cargo hold, fell 17m through a partially-cut side

shell plate of the hull onto the drydock;

3 May 2011 - A worker fell almost 10m through a sky light during roof installation works;

3 May 2011 - A worker fell about 3m from an A-frame ladder while trying to place a box onto the

roof of a store;

6 May 2011 - A worker lost his balance and fell while checking on a safety boat on board a ship;

9 May 2011 - A worker fell 19m from the roof of a bin centre of a factory while attempting to

retrieve a bulky object; and

11 May 2011 - A worker fell through the roof of a warehouse while preparing for painting works.

23 May 2011 - A worker fell from a storage rack while installing electrical wiring in the premises.

14 June 2011 - A worker fell from a height of 5m while dismantling pipe barricades.

15 July 2011 - A worker fell from a height of about 25m while erecting a hanging scaffold.

1 Aug 2011 - A worker fall from roof of a warehouse while installing fall preventive lifelines for

subsequent roof work.

9/41

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WHAT IS FALL PREVENTION PLAN (FPP) ?

Site specific plan integrated into SMS

Help to eliminate or reduce risk

Ensure all reasonable prevention measures were in place

To be developed and implemented when there is a need to work at height

Developed by competent person

FPP to be monitored and reviewed regularly

INTRODUCTION

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COMPONENTS OF FALL PREVENTION PLAN (FPP)

Policy

Responsibilities

Hazard Identification and RA

Control measures

Safe work procedures

PPE

INTRODUCTION

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Boustead Projects recognises the potential fatal hazard of carrying out all work at height and hence requires that all such activities by subcontractors be properly assessed and planned with a formal submission of the Fall Prevention Plan since August 2009 .

MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT

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19.1 FALL PREVENTION PLAN POLICY a. Commitment to prevention of injury of persons from incident of falling from height and objects falling from height.

b. Commitment to comply with applicable legal and other requirements whilst carrying out working at height of 2m and above.

c. This policy shall be communicated, understood, implemented and maintained at all levels of the organization and to all interested parties.

d. Boustead Projects Pte Ltd shall reviewed this policy annually to ensure that it remains relevant and appropriate to the organization and will make amendment as and when necessary.

Thomas Chu

Managing Director

Boustead Projects Pte Ltd

1/8/2009

MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT

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MemoWSH Alert: 19/11/WSH/HH

To: All Sub-contractors &

Boustead Projects Site / WSH Personnel

From: Howard How, Corporate Safety

CC: Thomas Chu, Steven Koh, Koh Nghee Kwang, Neo Eng Huat

Date: 02 May 2011

Re: WORKING AT HEIGHT (WAH) SUPERVISORS

Since the launching of the Code of Practice (CP 1) for Working Safely at Height on 1st February 2010, we have promoting the implementation of the Fall Protection Plan (FPP) which forms the cornerstone of this CP. Our MD, Thomas Chu had endorsed the Fall Protection Policy since 1st August 2009 which states the company

commitment to prevent injury of persons from incident of falling from heights and objects falling from height.

In order to facilitate the implementation of the FPP effectively, the WSHC and MOM has rolled out the Working at Height for Supervisors course since October 2010 in order to raise the competency level of supervisors at site to tackle working at height activities.

Boustead Projects Pte Ltd has been arranging various groups of sub-contractors supervisors to attend such course since November 2010. Till date, we have about close to about 100 supervisors from sub-contractors and Boustead Projects who had attended the course and carrying out WAH supervision at all sites.

As such, Boustead Projects Pte Ltd will be making compulsory for all sub-contractors to have their supervisors trained as WAH supervisor at one of the three Accredited Training Provider (ATP) by the latest 30th June 2011, failing which all working at height activities by the respective sub-contractors will be stopped.

Regards,

Howard How

Building Capabilities and Competencies

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Building Capabilities and Competencies

Supervisors attending WAH course at approved

training provider

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Building Capabilities and Competencies

Workers are being trained and briefed on the proper use

of safety harness with anchorage whilst working at

height by approved training provider.

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Building Capabilities and Competencies

Conducted training on emergency rescue procedures to

recover persons suspended in safety harness.

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INCREASING AWARENESS

WSHO briefed all workers on the CP1 Working Safely at Height 17.7.1 Inspection of fall arrest systems; The inspection of fall arrest systems by a competent person should be conducted periodically and include the following: The rope or webbing including the anchorage lines (e.g. inspecting for any defects or damage and checking the anchorage); The fall arrest system harness body (e.g. inspecting for any damage to the mounting ring or the body, checking the activation of the fall arrest indicator and that the labels are present); The locking mechanisms and rope guides (e.g. inspecting the visible rope guides for excessive wear and checking that the rope runs freely through the anchorage and that the locking mechanism works properly); and The hardware (e.g. checking that the snap hooks or links work properly). That the PPE or its components have not exceeded the manufacturers recommended usage life.

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INCREASING AWARENESS

Boustead WSHC Billy

brief all supervisors

and workers

SWP/RA/PTW

requirements

before Working @

Height. All scaffolds

must be erected by

Trained erectors and

checked by Qualified

Scaffold Supervisor

and there must be no

unauthorized access

to work at heights.

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INCREASING AWARENESS

Increasing the awareness of workers working at height by

demonstration from external training provider.

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INCREASING AWARENESS

Weekly Mass Tool Box

Meeting: 17 Date / Time: 12th 09 2011 / 1130hrs

Training description: Safe use of

ladders.

Company participated: TSF, San Keong,

VBH, Innofield, Nylect, Tat Lee.

No of Participants: 37

Training Duration: 30mins a) Always inspect the ladder prior to using it. If

the ladder is damaged, it must be removed

from site.

b) Always maintain a 3-point (two hands and a

foot, or two feet and a hand) contact on the

ladder when climbing keep

your body near the middle of the step and

always face the ladder while climbing.

c) Do not use the top 3steps/rungs of a ladder.

d) Use a ladder only on a stable and level

surface, provide buddy system(Hold by Co-

worker)

e) No aluminium ladder is allowed.

f) A frame ladder is only allowed in constrained

area.

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INCREASING AWARENESS

Demonstration from external training provider of proper life

line installation and anchorage of safety harness to workers to

increase their awareness when working at height.

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All working at height (WAH)activities must be covered with a permit to work on a daily basis with a trained WAH supervisor carrying out a Working at Height Checklist for the work area. (WAH Checklist for Supervisors bilingual.docx )

IMPROVING SYSTEM PROCEDURES

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IMPROVING SYSTEM PROCEDURES

Better prevention of falling from height with the use of system

formwork for column and slab construction with proper design

of working platform and guard rail in the system formwork.

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IMPROVING SYSTEM PROCEDURES

To eliminate falling hazards for worker working at height,

the use of mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) like boom

lifts and scissor lifts are commonly use at the workplaces.

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IMPROVING SYSTEM PROCEDURES

Life line installation for workers to anchor for working at

height during fabrication of slab formwork.

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CONCLUSION

IS EVERYONES RESPONSIBILITY

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THANK YOU