Responsibilities of supervisors
Divisional heads, departmental heads, line
engineers and other supervisors have the defi-nite responsibility of ensuring
the following.
(b)
Necessary protective equipment and its use.
(c)
Properly maintained tools and equipment.
(d)
Properly planned work performed in a safe
manner.
(e)
Application of the general and special safety instructions
by their workman.
(f)
Assignment of employees to jobs which they are
capable of doing safely.
(g)
Immediate steps to correct any violation of
safety rules observed or reported to them. Supervisors will be held responsible
for seeing that work under them is done in safe manner.
Each supervisor should
make certain that his man understand the following.
(a)
Work to be done.
(b)
Hazards that may be encountered.
(c)
Proper procedure for doing the work safely.
Frequent periodic inspections of construction, operation and
maintenance equipment, materials, work areas, conditions and methods should be
made by supervisors as a part of their routine duty. Such inspections are
essential to prevent fires and accidents
Responsibilities of individuals.
1)
An individual’s definite responsibility is to
act so as to provide.
b)
Safety to his fellow employees
c)
Protection to the public
d)
Protection to the company property
e)
Protection to the general environment.
2)
Every employee is expected to study the Safety
Manual, familiarize with its contents and apply them. Ignorance of rules and
regulations will result in accidents to self and co-workers.
3)
Whenever in doubt regarding any rules and
regulations, employees should consult their Engineer or Supervisor.
4)
Before attempting any work under conditions that
is considered to be unsafe, employees are required to call these conditions to
the attention of the person-in-charge of work and seek his/her advice.
5)
It will be the duty of every employee to report
promptly to his/her Engineer or Supervisor any dangerous or improper condition
of company apparatus or equipment, which comes to his/her notice.
Personal Conduct
1)
Use of intoxicating liquor and drugs while on
job is strictly prohibited. Should report for work while under the influence of
liquor, and no Engineer or other Supervisor and Security on duty should
knowingly permit a person to go to work which comes to his/her notice.
2)
Practical joking and horseplay or gossiping
while on the job is strictly prohibited.
3)
No employee should distract the attention of
another worker from his job unless he thinks that the worker is doing
something, which is dangerous or risk either to self or equipment.
4)
Any employee who endangers own or others safety
and lives by violating the foregoing requirements of personal conduct should be
rendered liable to disciplinary action.
5)
Security on duty should not allow any person
under the effect of liquor/ drugs to enter the company premises.
Personal Caution and Self Awareness
It is workman’s own interest to exercise utmost
personal caution as indicated below so as to prevent and injury.
1)
Every employee should consider the result of
each act and no chances should be taken that will endanger either workman’s own
or other employees lives.
2)
Always Be Careful (ABC) ; the workman should
place himself in a safe position while working to avoid falling, stumbling,
slipping or moving backwards against live parts.
3)
The workman should satisfy regarding the safe
working conditions before starting the work. The care exercised by others
should be checked.
Physical Fitness
1)
Before and during employment, every employee
should be given a physical examination and must be certified by the company’s
Medical Officer as being physically qualified for the work he/she is expected
to do.
2)
Any employee who is unable to perform duties due
to illness or other disability should promptly report the condition to
immediate supervisor.
3)
After absence from work due to illness or
injury, an employee may be required to pass a physical examination to determine
fitness for duty.
Reporting Hazardous Conditions or Practices
1)
All hazardous conditions should be reported to
the Supervisor and engineer on duty.
2)
Hazardous conditions should be eliminated as
soon as they as discovered. Where a hazard cannot be removed, taking reasonable
and precautions can prevent accidents.
Accident Reports, Records and Investigation
1)
Accident records are essential to the prevention
of accidents. They show the type of accidents most frequently encountered where
they occur and their relative severity. A study of these records will emphasize
common hazards, and prompt a better understanding of the causes of accidents and
most effective methods for preventing them.
2)
All accidents which results in injury or not or
however small the accident may be shall be promptly reported to Engineer or
Supervisor and operation Engineer on duty. Many near misses/ near accidents,
which are not reported, recur with serious injuries.
3)
All accidents to the public involving company
personnel, equipment or property should be reported promptly.
4)
Accidents should be investigated to determine
the cause and what steps are needed to prevent a recurrence. It shall be the
responsibility of the person-in-charge of the job to get a complete, detailed
story of the accident as soon as possible after it occurs.
5)
Accidents, whether they result in personal
injury or not, should be promptly investigated by the Divisional Head.
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