Health & Safety Plans and Risk Assessment Sample Clauses

Health & Safety Plans and Risk Assessment. The Health and Safety Plan is the document where has to be defined, for a specific worksite, the foresee activities, the related risks and the measures that are going to be implemented for eliminate/reduce them. The Health and Safety Plan has to cover all the relevant activities focus on the management of health and safety on site including, as a minimum, the following data: • Project Scope of Work and Key Employees, • List of major activities (specify planned duration) and perceived major hazards, • Regulation and Permits H&S requirements • Fire Fighting Requirements • Description of main activities, • Location of activity site(s), • Number of employees (estimated) and main professional tasks, • Organization structure chart, • Chief Project Xxxxxxx and lead Health and Safety managers, • Qualified person(s) to provide first aid, fire-fighting and evacuation on site, • Emergency reaction system and activation, specifying teams and team leaders, • Description of the risks affecting the activities (risks assessment), • Description of the measures adopted to eliminate/reduce risks. The Health and Safety Plan has to be reviewed and up-dated to reflect changes to work practices, to work activities and to site conditions. The risk assessment has to: • Establish the risks arising from the work activity, • Be appropriate, given the nature of the work, and such that it remains valid for a reasonable period of time, • Be proportionate to the level of risk and the nature of the work, • Identify and prioritise the control measures required to protect the health and safety of the employees and others who may be affected, • Take account of any factors that could change during the course of the job, thereby introducing additional hazards or increasing the level of risk arising from existing hazards. Risk assessments must be undertaken by competent persons who have knowledge and experience of the activity being assessed and the process must start at the design stage and continue through the construction stage. Documentation arising from the risks assessment shall contain the proposed resolution or mitigation measures necessary to reduce these risks. Risks assessment has to be reviewed as the Health and Safety Plan to reflect changes to work practices, to work activities and to site conditions. It has also been reviewed when there have been changes in legislation or other guidance relevant for the project.