Occupational Health and Safety Risks Sample Clauses

Occupational Health and Safety Risks. Potential impacts during construction include: exposure to physical hazards from the use of equipments; trips and fall hazards; rock falls/slides in steep areas and exposure to dust and noise. Construction workers are likely to have injuries and hazards as the construction works such as trenching and excavations so as to lay sewer pipelines unavoidably expose workers to occupational health and safety risks. The workers are also likely to be exposed to risk of construction noise and air pollution. Impact Scoring Severity of Impact -3 Spatial Scope of the Impact -2 Duration of Impact -3 Overall score -3 Interpretation medium Mitigation measures  Ensure that all construction machines and equipment are in good working conditions to prevent occupational hazards during excavation activities and laying of the pipes;  Establish a Health and Safety Plan (HASP) for civil works areas ensuring the working hours are controlled and that employees are not allowed to extend the working hours beyond an acceptable limit for purposes of gaining extra pay;  Provide adequate manual labour to meet the requirements of the tasks;  Appoint a trained health and safety team for the duration of the construction work ,monitor and advise appropriately on health and safety matters during the rehabilitation activities  Provide workers with gloves, ear gears, sturdy rubber boots and overalls to protect their skin from the effects of cement;  Provide workers training on safety procedures and emergency response such as fire and sewer pipe bursts;