Common use of Site-Specific Accident Prevention Plan Clause in Contracts

Site-Specific Accident Prevention Plan. Prior to mobilization and performing any work, the Contractor shall prepare and submit a site-specific APP and AHAs IAW EM 385-1-1 and guidance provided in Attachment 10, Accident Prevention Plan Checklist. APP shall detail the tasks and activities required to identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control hazards at the work site. Contractor shall comply with all Federal, State, and local health and safety requirements. Contractor shall not commence fieldwork prior to Government review and acceptance of the APP. 6.4.2.1.1 The Contractor shall use a qualified person, as defined in EM 385-1-1, to prepare the written site-specific APP. The APP shall be project-specific and shall address any unusual or unique aspects of the project or activity required by the task order PWS. The APP shall interface with the Contractor's overall safety and health program. Any portions of the Contractor's overall safety and health program referenced in the APP shall be included in the applicable APP element and made site-specific. The Prime Contractor is the "controlling authority" for all work site safety and health of the subcontractors. Contractors shall inform its subcontractors of the safety provisions required under the terms of the contract and the penalties for noncompliance, to include coordinating work to prevent one craft from interfering with or creating hazardous working conditions for other crafts, and inspecting subcontractor operations to ensure subcontractors adhere to accident prevention processes and procedures. 6.4.2.1.2 The APP shall contain a Signature Sheet that includes title, signature, and phone number of the Plan preparer [Qualified Person (QP), Competent Person (CP), or Corporate Safety staff person] and their qualifications. APP must be approved by company/corporate officers authorized to obligate the company who shall sign the signature sheet. Finally, Contractor shall provide concurrence of other applicable corporate and project personnel, e.g., Chief of Operations, Corporate Chief of Safety, Corporate Industrial Hygienist, Project Manager or Superintendent, Project Safety Professional, or Project QC on the signature sheet. 6.4.2.1.3 Contractor shall submit APP to the KO for acceptance IAW the requirements of the awarded task order. Once accepted by the KO, the Government shall enforce the APP and attachments as part of the contract. Disregarding the accepted APP shall be cause for stopping of work. Once work begins, Contractor shall submit any/all requested changes to the accepted APP through the Site Superintendent, SSHO, and QC Manager, to the KO for review and concurrence. Should a safety hazard become evident, Contractor shall stop work in the area, secure the area, and develop a plan to remove the safety hazard. Contractor shall notify the KO within 24 hours of discovery and provide its plan to eliminate/remove the safety hazard. 6.4.2.1.4 The APP shall include an Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA) form in the format shown in EM 385-1-1 for each activity, task, or defined feature of work. Contractor shall submit additional AHA’s upon discovery of additional hazards not known at the time of APP development to the Government for review prior to the start of work. Contractor shall review the AHA list no less than once each month at the Contractor supervisory safety meeting and update as necessary when procedures, scheduling, or hazards change. Contractor shall develop the activity hazard analyses using the project schedule as the basis for the activities performed. All activities listed on the project schedule shall require an AHA. 6.4.2.1.5 Contractor shall post the APP at the job site in accordance with EM 385-1-1.

Site-Specific Accident Prevention Plan. Prior to mobilization and performing any work, the Contractor shall prepare and submit a site-specific APP and AHAs IAW EM 385-1-1 and guidance provided in Attachment 10, Accident Prevention Plan Checklist. APP shall detail the tasks and activities required to identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control hazards at the work site. Contractor shall comply with all Federal, State, and local health and safety requirements. Contractor shall not commence fieldwork prior to Government review and acceptance of the APP. 6.4.2.1.1 The Contractor shall use a qualified person, as defined in EM 385-1-1, to prepare the written site-site- specific APP. The APP shall be project-specific and shall address any unusual or unique aspects of the project or activity required by the task order PWS. The APP shall interface with the Contractor's overall safety and health program. Any portions of the Contractor's overall safety and health program referenced in the APP shall be included in the applicable APP element and made site-specific. The Prime Contractor is the "controlling authority" for all work site safety and health of the subcontractors. Contractors shall inform its subcontractors of the safety provisions required under the terms of the contract and the penalties for noncompliance, to include coordinating work to prevent one craft from interfering with or creating hazardous working conditions for other crafts, and inspecting subcontractor operations to ensure subcontractors adhere to accident prevention processes and procedures. 6.4.2.1.2 The APP shall contain a Signature Sheet that includes title, signature, and phone number of the Plan preparer [Qualified Person (QP), Competent Person (CP), or Corporate Safety staff person] and their qualifications. APP must be approved by company/corporate officers authorized to obligate the company who shall sign the signature sheet. Finally, Contractor shall provide concurrence of other applicable corporate and project personnel, e.g., Chief of Operations, Corporate Chief of Safety, Corporate Industrial Hygienist, Project Manager or Superintendent, Project Safety Professional, or Project QC on the signature sheet. 6.4.2.1.3 Contractor shall submit APP to the KO for acceptance IAW the requirements of the awarded task order. Once accepted by the KO, the Government shall enforce the APP and attachments as part of the contract. Disregarding the accepted APP shall be cause for stopping of work. Once work begins, Contractor shall submit any/all requested changes to the accepted APP through the Site Superintendent, SSHO, and QC Manager, to the KO for review and concurrence. Should a safety hazard become evident, Contractor shall stop work in the area, secure the area, and develop a plan to remove the safety hazard. Contractor shall notify the KO within 24 hours of discovery and provide its plan to eliminate/remove the safety hazard. 6.4.2.1.4 The APP shall include an Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA) form in the format shown in EM 385-1-1 for each activity, task, or defined feature of work. Contractor shall submit additional AHA’s upon discovery of additional hazards not known at the time of APP development to the Government for review prior to the start of work. Contractor shall review the AHA list no less than once each month at the Contractor supervisory safety meeting and update as necessary when procedures, scheduling, or hazards change. Contractor shall develop the activity hazard analyses using the project schedule as the basis for the activities performed. All activities listed on the project schedule shall require an AHA. 6.4.2.1.5 Contractor shall post the APP at the job site in accordance with EM 385-1-1.