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SAFE T Y
Issue No. 526 - 2021 - Ras Al Khaimah Municipality Magazine

- Employees must understand, imple-
ment and maintain policy to ensure
that all individuals do not put the
safety of themselves or others at
risk
- Policy is duly signed
9.2. Goals and objectives:
The goals shall take into consideration
the following:
- Cause no harm to people, damage to
property or environment
- Commitment to work with Client’s
team ,PM, Consultants, Contrac-
tors, Suppliers all the legislative/
authoritative bodies
- Achieve an accident/incident free site
- Promote a positive and proactive
health & safety culture
- Promote best environmental prac-
tices for a sustainable environment
- Safety make it personal goal.
The Project Team shall have the following objectives manage, control and co-ordinate the works in order to
with respect to HSE: protect the health, safety and welfare of all personnel
- Practice proactive risk management for the pre- engaged on the project and any others that may be af-
vention of all operational hazards. fected by the operations.
- Promote best practices. All management and supervisory personnel will
- Ensure recording and reporting systems are timely therefore be provided with a controlled copy of the
and accurate. safety management plan, as well all those sub-contrac-
- Be committed to continuous improvement in the tors on site. The contractor should actively seek the
management of hazards. support of all personnel engaged on the project to look
9.3. Key Performance Indicators [KPI] after the health and safety of themselves and their col-
The following key performance indicators shall be leagues by working within the spirit and requirements
of this plan.
applied and reported:
- Near miss reports
- Accident and incident rates
- Training achievements About the author:
- Results of both internal and external HSE audits Nabil Shouki Attari
- Safety meetings Senior Structural Engineer
BEng. in Structural Engi-
10. Conclusion: neering, Aleppo University,
The previous proposed "safety management plan" Syria.
has been written to formalize the methods must be used MSc. in Civil Engineering
to control safety during construction of any construc- and Construction Manage-
tion project. All project participants must recognize the ment, Heriot-Watt University,
importance of PLANNING HEALTH AND SAFETY UK.
into the project at the earliest possible time if injuries https://www.linkedin.
and ill health arising from the construction activities com/in/nabil-shouki-ot-
are to be avoided. rie-53507437
To this end, the full safety management plan should
be prepared to describe how the contractor intends to

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