Health and Safety Plans

WHAT TO INCLUDE IN A HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN

Below is a table which provides guidance on the three key areas that should be included in a site specific Health and Safety Plan:

• Risk Management

• Personnel Management

• Emergency Management

RISK MANAGEMENT

Site Characterisation

•   Description of site that allows identification of hazards related to site conditions.

•   Site history that allows hazards to be identified related to potential contamination

 

Identification of Hazards

Identification of:

•   Site-related hazards.

•   Task-specific hazards.

•   General site work hazards.

 

Assessment of risk and determination of required controls

Identification of:

•   Whole-of-site controls.

•   Task specific controls.

Including:

•   Health surveillance.

•   Monitoring.

•   PPE.

•   Decontamination.

•   Hazard specific controls.

 

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Organisational structure

•   Identification of responsibilities and accountabilities.

•   For site specific HASPs this should include names and contact details.

 

Access controls

•   Who is authorised to access the site.

•   Recording of persons on site (eg sign-in / sign-out).

•   Control zones, including physical delineation of control zones.

 

Training requirements

•   Training requirements for personnel authorised to access the site.

•   Site inductions.

•   First aid requirements.

•   General OH&S training requirements.

•   Specific task training (eg confined spaces).

 

Communications

•   How day-to-day site communications are undertaken.

•   Who needs to be informed, what do they need to be informed of, how should they be informed, and when should they be informed.

 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Identification of potential emergencies

Identification of potential emergencies (eg fire, spill, exposure) based on site hazards and specific task hazards.

 

Emergency procedures

Specification of emergency procedures to respond to identified hazards (eg evacuation, roll call, fire response, spill response, personnel injury, confined space, etc).

 

Emergency resources required

Specification of what emergency resources are required and where they should be located (eg fire extinguishers, first aid kits, spill kits, etc).

 

Emergency communications

Who should be contacted in an emergency (more than just 000), eg Project Manager, Office Manager, client representative.

 

Emergency contact details

Emergency contact details for company, client, contractors and others (eg gas, electricity, telecommunications, site, hospital).

 

OVERALL

•   General assessment of plan as a whole.

•   Consideration of the layout, format, ease of reading and understanding, ease of completion