Community health and safety

Community Health and Safety

Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines

Traffic Safety

• Traffic accidents have become one of the most significant causes of injuries and fatalities

• Prevention and control of injuries should include adoption of safety measures

Road safety initiatives includes

Adoption of best

transport safety

practices

•Emphasizing safety aspects among drivers

•Improving driving skills and requiring licensing of drivers

•Adopting limits for trip duration

•Avoiding dangerous routes

•Use of speed control devices

Regular

maintenanc

e

•use of manufacturer approved parts to minimize accidents caused by equipment malfunction or premature failure

Where significant increase in traffic; recommended measures include

Minimizing pedestrian interaction with

construction vehicles

Collaboration with local communities and

responsible authorities to improve signage, visibility and overall safety of roads

Coordination with emergency responders to ensure that appropriate

first aid is provided in the event of accidents

Using locally sourced materials to minimize

external transport

Employing safe traffic control measures, including road signs and flag persons

to warn of dangerous conditions

Transport of Hazardous Materials

General Hazardous Materials Transport

• The procedures should include;Proper labeling of containers

Providing a shipping document that describes the contents

Ensure that the protection of packaging and containers are appropriate for that particular hazardous material

Ensuring adequate transport vehicle specifications

Training employees

Using labeling and placarding

Providing the necessary means for emergency response on call 24 hours/day

Major Transportation Hazards

• catastrophic releases of hazardous materials, which may result in toxic, fire, explosion, or other hazards during transportation

• Hazardous Materials Transportation Plan should prepare

Management Actions

Management of Change

• The technical basis for changes• The potential impact of changes on health and safety• Modification required to operating procedures• Authorization requirements• Employees affected• Training needs

Compliance Audit• Preparation of a report• documentation

Incident Investigation• Summaries of investigations• Report findings and recommendations are addressed• Reports are reviewed

Employee participation

• written plan of action regarding the implementation of active employee participation in the prevention of accidents.

Contractors• safety performance procedures• observe safety practices• Training to employee

Preventive Measures

• Classification and segregation of hazardous materials in warehouses and transport units

• Packaging testing• Marking and labeling of packages containing hazardous

materials• Handling and securing packages containing hazardous

materials in transport units• Marking and placarding of transport units• Documentation • Application of special provisions

Disease Prevention

Communicable Diseases

• Pose significant health threat• Due to poor sanitation and living conditions• Recommended interventions at the project

level include;

Providing surveillance and active screening and treatment of workers

Preventing illness among workers

Providing treatment through standard case management in on-site or

community health care facilities

Promoting collaboration with local authorities to enhance access of

workers to health services

Vector-Borne Diseases

• eliminating the factors that lead to disease.

Educating project personnel and area residents on risks, prevention, and available treatment

Monitoring and treatment of circulating and migrating populations

Use of chemoprophylaxis drugs by non-immune workers

Implementation of integrated vector control programs

Increase in water velocity in natural and artificial channels

Elimination of unusable impounded water

Prevention of larval and adult propagation through sanitary improvements

Emergency Preparedness andResponse

• Emergency is an unplanned event when a project operation loses control, or could lose control, of a situation that may result in risks to human health, property, or the environment, either within the facility or in the local community

• All projects should have emergency preparedness and response plan

Basic elements

• Administration • Organization of emergency areas • Roles and responsibilities• Communication systems• Emergency response procedures• Emergency resources• Training and updating• Checklists• Business Continuity and Contingency

Communication Systems; Worker notification and communication

• Alarm bells, visual alarms used to reliably alert workers to an emergency

Testing warning systems at least annuallyInstalling a back-up system for

communications on-site with off-site resources, such as fire departments

Community Notification

• Company should implement measures such as;

Audible alarms

Fan out telephone call lists

Vehicle mounted speakers

Communicating details of the nature of the emergency

Communicating protection

options

Providing advise on selecting an

appropriate protection option

Media and Agency Relations

A trained, local spokesperson able to interact with relevant stakeholders, and offer guidance to the company for speaking to the media, government, and other agencies

Written press releases with accurate information, appropriatelevel of detail for the emergency, and for which accuracy canbe guaranteed

Emergency Resources

• Finance and Emergency Funds

• Fire Services

• Medical Services

• Availability of Resources

Mechanism provided

level of local fire fighting capacity

provide first aid attendants

Maintaining list of material

Providing personnel who can readily call

up for resources Tracing and

managing the cost

• Mutual Aid

• Contact List

• Training and Updating

• Business Continuity and Contingency

Identify training needs

Develop a training plan

Conduct annual training

Identifying replacement supplies or facilities to allow business continuity following

an emergency Maintaining back-ups of

critical information Using duplicate supply

systems to increase the business continuity