SECTION 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION
2. Hazard Identification
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Potential Hazards present |
Controls (PPE, Equipment, Training, Documents, etc.) |
- Identify a defective tool
- Mark a defective tool
- Repair or dispatch for repair a defective tool
- Dispose of a defective tool
- Return of a previously reported “defective tool”
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- Lack of awareness of the defect
- Miscommunication
- Near miss or incident
- Injuries to user and others
- Equipment damage
- Continual use of identified defective tools
- Damage to environment
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- Follow SJP
- Workers reviewing manufacturer’s instructions
- Equipment Pre-Use Inspection which follow manufacturer’s instructions
- “Danger” Tape
- Marker/Tag for “Do not Use”
- Locks
- Defect report form
- Toolbox Talks/Daily Hazard Assessment
- Equipment Inventory List
- Routine inspections
- Routing check for manufacturer recalls
- Designated area for designated area for inspection and repair or disposal
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3. Procedure
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
Where multiple trade activity is scheduled, the priority of work will be reviewed for all trades by the prime contractor, and the appropriate time frame will be scheduled for each trade to complete their scope of work.
Prior to any work commencing supervisors must conduct a hazard assessment of all applicable work areas. Any hazards that are found during the hazard assessment must be addressed prior to any work commencing. Record findings in daily hazard assessment form.
PROCEDURES FOR WORKING SAFELY
- Keep inventory of all equipment. All Equipment must be identified and tagged to create maintenance schedules with documentation that can be monitored.
- All scheduled preventative maintenance activities must be performed by a competent person as per manufacturer’s instructions, regulatory requirements and any standard the tool, machine or piece of equipment is required to meet or as specified by a professional engineer.
- Speciality tools/equipment requiring 3rd party inspections by regulation or standard, maintenance and calibration shall be included in the inventory and a schedule kept.
- This schedule does not take the place of pre-use inspections and that all equipment must be continuously monitored for damages or other potential hazards.
- If the WSBC OHS Regulation requires a machine or piece of equipment to have an inspection and maintenance record, then an effective written or other permanent recording system or log must be *immediately available to the equipment operator and to any other person involved with inspection and maintenance of the equipment. And it should cover the following:
- identify the make, model and serial number of the equipment, and the name and address of the current owner,
- contain an entry on each shift, signed by the operator of the machine or equipment, reporting the result of each start of shift inspection and safety check, and any observed defect, operating difficulty or need for maintenance occurring on the shift, and
- contain an entry signed by the person responsible for any test, inspection, modification, repair or maintenance performed on the equipment, summarizing the work done, indicating the status of the equipment or machine for further use, and if appropriate, noting where a detailed record of the test, inspection, modification, repair or maintenance can be obtained.
*Immediately available
WSBC OHS Regulation Section 4.9(1) also states that the record must be "immediately available to the equipment operator and to any other person involved with inspection and maintenance of the equipment." This means that the operator, and maintenance and inspection personnel, must be able to make entries, review entries and display the records to someone (such as a supervisor, joint health and safety committee representative, or WorkSafeBC prevention officer) without leaving the workplace.
- If an electronic or computerized system is used, the operator and others required to make entries must be able to readily do so from a terminal at the worksite. The operator must also be able to display the records at the workplace for inspection by a supervisor, prevention officer, member of the joint health and safety committee, or other authorized person making a health- or safety-related inspection.
- If a computer-based record system is being used, there must be a system in place that meets the "signing" requirements.
- All operators/ users are required to immediately remove or tag out of service any unsafe equipment before operating it. Stop using the tool immediately and unplug it from the power source if applicable.
- Any defective equipment that poses a risk to workers must be removed from service and marked “do not use” or taped of with “Danger” tape. Report the defect to your supervisor or manager and fill out a defect report form with the details of the tool, the defect, and the date and time of occurrence or write it in your pre-use inspection form.
- Regardless of what type of tagging all equipment that is taken out of service must be identified in a manner which will ensure it is not inadvertently returned to service until it is made safe for use.
- Large pieces of machinery that cannot be removed must be “locked out” in such a way that they are not operable.
- Defective tools that are beyond repair should be disposed of, supervisor notified, and inventory list updated.
- If a designated area for inspection and repair or disposal is defined, Identify it below.
- All scheduled preventative maintenance activities must be performed by a competent person as per manufacturer’s specification, regulatory requirements and any standard the tool, machine or piece of equipment is required to meet or as specified by a professional engineer.
- Unless otherwise specified by WSBC OHS Regulation, any modification of a tool, machine or piece of equipment must be carried out in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, if available, safe work practices, and the regulation requirements.
- Equipment may not be returned to service until it has been repaired and deemed safe and operable by a qualified person.
