Safety Moment
‘No Holiday for Safety’
Working at Height
5/11/2013
Working @ Height – Safety moment
Lets use our neighbours in Abu Dhabi as a
guide to the importance of Working @
Height safety Arrangements?
– 50% of surgical submissions to the main
hospitals in the Emirate state (2003 to 2005,
614 occupational injuries, ) related to falls and
falling objects,
– 50%, 307 injuries, related to falls
– Injured were Male Migrant workers aged
between 22 and 44
• Does this look and sound familiar?
• Obviously we don’t have figures for
Oman!
• What can we do to reduce our RISK?
– Get the basics right!
Cause of FATAL occupational Injuries
Falls and Falling
Objects
Road Traffic and
other transport
Fire/Flame hot
substance
Other
Electricity
Suffocation
Typical Sub Contract - BEC
No sub contractor controls for work outside
of the mainstream PDO work
BEC is the main contractor for this type of
call off work
BEC continue to undermine the basic
working at height requirements
Cause of FATAL occupational Injuries
Falls and Falling
Objects
Road Traffic and
other transport
Fire/Flame hot
substance
Other
Electricity
Suffocation
BEC
Example of their sub contractor
PDO Pension Houses MSQ
Work Was Stopped!
BEC Sub Contractor arrives – no scaffold boards, no LSR measures
Person already at >2m before work stopped
Improper Equipment
No Comment but this is the team leader
Shown pictures of scaffold in my TBT
Working @ Height – Safety moment
ACTION
• Senior Management of BEC raise this at
their next board HSE meeting
• All Sub contractors to be advised of the
expectations of HSE, particularly working
at height
Cause of FATAL occupational Injuries
Falls and Falling
Objects
Road Traffic and
other transport
Fire/Flame hot
substance
Other
Electricity
Suffocation