Safe Work Practices

Safe Work Practices are a set of methods (Do's and Don'ts) on how to carry out a specific task or use equipment. They will inform you about the hazards that are present and provide direction on how to safeguard against the hazards. They are general methods only and do not define specific procedures (e.g. use of ladders, safe lifting). For specific procedures see the Safe Job Procedures section.

Risk Evaluation

Risk Likelihood has been evaluated as:

1. Rare (has not occured in the past, has not occured in industry within the past 10 years, or is not reasonably predictable)
2. Possible (may or may not have occured in the past but may have occured in industry within the past three years or is reasonably predictable)
3. Likely (has occured in the past and likely to occur once in a two year period)
4. Almost Certain (has occured in the past and likely to occur at least once per project)

Risk Consequence has been evaluated as:

1. Negligible (injury requiring first aid only, damage to equipment or material requiring repair and reinspection only)
2. Moderate (injury requiring medical aid, damage to equipment or materials requiring parts replacement or recertification)
3. Major (possible fatality or serious, life-altering injury, partial loss of completed structures)
4. Catastrophic (one or more fatalities, complete loss of completed structures)

Risk Result will be represented as "L#" for likelihood and "C#" for consequence with the Result being the product of multiplying the two #s, represented as "R#". The higher the R value, the higher the priority to address. For example, the hazard of an excavation collapse on a Polygon project has been evaluated to have a Possilble likelihood and a Major consequence, with the result represented as L2:C3:R6

Table of Contents

• Cranes
• Exiting or Entering a Boom Platform While Elevated
• Traffic Control
• Swing Stages
• Scaffolds
• Tools and Equipment - Removing from Service
• Fall Protection Policy / Procedure
• Guardrails, Toeboards and Handrails
• Floor, Roof and Wall Openings
• Ladders
• Excavation and Trenches
• Rebar
• Fire Protection Program
• Electrical / Mechanical Lockout and Tagout
• Housekeeping
• Compressed Gas Cylinders
• Electrical and Powerline Safety
• Concrete Cutting and Coring
• Gas Lines
• Pre-Demolition
• Confined Spaces
• Mobile Equipment