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  • This paper contains 2 tasks.
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  • This assessment is worth 50% of the module mark.

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Total marks:100

This piece of course work has two tasks; Task 1 accounts to 70 percent weightage while task 2 accounts to 30 percent.

Task 1

Each student has to submit a report of 2000 words based on a Site visit to /construction site organised by the module tutor. The report is about your observation of the working environment in that construction site and should include aspects like work at height, electricity, excavation, noise, dust, lighting PPE on site, welfare facilities etc. You need to discuss the prevailing conditions and compare it with relevant HSE/ Omani regulations.

Site visit

  • The site visit will be arranged by the module tutor on a convenient week day.
  • It is the responsibility of the student to attend the visit along with the class. You can submit the assignment only if you visit that particular workplace.
  • You can collect the required information by observing the workplace, talking to the employees etc. without creating any nuisance.
  • Absence of proper referencing will invite “plagiarism”.
  • For citation and referencing follow the Harvard referencing system strictly and all the written materials should be supported with proper citations and references in the report and the presentation.
  • You have to follow the specified word limit for the task. But remember that, quality matters, not quantity.
  • Use Microsoft Word for word processing. Use A4 paper size settings with 2.5cm margins all around.
  • Body text can be Times New Roman 12 point, Text is to be justified.
  • The pages should be numbered consecutively, starting with the title page.
  • The number of words must be shown at the end of the work submitted. However, content & title pages will not be counted to the total ‘word count’; neither will the list of reference at the end of the work.
  • Relevant photographs, diagrams etc. can be included in the report for better explanation. Colour prints will not carry any extra weightage.

Task 2

Presentation

  • Each student should present their observations individually in a time frame of 10 mins followed by questions from the module tutor.
  • Presentation should be done using MS power point and the soft version of the presentation should be upload in the Blackboard.

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The course work report will be assessed and graded on the following aspects and weightage is indicative to knowledge, analysis, supporting materials, presentation of the overall piece of work and internal citations with relevance.

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***Please write about Atlantic Construction site in Oman (Occupational Safety & Health Omani Government Regulation are provided in the attachments). Pictures of construction site I had visited are provided. The construction site that I visited called Atlantic Construction LLC. Please review the provided pictures and use them to do the site visit to that location. In the Atlantic Construction LLC there are 125 workers. A picture of the construction site staff is also provided.

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17/10/2018 Occupational Safety & Health Regulation Ministerial Decree No 286/2008 1 Definitions 2 General Measures 3 4 Medical care Precaution Chapter 2 General Arrangements Article (12): The employer who employs (50) or more workers shall also be committed to providing the department or section with periodical statistics on serious accidents, work injuries and occupational diseases that have been established. These statistics shall be submitted in January and July annually. Article (13): The owner of the establishment shall be committed to notifying the department or section in writing within (24) hours of any serious accident, work injury or occupational disease whose occurrence has been established putting into account notifying the public Authority for social insurance (PASI) of the work injury that occur to workers covered by insurance. Article (14): The department or section shall be authorized to ask for certain arrangements to be made in matters that have not been provided for in these regulations in cases that require confronting work – related hazards. Section (1)Work sites Article (15): 1. The employer or his representative shall take the necessary actions to provide sufficient protection of the workers safety during their presence in work sites. The following shall particularly be observed:2. The work site, its buildings, materials and all the equipment used for work must conform with the technical specifications. This commitment shall apply to expansions or additions. 3. The size of the buildings must be adequate to the size of the operations executed in the establishment. The order of the buildings and work sites shall agree with the sequence of the stages of accomplishing operations in the sense that work materials coming from one work area should be directly used by the next work area without being transferred across a far distance. 4. The interior surface of the walls must be smooth, easy to clean and free of sharp protrusions and nails. 5. The space allotted for each individual worker must be at least (11 1/2) cubic meters without considering any height that exceeds (4 1/2) meters in work rooms, and also the sizes of machinery and work tools. The space allotted for the worker who performs office work should not be less than (7) cubic meters. 1 17/10/2018  Consider good arrangement when storing materials by specifying the positions of the stored materials using clear signs on floors and putting them on steel shelves.  Ladders must be made of fire-proof, un slippery materials with hard, strong floors easy to clean and maintain. The metal network must be tight enough not to allow objects to fall.  The distances between the stored materials and the ceiling must be at least (3) feet, and providing safe ladders to store or take materials.  Fixed staircases with (4) or more steps must be railed on both sides not less than (75) centimeters. If the staircase is fixed to the wall, the railing will be on the free side.  The openings of the rails must not allow exist through it. The staircase must be at least (120) centimeters wide and sufficiently illuminated.  The staircases must have an elevation of 30 – 35 degrees.  Ladders must be properly set before using them. They will be surrounded by a round rail if perpendicular on the ground, and more than (2) meters high.  The employer has to make sure that the conditions prevailing in the work place are sufficiently safe for the workers' health particularly in terms of: -Firstly: Lighting.  1. Provision of sufficient, adequate, natural or artificial lighting, distributed in the workplace equally, free from direct or reflective rays.  2. Window glass and light inlets must be clean from the interior and exterior permanently and must not be obstructed by any objects.  3. Lamps, stands and light devices must be periodically cleaned and maintained.  4. Provide a system of emergency lighting in cases of failure of normal lighting for cases of failure of normal lighting for whatever reason. The lighting system must clearly show emergency exists  for workers to more safety towards exists.  Warning devices and extinguishers' positions must be clearly indicated  The attached table (1) of the appendix shall be applied to specify the levels of lighting adequate to the nature of the work. The level must be at a horizontal surface (3) feet from the ground with the exception of passages and paths that will be at a level of lighting not less than (10) LUX. Ventilation • Avoid bad air by providing a natural or artificial ventilation system that provides fresh air in workplaces and use local ventilation where sources of pollutions exist. This system must effectively suck the polluted air out. • The number of windows must be sufficient and wide enough to let in sufficient air. The stores must have openings for ventilation in ceilings and at the bottom above ground level. • The percentage of oxygen in workplaces should not be less than (21%) of the mount in open air, and not less then (19.5%) in work below ground level. • Speed of air in workplace must not exceed (15) meters per minute in winter and (50) meters in summer. If it exceeds these, work should be stopped or moved to another place. • The degree of relative humidity in work places must not exceed (80 %), if it dives, work should be stopped or moved to another Heat and Cold • Technical methods should be used to control high temperature, such as insulating and absorbing substances or temperature reflecting devices and using local sucking ventilation or local cooling to control heat. • Operations of high temperature must be isolated in separate areas where only a minimum number of workers will be affected. • Workers will not work in construction sites or open areas of high temperature at noon, from 12:30 up to 3:30 throughout June, July and August every year. • The attached table (2) will be applied to specify the safe periods of exposure to low temperature. 2 17/10/2018 Noise 1. The attached table (3) will be applied to specify the permissible daily exposure to levels of noise. 2. use of possible technical methods to prevent or minimize noise, such as: - Greasing and oiling the parts of machines that cause friction or noise. - Isolating the noisy operations that exceed the permissible levels far away from workers or using sound insulated rooms. - Installation of insulating, absorbing or reflective equipment on noisy machines. - Using floors that absorb sound vibrations. - Periodically maintaining silencers, machines and equipment. 3. Provision of adequate ear protectors and posting the proper instruction signs. Drinking Water 1. Providing the workers with sufficient drinkable water within easy reach. 2. Provision of tightly closed water tanks made of strong noncorrosive materials connected to two pipes (excess and ventilation). Tanks must be cleaned periodically at least once a year. 3. Distribution of water in the establishment through a network of proper, noncorrosive pipes. 4. Marking the pipes and tanks used for non-drinkable water with a distinct colour. 5. Provision of a reasonable number of water coolers adequate to the number of workers. 6. The drinking water containers must be tightly closed and their water daily changed and the containers washed and cleaned at least twice a week. Bacterial analysis of the groundwater once every (6) months, and chemical testing once a year in one of the government laboratories, to verify is portability. The result of analysis shall be recorded in a special register kept for this purpose. Chapter 2 facilities Article (7):  The employer shall take all necessary actions to assure that conditions prevailing in the facilities of the workplace are sufficient for safekeeping the safety and health of workers. The following shall particularly be Observed  Firstly: Lighting. 1. A toilet room with a bathtub shall be provided for every (15) workers. 2. Separate toilets shall be provided for female workers with the same rate, completely separate from men's toilets and with separate entrance, 3. Toilets must be clean, roofed, with an exhaust fan and sufficient lighting. 4. Toilets doors must not be directly opposite the workplace. 5. The floors of toilets must be tiled, their walls shall also be tiled at least one meter high. 6. Constructing special toilets in workplaces where there is no running water such as building projects and putting reasonable Chapter 3 The Specifications of Work Clothes And Personal Protection Equipment Article (8): The employer must provide work clothes and personal protection equipment adequate to the nature of work performed observing the following: 1- Work clothes and equipment of personal protection must comply with the specified standard specifications of safe use in accordance with the actual exposure to hazards. 2- Raise the workers awareness and train them on the best ways of using, maintaining and well – keeping of such equipment provided, and prepare a guidance directory for the use and maintenance of work clothes and personal protection equipment which is apt to pollution by chemical or biotic hazardous to health. This directory shall be posted in the places specified for the use of such equipment. 3- Post clear, visible signs, in language readable in all hazardous areas where entry is prohibited without personal protection equipment. 4- Set up a system for keeping, maintaining, cleaning and sterilizing all work clothes and protective equipment used for work. 3 17/10/2018 Occupational Diseases Article (22): • Medical tests shall be repeated on the worker who is exposed to an occupational disease within a period shorter then that stipulated if the worker's health requires such a procedure. • All information required by the body conducting the tests shall be provided. Workers who contract an occupational disease will be moved out of the source of the disease either by giving them sick leaves or changing their workplace if the medical authorities see that their continuing work will be dangerous to their health. • In this case, the sick person will be assigned to perform another work suitable to his health condition if the medical authorities recommend that. • No worker with an occupational disease can be re-assigned to work unless medical tests prove that he is medically fit to perform work. It must be considered that the worker will bear no costs for the medical test Chemical hazards Article (37): Precautionary measures shall be adopted to protect workers against the risks of exposure to the chemicals which leak to the work environment such as gases and dust and the liquids and acids which they may include. The following shall be taken into consideration: 1- Not to produce, use, circulate, store, or dispose of any chemical substances inside the establishment, before obtaining a permit from the concerned authorities. 2- Not to start practical usage of chemical substances before obtaining the information relating to the safety of using such substances. 3- Open a register for hazardous chemical substances which must include the safety of circulating and using these substances. Precautions Against Hazards Section (1) The Hazards of Fires Article (31): The employer must provide thee necessary methods and equipment for fire fighting for the kind of work being practiced considering the following:1- Buildings must be constructed of fire-resistant materials adequate to the nature of work. Doors that prevent the spread of fires must be installed in areas where hazardous or inflammable materials are kept. 2- An adequate numbers of well lighted emergency exits must be provided even in cases of power failure. The exists must be free of obstructions, and the doors must open in the same direction of the workers rush in emergencies. In each section of the building there must be at least (2) exists in opposite directions leading to a safe spot. There must be illuminated signs indicating the exists. 3- The equipment of fire fighting must be permanently valid and must be periodically tested at least once every (6) months by a professional. These tests must be kept in a special record. 4- Fire extinguishers must be kept within easy and speedy reach and a number of workers must be trained to use them and their names and jobs kept. The inspector can ask the number of such workers to be increased in accordance with the size and nature of the work in the establishment. Section Seven Risks of harmful rays, occupational cancer and asbestos Article (38) The employer, or his representative shall take required measures to provide adequate protection for the workers against the hazards of harmful rays during their presence in the workplace, particularly in the following: 1- Post appropriate warnings to highlight that there are risks of harmful rays. 2- Use the technical means which prevent, or curb access of harmful rays to the workplace such as protective fences and others. 3- Not to expose workers to harmful rays, unless necessity arises. 4- Locate the harmful ray polluted areas outside the areas where the ray source is used, by applying an appropriate settlement system of the rays source work centers within the establishment. 5- Not to employ any person under 16 years in works involving exposure to ionic rays. 4 م) 95 OO 00 * ATARI ة الألعاب محط Gaming Station DO NOT LEARICO اشک می شود انهر و मिस CAUTION ATLANTIC ایه زد اینجینه م AZ ENGINEERS FRESH CONCRETE TESTING & SAMPLING YARD-2 CLING TANK 15 ( ATLANTIC CONSTRUCTION LLC الأطلسي للإنشاءات ش.م.م A Member of MJS Safety Helmets Colourcodes -Helmet Ear Plug Safety Glass 那個眼 -Dust Mask Hand -Gloves Manager Engine Super Sale Charge amore Open -Coverall Bed Sign Paber Werken Safety Horness Hand Protection. 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Safety assessment in construction sites

Introduction


This paper is a research paper documenting the finding of a research visit conducted at
a construction site under Atlantic construction site in Oman.



A detailed description of the prevailing conditions in terms of safety is given as
compared to the relevant HSE/ Omani regulations.



Pictures of construction site visited are included where necessary.



The construction site that I visited had a total of 125 workers.

About the construction company


This is an Excellent rated contracting firm an established reputation in construction
projects since 2009.



It provides skilled EPC solutions as well as civil MEP works in construction of
buildings and other infrastructure projects.



The company's has a portfolio expressing fortes for Commercial, Residential,
Institutional, Industrial Retail and Township projects.



This construction company has quickly developed into an institution based on a systems
that attracts repeated orders from clients and in-bound consultations form many
celebrated consultants, specialists and clients.

Construction safety in construction
industry


Construction safety refers to the practices that are observed in building structures or
infrastructure.



Safety is a first consideration in construction and manufacturing since they involves a
lot of activities that may result to injuries and even death of workers.



The mass construction of buildings and infrastructure without a safety precaution could
bring damages to human health and unwanted damage to body function.



The design experts first consider the requirements, the environmental impact that may
be brought by the construction, the project construction manager looks at the project
scheduling, the budgeting manager considers the available budget, construction-site
safety experts.

Engineering and construction safety


Engineering is a very important and requiring profession.



It forms the basis of everything we do in our day to day lives.



Members of the engineering profession are therefore expected to be on the front line
towards ethical practices.



They are expected to exhibit high standards of integrity and honesty.



Engineers are required to perform and operate under a set standard of professional
ethics and behavior that requires them to adhere to high principles of ethics in their
conduct

The project site I visited


The Construction project undertaken by began in early this year and involves the
construction of a mega residential building and is estimated to be complete on the
exterior by the end of the year.



Having been erected on the sandy terrains of Arabia desert, the structure requires a
mass reinforcement of concrete and steel.



It was constructed to have the strongest foundation as per the information gathered from
the construction engineer.



The building holds high height records, and is designated as a strongest building to
coupe up with the strong winds of the Oman

Safety measures provided at construction site


there is a strict notice that anyone visiting or entering the site must inform the security
officer at the entry gate.



Upon notifying the security, you are given a set of safety gear which serves to protect
you as you go around the site or as you work.



This set of protective gear includes a strong helmet, a pair of gloves, a pair of safety
boots for the workers, goggles, and a company overall wear.



Dust masks are also provided as there is a lot of dust in the site.



All workers are required by the company to have these protective gear at all times as
they work so long as they are within the site.



There is a notice placed within the site that gives directives on what to wear and its
purpose detailing all protective gear needed for the site.

Safety measures provided at construction
site… cotnd’


I also consulted the design engineer of the project and learnt a lot about the design
safety of the building.



I learnt that safety precaution does not apply only in the site while the construction
work is going on.



It starts early during the design phases of the project.



Safety does not only cover worker in the site but neighboring environments and the
residents after completion.



The designing engineer who designed the building is well known as he also designed
the famous

Engineering safety ethics in the construction



Not only construction of large structures and large complex projects requires ethical and
ethical contribution.



Eve in construction s...


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