9 safety rules

1: Follow the prescribed Safe Journey Management Plan

Follow safe journey management plan and road safety rules. Don’t learn safety by accident.

Follow the prescribed safe journey management plan and road safety rules. Have you approved your

journey management plan? Buckle up before you start your journey. It could save your life. Stop.

Don’t take a risk. Drivers are required to refuse transport passengers who will not fasten their seat

belts and their vehicle is not authorized to move. When used properly, seat belts reduce the number of

serious traffic injuries fifty percent and fatalities by sixty to seventy percent. Most road traffic

accidents happen in bad weather. To ensure your safety you should always have 100 meter of clear

vision. Stay within the speed limit. Take care on the road, buckle up, don’t talk on a mobile phone

while driving and don’t drive in low visibility (Fog). In a collision, passengers unrestrained by a seat

belt are propelled forward with a force equal to the weight of an elephant. The safe journey

management plan is for safety. Never drive in fog, always wear your seat belt in the front and back

seats.

2: Obtain a valid permit to work, before commencing any job that requires one.

Obtain a valid permit to work, before commencing any job that requires one. The PTW is

very first step in ensuring your safety and those around you. It’s a checklist to make sure you have the

right tools, safety ear, equipment, skills and much more. It’s tells us when you’ll be working, where

you’ll be working and how long you need to complete the task. So for all those big things like:

moving heavy loads and working in dangerous spaces to very smallest thing like fixing a broken air

conditioning unit. Your permit to work ensures that everyone is aware of what jobs are taking place.

Who working on them and that your supervisor has established safe working conditions. The permit

to work creates an organized company and an organized company is safe company. How do you got a

permit to work.

3: Conduct gas tests whenever required.

Gas tests whenever required. There is always time for a gas test. Always conduct gas tests

before any welding operation and before working in hazardous areas. Gas is an invisible and silent

killer. A qualified gas tester must conduct a gas test before commencing work. Think your safety and
safety of your colleagues depend upon following the rules (flammable gas). STOP. Don’t take a risk.

HSE process and procedures of work permit and gas test must be completed before starting work

regardless of the urgency. Always wait for a qualified gas tester before any welding operation. Gas

is an invisible and silent killer.

4: Verify isolation before beginning work and use the specified life-protecting equipment.

Specified life protecting equipment. Don’t let safety come as a shock to you. Life protection

rule number four: verify isolation before beginning work and use the specified life protecting

equipment. Personal protection equipment only works if you wear it. STOP. Don’t take a risk. You

are empowered to stop any unsafe act or condition which may put you or your colleagues at risk.

When working with electricity, ensure your safety by disconnecting the power and always use the

specified electrical personal protection equipment. Electrocution can cause deep burns or even stop

your heart. Electricity has the power to kill, you have the power to protect yourself and others. Turn

the power off and always wear your personal protection equipment

5: Obtain authorization or valid Confined Space Certificate before entering a confined space

A PTW and a confined space entry certificate before working in a confined space. Stay safe

from hidden dangers. Rule 5: Obtain a PTW and a confined space entry certificate before working in a

confined space. Gas is a silent killer, a qualified gas tester must conduct a gas test before you enter

all work in areas with poor ventilation, such as tanks, pits or closed spaces. If you are ensured, just

ask. STOP. Before entering a confined space, check with your supervisor. If the space is cleared as

safe to enter or whether breathing apparatus is required. Always wear positive pressure breathing

apparatus when entering confined spaces. Gas can be released in many ways, which you may not

expect. Always test for gas and where your personal protection equipment when working in confined

space.

6: Use specified fall-prevention equipment when working at height

Rule six: Use specified fall- prevention equipment when working at height. Your harness is

your connection to safety. Always use a safety harness any work done above two meters put your life

at risk. Rule six, Use specified fall-prevention equipment when working at height. Even at 2 meters,

accidents can lead to severe injuries or even death. Fuller esters are necessary to save your life.
STOP. Don’t take a risk. You are empower to stop any unsafe act or condition which may put you or

your colleagues at risk. Under no circumstances shouldn’t you unbuckle your harness when

working in a high-risk area. You never know what situation can develop. Never remove your harness

when working at height.

7: Obtain authorization before overriding or disabling HSE critical equipment

Obtain authorization before overriding or disabling HSE critical equipment. There are no

shortcuts to safety obtained area manager approval before overriding HSE critical equipment. HSE

critical equipment and systems are designed to protect our people and assets. Obtained area manager

approval before overriding HSE critical equipment. (emergency shutdown stations and alarms fire

and gas detection systems, safety relief valves, flare systems). STOP. You must follow override

procedures before deciding to switch off any critical safety system. Don’t take a risk. Do you have the

inhibition certificate. Do you understand what could go wrong, task risk assessment is your

assurance (inhibit certificate, Authority approval, Risk assessment, System status and shift

handover). Obtained and inhibits certificate before overriding an critical equipment

8: Do not stand or walk under a suspended load

Do not stand or walk under a suspended load. Stay alert and stay alive. Do not walk or stand

under a suspended load. STOP. Don’t take a risk. Be aware of your work surroundings. Choose a

safe path in an area with lifting operations. Never take a chance on site a shortcut, may cut your life

short. Too many accident happen on work sites during lifting and rigging operation. Why take the

risk. Be aware of your work surroundings, choose a safe path in an area with lifting operations.

9: Banned or unauthorized tools or equipment

Banned or unauthorized tools or equipment. Only a fool would use banned tools. Do not use

banned or unauthorized tools or equipment. Testing certification and color coding are there to protect

us from being hurt. It may seem faster it, it may seem easier, but to use a homemade tools, all the

wrong tools is simply too dangerous. Stop. Don’t take a risk. Don’t use banned or unauthorized tools

or equipment, even under the pressure of getting the work done. Uncertain fide or inappropriate tools

are not a quick fix, they are more likely to put your life at risk. On some occasions lives were lost