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Health, Safety & Environmental Bulletin No 7

13 April 2006 – R Brown

Xmo Strata Site Rules

The following rules are designed to enforce and educate our workforce to latest statutory regulations and
Company policy.
1. The lead installer allocated a job site is deemed to be the person in charge of all other
persons either directly or indirectly employed by the company on that site, the lead installer
must give this safety bulletin (and others sent to him) as a TBT to all persons, prior to
commencing work and ensure that it signed and dated by them
2. Safety helmets, safety glasses, gloves, hi-visibility vests & ankle high steel toe cap boots
must be worn at all times on all contracts
3. All plant and machinery must NOT be moved unless one of team acts as the banksmen and
360° sightlines are kept – this rule applies to the reversing of any vehicle. Do not allow ANY
Xmo Strata or Supplier’s vehicle to enter the site blindly
4. Always isolate plant, lock up containers & waste skips and leave keys in the shop (note shop
persons name who keys handed to)
5. All plant or machinery to be operated within an exclusion zone, within a fenced off area –
always maintain a physical barrier between workplace and site traffic
6. Always ensure 600mm distance between moving machinery and a fixed obstruction
(trapping hazard)– if unable to fence off, restrict free passage of persons/third parties etc by
placing a person to act as a guard. When raising a scissor lift or cherry picker under a soffit,
you must be aware of the trapping hazard that may be present, the lead installer will
nominate a person to operate the equipment, the nominated person will not operate the
plant unless all other persons are clear of any pinch point.
7. Some sites are declared a high fire risk due to free passage of persons across the site, in
these circumstances closed waste skips will be sent to site – always keep these doors shut &
locked. Always keep paper etc in the lockable container. If an open skip has been sent to site
store the waste paper away from sight & dispose into skip lorry when it visits the site
8. Do not use a scaffold until the erection company has issued a handing over certificate or has
fitted a plastic label (Scaff Tag) onto the scaffold clearly stating all is in order for use,
scaffolds are required by law to be inspected by the subcontracting company every 7 days
after completion. If a scaffold is to be erected onto a footpath contact your immediate
supervisor and ensure adequate signage is arranged ensuring safe passage of pedestrians – if
in doubt or you envisage danger to pedestrians, do not erect the scaffold
9. Smoking and use of mobile phones are banned from all areas within a petrol forecourt –
Ensure subcontractors & delivery drivers are made aware of this danger
10. Only authorised persons allowed to drive company vehicles, whilst driving operating a
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