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International Environmental, Health & Safety Audit Protocols

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• Developed and field-tested by EHS regulatory experts • Profile each country’s EHS

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compliance and audit costs • Applicability Tables • Pre-audit Preparation • Rulebooks with Guide Notes • Audit Quick Check

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Comprehensive Topic Areas

• General environmental • Air emissions • Solid and hazardous waste • Water resources • Above and below ground

tank management • Community noise • PCBs • Asbestos • General health and safety

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Comprehensive Topic Areas

• Equipment, machine and electrical safety • Material handling and

general in-plant safety • Fire safety • Transport of dangerous goods • Industrial hygiene • Chemical management • Construction work site safety • EHS training

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Features – Introduction

Provides a thorough discussion of the country’s system of government, legislative process, environmental, health and safety authorities, liability and enforcement, audit privilege, key legislation and reporting requirements

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Sample Introduction

QUEBEC – ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AUDIT PROTOCOL.

Preface

Government

.PART 1: INTRODUCTION

This protocol has been prepared to reflect the principal environmental, health and safety (EH&S)legislation that applies to manufacturing facilities located in the Province of Quebec, Canada(“Quebec”).

This introductory section begins with a profile of how EH&S legislation is developed, administered,and enforced in Canada and in Quebec. This is followed by a discussion of various topics includingthe following:• Audit Privilege;• Access to Information;• Contaminated Land and Cleanup Standards;• Property Transfer Legislation; and• Reporting Obligations Concerning Spills and Releases.

Various regulatory and other national and province-specific informational sources and contacts arealso presented in this section. The section concludes with a description of this protocol in its entirety.

A map depicting the Province of Quebec, including its various regions, is provided at the followingweb link: http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portailsregionaux?lang=en (lastaccessed in September 2012); a map of Canada which identifies many of its principal cities isprovided at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html (lastaccessed in September 2012).

Overview

Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a federal state with a democratic system of government.Canada’s Constitution is the supreme law of the country and it establishes the framework for thesystem of law and justice. It sets out the basic rights of individuals and defines the nature and powersof the federal and provincial governments. Since 1982, Canada’s Constitution contains a Charter ofRights and Freedoms, which sets out certain fundamental freedoms and rights that neither Parliamentnor any provincial/territorial legislature acting alone, can change. These include equality rights,mobility rights and legal rights, together with freedoms such as speech, association and peacefulassembly. The federal government, which is based in Ottawa, consists of three separate branches:executive, legislative, and judicial. The federal government’s responsibilities include, national defense,trade and commerce, banking and the monetary system, criminal law, citizenship, fisheries,aeronautics, shipping, Indians, railways, telecommunications and atomic energy. The provincial andterritorial legislatures are responsible for such matters as education, property and civil rights, theadministration of justice, health care, natural resources, social security and municipal institutions.Under Canada’s federal system of government, the authority to make laws is divided between theParliament of Canada and the provincial legislatures.

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Features – Introduction: Appendix 1-A

Lists EHS statutes, regulations, codes of practice, decrees and/or standards that are cited throughout the topic modules

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Sample Introduction: Appendix 1-A

Quebec - Environmental Health and Safety Audit Protocol: Introduction Appendix 1-A

List of EH&S Laws and Regulations Covered in Protocol

SECTION 2.0 GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL

Federal (Canada) Legislation

– Pulp and Paper Mill Defoamer and Wood Chip Regulations (PPMDWCR) [SOR/92-268; last amended by SOR/2000-102], 1992 as amended through 2000. These Regulations set forth processing prohibitions and requirements for the manufacture, import, offering for sale, sale, and use of defoamers containing dibenzofuran or dibenzo-para-dioxin at pulp and paper mills using chlorine processes, and of wood chips containing polychlorinated biphenyls at all pulp and paper mills.

– Comprehensive Study List Regulations [SOR/94-638; last amended by SOR/2006-

175], 1994 as amended through 2006. These Regulations, enacted under the former Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA), S.C. 1992, c. 37, identify those projects and classes of projects for which a comprehensive study is required. Projects that are considered likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects that may not be mitigable or that are of significant public concern are included in these Regulations.

Notes: These Regulations remain in force during the transition period to CEAA, 2012. They apply to comprehensive studies commenced prior to July 2010 under the former Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA), S.C. 1992, c. 37, but a comprehensive study report must be provided to the Minister no later than six months after CEAA, 2012, S.C. 2012, c. 19, s. 52 comes into force (i.e., by January 6, 2013). Comprehensive studies that commenced after July 2010 under the former Act continue to be conducted by the Agency in accordance with the schedule in the Establishing Timelines for Comprehensive Studies Regulations, SOR/2011-139.

– Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) [R.S.C. 1999, c. 33; last amended by

SOR/2012-189], 1999 as amended through September 20, 2012. The CEPA, R.S.C. 1999, c. 33 is the federal government's primary legislation for protection of the environment. The Act makes pollution prevention a national goal. The CEPA, R.S.C. 1999, c. 33 provides for the identification, assessment, and management of toxic substances, establishes a framework for cradle-to-grave regulation of toxic substances, their release into the environment, and their disposal. This Act requires the government to assess substances more quickly and sets deadlines for action to control toxic substances and to phase out the most harmful substances. It gives the government power to require pollution prevention planning from facilities that manufacture or use substances declared toxic. CEPA, R.S.C. 1999, c. 33 also establishes pollution reporting and information gathering mechanisms such as the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI).

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Use multi-level questions to quickly determine which topic modules apply to your business practices

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Sample Applicability Table

Applicability of This Module

Use the following General Applicability Checklist to determine whether a rulebook and its sectionsapply to your operation.If you answer YES to the rulebook question, the rulebook applies to you unless you answer YES for arulebook exemption.

Once you determine that the rulebook does apply to your operation, you must answer the sectionquestions. If a section question does not exist, then that section applies if the rulebook applies. If youanswer YES to a section question, that section applies to you unless you answer YES for an exemptionfrom that section. If you answer YES to a rulebook or section exemption, then the rulebook or sectiondoes not apply.

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GENERAL APPLICABILITY CHECKLIST Applies Exempt.

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Rulebook: EH&S Training.

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Y NRULEBOOK: Are there workers at the facility?.

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Y NSection 1: Does the facility store any PCB materials?.

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Y NSection 2: Do any workers engage in construction activities that are likely to generateasbestos dust? q q.

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Section 3: Section applies unless you qualify for a section exemption..

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Y NSection 4: Do workers do either of the following:q q• Work around machines that cannot be fitted with a protector or protective device; or

• Use any type of welding, cutting, or gouging equipment?.

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Y NSection 5: Do workers do either of the following:q q• Operate equipment for lifting loads or personnel; or

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Y NSection 7: Does the facility handle, offer for transport, or transport any dangerous goods?.

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Y NSection 9: Do workers work with controlled products (listed in Schedule II of the HazardousProducts Act)? q q.

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Features – Pre-audit Preparation

Lists information to be gathered and/or reviewed prior to conducting an audit

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Sample Pre-audit Preparation

QUEBEC – AIR EMISSIONS.

Information to consider getting in advance:

Information to have facility personnel prepare or gather in advance:

.PART 2: PRE-AUDIT PREPARATION

• A list of major air emissions sources and their permit(s) and/or Certificates of Authorization.

• Identification of air quality regulatory agency.

• Air emissions monitoring and testing records.

• Air pollution control equipment maintenance records.

• Sampling equipment calibration records.

• Annual air emissions reports.

• Release reports.

• Fugitive emissions control plan.

• National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) emissions reports.

• Construction/upgrade records for reservoirs and aboveground tanks containing organic substances.

• Organic solvent use records.

• Fuel production/import records and reports.

• Import records for ozone depleting substances.

• Leak tests for halogen containers.

• Environmental qualification certificates for workers who handle halocarbons.

• Log for work done on units containing halocarbons.

• Greenhouse gas emissions reports.

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Provide a comprehensive set of requirement statements or questions, plus guide notes with additional details such as definitions and specific compliance guidance

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Sample Rulebook

QUEBEC – GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL.

1. Environmental Assessments - Federal Requirements

.PART 3: RULEBOOK

Notes: The Sustainable Development Act, R.S.Q. c. D-8.1.1 came into force April 19, 2006.Although it is aimed at government management and accountability on sustainabledevelopment, it also added an important right to the Quebec Charter of Human Rights andFreedoms, as follows: “46.1 Every person has a right to live in a healthy environment inwhich biodiversity is preserved, to the extent and according to the standards provided bylaw.” Violation of this environmental right can give rise to an action for an injunction,damages for the purpose of remediation and even punitive damages. See http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/developpement/loi_en.htm, last accessed in November 2012, foradditional information.

On March 25, 2011, the Release and Environmental Emergency Notification Regulationsunder the CEPA, R.S.C. 1999, c. 33 and the Deposit Out of the Normal Course of EventsNotification Regulations (collectively, known as the “Notification Regulations”), came intoforce with the intent to avoid concurrent federal and provincial reporting requirements bydesignating and prescribing persons operating for the province or territory to receive, onbehalf of Environment Canada, notifications under CEPA, R.S.C. 1999, c. 33 and reportsunder the Fisheries Act.

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Notes: The new CEAA, 2012 establishes federal requirements for the environmentalassessment (EA) of projects and creates a new review process that focuses on those largeprojects that have a greater potential to cause significant adverse environmental effects inareas of federal jurisdiction. In order to operate, the new major project-based approachrequires that the types of major economic activities to which the CEAA, 2012 applies, beprescribed in regulations (e.g., the Regulations Designating Physical Activities, SOR/2012-147, or by an order made by the Minister) to ensure that federal environmental assessmentrequirements are applied to the appropriate projects. [Regulations Designating PhysicalActivities, SOR/2012-147, Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement] See http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=B053F859-1#ceaa02, last accessed October2012, for additional guidance with regard to the implementation of this new Act.

The following definitions apply to this subsection: [CEAA, 2012, S.C. 2012, c. 19, s. 2]

• “Agency” means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency;• “Designated project” means one or more physical activities that:

– Are carried out in Canada or on federal lands;– Are designated by regulations (e.g., the Regulations Designating Physical Activities,

SOR/2012-147, or by an order made by the Minister); and– Are linked to the same federal authority as specified in those regulations or that order;

and

• “Minister” means the Minister of the Environment; and

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QUEBEC – ASBESTOS.

Asbestos Prohibitions

.PART 4: AUDIT QUICK CHECK

Use the following Audit Quick Check to determine whether a rulebook question complies, does not comply or is notapplicable to your operation. For more details or to check if there are Guide Notes related to a question, simply click thequestion number to be taken back to the Rulebook.

SITE: DATE:.

ASSESSOR:

Does not1.. N/A Complies.... comply

1.1 Does the facility prohibit the use of crocidolite, amosite or any product containing q q qeither of these substances, unless their replacement is not reasonable or practicable?[OH&SR, R.S.Q., c. S-2.1, r. 19.01, s. 41]

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1.2 If the facility imports asbestos products that do not contain crocidolite asbestos, does q q qit meet the following requirements: [Asbestos Products Regulations, SOR/2007-260,s. 3]• It only imports the following types of non-crocidolite asbestos products under the

following conditions:– A textile fiber product that is worn on the person that meets the following

requirements:

• The product provides protection from fire or heat hazards; and• A person who uses the product in a reasonably foreseeable manner cannot come into

contact with airborne asbestos from the product;– A product that is used by a child in learning or play, from which airborne asbestos

cannot become separated from the product;– A product that is a drywall joint cement or compound or a spackling or patching

compound used in construction, repair or renovation, from which airborne asbestoscannot become separated from the product during its post-manufacture preparation,application or removal; or

– A product that is applied by spraying that meets the following requirements:

• The asbestos is encapsulated with a binder during spraying; and• The materials that result from the spraying are not friable after drying; and• It does not import the following types of asbestos-containing products:

– A product for use in modeling or sculpture;– A product for use in simulating ashes or embers; or– A product that is composed entirely of asbestos?

Comments:

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RUSSIA – EQUIPMENT, MACHINE AND ELECTRICAL SAFETY.





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Rulebook: Equipment, Machine and Electrical Safety.

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Y NRULEBOOK: Do employees work at the facility?.

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Y NSection 1: Is any equipment operated at the facility?.

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Y NSection 2: Is any welding, soldering, metal cutting or work using gas flames conducted at thefacility? q q.

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Y NSection 3: Are hand-held tools used at the facility?.

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Y NSection 4: Are forges or presses operated at the facility?.

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Overview of This Section

Key Legislation and Regulations

Russia - Equipment, Machine and Elect. Safety: Introduction

This protocol is intended as a guide for planning and conducting the general aspects of an EH&Saudit or self-assessment. It may require additions, revisions, or other modifications in order to meetthe needs of facility-specific assessment objectives, industrial setting, or other special circumstances.

Key topics covered in this protocol section include the following:• General Equipment Safety• Requirements for Welding• Hygienic Requirements for Hand-held Tools and the Work Organization• Safety During Forging and Pressing• Safe Operation of Vessels Under Pressure• General Electrical Safety

Tables or Appendices referenced in the protocol are located at the end of this section. To access ouraudit scorecard, entitled “Audit Quick Check,” click here: Audit Quick Check. This protocol appliesto facilities located throughout the Russian Federation.

Key legislation and regulations covered in this protocol are noted as follows:

.GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements,January 1, 1992. – (ГОСТ 12.2.003-91 Оборудование производственное. Общие требованиябезопасности),This Standard sets general requirements for the safe operation of production equipment.

.Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 30 of August 23, 1993, Approving the Performance ofTechnical Inspections of Steam and Hot-Water Boilers, Vessels Operating Under Pressure, Steamand Hot-Water Pipelines of 03-29-93, August 23, 1993. – (Методические указания попроведению технического освидетельствования паровых и водогрейных котлов, сосудов,работающих под давлением, трубопроводов пара и горячей воды (Пост. ГГТН России от23.08.93г. № 30)),This Decree sets technical diagnostic procedures and methods for vessels under pressure, boilers, andpipelines containing hot water and steam.

.Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions ofHealth and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, November 22, 1993.– (Постановление Госстроя России, от 22 ноября 1993 г. Типовая инструкция №21 по охранетруда для электросварщика ручной сварки),This Decree adopts model instructions for the health and safety of electrical welders performingmanual welding.

.SanPin 2.2.2.540-96, Hygienic Requirements for Hand-held Tools and Work Organization of July6, 1996, July 6, 1996. – (СанПин 2.2.2.540-96 Гигиенические требования к ручныминструментам и организации работ),This Sanitary Standard specifies hygienic requirements for hand-held tools including noise andvibration levels, temperature limits, and personal protective equipment (PPE). It also establishespreventive measures against unfavorable impacts.


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.POT RM-003-97 Rules for Health & Safety for Performing Forge and Press Works, Approved bythe Decree of Ministry of Labour and Social Development No. 37 of July 9, 1997, July 9, 1997.– (РФ № 37 от 9 июля 1997 Постановление Министерства труда и социального развития ПОТРМ-003-97 Правила по охране труда при выполнении кузнечно-прессовых работ),These Rules set general requirements for safe working conditions and specific requirements forperforming various forge and press operations.

.POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, as amended by Ministry of Labor on February 18, 2003 by MFE on February20, 2003, July 1, 2001 as amended through February 18, 2003. – (ПОТ Р М-016-2001Межотраслевые правила по охране труда (правила безопасности) при эксплуатацииэлектроустановок),These Rules set safety requirements for work with electric installations, the use of PPE, and trainingof employees involved in maintenance of such equipment, etc.

.Decree of Ministry of Labour and Social Development No. 72 of October 9, 2001, Approving POTRM-020-2001 Cross-sectoral Rules on Health and Safety for Electric and Gas Welding Works,October 9, 2001. – (ПОТ РМ-020-2001 Межотраслевые правила по охране труда при электро- игазосварочных работах),This Decree, herein cited as, “POT RM-020-2001”, defines hazards associated with welding work andspecifies requirements for welding safety under various conditions. It also addresses requirements forthe safe handling of carbon dioxide, argon, and other gases used in welding work.

.Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 36, of June 25, 2002, On Approval of TechnologicalRegulation on Conducting Certifications/Attestations of Welders and Specialists in the WeldingIndustry/Production, June 25, 2002. – (“Технологического регламента проведения аттестациисварщиков и специалистов сварочного производства” утвержден ПостановлениемГосгортехнадзора России от 25 июня 2002 г. N 36),This Decree addresses requirements pertaining to certifications/attestations for welders and specialistsworking in the welding industry/production.

.Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 91 of June 11, 2003, on Approval of PB 03-576-03, Rulesof Installation and Safe Operation of Vessels Operating Under Pressure, June 11, 2003.– (Постановление Госгортехнадзора России №91 ПБ 03-576-03 Об утверждении правилустройства и безопасной эксплуатации сосудов, работающих под давлением),This Decree sets requirements for the locations of pressure vessels for their safe operation andmaintenance.

This protocol section updates information contained in the prior version (2010). Specific additions,deletions, and other changes made relative to the earlier version of the protocol are summarized inAppendix 11-A.


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• Site map or drawing.

• Electrical work permits, work lists for installations operating at less than 1000 V, and Logbook forOperations under a Work Permit and by Assignment.

• Operational documentation for production equipment safety, specifying requirements (rules) for theprevention of emergencies during installation, operation, and decommissioning of equipment.

• Welders’ certifications.• Safety instructions and technological and operating documents for electric and gas welding.• Order permits for any open flame for welding, cutting and heating of apparatus, vessels and pipes

containing any liquids, or gases under pressure that are filled with combustible or noxioussubstances or relate to electro-technical devices.

• Blow-torch monthly inspection records, annual hydrostatic tests, and factory hydrostatic certificate.• Gas flame apparatus inspection records.• Certificates of Registration and technical data sheets for vessels under pressure.


Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in This Module

Russia - Equipment, Machine and Elect. Safety: Pre-audit Preparation

°C Degrees Centigrade M MeterEH&S Environmental, Health and Safety M3/hr Cubic meters per hourGGTN Federal Committee for Mining and Mg/l Milligram per liter

Industrial Supervision (or Mm MillimeterGosGorTekhNadzor) PPE Personal Protective Equipment

GOST Gosudarstvennyy standart (state USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republicsstandards) V Volts

KV Kilovolt



1. General Equipment Safety

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1.1 Does the facility ensure that movable parts of production equipment that may cause injuries areguarded or are located so that workers cannot access them? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1,1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.5]Guide Note• If guarding is not possible, an automatic warning alarm system, activated upon equipment start-up, and signal

colors and safety signs must be used. [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, GeneralSafety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.5]

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1.2 Does the facility ensure that elevating mechanisms and loading devices are constructed toprevent the possibility of accidents resulting from the equipment’s power supply beingdecreased or shut off? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, GeneralSafety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.6].

1.3 Does the facility ensure that parts of production equipment (including water and steampipelines, pneumatic systems, protective valves, cables, etc.) which, when damaged, may causeemergencies, are guarded or located so they do not cause injury to employees or damage totechnical devices? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, GeneralSafety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.8].

1.4 Does the facility ensure that any equipment that uses electrical power is provided with devicesfor electrical safety (e.g., guarding, grounding, insulation of current-carrying parts, emergencyswitch-offs)? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General SafetyRequirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.11].

1.5 Does the facility ensure that any production equipment that emits any harmful substances (andthose presenting an explosion or fire hazard) and/or any harmful microorganisms is equippedwith, or connected to, devices or equipment to capture any such emissions? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Section 2.1,Article 2.1.14]Guide Note• The equipment must ensure that concentrations of harmful substances and microorganisms do not exceed the

values set by environmental standards and sanitary norms (the standards and norms are not further defined).• When necessary, neutralization of emissions must be performed. If the combined containment/capture of

harmful substances and microorganisms presents any hazard, equipment for their separate capture must beprovided. [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements,Section 2.1, Article 2.1.14]

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1.6 Does the facility ensure that any parts of production equipment presenting a hazard are paintedin signal colors and marked with safety signs (as specified in GOST R 12.4.026-2001, ofJanuary 1, 2003, Safety Colors, Safety Signs and Signal Marking, Purpose and Rules ofApplication)? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General SafetyRequirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.5]Guide Note• The requirements for safety signs are provided in the Subsection entitled, “Requirements for Safety Signs” in

Section 10.0 of this protocol..

1.7 Does the facility meet the following requirements pertaining to operating control systems:[GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements,Section 2.3, Articles 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.6, 2.3.10]• Operational diagrams, descriptions, and other means of information on the proper sequence

for operational control activities are provided at working areas;• A means for emergency shut off of the production process is provided in order to reduce

injury; and• Alarm devices and warning signals are installed in process equipment?Guide Note• The emergency shut-off device must be painted in red, and must be a different shape and size than other

control devices. [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General SafetyRequirements, Section 2.3, Articles 2.3.10]

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1.8 Does the facility ensure that the design/construction or location of production equipmentprevents the possibility of employees coming into contact with hot or overcooled parts? [GOST12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Section2.1, Article 2.1.16]Guide Note• If this is not possible, operational documentation must include requirements for the use of personal protective

equipment (PPE). [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General SafetyRequirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.16]

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1.9 Does the facility meet the requirements for equipment operational documentation with respectto production equipment safety? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, IndustrialEquipment, General Safety Requirements, Appendix, Section 3, Articles 3.1, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9,3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.15, 3.16]Guide Note• Operational documentation must specify requirements (rules) for the prevention of emergencies during

installation, operation, and decommissioning of equipment. The documentation must include the following:[GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Appendix,Section 3, Articles 3.1, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.15 and 3.16]– Specification of equipment fittings designed to ensure the safe operation of all work associated with

installation, operation, and decommissioning;– Instructions for installation (and dismantling) and ways of preventing potential errors causing emergencies;– Rules for equipment operation and actions to be taken in case of emergency;– Methods for timely detection of failures of installed protection devices and for the appropriate response

actions or measures to be taken by employees;– Procedures for technical maintenance;– Rules for safe transportation and storage of production equipment;– Rules for fire safety;– Rules for electrical safety;– Requirements for employee training; and– Safety rules for disinfection, degasifying treatment, and deactivation.


2. Requirements for Welding

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Notes: Certification for welding at facilities/operations that are classified as hazardousindustrial facilities must comply with Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 103 of June 19,2003, on Approval of PD 03-615-03, Use of Welding Technologies for Preparation,Construction, Repair and Reconstruction of Technical Structures at Hazardous IndustrialFacilities.

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2.1 If any welding is conducted at the facility, do all welders possess a welding certification for thespecific type(s) of welding conducted? [Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 36, of June25, 2002, On Approval of Technological Regulation on ConductingCertifications/Attestations of Welders and Specialists in the Welding Industry/Production,Section 1]Guide Note• Certification is based on passing a practical and theoretical exam issued by the GGTN (“Gosgortekhnadzor”)

in accordance with Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 36, of June 25, 2002, On Approval ofTechnological Regulation on Conducting Certifications/Attestations of Welders and Specialists in theWelding Industry/Production. [Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 36, of June 25, 2002, On Approval ofTechnological Regulation on Conducting Certifications/Attestations of Welders and Specialists in theWelding Industry/Production , Section 1, Article 1.9]

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2.2 If electrical welding is conducted at the facility, does the facility ensure that the workerscomply with the following requirements: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993,Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric WeldersPerforming Manual Welding, Item 1]• Provide supervisors with a knowledge assessment certificate as evidence of knowledge of

safe working procedures; and• Receive a safety helmet, specialized protective clothing, and specialized protective footwear,

as well as protective welding gloves, warming pads for work conducted while lying down,and dielectric gloves for work in humid spaces?

Guide Note• According to in-country consultants, the facility is expected to ensure that the PPE provided to workers (as

indicated in this question) is used; however, the legislation does not clearly state this..

2.3 If electrical welding is conducted at the facility, does the facility ensure that, when welders aregiven a new job/task by the supervisor or the welding foreman (in Russian, “бригадир”), thework area and equipment are inspected to ensure safe conditions and operation? [GosstroiDecree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions ofHealth and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 2].

2.4 If electrical welding is conducted in enclosed premises/areas of an operating facility, does thefacility ensure that additional measures are taken with regard to fire safety and ventilation ofthe work zones? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing ManualWelding, Item 2]Guide Note• No additional measures are specified by Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-

66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding..



2.5 If electrical welding work is conducted at a height greater than 1.3 meters, are protective fallmeasures, as well as the appropriate means for accessing this work area, provided? [GosstroiDecree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions ofHealth and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 3-g]Guide Note• If these requirements are not met, the work is prohibited. [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993,

Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders PerformingManual Welding, Item 3]

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2.6 Is electrical welding work prohibited in areas with fire-explosive conditions? [Gosstroi DecreeNo. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Healthand Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 3-d].

2.7 If electrical welding is conducted in the closed premises/areas of the facility, does the facilitymeet the following requirements: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993,Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric WeldersPerforming Manual Welding, Item 3-e]• Such areas are provided with a ventilation system;• Corrective measures to create safe working conditions are completed prior to initiating any

work; and• Any non-conformances with safe working conditions are communicated to the supervisors

and the welding foreman immediately?.

2.8 If any electrical welding is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that work areas are locatedat the following radial distances from the following sources: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 ofNovember 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety forElectric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 4-a]• At least 5 meters from any fuel materials; and• At least 10 meters from any explosive materials or structures?

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2.9 Does the facility ensure that electrical welding work is never conducted while on a step ladder?[Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 ModelInstructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 4-v].

2.10 Is electrical welding equipment located at the following minimum distances from the followingsources: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding,Item 4-e]• 0.5 meters from piping/hoses containing oxygen; and• 1 meter from piping/hoses containing acetylene and other fuels?

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2.11 Are tanks that previously contained liquid fuel or oxygen cleaned, washed and dried for thepurpose of removal of dangerous concentrations of hazardous substances prior to commencingelectrical welding work? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOIR-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders PerformingManual Welding, Item 6].



2.12 Does the facility ensure that electrical welding on pressurized vessels is prohibited? [GosstroiDecree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions ofHealth and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 6].

2.13 Does the facility ensure that electrical welding (cutting) of freshly painted structures, parts andfixtures is only conducted after they are completely dry? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 ofNovember 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety forElectric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 6].

2.14 Does the facility ensure that, in areas where multiple welders are working, each welder’s workarea is protected with a shield composed of non-combustible material that allows for thepassage of light (in Russian, “ограждать светонепроницаемыми щитами из несгораемогоматериала”)? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding,Item 8].

2.15 Does the facility prohibit the simultaneous work of both an electrical welder (in Russian,“электросварщик”) and a gas welder (i.e., for gas cutting) located inside the same enclosedspace or tank? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding,Item 8].

2.16 Upon completion of any electrical welding work, does the facility ensure that the followingrequirements are met: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing ManualWelding, Items 14-a, 14-b, 14-g and 14-v]• All electrical welding equipment is turned off;• The work area is cleaned up and cleared of equipment;• Equipment is collected and stored;• No burning or hot areas are present (in Russian, “убедиться в отсутствии очагов

загорания”); and• Any breaches of the safety requirements that occur during the work are communicated to

the supervisor or the foreman?Guide Note• If any burning or hot areas are present, they must be extinguished with water. [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of

November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for ElectricWelders Performing Manual Welding, Item 14-v]

• Question 2.17 through Question 2.26, which address POT RM-020-2001, pertain to stationary, portable andmovable electric and gas welding installations, equipped and used in enclosed premises or in the open air,intended for fusion welding, surfacing, cutting and welding with the application of pressure, including thefollowing: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-WeldingWorks, Item 1.1.4]– Arc and plasma welding, surfacing and cutting;– Atomic hydrogen welding;– Electron beam welding;– Laser welding and cutting (welding and cutting by light beam);– Electro-slag welding;– Welding by resistance heating;– Resistance or diffusion welding, arc resistance welding;– Gas welding; and



– Metal cutting.• An un-official version of the full text of POT RM-020-2001 is available in Russian at: http://www.rmnt.ru

/docs/cat_pot/25914.details1.htm, last accessed in May 2012. The auditor may wish to review the fulldocument for additional details which are beyond the scope of this protocol, including specific types ofwelding activities and design and work organization requirements such as the following:– Part 2.2 - Requirements for welding processes using protective gases and their mixtures;– Part 2.3 - Requirements for equipment for welding using carbon dioxide and mixtures of gases;– Part 2.4 - Requirements for working with carbon dioxide gas;– Part 2.5 - Requirements for equipment used for welding with inert gases;– Part 2.6 - Requirements for working with argon;– Part 2.8 - Requirements for resistance welding processes;– Part 2.9 - Requirements for flux welding processes;– Part 2.10 - Special requirements for technological processes;– Part 2.11 - Safety requirements when carrying out gas welding work;– Part 2.14 - Safety requirements when carrying out gas cutting and welding in closed vessels and

compartments;– Part 2.15 - Safety requirements for the organization and performance of gas welding and gas cutting work,

depending on the type and method of welding and conditions of work;– Part 2.20 - Work breaks/rest periods;– Part 2.21 - Requirements for the choice and use of personal protective equipment (see Section 15.0 of this

protocol for general requirements);– Part 3.1 - Requirements relating to the volume, layout and construction of premises;– Part 3.2 - Requirements for lighting/illumination;– Part 3.3 - Requirements for industrial premises and the microclimate/local work environment;– Part 4.1 - Requirements for the arrangement of industrial equipment;– Part 4.2 - Requirements for the organization of work stations; and– Parts 5.1 - 5.13 Requirements pertaining to source materials and semi-finished products.

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2.17 If any electric or gas welding is conducted at the facility, are the following requirements met:[POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Items, 1.1.5 and 1.2.17]• The facility has developed or obtained and complies with written safety instructions and

technological and operating documents (no document retention time is specified); and• If the existing technology does not allow the levels of hazardous and noxious agents to be

reduced to levels below the maximum permissible values, welding, surfacing and cutting ofmetals is prohibited unless workers are provided with collective protection equipment andPPE that ensures their safety?

Guide Note• Details on hazardous and noxious industrial agents pertaining to welding, surfacing and metal cutting are

addressed in further detail in Part 1.2 of POT RM-020-2001 (available as noted before this question)..

2.18 If any manual arc welding is conducted at the facility, is ventilation that meets the followingcriteria provided to extract any hazardous and noxious agents: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Items 2.1.1, 2.1.2,2.1.8 - 2.1.13]• Indoor ventilation is determined by a calculation based on the number of the welders

working simultaneously and the quantity of welding material used by them;• The speed of movement of the air at an indoor work station is between 0.7 and 2.0 m/s;• The temperature of the air supplied by ventilation installations is not less than 20°C;• When welding occurs indoors, air removed by the extraction facilities is extracted to the

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• If indoor local extraction or general ventilation is not possible, provisions are made for theforced supply of clean air under the welder’s mask to achieve a rate of at least 6 - 8 m3/hourat a temperature that is not lower than 18°C; and

• Devices for providing protective gas are equipped with a gas shut-off device?Guide Note• Extraction of contaminated air into the premises may be allowed under exceptional circumstances by using

mobile extraction facilities. In such cases, the quantity of noxious substances extracted into the premises mustbe considered when calculating total ventilation. [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health &Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Item 2.1]

• Requirements for welding work with specific types of gas, which are beyond the scope of this protocol, areprovided in Parts 2.2 - 2.7 of POT RM-020-2001 (available as noted before Question 2.17).

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2.19 If any manual arc welding is conducted at the facility, does the facility ensure that thefollowing safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health &Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Parts 2.1.3-2.1.7]• Work stations at heights greater than 1.3 m are equipped with a guard not less than 1.1 m in

height, consisting of a handrail, one intermediate element and a guard board not less than0.15 m thick;

• When work is simultaneously conducted at various heights vertically above one another,personnel on the lower levels are protected from sparks of metal, and the accidental fallingof cinders and other objects;

• Locations where electric welding and gas welding work is carried out, and levels verticallybelow such locations (in the absence of fireproof protective decking or decking protectedwith a fireproof material) are cleared of combustible materials in a radius of at least 5 m,and of explosive materials and equipment (gas generators, gas cylinders, etc.) in a radius ofnot less than 10 m;

• Cables (wires) of electric welding machines are located at a distance of not less than 0.5 mfrom oxygen pipes and not less than 1 m from pipes containing acetylene and othercombustible gases;

• Welding work in wells, test pits, enclosed and inaccessible spaces is carried out only withan order-permit for carrying out highly hazardous work (issued by the employer); and

• The use of an open flame for welding, cutting and heating of apparatus, vessels and pipescontaining any liquids or gases under pressure that are filled with combustible or noxioussubstances or relate to electro-technical devices is not permitted unless the following isobtained:– An agreement with the operating organization that includes measures to ensure safety;

and– An order-permit?

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2.20 If the facility has welding processes on mechanized and conveyor production lines, does itensure that the following safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Ruleson Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Items 2.7.9-2.7.13]• A separate emergency command system is provided for welding and lifting and transport

operations on the lines;• Equipment and remote controls for welding mechanized production lines are placed on the

same plane to prevent workers from moving vertically;• The operator work station at the unified remote control is equipped with a chair, or seats

with backs, manufactured from non-thermal conductive materials;



• Welding production lines are located in isolated sections of specially designed workshopsand buildings and neighboring work stations are fenced with fireproof partitions orconstructions of portals, consoles, etc. to safeguard workers; and

• Sections of production and conveyor lines are separated from neighboring sections, walls,approach paths, etc. by passages?

Guide Note• The construction of the chair in the third bullet to this question must meet the GOST 21889 standard. [POT

RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Item 2.7]• See Part 2.7 of POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding

Works for additional details with regard to design and operational standards, including the application ofGOST 12.2.022, GOST 12.2.032, GOST 12.2.033, GOST 12.1.004, GOST 12.3.003, and GOST 12.2.033.

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2.21 If soldering work is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the following safety provisionsare met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical andGas-Welding Works, Items 2.12.1-2.12.6]• The work station for such work is cleared of combustible materials, and structures of

combustible materials situated within a distance of less than 5 m are protected with screensmade of non-combustible materials or dowsed with water (or an aqueous solution of afoaming agent etc.);

• Blow torches are kept in full working order;• Blow torches are inspected at least monthly for strength and tightness, and the results and

dates of inspections are recorded in a special register; <RECORD KEEPING>• Hydrostatic control tests are conducted on blow torches annually;• Each blow torch has a certificate showing the results of the factory hydrostatic tests and the

permissible working pressure; <RECORD KEEPING>• Safety valves on blow torches are adjusted for the set pressure, and pressure gauges are in

proper working order;• Filling of blow torches with fuel and lighting them is performed in places specially intended

for these purposes;• The blow torch fuel is free of foreign matter and water; and• The following activities are prohibited:

– Use of gasoline or a gasoline and kerosene mixture as fuel for torches working withkerosene, and use of kerosene or a kerosene and gasoline mixture for torches workingwith gasoline;

– Increasing of the torch pressure reservoir when pumping air higher than the permissibleworking pressure indicated on the certificate;

– Filling the torch with fuel more than 3/4 of the volume of its reservoir;– Turning back the air screw and the filling plug when the torch is burning or has not yet

cooled; and– Repairing, removing or filling a torch with fuel near a naked flame (including a lighted

match, cigarette etc.)?.

2.22 If metal cutting work is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the following safetyprovisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety forElectrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.13]• Metal spray coating and metal cutting work using propane, butane or natural gas or a naked

flame from other sources is only allowed at a (horizontal) distance at least as follows:– 10 m from groups of cylinders (i.e., more than two) intended for carrying out gas flame

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– 5 m from individual cylinders with oxygen and/or combustible gases; and– From gas pipes of combustible gases and/or gasification stations situated in metal

cabinets, as follows:1) In manual work - 3 m; and2) In mechanized work - 1.5 m;

• Paint (especially lead-based paint), oil, scale and dirt is removed from metal for welding orgas cutting to prevent spatter from the metal and contamination of the air by evaporationand gases; and

• When welding and cutting painted, primed metal, the paint is cleared from the line of thecut or seam and the width of the strip cleared of the paint is at least 100 mm (50 mm oneach side)?

Guide Note• The use of a gas flame for clearing paint, as described in the last bullet to this question, is not permitted. [POT

RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.13]• Additional safety requirements for cutting metal correspond to the requirements set out in Parts 2.6-2.9 of the

POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works(available as noted before Question 2.17). [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety forElectrical and Gas-Welding Works, Item 2.13.1]

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2.23 If work using gas flames is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the following safetyprovisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety forElectrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.16]• Ventilation is provided to ensure noxious air is removed;• Inspections are conducted on tightness, pressure, and the proper operational condition of the

apparatus and its parts prior to any work on metals;• Work is stopped and the area is cleared of gas if leaks of oxygen or combustible gases

occur;• The heating of frozen gas pipes is performed using only steam or hot water; the use of a

naked flame and electric heating is prohibited;• Systems and pipes with oxygen are not filled unless they have been degreased;• It is prohibited to install liquid seals of the open type on gas pipes for natural gas or

propane-butane. The level of liquid in a closed type seal is constantly maintained at the levelof the control cock. A check of the level of the liquid is conducted at least three times ashift with the gas supply to the seal switched off;

• Combustible gas and oxygen cylinders are installed in a vertical position in special supportsand are firmly secured by clips or chains;

• Cylinder supports are covered by canopies to protect against falling oil (i.e., from a bridgecrane). The cylinders are situated at a distance of at least 1 m from the heating devices and5 m from heat sources with naked flames; and

• In areas where gas working of metals takes place, there is no more than one spare fullcylinder of combustible gas and oxygen for each position, and no more than ten spareoxygen and five spare acetylene cylinders?

Guide Note• Additional design and supply-related safety requirements for conducting gas flame work are detailed in Part

2.16 of the POT RM-020-2001 Rules (available as noted before Question 2.17). [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.16]

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2.24 If any electric or gas welding is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the following gascylinder safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health &Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.17]• When storing cylinders in open areas, canopies made of non-flammable materials are

provided to protect them from the effects of precipitation and direct sunlight;• Cylinders containing combustible gas with footings are stored vertically in special housings,

cells and other devices to prevent them from falling over;• Cylinders without footings are stored horizontally on frames or racks at heights not

exceeding 1.5 m and valves are covered by safety caps and pointed in the same direction;• Empty cylinders are stored separately from full gas cylinders;• Only persons who have received training in handling gas cylinders and are suitably qualified

are allowed to transport, store, deliver and receive them;• When operating, storing and transporting oxygen cylinders, measures are taken to protect

the cylinders from contact with materials, workers’ clothing and cleaning materials thatcontain traces of oil;

• Gas cylinders are protected from impacts and the effects of direct sunlight;• Cylinders are placed at a distance of at least 1 m from heating appliances;• Welding apparatus are disconnected during work breaks and at the end of the work shift;• Hoses are detached and blow torches are depressurized at the end of the work shift; and• Upon completion of the work, gas cylinders are placed in a separate location that is

designated for cylinder storage, which prevents unauthorized access?Guide Note• Gas cylinders must be stored and used in accordance with the requirements of the Rules on the arrangement

and safe operation of pressure vessels. [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety forElectrical and Gas-Welding Works, Item 2.17.1]

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2.25 If any electric or gas welding is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the followingelectrical safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health &Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.18]• Wires and cables for the supply of the electrical equipment of machines and installations

have reliable insulation and protection against mechanical damage;• Electrical equipment of thermal cutting machines, workshop and inter-workshop gas pipes

and electric welding installations are grounded;• The repair of thermal cutting machines and electric welding installations is prohibited when

such devices are live;• Portable thermal cutting machines and electric welding installations are disconnected from

the electrical mains during transport;• Control devices of thermal cutting machines are provided with legends or symbols

indicating the controlled object to which they relate, their intended uses and their conditions:“on,” “disconnected,” “brake,” “motion,” etc.;

• The distance from welding lines to hot pipes and oxygen cylinders is at least 0.5 m and tocombustible gases, at least 1 m;

• In electric welding apparatus and their power sources, live parts are enclosed in protectivedevices;

• The distance from welding wires to hot pipes and oxygen cylinders is at least 0.5 m and tocombustible gases, at least 1 m;



• Enclosed spaces of reservoirs, boilers, metal containers, compartments etc., are lit withlamps installed from outside, or hand held portable lamps of a voltage not exceeding 12 Vwhen carrying out welding, surfacing and cutting work;

• It is prohibited to leave a live electric welding tool at the work station;• All personnel servicing electric welding installations and electric welders have undergone

the appropriate training (see Part 2.18 of the POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules onHealth & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works); and

• If welding work is carried out inside containers, workers are provided with rubber dielectricboots, gloves and a rubber helmet and when in a supine position, a rubber mat?

Guide Note• The use of metal shields for the tasks described in the last bullet of this question is prohibited. [POT RM-020-

2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.18]• See the Subsection entitled, “General Electrical Safety” for additional electrical safety requirements for

welding work and Part 2.18 of the POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety forElectrical and Gas-Welding Works (available as noted before Question 2.17) for design and operationrequirements that are beyond the scope of this protocol. [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health& Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.18]

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2.26 If any electric or gas welding, surfacing and/or cutting work is conducted at the facility, does itensure that the following fire safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoralRules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.19]• Prior to beginning gas and electric welding work, an analysis of samples of air from the

upper parts of the premises is conducted to ensure that the content of acetylene does notexceed 0.3 mg/l (i.e., the explosive concentration);

• Upon completion of gas and electric welding, surfacing and cutting work, workers do notleave the work station until they have confirmed that no source capable of causing a fire ispresent in the work area and in adjoining rooms;

• All workers are trained in the rules of extinguishing primary sources of fire and the correctapplication of primary means of fire extinguishment;

• When carrying out gas and electric welding work, combustible structures are protected byfixed or portable barriers and combustible floors are protected by metal sheets;

• Portable barriers are manufactured from steel sheet metal;• Flammable organic solvents are only stored in a quantity approved by fire inspection

agencies; and• In places where electric welding and gas flame working is carried out at lower levels (in the

absence of a non-combustible protective decking or decking protected with non-combustiblematerial), the areas are cleared of combustible materials in a radius of at least 5 m and ofexplosive materials and equipment (gas generators, gas cylinders etc.) in a radius of at least10 m?

Guide Note• Additionally, facilities with gas and electric welding work, and work stations with workers engaged in

acetylene, oxygen and filling installations, must meet the following: the fire safety requirements in GOST12.1.004; fire extinguishing requirements in the Russian Federation rules for fire safety; the fire inventoryrequirements in GOST 12.4.009; and have a degree of fire resistance according to the fire safety classification.[POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Item2.19.1]

• Additional requirements are detailed in Part 2.19 of the POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health& Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works (available as noted before Question 2.17). [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.19]

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3. Hygienic Requirements for Hand-held Tools and the Work Organization

4. Safety During Forging and Pressing


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3.1 Does the facility ensure that any work using hand-held tools complies with the followingrequirements: [SanPin 2.2.2.540-96, Hygienic Requirements for Hand-held Tools and WorkOrganization of July 6, 1996, Points 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4]• For vibrating hand-held tools, a specific work procedure, based on vibration measurements

and observations, is developed and implemented by the appropriate department; and• The work procedure includes the following elements:

– Total permissible time in contact with or working with vibrating hand tools;– Length and time of required breaks or rest periods; and– List of types of work or jobs that workers using vibrating tools may perform during

breaks from working with vibrating tools?.

3.2 Does the facility ensure that for any work using hand-held tools, PPE is provided and worn byworkers, as follows: [SanPin 2.2.2.540-96, Hygienic Requirements for Hand-held Tools andWork Organization of July 6, 1996, Points 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6]• For hand protection from vibrations, anti-vibration gloves are used;• For hearing protection, individualized hearing protection devices are used;• For protection from cold weather or other elements, lower temperature thermal protective

clothing is used; and• In highly dusty environments or work areas, respirators or other means of respiratory

protection are used that are appropriate for protecting against the specific characteristics ofthe given contaminant or dust type?

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Notes: According to POT RM-003-97 Rules for Health & Safety for Performing Forge andPress Works, Approved by the Decree of Ministry of Labour and Social Development No. 37of July 9, 1997, the following hazardous factors may affect employees conducting forging andpressing tasks: [POT RM-003-97 Rules for Health & Safety for Performing Forge and PressWorks, Approved by the Decree of Ministry of Labour and Social Development No. 37 ofJuly 9, 1997, Section 1, Article 1.3]

• Moving elements of production equipment, moving products, work pieces, and instruments;• Sharp edges, roughness of work pieces, and instruments;• Flying pieces of damaged equipment, or iron scale and materials;• Harmful vapors and aerosols;• Noxious fumes due to decomposition of lubricants;• High voltage in electric circuits of equipment;• Noise levels emitted from operating mechanical presses and hammers;• Electromagnetic radiation;• Vibrations (hammers);• High temperatures of heating equipment, work pieces, and parts;• Light and infrared radiation, when heating equipment and heated work pieces are exposed;• Physical overexertion when transporting work pieces and equipment;• Fire hazards; and


5. Safe Operation of Vessels Under Pressure


• Explosion hazards.

An unofficial version of POT RM-003-97 Rules for Health & Safety for Performing Forgeand Press Works, Approved by the Decree of Ministry of Labour and Social DevelopmentNo. 37 of July 9, 1997 can be accessed at: http://lawrussia.ru/texts/legal_105/doc105a132x581.htm (last accessed in May 2012).

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4.1 If the facility operates any forge and press equipment, does it provide the following safetymeasures: [POT RM-003-97 Rules for Health & Safety for Performing Forge and PressWorks, Approved by the Decree of Ministry of Labour and Social Development No. 37 ofJuly 9, 1997, Section 2, Articles 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.12, 2.1.17, 2.13.5, 2.13.6, and 2.8.18]• Instructions, located at work places, which describe safe working procedures for specific

equipment;• Protective devices and guarding of hazardous zones associated with the equipment;• Measures to ensure that no extraneous objects are left at work places (i.e., blocking and

cluttering of the work area is prohibited);• Local ventilation systems for the removal of lubricant combustion products (e.g., from

hammers and presses used for drop stamping);• If manual loading/unloading operations are conducted in areas where work equipment is

continuously operating, special devices preventing employees’ hands from entering the zoneof press operations;

• If equipment is operating in automatic mode, special spray guns for lubricant application;• Power-driven/mechanized supply and withdrawal of any rods, sheets and other objects to

cutters and metal-sawing machines; and• Separate metal boxes with covers for storage of both cleaning rags (i.e., for cleaning and

wiping) and waste rags?Guide Note• Additional details pertaining to forge and press equipment are addressed in POT RM-003-97 Rules for Health

& Safety for Performing Forge and Press Works, Approved by the Decree of Ministry of Labour and SocialDevelopment No. 37 of July 9, 1997, available as noted at the beginning of this subsection.

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5.1 If a facility operates vessels under pressure (e.g., tanks, drums, cylinders, vacuum chambers),does it ensure that the vessels are installed as follows, and that the additional indicatedmeasures are complied with: [Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 91 of June 11, 2003, onApproval of PB 03-576-03, Rules of Installation and Safe Operation of Vessels OperatingUnder Pressure, Section 6, Articles 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.1, 6.3.8 and 7.1.2]• In open areas that are not frequented by employees;• In isolated buildings;• In premises adjoining production buildings where a main wall separates them;• Certificates of registration of vessels under pressure issued by the State Mining and Safety

Operations Supervision are obtained for any pressure vessel;• Technical data sheets for vessels under pressure include information on technical

diagnostics;• Instruction is provided for employees who are responsible for the maintenance of vessels

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• Persons performing maintenance of vessels under pressure have certificates authorizing themto perform maintenance of vessels under pressure?

Guide Note• Technical diagnostics are performed after installation and periodically during operation. [Gosgortekhnadzor

(GGTN) Decree No. 91 of June 11, 2003, on Approval of PB 03-576-03, Rules of Installation and SafeOperation of Vessels Operating Under Pressure, Section 6, Article 6.3.1]

• “Periodically” is not defined in Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN) Decree No. 91 of June 11, 2003, on Approval ofPB 03-576-03, Rules of Installation and Safe Operation of Vessels Operating Under Pressure.

• The legislation does not specify whether certificates and technical data sheets must be retained....

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Notes: The requirements in this subsection addressing POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001,Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices pertainto persons/workers who: maintain electrical installations; control switching systems; organizeand implement construction, assembly, alignment and repair of electrical installations; andperform tests and measurements on electrical installations. [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1,2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices,Item 1.1.1]

Because many of the requirements of POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices pertain to specialized workwith electrical installations, only the more general requirements are addressed in this protocolsection. However, the auditor may wish to review the full text of POT RM-016-2001 of July 1,2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices,which is available in Russian in an un-official consolidated version at: http://files.stroyinf.ru/Data1/8/8197/ (last accessed in May 2012), for additional requirements which are beyond thescope of this protocol.

POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules forElectrical Installations/Devices consists of the following sections:

• Section 1 - General Principles;• Section 2 - Organizational Measures Providing Safety Measures at Work;• Section 3 - Technical Measures to Safeguard Operations Involving Disconnection of

Voltage;• Section 4 - Safety Measures for Specific Types of Operations (e.g., Items 4.12.1 through

4.12.12 - requirements for storage batteries, and Item 4.15 - overhead transmission lines);• Section 5 - Tests and Measurements;• Section 6 - Spraying and Cleaning Live Insulators;• Section 7 - Methods of Communication, Supervisory and Technological Control;• Section 8 - Relay Protection and Power Control Devices, Measuring Devices, Energy

Meters, and Secondary Circuits;• Section 9 - The Electrical Components of Thermal Control Systems and Thermal

Measurements and Protection Systems;• Section 10 - Portable Electrical Instruments and Lamps, Manual Electric Machines, and

Decoupling Transformers;• Section 11 - Operations Using Motor Vehicles, Load-Lifting Equipment, and Machinery

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• Section 12 - Organization of Work Involving Delegated Personnel (i.e., personnel workingon active/operational electrical equipment; further defined in that section); and

• Section 13 - Approval of Personnel from Construction and Building Organizations forWorking in Operating Electrical Installations and in the Hazard Zones Associated withPower Transmission Lines.

Additional requirements for electrical safety are set forth in the following documents; however,these are beyond the scope of this protocol section and not further addressed:

• GOST 12.1.009-76 of January 1, 1977, Occupational Safety Standards System, ElectricitySafety, Terms and Definitions;

• Gosstandart Decree of the USSR No. 2582 of July 17, 1979, Electric Safety. GeneralRequirements and List of Types of Protection; and

• Gosstandart Decree of the USSR No. 4203 GOST 12.1.002-84 of December 5, 1984, PowerFrequency of Electrical Fields, Permissible Levels of Field Strength and Requirements forControl at Work Places.

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6.1 Prior to beginning any electrical work, have employees received training for their work tasksand been tested on their knowledge? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Items 1.2.1 - 1.2.3]Guide Note• Electrical workers must also receive training on how to deal with electrical shocks. [POT RM-016-2001 of

July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item1.2.4]

• POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices does not indicate who is responsible for providing training to employees; however, LawNo. 197-FZ December 30, 2001, Labor Code, [Law No. 68-FZ of December 21, 1994, on Protection of thePopulation from Emergencies], Article 212, and Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labor Decree No. 1/29of January 13, 2003, Procedures for Labor Safety Training and Testing of Knowledge of Occupational Safetyand Health Requirements, Article 1.7 indicate that the responsibility for compliance with training requirementslies with the facility management.

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6.2 Does the facility ensure that any employees responsible for electrical operations and whoperform specialized work have been tested on their knowledge of occupational health andsafety and have received a corresponding certificate? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001,Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Items1.2.5 - 1.2.6]Guide Note• Details on these certifications are available in Appendices 2 and 3 of POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001,

Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices (available as noted at thebeginning of this subsection).

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6.3 Are the doors of electrical installation premises, rooms, panels and wiring assemblies keptlocked? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rulesfor Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 1.3.11].

6.4 Does the facility ensure that the keys to electrical installation premises comply with thefollowing requirements: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 1.3.12]• Are registered/assigned to on-site operational personnel, or if there are no on-site operational

personnel, to technical administrative personnel;



• Are numbered and kept in a locked drawer;• Are issued to personnel along with a receipt, including the following individuals:

– Personnel who are authorized to make individual inspections of the premises; and– Work supervisors or foremen for their corresponding work area(s) only;

• Are returned at the end of the inspection or work day; and• A spare set of keys is available?

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6.5 Are entries pertaining to the issuance and return of keys to electrical installation premisesrecorded in a logbook? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 1.3.12] <RECORD KEEPING>Guide Note• The legislation does not specify for how long the logbook must be retained.

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6.6 Does the facility issue a signed and individually-numbered work permit for any electricaloperations conducted at the facility, and does the permit include the following details: [POTRM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, Item 1.4.1] <RECORD KEEPING>

• Permit number;• Work site set-up procedure;• Permission to set up work sites and clearance for working;• Daily log for work clearance and time terminated;• Log of any changes in work crew personnel;• Registration of briefing and initial clearance?

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6.7 Is lighting in work areas evenly distributed so that workers are not blinded by lighting that isexcessively bright or concentrated? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 1.4.11].

6.8 Have employees been informed in writing about their entitlement to conduct an individualinspection of the work premises, and of the specific rights and responsibilities of the followingindividuals: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, SafetyRules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 2.1.10]• The issuer of the work permit or assignment;• The clearance officer;• The works supervisor; and• The foreman or monitoring officer?

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6.9 Is a record of the work carried out under the work permit maintained in the “Logbook forOperations under a Work Permit and by Assignment”? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001,Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item2.2.6] <RECORD KEEPING>Guide Note• Information in the logbook must include the following: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD

153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Appendix 5]– Assignment and work permit number;– Site and operation designation;– Names of foremen, supervisors and work crew members;



– Name of the briefing supervisor;– Safety measures;– Briefing description; and– Operation start and end dates.

• The legislation does not specify for how long the logbook must be retained..

6.10 If the facility has any installations operating at 1,000 V or less, is a work list containing thefollowing information compiled for any operations involving such installations: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, Items 2.4.1 - 2.4.5] <RECORD KEEPING>

• All pre-authorized work during current operations that is permanently approved and doesnot require additional directions, assignments or briefings;

• An indication of the types of operations that are authorized for site personnel; and• The procedure for registering work authorized during current operations (e.g., notifying

superiors of the work and recording it in a logbook)?Guide Note• The work list must take into consideration the conditions under which safety is assured and under which it is

possible for work to be carried out independently, as well as the qualifications of employees. [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices,Item 2.4.3]

• The work list must be signed by the team leader and authorized by the head of the organization. [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, Item 2.4.1]

• The legislation does not specify a retention requirement for the work list..

6.11 Does the facility ensure that the following measures take place at the completion of anelectrical installation operations project: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Items 2.11.1 and2.11.5] <RECORD KEEPING>

• The foreman or monitoring officer ensures that the workers exit the site;• Temporary screens, grounding systems, and safety signs/flags are removed from the site;• The doors to the work area are locked;• The foreman or monitoring officer records the end of the project under his/her signature in

the work permit;• The works supervisor checks that the work is complete and records it in the logbook

described in Question 6.9; and• After an inspection of the work site, the completion of the project is recorded in the

“Logbook for Operations under a Work Permit and by Assignment,” as described inQuestion 6.9?

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6.12 When a work site is set up and the voltage is removed, does the facility take the followingsteps: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rulesfor Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 3.0, initial paragraph and Item 3.2.1]• Disconnects the voltage and ensures that switchgears cannot be inadvertently or

spontaneously activated;• Attaches warning notices to manual control actuators and remote control keys of the

switchgear, including the following:– Notices stating, “Do not switch on! Men at work!” (in Russian, “Не включать!

Работают люди!”) are hung as follows:



1) On the actuator of each pole for single pole circuit breakers;2) Attached to the screening for actuators controlled by a tie-stick; and3) Displayed where fuses have been removed for coupling circuits operating at 1,000 V

or less;– Signs stating, “Do not open! Persons working!” (in Russian, “Не открывать! Работают

люди”) are displayed on valves stopping airflow to pneumatic circuit breakers; and– Signs are displayed on keys and push-buttons of local and remote control systems, and

on automatic devices where fuses in control circuits and power circuits supplyingswitchgear actuators have been removed;

• Confirms the absence of voltage in current-carrying components, and grounds thesecomponents to prevent electrical shock;

• Grounds the installation;• Hangs warning notices stating, “Grounded” (in Russian, “Заземлено”); and• Seals work sites, as necessary, where access to live components is possible?

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6.13 Is the absence of voltage confirmed by a voltage meter, and has the voltage meter been testedfor accuracy before use? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 3.3.1].

6.14 Are protective gloves worn when testing for voltage in electrical installations operating atgreater than 1,000 V? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 3.3.1]Guide Note• In electrical installations operating at 35 kV and higher, the absence of voltage can be verified using an

insulating rod/pole, by touch-testing the live parts several times. [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001,Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 3.3.1]

• Indicators of a lack of tension are the lack of sparks and crackling of single circuit overhead power lines. Forvoltages of 330 kV and above, a sign of lack of sufficient voltage is the lack of a corona. [POT RM-016-2001of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item3.3.1]



General Equipment Safety



SITE: DATE:.

ASSESSOR:


1.1 Does the facility ensure that movable parts of production equipment that may cause q q qinjuries are guarded or are located so that workers cannot access them? [GOST12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, General SafetyRequirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.5]

Comments:

1.2 Does the facility ensure that elevating mechanisms and loading devices are q q qconstructed to prevent the possibility of accidents resulting from the equipment’spower supply being decreased or shut off? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992,Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.6]

Comments:

1.3 Does the facility ensure that parts of production equipment (including water and q q qsteam pipelines, pneumatic systems, protective valves, cables, etc.) which, whendamaged, may cause emergencies, are guarded or located so they do not cause injuryto employees or damage to technical devices? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1,1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article2.1.8]

Comments:


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1.4 Does the facility ensure that any equipment that uses electrical power is provided q q qwith devices for electrical safety (e.g., guarding, grounding, insulation of current-carrying parts, emergency switch-offs)? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992,Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.11]

Comments:

1.5 Does the facility ensure that any production equipment that emits any harmful q q qsubstances (and those presenting an explosion or fire hazard) and/or any harmfulmicroorganisms is equipped with, or connected to, devices or equipment to captureany such emissions? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment,General Safety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.14]

Comments:

1.6 Does the facility ensure that any parts of production equipment presenting a hazard q q qare painted in signal colors and marked with safety signs (as specified in GOST R12.4.026-2001, of January 1, 2003, Safety Colors, Safety Signs and Signal Marking,Purpose and Rules of Application)? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992,Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.5]

Comments:

1.7 Does the facility meet the following requirements pertaining to operating control q q qsystems: [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment, GeneralSafety Requirements, Section 2.3, Articles 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.6, 2.3.10]• Operational diagrams, descriptions, and other means of information on the proper

sequence for operational control activities are provided at working areas;• A means for emergency shut off of the production process is provided in order to reduce

injury; and• Alarm devices and warning signals are installed in process equipment?

Comments:


Requirements for Welding


1.8 Does the facility ensure that the design/construction or location of production q q qequipment prevents the possibility of employees coming into contact with hot orovercooled parts? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1, 1992, Industrial Equipment,General Safety Requirements, Section 2.1, Article 2.1.16]

Comments:

1.9 Does the facility meet the requirements for equipment operational documentation q q qwith respect to production equipment safety? [GOST 12.2.003-91 of January 1,1992, Industrial Equipment, General Safety Requirements, Appendix, Section 3,Articles 3.1, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.15, 3.16]

Comments:

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2.1 If any welding is conducted at the facility, do all welders possess a welding q q qcertification for the specific type(s) of welding conducted? [Gosgortekhnadzor(GGTN) Decree No. 36, of June 25, 2002, On Approval of TechnologicalRegulation on Conducting Certifications/Attestations of Welders and Specialists inthe Welding Industry/Production, Section 1]

Comments:

2.2 If electrical welding is conducted at the facility, does the facility ensure that the q q qworkers comply with the following requirements: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 ofNovember 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health andSafety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 1]• Provide supervisors with a knowledge assessment certificate as evidence of knowledge of

safe working procedures; and• Receive a safety helmet, specialized protective clothing, and specialized protective

footwear, as well as protective welding gloves, warming pads for work conducted whilelying down, and dielectric gloves for work in humid spaces?

Comments:



2.3 If electrical welding is conducted at the facility, does the facility ensure that, when q q qwelders are given a new job/task by the supervisor or the welding foreman (inRussian, “бригадир”), the work area and equipment are inspected to ensure safeconditions and operation? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993,Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for ElectricWelders Performing Manual Welding, Item 2]

Comments:

2.4 If electrical welding is conducted in enclosed premises/areas of an operating facility, q q qdoes the facility ensure that additional measures are taken with regard to fire safetyand ventilation of the work zones? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22,1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety forElectric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 2]

Comments:

2.5 If electrical welding work is conducted at a height greater than 1.3 meters, are q q qprotective fall measures, as well as the appropriate means for accessing this workarea, provided? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOIR-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric WeldersPerforming Manual Welding, Item 3-g]

Comments:

2.6 Is electrical welding work prohibited in areas with fire-explosive conditions? q q q[Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing ManualWelding, Item 3-d]

Comments:



2.7 If electrical welding is conducted in the closed premises/areas of the facility, does q q qthe facility meet the following requirements: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 ofNovember 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health andSafety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 3-e]• Such areas are provided with a ventilation system;• Corrective measures to create safe working conditions are completed prior to initiating any

work; and• Any non-conformances with safe working conditions are communicated to the supervisors

and the welding foreman immediately?

Comments:

2.8 If any electrical welding is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that work areas q q qare located at the following radial distances from the following sources: [GosstroiDecree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 ModelInstructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing ManualWelding, Item 4-a]• At least 5 meters from any fuel materials; and• At least 10 meters from any explosive materials or structures?

Comments:

2.9 Does the facility ensure that electrical welding work is never conducted while on a q q qstep ladder? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders PerformingManual Welding, Item 4-v]

Comments:

2.10 Is electrical welding equipment located at the following minimum distances from the q q qfollowing sources: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, ApprovingTOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric WeldersPerforming Manual Welding, Item 4-e]• 0.5 meters from piping/hoses containing oxygen; and• 1 meter from piping/hoses containing acetylene and other fuels?

Comments:



2.11 Are tanks that previously contained liquid fuel or oxygen cleaned, washed and dried q q qfor the purpose of removal of dangerous concentrations of hazardous substances priorto commencing electrical welding work? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety forElectric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 6]

Comments:

2.12 Does the facility ensure that electrical welding on pressurized vessels is prohibited? q q q[Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93Model Instructions of Health and Safety for Electric Welders Performing ManualWelding, Item 6]

Comments:

2.13 Does the facility ensure that electrical welding (cutting) of freshly painted structures, q q qparts and fixtures is only conducted after they are completely dry? [Gosstroi DecreeNo. 18-48 of November 22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions ofHealth and Safety for Electric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 6]

Comments:

2.14 Does the facility ensure that, in areas where multiple welders are working, each q q qwelder’s work area is protected with a shield composed of non-combustible materialthat allows for the passage of light (in Russian, “ограждать светонепроницаемымищитами из несгораемого материала”)? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November22, 1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety forElectric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 8]

Comments:

2.15 Does the facility prohibit the simultaneous work of both an electrical welder (in q q qRussian, “электросварщик”) and a gas welder (i.e., for gas cutting) located insidethe same enclosed space or tank? [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22,1993, Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety forElectric Welders Performing Manual Welding, Item 8]

Comments:



2.16 Upon completion of any electrical welding work, does the facility ensure that the q q qfollowing requirements are met: [Gosstroi Decree No. 18-48 of November 22, 1993,Approving TOI R-66-20-93 Model Instructions of Health and Safety for ElectricWelders Performing Manual Welding, Items 14-a, 14-b, 14-g and 14-v]• All electrical welding equipment is turned off;• The work area is cleaned up and cleared of equipment;• Equipment is collected and stored;• No burning or hot areas are present (in Russian, “убедиться в отсутствии очагов

загорания”); and• Any breaches of the safety requirements that occur during the work are communicated to

the supervisor or the foreman?

Comments:

2.17 If any electric or gas welding is conducted at the facility, are the following q q qrequirements met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safetyfor Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Items, 1.1.5 and 1.2.17]• The facility has developed or obtained and complies with written safety instructions and

technological and operating documents (no document retention time is specified); and• If the existing technology does not allow the levels of hazardous and noxious agents to be

reduced to levels below the maximum permissible values, welding, surfacing and cuttingof metals is prohibited unless workers are provided with collective protection equipmentand PPE that ensures their safety?

Comments:

2.18 If any manual arc welding is conducted at the facility, is ventilation that meets the q q qfollowing criteria provided to extract any hazardous and noxious agents: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-WeldingWorks, Items 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.8 - 2.1.13]• Indoor ventilation is determined by a calculation based on the number of the welders

working simultaneously and the quantity of welding material used by them;• The speed of movement of the air at an indoor work station is between 0.7 and 2.0 m/s;• The temperature of the air supplied by ventilation installations is not less than 20°C;• When welding occurs indoors, air removed by the extraction facilities is extracted to the

exterior/outside;• If indoor local extraction or general ventilation is not possible, provisions are made for the

forced supply of clean air under the welder’s mask to achieve a rate of at least 6 - 8m3/hour at a temperature that is not lower than 18°C; and

• Devices for providing protective gas are equipped with a gas shut-off device?

Comments:



2.19 If any manual arc welding is conducted at the facility, does the facility ensure that q q qthe following safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Ruleson Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Parts 2.1.3-2.1.7]• Work stations at heights greater than 1.3 m are equipped with a guard not less than 1.1 m

in height, consisting of a handrail, one intermediate element and a guard board not lessthan 0.15 m thick;

• When work is simultaneously conducted at various heights vertically above one another,personnel on the lower levels are protected from sparks of metal, and the accidental fallingof cinders and other objects;

• Locations where electric welding and gas welding work is carried out, and levels verticallybelow such locations (in the absence of fireproof protective decking or decking protectedwith a fireproof material) are cleared of combustible materials in a radius of at least 5 m,and of explosive materials and equipment (gas generators, gas cylinders, etc.) in a radiusof not less than 10 m;

• Cables (wires) of electric welding machines are located at a distance of not less than 0.5 mfrom oxygen pipes and not less than 1 m from pipes containing acetylene and othercombustible gases;

• Welding work in wells, test pits, enclosed and inaccessible spaces is carried out only withan order-permit for carrying out highly hazardous work (issued by the employer); and

• The use of an open flame for welding, cutting and heating of apparatus, vessels and pipescontaining any liquids or gases under pressure that are filled with combustible or noxioussubstances or relate to electro-technical devices is not permitted unless the following isobtained:– An agreement with the operating organization that includes measures to ensure

safety; and– An order-permit?

Comments:

2.20 If the facility has welding processes on mechanized and conveyor production lines, q q qdoes it ensure that the following safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001,Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works,Items 2.7.9-2.7.13]• A separate emergency command system is provided for welding and lifting and transport

operations on the lines;• Equipment and remote controls for welding mechanized production lines are placed on the

same plane to prevent workers from moving vertically;• The operator work station at the unified remote control is equipped with a chair, or seats

with backs, manufactured from non-thermal conductive materials;• Welding production lines are located in isolated sections of specially designed workshops

and buildings and neighboring work stations are fenced with fireproof partitions orconstructions of portals, consoles, etc. to safeguard workers; and

• Sections of production and conveyor lines are separated from neighboring sections, walls,approach paths, etc. by passages?

Comments:



2.21 If soldering work is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the following safety q q qprovisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safetyfor Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Items 2.12.1-2.12.6]• The work station for such work is cleared of combustible materials, and structures of

combustible materials situated within a distance of less than 5 m are protected withscreens made of non-combustible materials or dowsed with water (or an aqueous solutionof a foaming agent etc.);

• Blow torches are kept in full working order;• Blow torches are inspected at least monthly for strength and tightness, and the results and

dates of inspections are recorded in a special register; <RECORD KEEPING>• Hydrostatic control tests are conducted on blow torches annually;• Each blow torch has a certificate showing the results of the factory hydrostatic tests and

the permissible working pressure; <RECORD KEEPING>• Safety valves on blow torches are adjusted for the set pressure, and pressure gauges are in

proper working order;• Filling of blow torches with fuel and lighting them is performed in places specially

intended for these purposes;• The blow torch fuel is free of foreign matter and water; and• The following activities are prohibited:

– Use of gasoline or a gasoline and kerosene mixture as fuel for torches working withkerosene, and use of kerosene or a kerosene and gasoline mixture for torches workingwith gasoline;

– Increasing of the torch pressure reservoir when pumping air higher than thepermissible working pressure indicated on the certificate;

– Filling the torch with fuel more than 3/4 of the volume of its reservoir;– Turning back the air screw and the filling plug when the torch is burning or has not

yet cooled; and– Repairing, removing or filling a torch with fuel near a naked flame (including a

lighted match, cigarette etc.)?

Comments:

2.22 If metal cutting work is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the following q q qsafety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health &Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.13]• Metal spray coating and metal cutting work using propane, butane or natural gas or a

naked flame from other sources is only allowed at a (horizontal) distance at least asfollows:– 10 m from groups of cylinders (i.e., more than two) intended for carrying out gas

flame work;– 5 m from individual cylinders with oxygen and/or combustible gases; and– From gas pipes of combustible gases and/or gasification stations situated in metal

cabinets, as follows:• In manual work - 3 m; and• In mechanized work - 1.5 m;• Paint (especially lead-based paint), oil, scale and dirt is removed from metal for welding

or gas cutting to prevent spatter from the metal and contamination of the air byevaporation and gases; and

• When welding and cutting painted, primed metal, the paint is cleared from the line of thecut or seam and the width of the strip cleared of the paint is at least 100 mm (50 mm oneach side)?

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2.23 If work using gas flames is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the following q q qsafety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health &Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.16]• Ventilation is provided to ensure noxious air is removed;• Inspections are conducted on tightness, pressure, and the proper operational condition of

the apparatus and its parts prior to any work on metals;• Work is stopped and the area is cleared of gas if leaks of oxygen or combustible gases

occur;• The heating of frozen gas pipes is performed using only steam or hot water; the use of a

naked flame and electric heating is prohibited;• Systems and pipes with oxygen are not filled unless they have been degreased;• It is prohibited to install liquid seals of the open type on gas pipes for natural gas or

propane-butane. The level of liquid in a closed type seal is constantly maintained at thelevel of the control cock. A check of the level of the liquid is conducted at least threetimes a shift with the gas supply to the seal switched off;

• Combustible gas and oxygen cylinders are installed in a vertical position in specialsupports and are firmly secured by clips or chains;

• Cylinder supports are covered by canopies to protect against falling oil (i.e., from a bridgecrane). The cylinders are situated at a distance of at least 1 m from the heating devices and5 m from heat sources with naked flames; and

• In areas where gas working of metals takes place, there is no more than one spare fullcylinder of combustible gas and oxygen for each position, and no more than ten spareoxygen and five spare acetylene cylinders?

Comments:

2.24 If any electric or gas welding is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the q q qfollowing gas cylinder safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part2.17]• When storing cylinders in open areas, canopies made of non-flammable materials are

provided to protect them from the effects of precipitation and direct sunlight;• Cylinders containing combustible gas with footings are stored vertically in special

housings, cells and other devices to prevent them from falling over;• Cylinders without footings are stored horizontally on frames or racks at heights not

exceeding 1.5 m and valves are covered by safety caps and pointed in the same direction;• Empty cylinders are stored separately from full gas cylinders;• Only persons who have received training in handling gas cylinders and are suitably

qualified are allowed to transport, store, deliver and receive them;• When operating, storing and transporting oxygen cylinders, measures are taken to protect

the cylinders from contact with materials, workers’ clothing and cleaning materials thatcontain traces of oil;

• Gas cylinders are protected from impacts and the effects of direct sunlight;• Cylinders are placed at a distance of at least 1 m from heating appliances;• Welding apparatus are disconnected during work breaks and at the end of the work shift;• Hoses are detached and blow torches are depressurized at the end of the work shift; and• Upon completion of the work, gas cylinders are placed in a separate location that is

designated for cylinder storage, which prevents unauthorized access?

Comments:



2.25 If any electric or gas welding is conducted at the facility, does it ensure that the q q qfollowing electrical safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoralRules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works, Part 2.18]• Wires and cables for the supply of the electrical equipment of machines and installations

have reliable insulation and protection against mechanical damage;• Electrical equipment of thermal cutting machines, workshop and inter-workshop gas pipes

and electric welding installations are grounded;• The repair of thermal cutting machines and electric welding installations is prohibited

when such devices are live;• Portable thermal cutting machines and electric welding installations are disconnected from

the electrical mains during transport;• Control devices of thermal cutting machines are provided with legends or symbols

indicating the controlled object to which they relate, their intended uses and theirconditions: “on,” “disconnected,” “brake,” “motion,” etc.;

• The distance from welding lines to hot pipes and oxygen cylinders is at least 0.5 m and tocombustible gases, at least 1 m;

• In electric welding apparatus and their power sources, live parts are enclosed in protectivedevices;

• The distance from welding wires to hot pipes and oxygen cylinders is at least 0.5 m and tocombustible gases, at least 1 m;

• Enclosed spaces of reservoirs, boilers, metal containers, compartments etc., are lit withlamps installed from outside, or hand held portable lamps of a voltage not exceeding 12 Vwhen carrying out welding, surfacing and cutting work;

• It is prohibited to leave a live electric welding tool at the work station;• All personnel servicing electric welding installations and electric welders have undergone

the appropriate training (see Part 2.18 of the POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules onHealth & Safety for Electrical and Gas-Welding Works); and

• If welding work is carried out inside containers, workers are provided with rubberdielectric boots, gloves and a rubber helmet and when in a supine position, a rubber mat?

Comments:


Hygienic Requirements for Hand-held Tools and the Work


2.26 If any electric or gas welding, surfacing and/or cutting work is conducted at the q q qfacility, does it ensure that the following fire safety provisions are met: [POT RM-020-2001, Cross-sectoral Rules on Health & Safety for Electrical and Gas-WeldingWorks, Part 2.19]• Prior to beginning gas and electric welding work, an analysis of samples of air from the

upper parts of the premises is conducted to ensure that the content of acetylene does notexceed 0.3 mg/l (i.e., the explosive concentration);

• Upon completion of gas and electric welding, surfacing and cutting work, workers do notleave the work station until they have confirmed that no source capable of causing a fire ispresent in the work area and in adjoining rooms;

• All workers are trained in the rules of extinguishing primary sources of fire and the correctapplication of primary means of fire extinguishment;

• When carrying out gas and electric welding work, combustible structures are protected byfixed or portable barriers and combustible floors are protected by metal sheets;

• Portable barriers are manufactured from steel sheet metal;• Flammable organic solvents are only stored in a quantity approved by fire inspection

agencies; and• In places where electric welding and gas flame working is carried out at lower levels (in

the absence of a non-combustible protective decking or decking protected with non-combustible material), the areas are cleared of combustible materials in a radius of at least5 m and of explosive materials and equipment (gas generators, gas cylinders etc.) in aradius of at least 10 m?

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3.1 Does the facility ensure that any work using hand-held tools complies with the q q qfollowing requirements: [SanPin 2.2.2.540-96, Hygienic Requirements for Hand-held Tools and Work Organization of July 6, 1996, Points 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4]• For vibrating hand-held tools, a specific work procedure, based on vibration measurements

and observations, is developed and implemented by the appropriate department; and• The work procedure includes the following elements:

– Total permissible time in contact with or working with vibrating hand tools;– Length and time of required breaks or rest periods; and– List of types of work or jobs that workers using vibrating tools may perform during

breaks from working with vibrating tools?

Comments:


Safety During Forging and Pressing


3.2 Does the facility ensure that for any work using hand-held tools, PPE is provided and q q qworn by workers, as follows: [SanPin 2.2.2.540-96, Hygienic Requirements forHand-held Tools and Work Organization of July 6, 1996, Points 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, and6.6]• For hand protection from vibrations, anti-vibration gloves are used;• For hearing protection, individualized hearing protection devices are used;• For protection from cold weather or other elements, lower temperature thermal protective

clothing is used; and• In highly dusty environments or work areas, respirators or other means of respiratory

protection are used that are appropriate for protecting against the specific characteristics ofthe given contaminant or dust type?

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4.1 If the facility operates any forge and press equipment, does it provide the following q q qsafety measures: [POT RM-003-97 Rules for Health & Safety for PerformingForge and Press Works, Approved by the Decree of Ministry of Labour and SocialDevelopment No. 37 of July 9, 1997, Section 2, Articles 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.12, 2.1.17,2.13.5, 2.13.6, and 2.8.18]• Instructions, located at work places, which describe safe working procedures for specific

equipment;• Protective devices and guarding of hazardous zones associated with the equipment;• Measures to ensure that no extraneous objects are left at work places (i.e., blocking and

cluttering of the work area is prohibited);• Local ventilation systems for the removal of lubricant combustion products (e.g., from

hammers and presses used for drop stamping);• If manual loading/unloading operations are conducted in areas where work equipment is

continuously operating, special devices preventing employees’ hands from entering thezone of press operations;

• If equipment is operating in automatic mode, special spray guns for lubricant application;• Power-driven/mechanized supply and withdrawal of any rods, sheets and other objects to

cutters and metal-sawing machines; and• Separate metal boxes with covers for storage of both cleaning rags (i.e., for cleaning and

wiping) and waste rags?

Comments:


Safe Operation of Vessels Under Pressure

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5.1 If a facility operates vessels under pressure (e.g., tanks, drums, cylinders, vacuum q q qchambers), does it ensure that the vessels are installed as follows, and that theadditional indicated measures are complied with: [Gosgortekhnadzor (GGTN)Decree No. 91 of June 11, 2003, on Approval of PB 03-576-03, Rules ofInstallation and Safe Operation of Vessels Operating Under Pressure, Section 6,Articles 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.1, 6.3.8 and 7.1.2]• In open areas that are not frequented by employees;• In isolated buildings;• In premises adjoining production buildings where a main wall separates them;• Certificates of registration of vessels under pressure issued by the State Mining and Safety

Operations Supervision are obtained for any pressure vessel;• Technical data sheets for vessels under pressure include information on technical

diagnostics;• Instruction is provided for employees who are responsible for the maintenance of vessels

under pressure; and• Persons performing maintenance of vessels under pressure have certificates authorizing

them to perform maintenance of vessels under pressure?

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6.1 Prior to beginning any electrical work, have employees received training for their q q qwork tasks and been tested on their knowledge? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1,2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, Items 1.2.1 - 1.2.3]

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6.2 Does the facility ensure that any employees responsible for electrical operations and q q qwho perform specialized work have been tested on their knowledge of occupationalhealth and safety and have received a corresponding certificate? [POT RM-016-2001of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, Items 1.2.5 - 1.2.6]

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6.3 Are the doors of electrical installation premises, rooms, panels and wiring assemblies q q qkept locked? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 1.3.11]

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6.4 Does the facility ensure that the keys to electrical installation premises comply with q q qthe following requirements: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 1.3.12]• Are registered/assigned to on-site operational personnel, or if there are no on-site

operational personnel, to technical administrative personnel;• Are numbered and kept in a locked drawer;• Are issued to personnel along with a receipt, including the following individuals:

– Personnel who are authorized to make individual inspections of the premises; and– Work supervisors or foremen for their corresponding work area(s) only;

• Are returned at the end of the inspection or work day; and• A spare set of keys is available?

Comments:

6.5 Are entries pertaining to the issuance and return of keys to electrical installation q q qpremises recorded in a logbook? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, ApprovingRD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item1.3.12] <RECORD KEEPING>

Comments:

6.6 Does the facility issue a signed and individually-numbered work permit for any q q qelectrical operations conducted at the facility, and does the permit include thefollowing details: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 1.4.1] <RECORDKEEPING>• Permit number;• Work site set-up procedure;• Permission to set up work sites and clearance for working;• Daily log for work clearance and time terminated;• Log of any changes in work crew personnel;• Registration of briefing and initial clearance?

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6.7 Is lighting in work areas evenly distributed so that workers are not blinded by q q qlighting that is excessively bright or concentrated? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1,2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, Item 1.4.11]

Comments:

6.8 Have employees been informed in writing about their entitlement to conduct an q q qindividual inspection of the work premises, and of the specific rights andresponsibilities of the following individuals: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001,Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, Item 2.1.10]• The issuer of the work permit or assignment;• The clearance officer;• The works supervisor; and• The foreman or monitoring officer?

Comments:

6.9 Is a record of the work carried out under the work permit maintained in the q q q“Logbook for Operations under a Work Permit and by Assignment”? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules forElectrical Installations/Devices, Item 2.2.6] <RECORD KEEPING>

Comments:

6.10 If the facility has any installations operating at 1,000 V or less, is a work list q q qcontaining the following information compiled for any operations involving suchinstallations: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Items 2.4.1 - 2.4.5]<RECORD KEEPING>• All pre-authorized work during current operations that is permanently approved and does

not require additional directions, assignments or briefings;• An indication of the types of operations that are authorized for site personnel; and• The procedure for registering work authorized during current operations (e.g., notifying

superiors of the work and recording it in a logbook)?

Comments:



6.11 Does the facility ensure that the following measures take place at the completion of q q qan electrical installation operations project: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001,Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for ElectricalInstallations/Devices, Items 2.11.1 and 2.11.5] <RECORD KEEPING>• The foreman or monitoring officer ensures that the workers exit the site;• Temporary screens, grounding systems, and safety signs/flags are removed from the site;• The doors to the work area are locked;• The foreman or monitoring officer records the end of the project under his/her signature in

the work permit;• The works supervisor checks that the work is complete and records it in the logbook

described in Question 6.9; and• After an inspection of the work site, the completion of the project is recorded in the

“Logbook for Operations under a Work Permit and by Assignment,” as described inQuestion 6.9?

Comments:

6.12 When a work site is set up and the voltage is removed, does the facility take the q q qfollowing steps: [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, Approving RD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item 3.0, initialparagraph and Item 3.2.1]• Disconnects the voltage and ensures that switchgears cannot be inadvertently or

spontaneously activated;• Attaches warning notices to manual control actuators and remote control keys of the

switchgear, including the following:– Notices stating, “Do not switch on! Men at work!” (in Russian, “Не включать!

Работают люди!”) are hung as follows:• On the actuator of each pole for single pole circuit breakers;• Attached to the screening for actuators controlled by a tie-stick; and• Displayed where fuses have been removed for coupling circuits operating at 1,000 V or

less;– Signs stating, “Do not open! Persons working!” (in Russian, “Не открывать!

Работают люди”) are displayed on valves stopping airflow to pneumatic circuitbreakers; and

– Signs are displayed on keys and push-buttons of local and remote control systems,and on automatic devices where fuses in control circuits and power circuits supplyingswitchgear actuators have been removed;

• Confirms the absence of voltage in current-carrying components, and grounds thesecomponents to prevent electrical shock;

• Grounds the installation;• Hangs warning notices stating, “Grounded” (in Russian, “Заземлено”); and• Seals work sites, as necessary, where access to live components is possible?

Comments:



6.13 Is the absence of voltage confirmed by a voltage meter, and has the voltage meter q q qbeen tested for accuracy before use? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, ApprovingRD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item3.3.1]

Comments:

6.14 Are protective gloves worn when testing for voltage in electrical installations q q qoperating at greater than 1,000 V? [POT RM-016-2001 of July 1, 2001, ApprovingRD 153-34.0-03.150-00, Safety Rules for Electrical Installations/Devices, Item3.3.1]

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END OF AUDIT QUICK CHECK


SINGAPORE – SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE.





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Rulebook: Solid and Hazardous Waste.

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Y NRULEBOOK: Does the facility generate, collect, transport, treat, receive, store, dispose,import, export, supply, or sell any type of waste? q q.

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Y NSection 1: Does the facility generate, collect, transport, or offer for transport any type ofwaste or refuse? q qORDoes the facility have the potential to impact the cleanliness of any streets, waterways, orpublic places (including receptacles/dustbins in public places)?.

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Y NSection 2: Does the facility transport or offer for transport any Class D wastes?q qNote: “Class D” wastes include dangerous substances and toxic industrial wastes that have

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Y NSection 3: Has the facility constructed or does it currently operate a public disposal facility?q qOR

Has the facility been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to construct or operate a public disposal facility?.

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Y NSection 4: Is the facility engaged in the business of collecting, removing, transporting,storing, or importing refuse or waste of any description? q q.

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Y NSection 5: Does the facility collect or transport general wastes?q qNote 1: General wastes include the following:

• Inorganic waste, including construction debris, excavated earth, tree trunks, discardedfurniture, appliances, wooden crates, pallets, and other bulky items destined for disposal;

• Organic waste, including food and other putrefiable waste from domestic, trade, andindustrial premises, markets, and food centers; and

• Sludge from water treatment plants, grease interceptors, water-seal latrines, sewagetreatment plants, septic tanks, or other types of sewerage systems and waste from sanitaryconveniences in ships and aircraft.

Note 2: General waste does not include dangerous substances, hazardous substances listed inAppendix 5-B, “Hazardous Substances” of the “Water Resources” module (Section 5.0) of

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Y NSection 7: Does the facility generate, keep or use, or permit to be kept or used, on premisesany toxic industrial waste, dangerous substances, or residues from the treatment of any toxic q qwaste?ORDoes the facility generate industrial waste?ORDoes the facility supply or sell toxic industrial waste to a toxic industrial waste collector?ORDoes the facility handle or manage any hazardous waste?Note 1: “Toxic industrial waste” means any industrial waste that owing to its nature,composition, or quantity constitutes a danger to human health or the environment or thatcontains or may produce pathogens of transmissible diseases.Note 2: “Industrial waste” means any waste whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, that isproduced in the course of or is the waste product of any trade, business, manufacture, orbuilding construction, and includes toxic industrial waste and any dangerous substance..

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Y NSection 8: Does the facility generate, store, consign, own a consignment, collect, transport,treat, or dispose of any toxic industrial waste? q q.

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Y NSection 9: Does the facility receive or accept any toxic industrial waste for storage,reprocessing, usage, treatment, or disposal? q q.

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• A toxic industrial waste collector who transports toxic industrial waste; or• A facility that stores only wastes that it generates?

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Y NSection 12: Does the facility import or export hazardous waste or other waste into or out ofSingapore? q qORDoes the facility bring hazardous or other waste into Singapore in the course of carrying outa transit proposal?Note 1: In this rulebook section (protocol subsection), “hazardous waste” refers to thefollowing:• Waste that has any of the characteristics mentioned in Annex III to the Basel Convention;

or• Waste that belongs to any category contained in Annex I to the Basel Convention unless

it does not possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex III to that Convention.Note 2: “Other waste” means the following:• Household waste; or• Residues arising from the incineration of household waste.Note 3: Hazardous and other wastes do not include wastes that are derived from the normaloperations of a ship and radioactive wastes..

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Y NSection 13: Does the facility produce, keep, accumulate, transport, or dispose of anyradioactive waste? q qNote: “Radioactive waste” means any waste which consists wholly or partly of the following:• A substance or article that, if it were not waste, would be radioactive material; or• A substance or article that has been contaminated in the course of the production, keeping

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Key topics covered in this protocol section include the following:• General (Solid) Waste Requirements• Transportation of Class D Wastes• Public Disposal Facilities• Waste Management Services• Licensed General Waste Collectors• General Waste Generators• Toxic Industrial Waste Generators• Storage of Toxic Industrial Waste by Generators and Toxic Waste Collectors• Toxic Industrial Waste Collectors• Transport of Toxic Industrial Waste• Import of Toxic Industrial Waste• Import, Export and Transit of Hazardous and Other Waste• Radioactive Waste• Waste Recycling

Tables or Appendices referenced in the protocol are located at the end of this section. To access ouraudit scorecard, see the “Audit Quick Check” associated with this section of the protocol. Thisprotocol applies to facilities located throughout Singapore.

Most legislation referenced in this protocol section can be accessed by searching on the instrumentname at http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/home.w3p. Many standards and codes of practice can bepurchased from http://www.singaporestandardseshop.sg (both websites were last accessed in July2012).


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Primary Legislation

Subsidiary Legislation

Singapore - Solid and Hazardous Waste: Introduction


.Environmental Public Health Act (Act No. 14 of 1987), as last amended by the Criminal ProcedureCode 2010 (Act No. 15 of 2010), 1987 as amended through 2010. – This Act provides for theprevention of environmental pollution likely to be caused by the general public includinguncleanliness in public places and noise pollution. Only those aspects of the Act that pertain to wasteare addressed in this section of the protocol.

.Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act (Act No. 13 of 1997), as lastamended by the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2003 (Act No. 9 of 2003), 1997 asamended through 2003. – This Act sets forth the requirements for controlling the movement ofhazardous and other wastes in, through, and out of Singapore.

.Radiation Protection Act 2007 (Act No. 27 of 2007), 2007. – This Act was established to control andregulate the importation, manufacture, sale, disposal, transport, storage, possession and use ofradioactive materials and irradiating apparatus.

.Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970 (No. S. 46/70), as last amendedby the Environmental Public Health Act (Public Cleansing) Regulations 2011 (No. S. 596/2011),1970 as amended through 2011. – These Regulations require receptacles be placed in buildings oron land where by the nature of the trade, manufacture or business, trade refuse is produced.

.Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations (No. S. 111/88), 2000 RevisedEdition, as last amended by the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010 (No. S. 556/2010), 1988 (2000 Revised Edition) as amendedthrough 2010. – These Regulations set forth the requirements pertaining to toxic industrial wastegeneration, storage, handling, transportation, importation, disposal, testing and reporting, as well asthe licensing of collectors and safety precautions.

.Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations (No. S. 116/89), RevisedEdition 2000, as last amended by the Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection)(Amendment) Regulations 2010 (No. S. 557/2010), 1989 (2000 Revised Edition) as amendedthrough 2010. – These Regulations pertain to the generation, storage, handling, transport, anddisposal of general wastes, waste from grease interceptors, waste from sewerage systems, and wastefrom sanitary conveniences that are not part of a sewerage system.

.Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Regulations (No. S. 71/98), 2000 RevisedEdition, 1998 (2000 Revised Edition). – These Regulations specify certain activities for permitholders, such as verifying waste characteristics and record keeping.

.Hazardous Waste (Extended Meaning of Hazardous and Other Wastes - Indonesia) Notification2005 (No. S. 838/2005), 2005. – This Notification declares waste that is hazardous waste or otherwaste and establishes whether it may be exported or transported into Indonesia under the BaselConvention.


Mandatory Codes of Practice and Singapore Standards

Other Guidance Documents


.Hazardous Waste (Extended Meaning of Hazardous and Other Wastes - Malaysia) Notification2005 (No. S. 839/2005), 2005. – This Notification declares waste that is hazardous waste or otherwaste and establishes whether it may be exported or transported into Malaysia under the BaselConvention.

.Hazardous Waste (Extended Meaning of Hazardous and Other Wastes - Philippines) Notification2005 (No. S. 840/2005), 2005. – This Notification declares waste that is hazardous waste or otherwaste and establishes whether it may be exported or transported into the Philippines under the BaselConvention.

.Hazardous Waste (Extended Meaning of Hazardous and Other Wastes - Thailand) Notification2005 (No. S. 841/2005), 2005. – This Notification declares waste that is hazardous waste or otherwaste and establishes whether it may be exported or transported into Thailand under the BaselConvention.

Notes: Certain Codes of Practice are mandatory under legislation. The Code of Practice for LicensedGeneral Waste Collectors is mandatory under the Environmental Public Health (General WasteCollection) Regulations.

.Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Environmental Health Department, 2ndEd. 1999, as last amended in October 2008, 1999 as amended through October 2008. – This Codeprovides guidelines and advice to licensed general waste collectors for the handling and transportationof general waste. Licensed general waste collectors are expected to adhere to these guidelines so as toimprove the standard of their operations and raise the professionalism of their services.

Notes: Codes of Practice and Guidelines are issued by government departs to assist members of thepublic and industries in compliance matters. They contain administrative directions and practiceguidelines as well as legal requirements (e.g., emission standards) summarized in an easily readableformat. They are useful documents and may be considered “soft” laws because they containadministrative guidelines and requirements that need to be followed in order to obtain a permit orlicense. In the event of an accident or other mishap at a company, it may be difficult to establish thedefense of due diligence if the company failed to follow these guidelines.

.Code of Practice on Pollution Control, Ministry of the Environment, Pollution Control Department,3rd Ed. February 2001, as last amended in February 2009, February 2001 as amended throughFebruary 2009. – This Code was designed to advise developers, architects, engineers and the publicon pollution control requirements for the submission of development proposals and building plans. Itcontains provisions on obtaining approvals, licenses and permits for the operation of a factory. It alsospecifies pollution control requirements and guidelines for water, air and noise, as well as hazardoussubstance control, and toxic industrial waste control. Only those aspects of the Code that pertain totoxic industrial waste control are discussed in this section of the protocol.

.CP 100:2004 - Code of Practice for Hazardous Waste Management, 2004. – This Code sets out theprocedures and practices on safe management and handling of hazardous waste generated fromindustrial activities. It also sets out the key regulatory requirements for collection, transportation,storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes. This Code does not apply to bio-hazardous andradioactive wastes.



.Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Ministry of the Environment, Pollution ControlDepartment, 2005, as last amended in August 2010, 2005 as amended through August 2010. – ThisCode contains general refuse handling requirements.

This protocol section updates information contained in the prior version (2010). Specific additions,deletions, and other changes made relative to this earlier version of the protocol are summarized inAppendix 4-A.


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• Permits and licenses for waste management activities.• For generators of toxic industrial wastes, the register containing information on the toxic industrial

waste generated on-site.

• Copies of any notices that the facility has received requiring it to take specific actions related towaste management.

• For licensed general waste collectors, general waste collection records including a list of all clientsand waste collection information for each client.

• For licensed general waste collectors, copies of annual returns that are submitted to the WasteManagement Department (WMD).

• For generators of toxic industrial wastes, copies of any notifications submitted for any change orany exceedance related to the quantity, volume, concentration, or level of toxic industrial wasteproduced or generated on-site.

• Copies of waste transportation and disposal certificates for toxic industrial waste.• Previous audits of hazardous waste management activities.• Emergency action plan.• Training records for all personnel involved in the generation, collection, transportation, storage,

treatment, and disposal of toxic industrial waste.• For toxic industrial waste collectors, the register of information specified in the permit.• Copies of consignment notes and approvals for shipments of toxic industrial waste.• Copies of written permissions obtained for any imports if toxic industrial waste into Singapore.• A copy of any import permits, export permits, transit permits, Basel export permits, or special

permits related to the import or export of hazardous waste.• Movement documents and other notifications related to the import and export of hazardous waste.• Written consent or approvals obtained for the storage, transport, and/or disposal of radioactive

waste.



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NEA National Environmental AgencyOBLS Online Business Licensing ServicePPE Personal Protective EquipmentS$ Singapore dollarsWMD Waste Management Department


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Notes: The following definitions apply to the requirements in this protocol section:[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 2]; [Environmental Public Health (GeneralWaste Collection) Regulations, Regulation 2 and First Schedule] and [EnvironmentalPublic Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 2]

• “Building” includes any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purposeof human habitation or otherwise, and any structure, support or foundation connected to it;

• “Code of Practice” means a standard that:

– Sets out the method of equipment installation and the procedure to be followed for theefficient use and maintenance of such equipment;

– Recommends precautions to be taken in making, using and maintaining such equipment;or

– Specifies the measures or precautions to be taken in designing, planning andconstructing such equipment; (Notes: In the Environmental Public Health (GeneralWaste Collection) Regulations, a “Code of Practice” also means a Code of Practiceissued by the Commissioner (now referred to as Director-General of Public Health) andapplicable to every general waste collector);

• “Construction site” means any premises at which the following types of works are being,or are going to be, carried out:

– The erection, construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of buildings, structures orroads;

– The breaking up or opening of, or boring under, any road or adjacent land inconnection with the construction, inspection, maintenance or removal of works;

– Demolition or dredging works; or– Any other work of engineering construction;

• “Dangerous substance” means any of the following:

– Aquafortis (nitric acid); vitriol (sulfuric acid; any of the various sulfates of metal);naphtha benzine or benzene; gunpowder lucifer (a friction match) matches;nitroglycerine, and petroleum;

– Any explosive within the meaning of the Arms and Explosives Act (Cap. 13);– Any radioactive material within the meaning of the Radiation Protection Act 2007;– Any substance that owing to its nature, composition or quantity constitutes a danger to

property or human life or health; and– Such other substances that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to

be dangerous substance for the purpose of this Act;

• “Disposal facility” includes a recycling facility, a refuse disposal ground, any place usedfor the deposit of refuse or waste, an incinerator or any plant, machinery or apparatusused for the processing or treatment of refuse or waste;

• “General waste” means:

– Refuse or industrial waste, excluding any toxic industrial waste as listed in Appendix 4-B;

– Waste from grease interceptors;


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– Waste from sewerage systems, including waste from sewage treatment plants, septictanks and water-seal latrines;

– Waste from sanitary conveniences not part of a sewerage system, including waste fromsanitary conveniences that are mobile or in ships or aircraft;

– Dangerous substances that have been treated and rendered harmless and safe fordisposal; and

– Toxic industrial waste that has been treated and rendered harmless and safe fordisposal;

• “Generator” includes any person, whose actions or process produces toxic industrial wasteor whose act first causes toxic industrial waste to become subject to regulation (i.e.,exceeds the quantities specified in Appendix 4-B), or the owner or person having thecharge, management or control of a source of toxic industrial waste;

• “Industrial waste” means any waste whether solid, liquid or gaseous, that is produced inthe course of or is the waste product of any trade, business, manufacture or buildingconstruction, and includes toxic industrial waste and any dangerous substance;

• “Private street” means any street not being a public street;• “Public place” includes any place whether privately owned or not to which the public has

access;• “Public street” means any street over which the public has a right of way and any street

vested in the Government;• “Public waste collector licensee” means a person designated by the Director-General of

Public Health as a public waste collector licensee;• “Recyclable” means such refuse, waste or other material or thing as may be prescribed by

the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister of the Environment, tobe capable of being recycled or reused. “Recyclables” are specified in the First Scheduleto Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations and include thefollowing categories of products:

– Paper products;– Metal products;– Plastic products; and– Glass products;

• “Recycling facility” means any premises used for the sorting, segregation, processing ortreatment of refuse, waste or any other material or thing for the primary purpose ofrecycling or reuse;

• “S$” refers to Singapore dollars;• “Street” includes any road, flyover, square, footway, back-lane or passage, whether a

thoroughfare or not, over which the public has a right of way, and also the way over anypublic bridge, and also includes any road, car park, field, grass verge, footway or passage,open court or open alley used or intended to be used as a means of access to 2 or moreholdings, whether the public has a right of way or not; and all channels, drains, ditchesand reserves at the side of any street are considered to be part of the street;

• “Toxic industrial waste” means any industrial waste that owing to its nature, compositionor quantity constitutes a danger to human health or the environment or that contains ormay produce pathogens of transmissible diseases;


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• “Toxic industrial waste collector” is defined as any person who receives or accepts toxicindustrial waste for storage, reprocessing, use, treatment or disposal. The term does notinclude the carrier hired by the generator or toxic industrial waste collector to transporttoxic industrial waste;

• “Vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle or vehicle that is otherwise intendedor adapted for use on roads and includes a road tanker and a trailer which does not formpart of the vehicle;

• “Waste” includes the following:

– Any substance that constitutes a scrap material or an effluent or other unwantedsurplus substance arising from the application of any process;

– Any substance or article that is required to be disposed of as being broken, worn out,contaminated or otherwise spoiled; and

– And anything that is discarded or otherwise dealt with as if it were waste (which ispresumed to be waste unless the contrary is proved);

• “Waste collector licensee” means any person who is licensed by the Director-General ofPublic Health to collect and remove refuse and waste;

• “Waste disposal licensee” means any person who is licensed by the Director-General ofPublic Health to construct, establish, maintain or operate any disposal facility; and

• “Work place” means any premises or place used for any industrial, trade, commercial ormanufacturing purposes and includes all construction sites, work sites and farms.

Requirements related to transport of hazardous substances and radioactive materials arediscussed in Section 14.0 of this protocol.

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1.1 Does the facility ensure that it uses only a public waste collector service that has been licensedby the Director-General of Public Health (public waste collector licensee), for the collectionand removal of its refuse or general wastes and that the Director-General has specificallydesignated this service provider to service the facility? [Environmental Public Health Act,Section 31]Guide Note• A waste collector who collects toxic industrial wastes (see the List of Toxic Industrial Wastes set forth in

Appendix 4-B) must be licensed specifically as a toxic industrial waste collector. [Environmental PublicHealth (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 9]

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1.2 Does the facility comply with the following requirements pertaining to street cleanliness:[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 6(1&2)]• If the facility abuts any private street to which it has access or the right of access, it ensures

that any portion of the street that fronts, adjoins or abuts the facility (up to the center of thatstreet and including the footways/sidewalks), is properly swept and cleansed and watered,and that any refuse and filth are collected and removed; and

• It ensures that the immediate vicinity of the facility, including the footways/sidewalks andbackyards abutting it, and its airwells, courtyards and quadrangles, are kept clean and free ofrefuse, filth or other matter or any accumulation of water?



Guide Note• The Director-General of Public Health may issue a notice in writing requiring the facility to sweep, cleanse

and water the street and collect and remove the refuse, filth and other matter found on the street at the time ortimes that are stated in the notice. [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 6(3)]

• “Footway” includes footways and verandah-ways located at the sides of streets. [Environmental Public HealthAct, Section 2]

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1.3 Does the facility ensure that it does not deposit, or cause or permit to be deposited, any dung,nightsoil, human excreta, industrial waste, stable refuse or garden refuse in any dustbin orreceptacle placed by the Director-General of Public Health in any public street, with theexception of garden refuse comprised of material such as grass and small twigs?[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 7]Guide Note• “Garden refuse” means the refuse from garden and agricultural operations. [Environmental Public Health Act,

Section 2].

1.4 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to periodically remove and dispose of any wastes, has the facility complied with theconditions set forth in the notice, and has it furnished the Director-General with evidence thatcompliance with all conditions has been achieved? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section9].

1.5 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to provide, construct or reconstruct (at the expense of the facility) either of thefollowing, has it complied with all conditions set forth in the notice: [Environmental PublicHealth Act, Section 10]• Dustbins or other convenient receptacles that conform to specifications the Director-General

may require, are placed in appropriate locations within the facility as specified by theDirector-General, for the deposit of refuse and rubbish from the facility;

• Refuse bin centers or refuse bin compartments that conform to specifications the Director-General may require, are located within the facility as specified by the Director-General;and

• Receptacles that conform to specifications the Director-General may require are placed inappropriate locations within the premises, as specified by the Director-General, for thedeposit of recyclables?

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1.6 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to maintain, repair or replace any refuse lift, refuse chute, or chute chamber in thebuilding where the facility is located, or to change the dimensions of any refuse lift, refusechute or chute chamber, has it complied with the conditions set forth in the notice?[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 11].

1.7 Does the facility ensure that it does not conduct any of the following prohibited activities:[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 17]• Deposit, drop, place or throw any dust, dirt, paper, ash, carcass, refuse, box, barrel, bale or

any other article or thing in any public place;• Keep or leave any article or thing whatsoever in any place where it or its particles have

passed or are likely to pass into any public place;• Dry any article of food or any other article or thing in any public place;



• Place, scatter, spill or throw any blood, brine, noxious liquid, swill or any other offensive orfilthy matter of any kind in such a manner as to run or fall into any public place;

• Beat, clean, shake, sieve or otherwise agitate any ash, hair, feathers, lime, sand, waste paperor other substance in such a manner that it is carried or likely to be carried by the wind toany public place;

• Throw or leave behind any bottle, can, food container, food wrapper, glass, particles of foodor any other article or thing in any public place;

• Spit any substance or expel mucus from the nose upon or onto any street or any publicplace;

• Discard or abandon in any public place any motor vehicle whose registration has beencancelled, any furniture or any other bulky article; or

• Drop, deposit or throw any refuse or any other matter or thing in any channel, drain, lake,reservoir, river, stream or watercourse or upon the bank of any part of these or in any partof the sea abutting on the foreshore?

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1.8 Does the facility ensure that it does not conduct any of the following prohibited activities inany public place (whether from a moving or stationary vehicle or in any other manner):[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 19]• Drop, scatter, spill or throw any noxious liquid, dirt, sand, earth, gravel, clay, loam, manure,

refuse, sawdust, shavings, stone, straw or any other similar matter or thing; or• Cause or permit any noxious liquid, dirt, sand, earth, gravel, clay, loam, manure, refuse,

sawdust, shavings, stone, straw or any other similar matter or thing to be dropped, scattered,spilled or thrown?

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1.9 Does the facility ensure that it prohibits the dumping or disposal of any refuse, waste, or anyother article from a vehicle into a public place? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section20].

1.10 Does the facility ensure that its refuse collection system meets the following requirements:[Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation 1.1]• Is mechanized where possible;• Is designed to provide a minimal level of nuisance to occupants and neighboring premises;

and• Is adequate in size to meet the anticipated refuse output?

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1.11 Are refuse chutes provided for buildings taller than 4 stories so that occupants need not have tobring their refuse into lifts or walk down the stairs with it, and do they meet the followingrequirements: [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation 1.3]• The cross-sectional area of the chute is not less than 0.3 m2;• The chute terminates at the roof of a building;• The chute is ventilated at the top with at least two openings of not less than 0.1 m2 each,

and this top section is accessible for maintenance;• Ventilation openings are located at least 2.1 m above roof level; and• There is a system to wash and flush the whole length of the chute, and the control valve for

the flushing system is located at the chamber level if possible?.



1.12 Does the facility ensure that a refuse chute chamber is located at the bottom of a chute andhouses a bin? [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation 1.4].

1.13 Are the refuse chute and its chamber suitably located to facilitate easy and nuisance-freeremoval of refuse? [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation 1.4].

1.14 Does the refuse chute chamber meet the following requirements: [Code of Practice onEnvironmental Health, Regulation 1.4]• Is large enough to house a wheeled refuse bin with cover, which can contain at least one

day of refuse output from all the premises connected to the chute;• The walls are lined with tiles or other impervious materials;• The floor is recessed at least 100 mm below the apron area and is graded towards a gully

connected to a sewer; and• An airtight non-corrosive flap door is provided?

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1.15 Is a refuse room located at the bottom of a chute and does it house a large container or amechanical refuse handling equipment? [Code of Practice on Environmental Health,Regulation 1.5].

1.16 Is refuse collected in the container conveyed directly into a refuse collection vehicle, whichbacks up to the refuse room? [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation 1.5].

1.17 Does the refuse room meet the following requirements: [Code of Practice on EnvironmentalHealth, Regulation 1.5]• Is large enough to accommodate two days of refuse output from all the premises connected

or served by the chute;• Access to the refuse room is such that a refuse collection vehicle can make a three-point

turn to back up into the entrance of the room;• The walls are lined with tiles or other impervious materials;• The floor is graded towards a gully or floor trap connected to sewer;• A water tap is provided; and• The refuse room is rendered pest-proof against birds and rodents?

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1.18 Is a bin center that meets the following requirements provided when the amount of refuseoutput exceeds 1,000 liters/day: [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation 1.6]• Is sited so as to minimize nuisance to neighboring premises and to be accessible to a refuse

collection vehicle, providing an adequate turning area where necessary;• Is large enough to house the daily output of refuse from the proposed development and is

designed for bulk bin access from within the development;• Where the daily refuse is 4,000 liters or more, a roll-off compactor or dust screw compactor

is provided;• The walls are lined with tiles or other impervious materials;• The floor is graded towards a gully or floor-trap connected to sewer;• A roof with no gutters is provided, and has an adequate gradient to avoid the stagnation of

water and prevent mosquito breeding;• The bin center is adequately ventilated and rendered pest-proof against birds and rodents;



• The entrance and ventilation openings of the bin center face away from any residentialpremises in the vicinity; and

• Aesthetic screening is provided where practical, to further minimize nuisances?.

1.19 Where a pneumatic refuse conveyance system (i.e., vacuum station system or vacuum trucksystem) is adopted, does the facility comply with the following requirements: [Code of Practiceon Environmental Health, Regulation 1.7]• The ventilation, air intake and air outlet units are sited to minimize nuisance to neighboring

premises;• The refuse storage capacity is two days of refuse output;• Refuse collection and storage facilities are accessible to refuse collection vehicles, and are

sited to minimize nuisance to neighboring premises;• Adequate measures are taken to minimize noise nuisances resulting from the operation of

the system;• Adequate measures are provided to remove dust and smell from the air used for refuse

conveyance before it is discharged into the atmosphere; and• The discharge point is away from the neighboring premises?Guide Note• Question 1.20 through Question 1.22 apply to occupiers of any building or land which, by the nature of the

trade, manufacture or business, produces trade refuse. [Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing)Regulations 1970, Regulation 4(1)]

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1.20 Does the facility provide one or more sound and sufficient covered receptacles for trade refuse?[Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970, Regulation 4(1)]Guide Note• The receptacle shape, size, design, and material must be approved by the Director-General of Environmental

Protection. [Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970, Regulation 4(1)]• The Regulations do not provide a definition for “sound and sufficient.”

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1.21 Does the facility ensure refuse and receptacles are handled as follows: [Environmental PublicHealth (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970, Regulations 2 through 4]• Kept in good repair and replaced when necessary;• Refuse, rubbish or other matter or things are discarded only in a receptacle;• Contents are not dropped, spilled or scattered; and• Placed so that receptacles are readily emptied and the contents removed?

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1.22 If the facility has a chute and chute chamber, are they maintained as follows: [EnvironmentalPublic Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970, Regulation 5]• In clean and sanitary condition;• In good repair and replaced when necessary;• Sufficient, adequate and suitable refuse bins or receptacles are provided in the chute

chamber to receive the refuse as it arrives at the bottom of the refuse chute;• The door to the chute chamber is kept closed at all times except when the chute chamber is

being emptied, cleaned, maintained, or repaired; and• Refuse is removed not later than 7 a.m. each day or at such other time specified by the

Director-General of Environmental Protection or an authorized officer?.


2. Transportation of Class D Wastes

3. Public Disposal Facilities

4. Waste Management Services


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2.1 Does the facility ensure that general wastes listed as Class D wastes are transported by tankertrucks or other vehicles that are permitted by the Director-General of Public Health?[Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations, Regulation 10]Guide Note• “Class D” wastes include the following: [Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection)

Regulations, Second Schedule]– Dangerous substances that have been treated and rendered harmless and safe for disposal; and– Toxic industrial waste that has been treated and rendered harmless and safe for disposal.

• Where any Class D waste is being transported in a tanker truck or other vehicle, the waste transport licenseemust ensure that the appropriate hazard warning labels, as specified by the Director-General in the Code ofPractice, are displayed on the windscreen of the tanker truck or vehicle. [Environmental Public Health(General Waste Collection) Regulations, Regulation 11]

• A licensee must label both sides of his skip container with such information as specified by the Director-General of Public Health in the Code of Practice. [Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection)Regulations, Regulation 13]

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3.1 If the facility has constructed or established, or currently maintains or operates any publicdisposal facility, has it obtained a waste disposal license granted by the Director-General ofPublic Health for the activity, and does it comply with all conditions specified in the license?[Environmental Public Health Act, Sections 22 and 23]Guide Note• The Director-General may require any waste disposal licensee to render a payment upon the granting of a

license, or periodic payments during the currency of the license, or both, of an amount or amounts that theDirector-General determines. [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 23(4)]

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3.2 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to construct, establish, maintain or operate any public disposal facility, has thefacility done so and does it use, work, and operate the public disposal facility in accordancewith the conditions specified by the Director-General? [Environmental Public Health Act,Sections 11(6) and 11(7)]

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4.1 If the facility carries out the business of collecting, removing, transporting, storing or importingrefuse or waste of any description, did it first obtain a waste collector license from theDirector-General of Public Health for the specific activity conducted? [Environmental PublicHealth Act, Section 31]Guide Note• The Director-General may require any licensee to render a payment on the grant of a license, or such periodic

payments during the currency of the license, or both, of such amount or amounts as the Director-General maydetermine through the license. [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 31(5)]

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4.2 If the facility carries out the business of collecting or transporting refuse or waste of anydescription, does it ensure that the refuse or waste or liquid from such refuse or waste is notdropped, scattered, or spilled onto any public place? [Environmental Public Health Act,Section 31(7)]

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Notes: The following types of waste are not considered general waste: dangerous substances,hazardous substances (listed in Appendix 5-B in Section 5.0 of this protocol), or toxicindustrial waste (listed in Appendix 4-B). [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 2.1.2]

The following definitions apply to this subsection: [Code of Practice for Licensed GeneralWaste Collectors, Section 2] and [Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection)Regulations, Second Schedule]

• “General waste” means waste that falls into any of the following three categories orcombinations of the categories:

– “Type A waste” means inorganic waste and includes construction debris, excavatedearth, tree trunks, discarded furniture, appliances, wooden crates, pallets, and otherbulky items destined for disposal;

– “Type B waste” means organic waste and includes food and other putrefiable wastefrom domestic, trade, and industrial premises, markets, and food centers; and

– “Type C waste” includes sludge from water treatment plants, grease interceptors,water-seal latrines, sewage treatment plants, septic tanks, or other types of seweragesystems and waste from sanitary conveniences in ships and aircraft;

• “General waste collector” means any person or company licensed under theEnvironmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations to collect andtransport general waste to a disposal facility;

• “Incinerable waste” means waste that can be incinerated without causing pollution to theenvironment or damage to the incineration plant;

• “Non-incinerable waste” means waste that cannot be incinerated because burning itproduces excessive pollution or damage to the equipment in the incineration plant; and

• “Recyclables” are as defined under the First Schedule of the Environmental Public Health(General Waste Collection) Regulations (see the definitions at the beginning of thisprotocol section).

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5.1 If the facility collects or transports general waste, does it hold a General Waste CollectorLicense issued by the National Environmental Agency (NEA)? [Code of Practice for LicensedGeneral Waste Collectors, Section 3.1]Guide Note• There are three classes of General Waste Collector Licenses. Each class allows the licensed collector to

collect a specific type of general waste as follows: [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors,Section 3.3]– Class A License: Type A waste only;– Class B License: Type B waste only; and– Class C License: Type C waste only.

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5.2 If the facility is a licensed general waste collector, does it ensure that its license is renewedbefore expiration and that if the license has been suspended or canceled, the facility does notconduct waste collection operations? [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 3.2].

5.3 If the facility is a licensed general waste collector, does it hold the correct class of license forthe type of waste that it collects? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors,Section 3.4]Guide Note• For definitions of the classes of General Waste Collector Licenses, see the note to Question 5.1.• A general waste collector may apply for or hold more than one class of license at any one time. Application

for a license must be made through the Online Business Licensing Service (OBLS). [Code of Practice forLicensed General Waste Collectors, Section 3.4]

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5.4 If the facility is a general waste collector, has it opened a disposal account with the NEA forthe disposal of waste at public disposal facilities? [Code of Practice for Licensed GeneralWaste Collectors, Section 3.5]Guide Note• With a disposal account, the general waste collector will be billed every two weeks or monthly for the general

waste disposed of at the public disposal facilities. The application form can be downloaded from the NEAwebsite at: http://www.nea.gov.sg/cms/esd/Appl_for_Disposal_Acct.pdf (last accessed in July 2012). [Codeof Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 3.5]

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5.5 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that only those vehicles, containers, andequipment approved and listed in the license are used for waste collection? [Code of Practicefor Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 4.1].

5.6 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that approval from the Director-General ofPublic Health is obtained before placing any additional vehicle into service for wastecollection? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 4.2]Guide Note• The application form to register additional vehicles or to de-register vehicles no longer in use can be

downloaded from the NEA website at http://www.nea.gov.sg/cms/esd/Appl_for_Regis_n_Deregis_of_Vehicles.pdf (last accessed in July 2012). [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section4.2]

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5.7 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that the vehicles, containers, and equipmentused to store, collect, and transport waste are suitably designed, kept clean, and maintained ingood working condition at all times? [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 4.3]Guide Note• The terms “suitably designed” and “good working condition” are not defined.

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5.8 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that only one type of waste is collected foreach collection trip of a refuse vehicle? [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 5.1]Guide Note• For each collection trip, a refuse vehicle must only collect and transport one type of waste as specified by the

class of license held by the general waste collector. If the general waste collector holds more than one class oflicense, different types of wastes must be collected and transported separately in accordance with the separatelicense requirements. [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 5.1]

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5.9 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that waste is screened and separated intoincinerable and non-incinerable waste and recyclables? [Code of Practice for LicensedGeneral Waste Collectors, Section 5.2]Guide Note• A complete list of non-incinerable waste is included in Appendix 4-C.

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5.10 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that only incinerable waste is sent toincineration plants for disposal? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors,Section 5.3].

5.11 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that non-incinerable waste is taken to TuasMarine Transfer Station or another place specified by the Commission for disposal? [Code ofPractice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 5.4].

5.12 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that recyclables are sent to recycling facilitiesfor recycling? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 5.5].

5.13 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that incinerable and non-incinerable waste isnot mixed for disposal? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section5.6].

5.14 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that the general waste transported to publicdisposal facilities does not contain hazardous or explosive substances? [Code of Practice forLicensed General Waste Collectors, Section 5.7].

5.15 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that all vehicles, skip containers, mobilecompactors and equipment used to transport waste are labeled for easy identification and thatskip containers and mobile compactors are labeled on both sides with the name, address, andcontact number of the licensee as specified in Appendix 4-D? [Code of Practice for LicensedGeneral Waste Collectors, Section 6.1].

5.16 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that all labels conform to the minimumdimensions specified in Appendix 4-D, and that the lettering meets the following requirements:[Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 6.2]• Is indelible and weather resistant; and• The labeling area is clean and not obstructed from view?

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5.17 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that the loading of waste occurs inside the bincenter if the center is of sufficient height to allow it? [Code of Practice for Licensed GeneralWaste Collectors, Section 7.1].

5.18 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that refuse conveyed in open trucks isproperly covered with a tarpaulin or canvas to ensure that no refuse spills onto the road?[Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 7.2].

5.19 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that spillage of waste or the discharge ofsewage water onto public places does not occur? [Code of Practice for Licensed GeneralWaste Collectors, Section 7.3].

5.20 Does the licensed general waste collector fully comply with the conditions and procedures setout in Appendix 4-E for the disposal of general wastes at incineration plants and transferstations? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 8.1].

5.21 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that general waste is only disposed of atgovernment-owned incineration plants and refuse transfer stations, and that recyclables are sentto recycling facilities? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 9.1]Guide Note• Disposal of general wastes at any unauthorized disposal facility is considered illegal dumping. [Code of

Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 9.2]• Illegal dumping is a serious offence under the Environmental Public Health Act. An offender is liable to

fines and/or jail sentences. The company that employs the offender may also have its General Waste CollectorLicense suspended or revoked. [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 9.3]

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5.22 Does the licensed general waste collector keep and maintain proper daily records on the generalwaste collection service rendered by the collector or his or her company and make theserecords available for inspection upon request by any authorized NEA officers? [Code ofPractice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 10.1] <RECORD KEEPING>.

5.23 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that the general waste collection records keptinclude the following: [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 10.2]<RECORD KEEPING>

• A complete list of clients (i.e., name and address of companies/premises where the waste iscollected); and

• The following information on each of the clients:– Frequency of collection (e.g., daily, alternate days, weekly, etc.);– Type and quantity of receptacles for the deposit of recyclables;– Type of waste collected;– Weight of waste per collection;– Location of where the waste is disposed of (e.g., Senoko Incineration Plant, Tuas Marine

Transfer Station, recycling facilities, etc.);– The vehicle or container used for collection of the waste (i.e., registration number of the

vehicle/company identification number of the container); and– The driver who serves the client?

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6. General Waste Generators

7. Toxic Industrial Waste Generators


5.24 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that annual return is submitted to the head ofthe Waste Management Department (WMD) upon renewal of the license? [Code of Practicefor Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 10.3]Guide Note• This submittal must be provided to the WMD through the Online Business Licensing Service (OBLS). [Code

of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 10.3].

5.25 If the facility is a licensed waste collector, does it ensure that drivers and employees are fullybriefed and trained so that they are conversant with the following information: [Code ofPractice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 11.1]• The requirements of the Environmental Public Health Act and the Environmental Public

Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations on waste collection, transportation, anddisposal;

• The types of waste that are incinerable and non-incinerable, and the types that arerecyclable;

• The requirement that incinerable and non-incinerable waste and recyclables not be mixed;• The types of waste carried on each trip; and• The procedures to follow in case of spillage?

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5.26 Does the licensed waste collector ensure that drivers and employees are constantly reminded oftheir responsibilities and the penalties that will be imposed if they are caught dumping wasteillegally? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 11.2]

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6.1 If the facility is a general waste generator, does it ensure that it cooperates fully with generalwaste collectors by segregating incinerable waste, non-incinerable waste and recyclables?[Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 12.2]Guide Note• The general waste collector may require the general waste generator to use separate containers for separate

storage of the segregated waste. [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 12.2].

6.2 If the facility is a general waste generator, does it follow the guidelines in Appendix 4-F tohelp facilitate the work of the general waste collector? [Code of Practice for Licensed GeneralWaste Collectors, Section 12.1]

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Notes: The term “toxic industrial waste” is defined as any industrial waste which, owing to itsnature, composition or quantity, constitutes a danger to human health or the environment, orwhich contains or may produce pathogens of transmissible diseases. [Environmental PublicHealth Act, Section 2]

The Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations’ List of ToxicIndustrial Wastes is provided in Appendix 4-B. This list sets forth prescribed quantitiespertaining to the generation and transportation of toxic industrial waste.

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7.1 If the facility generates, keeps or uses, or permits to be kept or used, toxic industrial waste onthe premises, did it perform the following prior to conducting such operations: [EnvironmentalPublic Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 8]; [Code of Practice onPollution Control, Section 6(a)] and [CP 100:2004, Section 4.5]• Obtain permission from the Director-General of Public Health to operate on-site disposal

facilities; or• Engage a toxic industrial waste collector that is licensed by the Pollution Control

Department to dispose of the waste?.

7.2 If the facility generates toxic industrial wastes, does it notify the Director-General of PublicHealth of the following: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations,Regulation 4]• Any change in the type or nature of toxic industrial waste being produced or generated at

the premises; or• Any exceedance in the quantity, volume, concentration or level of toxic industrial waste

produced or generated on-site of the amount prescribed in the second column of Appendix4-B, List of Toxic Industrial Wastes, and the action that will or has taken place in responseto the change?

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7.3 If the facility supplies or sells toxic industrial waste to a toxic industrial waste collector, doesthe facility give the collector all necessary information to conduct the storage, treatment,reprocessing, or disposal of the toxic industrial waste in a proper and safe manner?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 5]Guide Note• The Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations do not define “all necessary

information” as used above. The phrase is interpreted to include all information in the consignment note thatwould typically assist the toxic industrial waste collector. Such disclosure would include informationnecessary to characterize the waste for appropriate treatment and disposal.

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7.4 Does the facility ensure the industrial wastes generated on-site are only disposed of at a publicdisposal facility or a disposal facility approved by the Director-General of Public Health?[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 24].

7.5 Does the facility maintain a register that contains the following information regarding the toxicindustrial waste generated on-site: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 6] and [CP 100:2004, Section 4.4] <RECORD KEEPING>

• The type and quantity generated;• The manner of disposal;• The date and quantity supplied or sold to a toxic industrial waste collector;• The name and address of the toxic industrial waste collector; and• The quantity held in storage?Guide Note• In addition, the register should also include the location of disposal, the waste transportation and disposal

certificates, and identification of the employee/s responsible for the waste disposal. The documentation shouldbe retained for a minimum of 5 years. [CP 100:2004, Section 8]

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7.6 Does the facility update the toxic industrial waste register on a weekly basis (or as otherwisespecified by the Director-General of Public Health) and keep the register for the period of timespecified by the Director-General? [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 6] <RECORD KEEPING>Guide Note• The Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulations 4, 5, and 6 (discussed

above) do not apply to generators operating on-site disposal facilities that have been permitted by the Director-General of Public Health for the treatment or recycling of toxic industrial waste produced on the premises sothat no toxic industrial waste is transported off the premises for disposal. [Environmental Public Health(Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 7]

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7.7 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to periodically remove industrial waste from the facility to a disposal facility, has itcomplied with the conditions set forth in the notice? [Environmental Public Health Act,Section 26].

7.8 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to furnish the Director-General with any information on the amount, type, andnature of any industrial waste produced at the facility as well as any other information, has itcomplied with the conditions set forth in the notice? [Environmental Public Health Act,Section 27].

7.9 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to recycle or treat any industrial waste found or produced at the facility (and at thefacility’s expense) before it is brought to any disposal facility for disposal, has it complied withthe conditions set forth in the notice? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 28].

7.10 If the facility is in possession of any dangerous substance or toxic industrial waste (as definedin above-listed definitions note) or the residue from the treatment of any toxic waste, does itensure that any such substances or wastes are only brought to a disposal facility for disposalafter obtaining written permission from the Director-General of Public Health and, furthermore,does it comply with all conditions specified in the license? [Environmental Public Health Act,Section 29]Guide Note• In granting this permission, the Director-General of Public Health may, by notice in writing, require the

facility to treat such substance or waste at its expense before it is brought to any disposal facility for disposal.[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 29(3)]

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7.11 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public Healthrequiring it to conduct the following activities with any toxic industrial waste, has it compliedwith the written notice: [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 30]• Alter the method of operation or process used in the work place;• Alter, install, repair or replace any device, equipment or plant used in the work place;• Use other materials or substances other than those used in the work place; or• Take such other steps as may be necessary to reduce the quantity or toxicity of such waste?

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8. Storage of Toxic Industrial Waste by Generators and Toxic Waste Collectors


7.12 Does the facility ensure that the following safety precautions pertaining to toxic industrialwaste management are in place: [CP 100:2004, Section 4.2.1]• Safe work procedures are implemented that include the following components:

– Identification of hazards to which persons at the workplace could be exposed;– Identification of injury or harm that could arise from the hazards identified;– Provision of personal protective equipment (PPE); and– Safety precautions to be taken in the course of work and during an emergency;

• Persons involved in hazardous waste management are familiar with the safe workprocedures; and

• Measures are taken to reduce and, where possible, eliminate the hazards identified in thesafe work procedures, and to inform all persons handling the hazardous waste of the meansto reduce and eliminate the hazards?

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7.13 Does the facility conduct an audit once every two years, or at a frequency prescribed by theregulatory requirement to identify potential gaps in the handling and management of hazardouswaste? [CP 100:2004, Sections 7 and 7.2]Guide Note• While no specific regulations or intervals are specified in CP 100:2004, see Section 10.0 of this protocol for

information on the Workplace Safety and Health (Safety and Health Management System and Auditing)Regulations 2009.

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7.14 Does the facility ensure that it does not sell, or permit to be supplied or sold, any toxicindustrial waste to any unlicensed toxic industrial waste collector? [Environmental PublicHealth (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 33]

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8.1 Does the facility ensure that toxic industrial wastes are only stored in the following types ofcontainers: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation34]• Containers designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with a Code of Practice

approved by the Director-General of Public Health;• Containers stored in an area into which entry is restricted to authorized personnel; and• Containers labeled with the appropriate hazard warning sign as prescribed in a Code of

Practice approved by the Director-General of Public Health?.

8.2 Does the facility ensure that different types of toxic industrial waste are not mixed, and thattoxic industrial wastes are not mixed with non-toxic industrial wastes unless the mixing is partof a process approved by the Director-General of Public Health? [Environmental PublicHealth (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 35].

8.3 Does the facility ensure that every agent and employee conducts the on-site use and storage oftoxic industrial waste in a manner that does not threaten the health or safety of any person, orcause pollution of the environment? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 25];[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 36] and [CP100:2004, Section 4.2.1].


9. Toxic Industrial Waste Collectors


8.4 Does the facility, whether a generator, consignor or owner of any consignment of toxicindustrial waste, maintain an up-to-date emergency action plan detailing the procedures to befollowed if toxic industrial waste spills or leaks during transportation, storage, reprocessing ortreatment? [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation38(1a)] <RECORD KEEPING>Guide Note• “Consignor” is defined as any person who presents any load of toxic industrial wastes for transport, or on

whose behalf such consignment is presented. [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 2]

• This Regulation did not prescribe a specified period for the review and revision of the action plan to ensure theplan is up-to-date. However, the facility should review or revise the action plan periodically, or at least onceevery year, or whenever there are changes in the nature of its businesses and activities or relevant regulatoryrequirements. [CP 100:2004, Section 4.6.2]

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8.5 Does the facility, whether a generator, consignor or owner of any consignment of toxicindustrial waste, ensure that the facility’s agents and employees have received instruction andtraining that enables them to implement the emergency action plan in the event of an accidentor emergency involving toxic industrial waste stored, reprocessed, treated or transported?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 38(1b)].

8.6 Does the facility conduct a regular exercise of all parts of its toxic industrial waste emergencyaction plan to ensure the effectiveness of the plan, and to ensure that the emergency respondersare operationally ready at all times? [CP 100:2004, Section 4.6.4].

8.7 Does the facility ensure that all personnel involved in the generation, collection, transportation,storage, treatment and disposal of toxic industrial waste are properly trained, and that they areequipped with the appropriate knowledge and skills to work safely? [CP 100:2004, Section 6]

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Notes: This subsection applies to any person who receives or accepts any toxic industrialwaste for storage, reprocessing, usage, treatment or disposal. This subsection does not applyto a carrier engaged by a generator, a toxic industrial waste collector to transport toxicindustrial waste, or a facility that only stores waste that it alone generates. [EnvironmentalPublic Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulations 2 and 9]

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9.1 If the facility receives or accepts any toxic industrial waste for storage, reprocessing, use,treatment or disposal, has it obtained a toxic industrial waste collector’s license?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 9] and[Code of Practice on Pollution Control, Section 6(c)].

9.2 Does the licensed toxic industrial waste collector receive, accept or deal only in the type oftoxic industrial waste for which he is licensed? [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 13(3)].


10. Transport of Toxic Industrial Waste


9.3 Does the licensed toxic industrial waste collector first obtain the written permission of theDirector-General of Public Health if he performs any of the following installation, construction,or alteration projects? [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations,Regulation 10]• Installs, constructs or alters any equipment for the reprocessing, treatment, storage or

disposal of toxic industrial waste;• Alters the method of operation of any waste reprocessing, treatment, storage, or disposal

process involving toxic industrial waste; or• Alters the type of toxic industrial waste being reprocessed, treated, stored, or disposed on

the premises?Guide Note• The written permission of the Director-General is not required if the installation, construction or alteration is

performed only for the purpose of general facility maintenance. [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 10]

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9.4 Prior to receiving or accepting toxic industrial waste, does the toxic industrial waste collectorobtain and verify all relevant information regarding the waste that will enable him to conductthe proper and safe storage, treatment, reprocessing or disposal of the toxic industrial waste?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 11].

9.5 Does the toxic industrial waste collector prepare a register in the format, and maintain theregister for the duration of time, as specified in his Toxic Industrial Waste Collector’s license?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 12] and[Code of Practice on Pollution Control, Section 6(c)]<RECORD KEEPING>

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10.1 If the facility consigns toxic industrial waste for off-site transport, does the facility perform thefollowing activities prior to consigning a shipment of toxic industrial waste: [EnvironmentalPublic Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulations 16 and 17] and [CP100:2004, Section 4.7]• Obtains the Director-General of Public Health’s approval in writing to conduct the proposed

transport of waste;• Ensures that the container, tank container, freight container or road tanker to be used for the

transportation of the toxic industrial waste is designed, constructed and maintained inaccordance with a Code of Practice approved by the Director-General;

• Gives one copy of the prepared consignment note to the consignor, who transmits the copyto the driver before transportation of the toxic industrial waste begins; and

• Submits the consignment note electronically as follows:– To the consignee; and– To the Director-General within three days of the transportation of the waste?

Guide Note• Regulations 16 and 17 only apply to the transport, or consigning for transport, of toxic industrial waste in

quantities exceeding those specified in the third column of the List of Industrial Toxic Wastes (Appendix 4-B).[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 20]



• “Carrier” is defined as any person undertaking the transport of toxic industrial waste and includes both carriersfor hire and carriers on their own account. [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 2]

• “Consignor” is defined as any person who presents any load of toxic industrial wastes for transport, or onwhose behalf such consignment is presented. [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 2]

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10.2 If the facility consigns toxic industrial waste, does it provide the following information in thetransport documents: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations,Regulation 24]• A statement regarding safety requirements;• Supplementary operational requirements for loading, unloading, transport, storage, handling,

and stowage, or a statement that no supplementary operational requirements are necessary;• Restrictions, if any, on the mode of transport and any necessary routing instructions;• Emergency action plans;• Indication(s) of the general nature of the risk involved and safety precautions to be taken

when handling the toxic industrial waste; and• A declaration that states that the contents of the consignment are properly described by

name, are properly marked, labeled, and packaged, and are in a proper condition fortransport and which contains the original or stamped facsimile signature of the consignor orowner of the consignment of toxic industrial waste and the date of signature?

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10.3 Before any toxic industrial waste is transported, does the facility give the driver of the vehicleused to transport the waste a copy of the statement referred to in Question 10.2 (Regulation 24of the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations) and ensure that thedriver is adequately trained/instructed to carry out the instructions contained in the statement?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 25].

10.4 Does the facility ensure that it does not transport any toxic industrial waste exceeding thequantities as specified in the third column of Appendix 4-B except at such times and alongsuch routes as may be prescribed by the Director-General? [Environmental Public Health(Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 27].

10.5 If the facility consigns toxic industrial waste for transport in a road tanker, a freight containeror a tank container, or in any other vehicle, does it ensure that the appropriate hazard warningpanel or label as prescribed in the code of labeling specified by the Director-General isdisplayed on the road tanker, freight container, tank container or on any other vehicle, and thatthe panel or label meets the following requirements: [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 28(1)]• Is weather resistant and indelibly marked;• Is either rigid or fixed to be rigid;• Is marked on or securely attached to the vehicle, freight container or tank container in a

substantially vertical plane and, if the means of attachment is by a frame, that frame carriesno other hazard warning panels; and

• Is kept clean and free from obstruction, except that a rear panel or label may be mountedbehind a ladder of light construction which does not prevent the information on the panel orlabel from being easily read?


11. Import of Toxic Industrial Waste

12. Import, Export and Transit of Hazardous and Other Waste


Guide Note• Where a multi-load is transported in a compartmented tank container or freight container, or in separate tanks

or compartments of a tank in a road tanker, the facility must ensure that each tank or compartment whichcontains a toxic industrial waste is provided with and displays the appropriate hazard warning panel or labelprescribed in the code of labeling specified by the Director-General. [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 28(2)]

• See Section 14.0 of this protocol for additional requirements regarding transportation of hazardous substances(including toxic industrial waste) and marking of transport vehicles.

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10.6 Does the facility ensure that each hazard warning panel or label referenced in Question 10.5meets the following requirements: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 28(3)]• Is displayed on the road tanker, freight container, tank container or other vehicle at all times

when any toxic industrial waste is being transported; and• Is removed when the road tanker, freight container, tank container or other vehicle is not

used for transporting any toxic industrial waste?.

10.7 If the facility consigns toxic industrial waste for transport, does it take the following actions:[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 29]• Ensures as far as is reasonably possible that none of the waste is spilt or released; and• Observes all precautions necessary for preventing fire or explosion (see Section 13.0 of this

protocol for fire protection requirements)?.

10.8 Does the facility ensure that the carrying tank of a road tanker, tank container, or freightcontainer in which the facility consigns toxic industrial waste for transport is not overfilled atthe time of consigning the waste for transport? [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 30]

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11.1 If the facility imports any toxic industrial waste into Singapore, did it first obtain writtenpermission from the Director-General of Public Health? [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 14].

11.2 If the facility is a toxic industrial waste collector and has imported toxic industrial waste, did itonly take delivery of the waste at one or more of the following locations, as applicable:[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 15]• A customs station if the waste was imported by road;• A railway station in Singapore if the waste was imported by rail;• A wharf in Singapore if the waste was imported by sea; or• An air cargo terminal in Singapore if the waste was imported by air?

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Notes: The import, export and transit of hazardous and other wastes are regulated by theHazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act that incorporates the



requirements of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements ofHazardous and Other Wastes and Their Disposal. The full text of the Basel Convention,including the Annexes, can be accessed at: http://www.basel.int/ (last accessed in August2012).

The Minister of the Environment may declare wastes to be “hazardous” or “other” wastes forthe purposes of this subsection if the wastes are considered hazardous or other waste by thereceiving country, whether that country is a party to the Basel Convention or not, even if thewastes are not considered “hazardous” or “other” wastes under Singapore requirements.[Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act, Section 5]

The following definitions apply to this subsection: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export,Import and Transit) Act, Sections 2 and 4]

• “Basel Convention” refers to the Basel Convention on the Control of TransboundaryMovements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and any amendment or protocolthereto that has come into force and has been accepted by the Government;

• “Basel export permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Conventionpermitting the export of hazardous or other waste to a particular country under the termsof an agreement implementing the Basel Convention;

• “Basel import permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Conventionpermitting the import of hazardous and other waste from a particular country under theterms of an agreement implementing the Basel Convention;

• “Basel permit” means a Basel export permit, a Basel import permit or a Basel transitpermit;

• “Basel transit permit” means a permit given in accordance with the Basel Conventionpermitting the carrying out of one or more transit proposals relating to hazardous or otherwaste;

• “Deal with,” in relation to hazardous or other waste, includes disposal of;• “Director” means the Director of Hazardous Waste and includes the Deputy Director and

Assistant Directors of Hazardous Waste;• “Disposal” means an operation specified in Annex IV of the Basel Convention;• “Environmentally sound management,” in relation to hazardous or other waste, means

taking all practical steps to ensure that the waste is managed in a manner that will protecthuman health and the environment against the adverse effects that may result from thewaste;

• “Export permit” means a Basel export permit or special export permit;• “Export proposal” means a proposal to export hazardous or other waste and to deal with

it outside Singapore;• “Foreign country” includes:

– A colony, overseas territory, overseas province or protectorate of a foreign country;– A territory outside Singapore, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for

the international relations of the territory; and– A territory outside Singapore that is to some extent self-governing, but that is not

recognized as an independent sovereign state by Singapore;

• “Hazardous waste” means:

– Waste that has any of the characteristics mentioned in Annex III to the BaselConvention; or


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– Waste that belongs to any category contained in Annex I to the Basel Convention unlessit does not possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex III to that Convention;

• “Holder,” in relation to a Basel permit or a special permit, means the person to whom thepermit was granted;

• “Household waste” means waste collected from households, but does not include suchwaste as may be specified in regulations made under the Hazardous Waste (Control ofExport, Import and Transit) Act;

• “Import permit” means a Basel import permit or a special import permit;• “Minister” means the Minister of the Environment;• “Other waste” means:

– Household waste; or– Residues arising from the incineration of household waste, but hazardous and other

wastes do not include wastes that are derived from the normal operations of a ship andradioactive wastes;

• “Permit application” means an application for a Basel or special permit;• “Permit condition” means a condition specified in:

– A Basel permit;– A notice specified in any varying Basel permit;– A special permit; or– A notice varying a special permit;

• “Special export permit” means a permit that permits the export of hazardous or otherwaste;

• “Special import permit” means a permit that permits the import of hazardous or otherwaste;

• “Special permit” means a special export permit, a special import permit or a specialtransit permit;

• “Special transit permit” means a permit that permits the carrying out one or more transitproposals relating to hazardous or other waste;

• “Through bill of lading“ or “through airway bill” means a bill of lading or airway bill, asthe case may be, for the consignment of goods from a place outside Singapore to a finaldestination outside Singapore without a consignee in Singapore;

• “Transit permit” means a Basel transit permit or a special transit permit; and• “Transit proposal” includes the following as long as it is not proposed to dispose of waste

in Singapore:

– Bringing hazardous or other waste into Singapore for the purpose of being carried to aforeign country either by the same or another conveyance; or

– Bringing hazardous or other waste into Singapore by sea or air, indicating the carriageon a through bill of lading or through airway bill.

The following Notifications (available as indicated at the beginning of this protocol section)declare certain wastes (identified below) to be hazardous wastes or other wastes, and establishwhether the wastes may be exported or transported into certain countries:



• Hazardous Waste (Extended Meaning of Hazardous and Other Wastes - Indonesia)Notification 2005 - declares wastes from the following industries: fertilizer, chloro alkaliprocesses, polymers, petrochemical, iron and steel smelting and processing, automotivemanufacturing and machine assembly, electroplating and galvanizing, exploration of oil,gas and geothermal energy, oil and natural gas refineries, mining, steam power plantsusing coal, research and commercial laboratories, used oil recycling, solvent recycling, gasindustry, paper products industry, etc. to be hazardous or other wastes;

• Hazardous Waste (Extended Meaning of Hazardous and Other Wastes - Malaysia)Notification 2005 - declares metal and metal-bearing wastes, wastes containing principallyinorganic constituents which may contain metals and organic materials, wastes containingprincipally organic constituents which may contain metals and inorganic materials, wasteswhich may contain either inorganic or organic constituents, etc. to be hazardous or otherwastes;

• Hazardous Waste (Extended Meaning of Hazardous and Other Wastes - Philippines)Notification 2005 - declares putrescible/abattoir wastes to be hazardous or other wastes;and

• Hazardous Waste (Extended Meaning of Hazardous and Other Wastes - Thailand)Notification 2005 - declares used tires (under harmonized code items 4012.11, 4012.12,4012.192, 4012.199, 4012.202, and 4012.209), including their rubber scrap, parings andwaste (under the harmonized code item 4004.00), but excluding those used for the purposeof research, model study or vehicle attachment and for racing or tourism to be hazardousor other wastes.

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12.1 Does the facility ensure that it does not import hazardous or other waste unless it meets thefollowing requirements: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act,Section 25(1)]• The facility holds an import permit authorizing the facility to import the waste;• The import is authorized by an order; or• The import has been ordered?

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12.2 If the facility holds an import permit for hazardous or other waste, does it ensure the followingconditions are met: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act, Section25(2)]• The import of hazardous or other waste is done in accordance with the permit; and• The facility does not breach any of the permit conditions before or after importing the

hazardous or other waste?Guide Note• A facility authorized by an order to import hazardous or other waste must not import or deal with the waste

except in accordance with the order. [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act, Section25(3)]

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12.3 Does the facility ensure that it does not export hazardous or other waste unless it meets thefollowing requirements: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act,Regulation 26(1)]• The facility holds an export permit authorizing the facility to export the waste; or• The export is authorized by an order?

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12.4 If the facility is the holder of an export permit, does it ensure that the following conditions aremet: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act, Section 26(2)]• The export of hazardous or other waste is done in accordance with the permit; and• The facility does not breach any of the permit conditions before or after exporting the

hazardous or other waste?.

12.5 Does the facility ensure that it does not bring in hazardous or other waste into Singapore in thecourse of carrying out a transit proposal unless the facility is the holder of a transit permitauthorizing it to bring the waste into Singapore? [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export,Import and Transit) Act, Section 27(1)].

12.6 If the facility is the holder of a transit permit, does it ensure that the following conditions aremet: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act, Section 27(2)]• The transit of hazardous or other waste through Singapore is done in accordance with the

permit; and• The facility does not breach any of the permit conditions before or after bringing the

hazardous or other waste into or out of Singapore?.

12.7 If the facility holds an import, export, transit, Basel export, or special permit, does it meet thefollowing requirements: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit)Regulations, Regulation 17(1)]• Conducts tests to verify that the hazardous or other waste complies with any particulars of

the waste specified in the permit;• Completes a movement document in a form and manner specified by the Directory and

submits it to the Director within one month after the completion of disposal of eachconsignment;

• Notifies the Director of the import, export or transit of the hazardous or other waste within14 days of its movement in a form and manner determined by the Director;

• Keeps records of the hazardous or other waste exported, imported, or brought into Singaporeon transit in a form and manner determined by the Director; and <RECORD KEEPING>

• Notifies the Director of any discharge or spillage of the hazardous or other waste andsubmits a report in writing containing the information specified by the Director as soon aspracticable after the incident?

Guide Note• The facility must conduct tests at its own expense by any method approved by the Director to verify that the

hazardous or other waste complies with any particulars of the waste specified in the permit. [Hazardous Waste(Control of Export, Import and Transit) Regulations, Regulation 17(1)(a)]

• The Director may exempt any person or class of persons from any requirement indicated in this question.[Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Regulations, Regulation 17(2)]

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12.8 If the facility holds an import, export, or transit permit but the proposed activity authorized bythe permit will not be carried out, does the facility surrender the permit as soon as the facilityknows that the proposal will not be carried out by submitting the permit to the Director?[Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Regulations, Regulation 19(1&2)]Guide Note• A permit may not be surrendered after any import, export or transit authorized by the permit has begun.

[Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Regulations, Regulation 19(3-5)]


13. Radioactive Waste


• The Director will specify the manner of surrendering the permit. [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export,Import and Transit) Regulations, Regulation 19(2)]

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Notes: The following definitions apply to this subsection: [Radiation Protection Act 2007,Section 2]

• “Director-General” means the Director-General of Environmental Protection appointedunder section 3(1) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act (Cap. 94A);

• “Disposal,” in relation to waste, includes the following:

– Its removal, deposit or destruction;– Its discharge, whether onto land, into water or air, into a sewer or drain, or otherwise;

and– Its burial, whether underground or otherwise, and “dispose of” shall be construed

accordingly; and

• “Radioactive waste” means any waste which consists wholly or partly of the following:

– The substance or article that, if it were not waste, would be radioactive material; or– A substance or article that has been contaminated in the course of the production,

keeping or use of radioactive material, or by contact with or proximity to other wastefalling within the definition of the preceding bullet.

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13.1 Has the facility obtained written consent from the Director-General prior to disposing of, orcausing the disposal of, any radioactive waste? [Radiation Protection Act 2007, Section 11(1)].

13.2 If the facility accumulates any radioactive waste on site, has it obtained the written approval ofthe Director-General prior to accumulating any radioactive waste on-site? [RadiationProtection Act 2007, Section 12(1)]Guide Note• If the disposal of any radioactive waste has been authorized (as in the Question 13.1), and in accordance with

the authorization the waste is required or permitted to be accumulated pursuant to and preceding its subsequentdisposal, no further authorization (as set forth in this question) is required to enable the waste to beaccumulated. [Radiation Protection Act 2007, Section 12(2)]

• Any radioactive material that is produced, kept or used on the premises and any substance arising from theproduction, keeping or use of that material, accumulated on the premises for three or more months, ispresumed to be radioactive waste unless proved to the contrary and presumed to be disposed of at some pointlater in time. [Radiation Protection Act 2007, Section 12(3)]

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13.3 Has the facility obtained the written consent of the Director-General prior to transporting anyradioactive waste, and does it comply with any conditions set forth for the protection of thepublic? [Radiation Protection Act 2007, Section 14]


14. Waste Recycling

Singapore - Solid and Hazardous Waste: Rulebook...

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14.1 If the facility collects any waste from other premises for recycling, has it obtained a permit todo so from the Director-General of Environmental Public Health? [Environmental PublicHealth (General Waste Collection) Regulations, Regulation 7A(1)]Guide Note• “Premises” means any premises designated by the Director-General in any area where the Director-General has

applied a system for the collection and removal of refuse and waste. [Environmental Public Health (GeneralWaste Collection) Regulations, Regulation 7A(2)]

• The permit will contain the following information: [Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection)Regulations, Regulation 7B(3)]– Specifications of areas within which the permit holder may operate; and– Conditions on the permit holder as the Director-General may impose.

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14.2 If the facility holds a permit to collect waste for recycling, does it ensure that all wastecollected for recycling is transported to a recycling facility? [Environmental Public Health(General Waste Collection) Regulations, Regulation 17A]


SINGAPORE – SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE.

General (Solid) Waste Requirements



SITE: DATE:.

ASSESSOR:


1.1 Does the facility ensure that it uses only a public waste collector service that has q q qbeen licensed by the Director-General of Public Health (public waste collectorlicensee), for the collection and removal of its refuse or general wastes and that theDirector-General has specifically designated this service provider to service thefacility? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 31]

Comments:

1.2 Does the facility comply with the following requirements pertaining to street q q qcleanliness: [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 6(1&2)]• If the facility abuts any private street to which it has access or the right of access, it

ensures that any portion of the street that fronts, adjoins or abuts the facility (up to thecenter of that street and including the footways/sidewalks), is properly swept and cleansedand watered, and that any refuse and filth are collected and removed; and

• It ensures that the immediate vicinity of the facility, including the footways/sidewalks andbackyards abutting it, and its airwells, courtyards and quadrangles, are kept clean and freeof refuse, filth or other matter or any accumulation of water?

Comments:

1.3 Does the facility ensure that it does not deposit, or cause or permit to be deposited, q q qany dung, nightsoil, human excreta, industrial waste, stable refuse or garden refuse inany dustbin or receptacle placed by the Director-General of Public Health in anypublic street, with the exception of garden refuse comprised of material such as grassand small twigs? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 7]

Comments:


N/A Complies Does notSingapore - Solid and Hazardous Waste: Audit Quick Check comply

1.4 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public q q qHealth requiring it to periodically remove and dispose of any wastes, has the facilitycomplied with the conditions set forth in the notice, and has it furnished the Director-General with evidence that compliance with all conditions has been achieved?[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 9]

Comments:

1.5 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public q q qHealth requiring it to provide, construct or reconstruct (at the expense of the facility)either of the following, has it complied with all conditions set forth in the notice:[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 10]• Dustbins or other convenient receptacles that conform to specifications the Director-

General may require, are placed in appropriate locations within the facility as specified bythe Director-General, for the deposit of refuse and rubbish from the facility;

• Refuse bin centers or refuse bin compartments that conform to specifications the Director-General may require, are located within the facility as specified by the Director-General;and

• Receptacles that conform to specifications the Director-General may require are placed inappropriate locations within the premises, as specified by the Director-General, for thedeposit of recyclables?

Comments:

1.6 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public q q qHealth requiring it to maintain, repair or replace any refuse lift, refuse chute, or chutechamber in the building where the facility is located, or to change the dimensions ofany refuse lift, refuse chute or chute chamber, has it complied with the conditions setforth in the notice? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 11]

Comments:



1.7 Does the facility ensure that it does not conduct any of the following prohibited q q qactivities: [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 17]• Deposit, drop, place or throw any dust, dirt, paper, ash, carcass, refuse, box, barrel, bale or

any other article or thing in any public place;• Keep or leave any article or thing whatsoever in any place where it or its particles have

passed or are likely to pass into any public place;• Dry any article of food or any other article or thing in any public place;• Place, scatter, spill or throw any blood, brine, noxious liquid, swill or any other offensive

or filthy matter of any kind in such a manner as to run or fall into any public place;• Beat, clean, shake, sieve or otherwise agitate any ash, hair, feathers, lime, sand, waste

paper or other substance in such a manner that it is carried or likely to be carried by thewind to any public place;

• Throw or leave behind any bottle, can, food container, food wrapper, glass, particles offood or any other article or thing in any public place;

• Spit any substance or expel mucus from the nose upon or onto any street or any publicplace;

• Discard or abandon in any public place any motor vehicle whose registration has beencancelled, any furniture or any other bulky article; or

• Drop, deposit or throw any refuse or any other matter or thing in any channel, drain, lake,reservoir, river, stream or watercourse or upon the bank of any part of these or in any partof the sea abutting on the foreshore?

Comments:

1.8 Does the facility ensure that it does not conduct any of the following prohibited q q qactivities in any public place (whether from a moving or stationary vehicle or in anyother manner): [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 19]• Drop, scatter, spill or throw any noxious liquid, dirt, sand, earth, gravel, clay, loam,

manure, refuse, sawdust, shavings, stone, straw or any other similar matter or thing; or• Cause or permit any noxious liquid, dirt, sand, earth, gravel, clay, loam, manure, refuse,

sawdust, shavings, stone, straw or any other similar matter or thing to be dropped,scattered, spilled or thrown?

Comments:

1.9 Does the facility ensure that it prohibits the dumping or disposal of any refuse, q q qwaste, or any other article from a vehicle into a public place? [Environmental PublicHealth Act, Section 20]

Comments:



1.10 Does the facility ensure that its refuse collection system meets the following q q qrequirements: [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation 1.1]• Is mechanized where possible;• Is designed to provide a minimal level of nuisance to occupants and neighboring premises;

and• Is adequate in size to meet the anticipated refuse output?

Comments:

1.11 Are refuse chutes provided for buildings taller than 4 stories so that occupants need q q qnot have to bring their refuse into lifts or walk down the stairs with it, and do theymeet the following requirements: [Code of Practice on Environmental Health,Regulation 1.3]• The cross-sectional area of the chute is not less than 0.3 m2;• The chute terminates at the roof of a building;• The chute is ventilated at the top with at least two openings of not less than 0.1 m2 each,

and this top section is accessible for maintenance;• Ventilation openings are located at least 2.1 m above roof level; and• There is a system to wash and flush the whole length of the chute, and the control valve

for the flushing system is located at the chamber level if possible?

Comments:

1.12 Does the facility ensure that a refuse chute chamber is located at the bottom of a q q qchute and houses a bin? [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation1.4]

Comments:

1.13 Are the refuse chute and its chamber suitably located to facilitate easy and nuisance- q q qfree removal of refuse? [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation1.4]

Comments:



1.14 Does the refuse chute chamber meet the following requirements: [Code of Practice q q qon Environmental Health, Regulation 1.4]• Is large enough to house a wheeled refuse bin with cover, which can contain at least one

day of refuse output from all the premises connected to the chute;• The walls are lined with tiles or other impervious materials;• The floor is recessed at least 100 mm below the apron area and is graded towards a gully

connected to a sewer; and• An airtight non-corrosive flap door is provided?

Comments:

1.15 Is a refuse room located at the bottom of a chute and does it house a large container q q qor a mechanical refuse handling equipment? [Code of Practice on EnvironmentalHealth, Regulation 1.5]

Comments:

1.16 Is refuse collected in the container conveyed directly into a refuse collection vehicle, q q qwhich backs up to the refuse room? [Code of Practice on Environmental Health,Regulation 1.5]

Comments:

1.17 Does the refuse room meet the following requirements: [Code of Practice on q q qEnvironmental Health, Regulation 1.5]• Is large enough to accommodate two days of refuse output from all the premises

connected or served by the chute;• Access to the refuse room is such that a refuse collection vehicle can make a three-point

turn to back up into the entrance of the room;• The walls are lined with tiles or other impervious materials;• The floor is graded towards a gully or floor trap connected to sewer;• A water tap is provided; and• The refuse room is rendered pest-proof against birds and rodents?

Comments:



1.18 Is a bin center that meets the following requirements provided when the amount of q q qrefuse output exceeds 1,000 liters/day: [Code of Practice on Environmental Health,Regulation 1.6]• Is sited so as to minimize nuisance to neighboring premises and to be accessible to a

refuse collection vehicle, providing an adequate turning area where necessary;• Is large enough to house the daily output of refuse from the proposed development and is

designed for bulk bin access from within the development;• Where the daily refuse is 4,000 liters or more, a roll-off compactor or dust screw

compactor is provided;• The walls are lined with tiles or other impervious materials;• The floor is graded towards a gully or floor-trap connected to sewer;• A roof with no gutters is provided, and has an adequate gradient to avoid the stagnation of

water and prevent mosquito breeding;• The bin center is adequately ventilated and rendered pest-proof against birds and rodents;• The entrance and ventilation openings of the bin center face away from any residential

premises in the vicinity; and• Aesthetic screening is provided where practical, to further minimize nuisances?

Comments:

1.19 Where a pneumatic refuse conveyance system (i.e., vacuum station system or q q qvacuum truck system) is adopted, does the facility comply with the followingrequirements: [Code of Practice on Environmental Health, Regulation 1.7]• The ventilation, air intake and air outlet units are sited to minimize nuisance to

neighboring premises;• The refuse storage capacity is two days of refuse output;• Refuse collection and storage facilities are accessible to refuse collection vehicles, and are

sited to minimize nuisance to neighboring premises;• Adequate measures are taken to minimize noise nuisances resulting from the operation of

the system;• Adequate measures are provided to remove dust and smell from the air used for refuse

conveyance before it is discharged into the atmosphere; and• The discharge point is away from the neighboring premises?

Comments:

1.20 Does the facility provide one or more sound and sufficient covered receptacles for q q qtrade refuse? [Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970,Regulation 4(1)]

Comments:


Transportation of Class D Wastes


1.21 Does the facility ensure refuse and receptacles are handled as follows: q q q[Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970, Regulations 2through 4]• Kept in good repair and replaced when necessary;• Refuse, rubbish or other matter or things are discarded only in a receptacle;• Contents are not dropped, spilled or scattered; and• Placed so that receptacles are readily emptied and the contents removed?

Comments:

1.22 If the facility has a chute and chute chamber, are they maintained as follows: q q q[Environmental Public Health (Public Cleansing) Regulations 1970, Regulation 5]• In clean and sanitary condition;• In good repair and replaced when necessary;• Sufficient, adequate and suitable refuse bins or receptacles are provided in the chute

chamber to receive the refuse as it arrives at the bottom of the refuse chute;• The door to the chute chamber is kept closed at all times except when the chute chamber

is being emptied, cleaned, maintained, or repaired; and• Refuse is removed not later than 7 a.m. each day or at such other time specified by the

Director-General of Environmental Protection or an authorized officer?

Comments:

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2.1 Does the facility ensure that general wastes listed as Class D wastes are transported q q qby tanker trucks or other vehicles that are permitted by the Director-General ofPublic Health? [Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection)Regulations, Regulation 10]

Comments:


Public Disposal Facilities

Waste Management Services


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3.1 If the facility has constructed or established, or currently maintains or operates any q q qpublic disposal facility, has it obtained a waste disposal license granted by theDirector-General of Public Health for the activity, and does it comply with allconditions specified in the license? [Environmental Public Health Act, Sections 22and 23]

Comments:

3.2 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public q q qHealth requiring it to construct, establish, maintain or operate any public disposalfacility, has the facility done so and does it use, work, and operate the publicdisposal facility in accordance with the conditions specified by the Director-General?[Environmental Public Health Act, Sections 11(6) and 11(7)]

Comments:

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4.1 If the facility carries out the business of collecting, removing, transporting, storing or q q qimporting refuse or waste of any description, did it first obtain a waste collectorlicense from the Director-General of Public Health for the specific activityconducted? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 31]

Comments:

4.2 If the facility carries out the business of collecting or transporting refuse or waste of q q qany description, does it ensure that the refuse or waste or liquid from such refuse orwaste is not dropped, scattered, or spilled onto any public place? [EnvironmentalPublic Health Act, Section 31(7)]

Comments:


Licensed General Waste Collectors


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5.1 If the facility collects or transports general waste, does it hold a General Waste q q qCollector License issued by the National Environmental Agency (NEA)? [Code ofPractice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 3.1]

Comments:

5.2 If the facility is a licensed general waste collector, does it ensure that its license is q q qrenewed before expiration and that if the license has been suspended or canceled, thefacility does not conduct waste collection operations? [Code of Practice for LicensedGeneral Waste Collectors, Section 3.2]

Comments:

5.3 If the facility is a licensed general waste collector, does it hold the correct class of q q qlicense for the type of waste that it collects? [Code of Practice for LicensedGeneral Waste Collectors, Section 3.4]

Comments:

5.4 If the facility is a general waste collector, has it opened a disposal account with the q q qNEA for the disposal of waste at public disposal facilities? [Code of Practice forLicensed General Waste Collectors, Section 3.5]

Comments:

5.5 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that only those vehicles, containers, q q qand equipment approved and listed in the license are used for waste collection?[Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 4.1]

Comments:



5.6 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that approval from the Director- q q qGeneral of Public Health is obtained before placing any additional vehicle intoservice for waste collection? [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 4.2]

Comments:

5.7 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that the vehicles, containers, and q q qequipment used to store, collect, and transport waste are suitably designed, keptclean, and maintained in good working condition at all times? [Code of Practice forLicensed General Waste Collectors, Section 4.3]

Comments:

5.8 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that only one type of waste is q q qcollected for each collection trip of a refuse vehicle? [Code of Practice for LicensedGeneral Waste Collectors, Section 5.1]

Comments:

5.9 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that waste is screened and separated q q qinto incinerable and non-incinerable waste and recyclables? [Code of Practice forLicensed General Waste Collectors, Section 5.2]

Comments:

5.10 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that only incinerable waste is sent to q q qincineration plants for disposal? [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 5.3]

Comments:



5.11 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that non-incinerable waste is taken q q qto Tuas Marine Transfer Station or another place specified by the Commission fordisposal? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 5.4]

Comments:

5.12 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that recyclables are sent to recycling q q qfacilities for recycling? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors,Section 5.5]

Comments:

5.13 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that incinerable and non-incinerable q q qwaste is not mixed for disposal? [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 5.6]

Comments:

5.14 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that the general waste transported to q q qpublic disposal facilities does not contain hazardous or explosive substances? [Codeof Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 5.7]

Comments:

5.15 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that all vehicles, skip containers, q q qmobile compactors and equipment used to transport waste are labeled for easyidentification and that skip containers and mobile compactors are labeled on bothsides with the name, address, and contact number of the licensee as specified inAppendix 4-D? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section6.1]

Comments:



5.16 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that all labels conform to the q q qminimum dimensions specified in Appendix 4-D, and that the lettering meets thefollowing requirements: [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors,Section 6.2]• Is indelible and weather resistant; and• The labeling area is clean and not obstructed from view?

Comments:

5.17 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that the loading of waste occurs q q qinside the bin center if the center is of sufficient height to allow it? [Code of Practicefor Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 7.1]

Comments:

5.18 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that refuse conveyed in open trucks q q qis properly covered with a tarpaulin or canvas to ensure that no refuse spills onto theroad? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 7.2]

Comments:

5.19 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that spillage of waste or the q q qdischarge of sewage water onto public places does not occur? [Code of Practice forLicensed General Waste Collectors, Section 7.3]

Comments:

5.20 Does the licensed general waste collector fully comply with the conditions and q q qprocedures set out in Appendix 4-E for the disposal of general wastes at incinerationplants and transfer stations? [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 8.1]

Comments:



5.21 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that general waste is only disposed q q qof at government-owned incineration plants and refuse transfer stations, and thatrecyclables are sent to recycling facilities? [Code of Practice for Licensed GeneralWaste Collectors, Section 9.1]

Comments:

5.22 Does the licensed general waste collector keep and maintain proper daily records on q q qthe general waste collection service rendered by the collector or his or her companyand make these records available for inspection upon request by any authorized NEAofficers? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 10.1]<RECORD KEEPING>

Comments:

5.23 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that the general waste collection q q qrecords kept include the following: [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 10.2] <RECORD KEEPING>• A complete list of clients (i.e., name and address of companies/premises where the waste

is collected); and• The following information on each of the clients:

– Frequency of collection (e.g., daily, alternate days, weekly, etc.);– Type and quantity of receptacles for the deposit of recyclables;– Type of waste collected;– Weight of waste per collection;– Location of where the waste is disposed of (e.g., Senoko Incineration Plant, Tuas

Marine Transfer Station, recycling facilities, etc.);– The vehicle or container used for collection of the waste (i.e., registration number of

the vehicle/company identification number of the container); and– The driver who serves the client?

Comments:

5.24 Does the licensed general waste collector ensure that annual return is submitted to q q qthe head of the Waste Management Department (WMD) upon renewal of thelicense? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section 10.3]

Comments:


General Waste Generators


5.25 If the facility is a licensed waste collector, does it ensure that drivers and employees q q qare fully briefed and trained so that they are conversant with the followinginformation: [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section11.1]• The requirements of the Environmental Public Health Act and the Environmental Public

Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations on waste collection, transportation, anddisposal;

• The types of waste that are incinerable and non-incinerable, and the types that arerecyclable;

• The requirement that incinerable and non-incinerable waste and recyclables not be mixed;• The types of waste carried on each trip; and• The procedures to follow in case of spillage?

Comments:

5.26 Does the licensed waste collector ensure that drivers and employees are constantly q q qreminded of their responsibilities and the penalties that will be imposed if they arecaught dumping waste illegally? [Code of Practice for Licensed General WasteCollectors, Section 11.2]

Comments:

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6.1 If the facility is a general waste generator, does it ensure that it cooperates fully with q q qgeneral waste collectors by segregating incinerable waste, non-incinerable waste andrecyclables? [Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste Collectors, Section12.2]

Comments:

6.2 If the facility is a general waste generator, does it follow the guidelines in Appendix q q q4-F to help facilitate the work of the general waste collector? [Code of Practice forLicensed General Waste Collectors, Section 12.1]

Comments:


Toxic Industrial Waste Generators


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7.1 If the facility generates, keeps or uses, or permits to be kept or used, toxic industrial q q qwaste on the premises, did it perform the following prior to conducting suchoperations: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations,Regulation 8]; [Code of Practice on Pollution Control, Section 6(a)] and [CP100:2004, Section 4.5]• Obtain permission from the Director-General of Public Health to operate on-site disposal

facilities; or• Engage a toxic industrial waste collector that is licensed by the Pollution Control

Department to dispose of the waste?

Comments:

7.2 If the facility generates toxic industrial wastes, does it notify the Director-General of q q qPublic Health of the following: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic IndustrialWaste) Regulations, Regulation 4]• Any change in the type or nature of toxic industrial waste being produced or generated at

the premises; or• Any exceedance in the quantity, volume, concentration or level of toxic industrial waste

produced or generated on-site of the amount prescribed in the second column of Appendix4-B, List of Toxic Industrial Wastes, and the action that will or has taken place inresponse to the change?

Comments:

7.3 If the facility supplies or sells toxic industrial waste to a toxic industrial waste q q qcollector, does the facility give the collector all necessary information to conduct thestorage, treatment, reprocessing, or disposal of the toxic industrial waste in a properand safe manner? [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 5]

Comments:

7.4 Does the facility ensure the industrial wastes generated on-site are only disposed of q q qat a public disposal facility or a disposal facility approved by the Director-General ofPublic Health? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 24]

Comments:



7.5 Does the facility maintain a register that contains the following information regarding q q qthe toxic industrial waste generated on-site: [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 6] and [CP 100:2004, Section 4.4]<RECORD KEEPING>• The type and quantity generated;• The manner of disposal;• The date and quantity supplied or sold to a toxic industrial waste collector;• The name and address of the toxic industrial waste collector; and• The quantity held in storage?

Comments:

7.6 Does the facility update the toxic industrial waste register on a weekly basis (or as q q qotherwise specified by the Director-General of Public Health) and keep the registerfor the period of time specified by the Director-General? [Environmental PublicHealth (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 6] <RECORDKEEPING>

Comments:

7.7 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public q q qHealth requiring it to periodically remove industrial waste from the facility to adisposal facility, has it complied with the conditions set forth in the notice?[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 26]

Comments:

7.8 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public q q qHealth requiring it to furnish the Director-General with any information on theamount, type, and nature of any industrial waste produced at the facility as well asany other information, has it complied with the conditions set forth in the notice?[Environmental Public Health Act, Section 27]

Comments:



7.9 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public q q qHealth requiring it to recycle or treat any industrial waste found or produced at thefacility (and at the facility’s expense) before it is brought to any disposal facility fordisposal, has it complied with the conditions set forth in the notice? [EnvironmentalPublic Health Act, Section 28]

Comments:

7.10 If the facility is in possession of any dangerous substance or toxic industrial waste q q q(as defined in above-listed definitions note) or the residue from the treatment of anytoxic waste, does it ensure that any such substances or wastes are only brought to adisposal facility for disposal after obtaining written permission from the Director-General of Public Health and, furthermore, does it comply with all conditionsspecified in the license? [Environmental Public Health Act, Section 29]

Comments:

7.11 If the facility has been issued a written notice from the Director-General of Public q q qHealth requiring it to conduct the following activities with any toxic industrial waste,has it complied with the written notice: [Environmental Public Health Act, Section30]• Alter the method of operation or process used in the work place;• Alter, install, repair or replace any device, equipment or plant used in the work place;• Use other materials or substances other than those used in the work place; or• Take such other steps as may be necessary to reduce the quantity or toxicity of such

waste?

Comments:

7.12 Does the facility ensure that the following safety precautions pertaining to toxic q q qindustrial waste management are in place: [CP 100:2004, Section 4.2.1]• Safe work procedures are implemented that include the following components:

– Identification of hazards to which persons at the workplace could be exposed;– Identification of injury or harm that could arise from the hazards identified;– Provision of personal protective equipment (PPE); and– Safety precautions to be taken in the course of work and during an emergency;

• Persons involved in hazardous waste management are familiar with the safe workprocedures; and

• Measures are taken to reduce and, where possible, eliminate the hazards identified in thesafe work procedures, and to inform all persons handling the hazardous waste of themeans to reduce and eliminate the hazards?

Comments:


Storage of Toxic Industrial Waste by Generators and Toxic


7.13 Does the facility conduct an audit once every two years, or at a frequency prescribed q q qby the regulatory requirement to identify potential gaps in the handling andmanagement of hazardous waste? [CP 100:2004, Sections 7 and 7.2]

Comments:

7.14 Does the facility ensure that it does not sell, or permit to be supplied or sold, any q q qtoxic industrial waste to any unlicensed toxic industrial waste collector?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation33]

Comments:

8.Waste Collectors.....

8.1 Does the facility ensure that toxic industrial wastes are only stored in the following q q qtypes of containers: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 34]• Containers designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with a Code of Practice

approved by the Director-General of Public Health;• Containers stored in an area into which entry is restricted to authorized personnel; and• Containers labeled with the appropriate hazard warning sign as prescribed in a Code of

Practice approved by the Director-General of Public Health?

Comments:

8.2 Does the facility ensure that different types of toxic industrial waste are not mixed, q q qand that toxic industrial wastes are not mixed with non-toxic industrial wastes unlessthe mixing is part of a process approved by the Director-General of Public Health?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation35]

Comments:



8.3 Does the facility ensure that every agent and employee conducts the on-site use and q q qstorage of toxic industrial waste in a manner that does not threaten the health orsafety of any person, or cause pollution of the environment? [Environmental PublicHealth Act, Section 25]; [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 36] and [CP 100:2004, Section 4.2.1]

Comments:

8.4 Does the facility, whether a generator, consignor or owner of any consignment of q q qtoxic industrial waste, maintain an up-to-date emergency action plan detailing theprocedures to be followed if toxic industrial waste spills or leaks duringtransportation, storage, reprocessing or treatment? [Environmental Public Health(Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 38(1a)] <RECORD KEEPING>

Comments:

8.5 Does the facility, whether a generator, consignor or owner of any consignment of q q qtoxic industrial waste, ensure that the facility’s agents and employees have receivedinstruction and training that enables them to implement the emergency action plan inthe event of an accident or emergency involving toxic industrial waste stored,reprocessed, treated or transported? [Environmental Public Health (Toxic IndustrialWaste) Regulations, Regulation 38(1b)]

Comments:

8.6 Does the facility conduct a regular exercise of all parts of its toxic industrial waste q q qemergency action plan to ensure the effectiveness of the plan, and to ensure that theemergency responders are operationally ready at all times? [CP 100:2004, Section4.6.4]

Comments:

8.7 Does the facility ensure that all personnel involved in the generation, collection, q q qtransportation, storage, treatment and disposal of toxic industrial waste are properlytrained, and that they are equipped with the appropriate knowledge and skills to worksafely? [CP 100:2004, Section 6]

Comments:


Toxic Industrial Waste Collectors


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9.1 If the facility receives or accepts any toxic industrial waste for storage, reprocessing, q q quse, treatment or disposal, has it obtained a toxic industrial waste collector’s license?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 9]and [Code of Practice on Pollution Control, Section 6(c)]

Comments:

9.2 Does the licensed toxic industrial waste collector receive, accept or deal only in the q q qtype of toxic industrial waste for which he is licensed? [Environmental PublicHealth (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 13(3)]

Comments:

9.3 Does the licensed toxic industrial waste collector first obtain the written permission q q qof the Director-General of Public Health if he performs any of the followinginstallation, construction, or alteration projects? [Environmental Public Health(Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 10]• Installs, constructs or alters any equipment for the reprocessing, treatment, storage or

disposal of toxic industrial waste;• Alters the method of operation of any waste reprocessing, treatment, storage, or disposal

process involving toxic industrial waste; or• Alters the type of toxic industrial waste being reprocessed, treated, stored, or disposed on

the premises?

Comments:

9.4 Prior to receiving or accepting toxic industrial waste, does the toxic industrial waste q q qcollector obtain and verify all relevant information regarding the waste that willenable him to conduct the proper and safe storage, treatment, reprocessing ordisposal of the toxic industrial waste? [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 11]

Comments:


Transport of Toxic Industrial Waste


9.5 Does the toxic industrial waste collector prepare a register in the format, and q q qmaintain the register for the duration of time, as specified in his Toxic IndustrialWaste Collector’s license? [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 12] and [Code of Practice on Pollution Control, Section6(c)]<RECORD KEEPING>

Comments:

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10.1 If the facility consigns toxic industrial waste for off-site transport, does the facility q q qperform the following activities prior to consigning a shipment of toxic industrialwaste: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations,Regulations 16 and 17] and [CP 100:2004, Section 4.7]• Obtains the Director-General of Public Health’s approval in writing to conduct the

proposed transport of waste;• Ensures that the container, tank container, freight container or road tanker to be used for

the transportation of the toxic industrial waste is designed, constructed and maintained inaccordance with a Code of Practice approved by the Director-General;

• Gives one copy of the prepared consignment note to the consignor, who transmits the copyto the driver before transportation of the toxic industrial waste begins; and

• Submits the consignment note electronically as follows:– To the consignee; and– To the Director-General within three days of the transportation of the waste?

Comments:

10.2 If the facility consigns toxic industrial waste, does it provide the following q q qinformation in the transport documents: [Environmental Public Health (ToxicIndustrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 24]• A statement regarding safety requirements;• Supplementary operational requirements for loading, unloading, transport, storage,

handling, and stowage, or a statement that no supplementary operational requirements arenecessary;

• Restrictions, if any, on the mode of transport and any necessary routing instructions;• Emergency action plans;• Indication(s) of the general nature of the risk involved and safety precautions to be taken

when handling the toxic industrial waste; and• A declaration that states that the contents of the consignment are properly described by

name, are properly marked, labeled, and packaged, and are in a proper condition fortransport and which contains the original or stamped facsimile signature of the consignoror owner of the consignment of toxic industrial waste and the date of signature?

Comments:



10.3 Before any toxic industrial waste is transported, does the facility give the driver of q q qthe vehicle used to transport the waste a copy of the statement referred to inQuestion 10.2 (Regulation 24 of the Environmental Public Health (Toxic IndustrialWaste) Regulations) and ensure that the driver is adequately trained/instructed tocarry out the instructions contained in the statement? [Environmental Public Health(Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 25]

Comments:

10.4 Does the facility ensure that it does not transport any toxic industrial waste q q qexceeding the quantities as specified in the third column of Appendix 4-B except atsuch times and along such routes as may be prescribed by the Director-General?[Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation27]

Comments:

10.5 If the facility consigns toxic industrial waste for transport in a road tanker, a freight q q qcontainer or a tank container, or in any other vehicle, does it ensure that theappropriate hazard warning panel or label as prescribed in the code of labelingspecified by the Director-General is displayed on the road tanker, freight container,tank container or on any other vehicle, and that the panel or label meets thefollowing requirements: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 28(1)]• Is weather resistant and indelibly marked;• Is either rigid or fixed to be rigid;• Is marked on or securely attached to the vehicle, freight container or tank container in a

substantially vertical plane and, if the means of attachment is by a frame, that framecarries no other hazard warning panels; and

• Is kept clean and free from obstruction, except that a rear panel or label may be mountedbehind a ladder of light construction which does not prevent the information on the panelor label from being easily read?

Comments:

10.6 Does the facility ensure that each hazard warning panel or label referenced in q q qQuestion 10.5 meets the following requirements: [Environmental Public Health(Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 28(3)]• Is displayed on the road tanker, freight container, tank container or other vehicle at all

times when any toxic industrial waste is being transported; and• Is removed when the road tanker, freight container, tank container or other vehicle is not

used for transporting any toxic industrial waste?

Comments:


Import of Toxic Industrial Waste


10.7 If the facility consigns toxic industrial waste for transport, does it take the following q q qactions: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations,Regulation 29]• Ensures as far as is reasonably possible that none of the waste is spilt or released; and• Observes all precautions necessary for preventing fire or explosion (see Section 13.0 of

this protocol for fire protection requirements)?

Comments:

10.8 Does the facility ensure that the carrying tank of a road tanker, tank container, or q q qfreight container in which the facility consigns toxic industrial waste for transport isnot overfilled at the time of consigning the waste for transport? [EnvironmentalPublic Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 30]

Comments:

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11.1 If the facility imports any toxic industrial waste into Singapore, did it first obtain q q qwritten permission from the Director-General of Public Health? [EnvironmentalPublic Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Regulation 14]

Comments:

11.2 If the facility is a toxic industrial waste collector and has imported toxic industrial q q qwaste, did it only take delivery of the waste at one or more of the followinglocations, as applicable: [Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste)Regulations, Regulation 15]• A customs station if the waste was imported by road;• A railway station in Singapore if the waste was imported by rail;• A wharf in Singapore if the waste was imported by sea; or• An air cargo terminal in Singapore if the waste was imported by air?

Comments:


Import, Export and Transit of Hazardous and Other Waste


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12.1 Does the facility ensure that it does not import hazardous or other waste unless it q q qmeets the following requirements: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Importand Transit) Act, Section 25(1)]• The facility holds an import permit authorizing the facility to import the waste;• The import is authorized by an order; or• The import has been ordered?

Comments:

12.2 If the facility holds an import permit for hazardous or other waste, does it ensure the q q qfollowing conditions are met: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import andTransit) Act, Section 25(2)]• The import of hazardous or other waste is done in accordance with the permit; and• The facility does not breach any of the permit conditions before or after importing the

hazardous or other waste?

Comments:

12.3 Does the facility ensure that it does not export hazardous or other waste unless it q q qmeets the following requirements: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Importand Transit) Act, Regulation 26(1)]• The facility holds an export permit authorizing the facility to export the waste; or• The export is authorized by an order?

Comments:

12.4 If the facility is the holder of an export permit, does it ensure that the following q q qconditions are met: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act,Section 26(2)]• The export of hazardous or other waste is done in accordance with the permit; and• The facility does not breach any of the permit conditions before or after exporting the

hazardous or other waste?

Comments:



12.5 Does the facility ensure that it does not bring in hazardous or other waste into q q qSingapore in the course of carrying out a transit proposal unless the facility is theholder of a transit permit authorizing it to bring the waste into Singapore?[Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act, Section 27(1)]

Comments:

12.6 If the facility is the holder of a transit permit, does it ensure that the following q q qconditions are met: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act,Section 27(2)]• The transit of hazardous or other waste through Singapore is done in accordance with the

permit; and• The facility does not breach any of the permit conditions before or after bringing the

hazardous or other waste into or out of Singapore?

Comments:

12.7 If the facility holds an import, export, transit, Basel export, or special permit, does it q q qmeet the following requirements: [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import andTransit) Regulations, Regulation 17(1)]• Conducts tests to verify that the hazardous or other waste complies with any particulars of

the waste specified in the permit;• Completes a movement document in a form and manner specified by the Directory and

submits it to the Director within one month after the completion of disposal of eachconsignment;

• Notifies the Director of the import, export or transit of the hazardous or other waste within14 days of its movement in a form and manner determined by the Director;

• Keeps records of the hazardous or other waste exported, imported, or brought intoSingapore on transit in a form and manner determined by the Director; and <RECORDKEEPING>

• Notifies the Director of any discharge or spillage of the hazardous or other waste andsubmits a report in writing containing the information specified by the Director as soon aspracticable after the incident?

Comments:

12.8 If the facility holds an import, export, or transit permit but the proposed activity q q qauthorized by the permit will not be carried out, does the facility surrender the permitas soon as the facility knows that the proposal will not be carried out by submittingthe permit to the Director? [Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import andTransit) Regulations, Regulation 19(1&2)]

Comments:


Radioactive Waste


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13.1 Has the facility obtained written consent from the Director-General prior to disposing q q qof, or causing the disposal of, any radioactive waste? [Radiation Protection Act2007, Section 11(1)]

Comments:

13.2 If the facility accumulates any radioactive waste on site, has it obtained the written q q qapproval of the Director-General prior to accumulating any radioactive waste on-site? [Radiation Protection Act 2007, Section 12(1)]

Comments:

13.3 Has the facility obtained the written consent of the Director-General prior to q q qtransporting any radioactive waste, and does it comply with any conditions set forthfor the protection of the public? [Radiation Protection Act 2007, Section 14]

Comments:


Waste Recycling


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14.1 If the facility collects any waste from other premises for recycling, has it obtained a q q qpermit to do so from the Director-General of Environmental Public Health?[Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations, Regulation7A(1)]

Comments:

14.2 If the facility holds a permit to collect waste for recycling, does it ensure that all q q qwaste collected for recycling is transported to a recycling facility? [EnvironmentalPublic Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations, Regulation 17A]

Comments:



BRAZIL – CONSTRUCTION WORK SITE SAFETY .



Use the following General Applicability Checklist to determine whether a rulebook and its sectionsapply to your operation.

If you answer YES to the rulebook question, the rulebook applies to you unless you answer YES for arulebook exemption.


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Rulebook: Construction Work Site Safety.

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Y NRULEBOOK: Are there construction or demolition activities at the site?.

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Y NSection 2: Has the facility contracted with a construction company that has 20 or moreemployees? q q.

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Y NSection 3: Is there construction activity being conducted at the facility?.

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Y NSection 4: Is carpentry equipment in use during the construction activity?.

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Y NSection 5: Does the construction activity involve steel framing or construction or installationof metallic structures? q q.

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Y NSection 7: Does the construction activity involve soldering or the use of blowtorches?.

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Y NSection 9: Does the construction activity involve the use of cranes or piledrivers?.

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• Work platforms with vertical movement systems involving pinions and chains and/orhydraulic platforms; or

• Suspended chairs?.

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Y NSection 17: Does the construction activity involve any of the following:q q• A risk that workers could fall or be struck by falling items;

• Gaps in the floor, openings for the transportation of materials, or open elevator shafts;• The building is more than one story high, and workers can access the first floor (2nd

story);• Work is performed at a height of more than 2 meters; or• The structures are to have basements?

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Y NSection 20: Does the construction activity involve the use of equipment to transport personsand/or materials from one level or floor to another? q q.

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Key topics covered in this protocol section include the following:• General Requirements• Worker Safety Program• Safety Commissions• Carpentry• Steel Framing and Metallic Structures• Concrete Structures• Soldering and Blowtorch Operations• Machines, Equipment and Diverse Tools• Cranes and Piledrivers• Hand Tools• Electrical Safety• Storage and Stocking of Materials• Ladders, Stairs, Etc.• Scaffolding• Temporary Stairs• Ramps and Passageways• Fall Protection• Work on Roofs• Aerial Platforms• Movement and Transport of Materials and Persons• Demolition• Excavations• Confined Spaces• Windows• Fire Protection• Personal Protective Equipment• Fatal Accidents• Construction Site Facilities• Sanitary Installations and Workplace Amenities

Tables or Appendices referenced in the protocol are located at the end of this section. To access ouraudit scorecard, entitled “Audit Quick Check,” click here: Audit Quick Check. This protocol appliesto facilities located throughout Brazil. Where applicable, additional information is supplied relative tofacilities specifically located in the State of São Paulo.



Federal Legislation

State of São Paulo Legislation

Brazil - Construction Work Site Safety: Introduction


Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,issued on June 8, 1978, last amended by Ordinance SIT No. 296 of December 16, 2011, June 8,1978 as amended through December 16, 2011. – (Norma Regulamentadora 18 - NR 18 - Condiçõese Meio Ambiente de Trabalho na Indústria da Construção),

This Regulatory Norm establishes requirements for safe work practices with regard to buildingconstruction, demolition, and renovation.

Annex 12 to Regulatory Norm 15, Tolerance Limits for Mineral Dusts, issued on May 28, 1991,last amended by SIT/DSST 43 of March 11, 2008, May 28, 1991 as amended through March 11,2008. – (Anexo 12 da Norma Regulamentadora 15 - NR 15 - Limites de Tolerância para PoeiraMineral, Asbestos),

This Annex establishes exposure limits for asbestos. In addition, the Annex establishes requirementsfor accident prevention, employee training, exposure monitoring, and use of personal protectiveequipment.

Ordinance SSST No. 24 of May 27, 1999, May 27, 1999. – (Portaria SSST No. 24 de 27 de maio de1999),

This Ordinance establishes rules for the CIPA - Internal Commission for the Prevention of Accidentsin construction activities.

SIT/DSST Ordinance No. 15 of July 3, 2007, July 3, 2007. – (Portaria SIT/DSST No. 15 de 3 dejulho de 2007),

This Ordinance approves Annex IV of Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry regarding aerial work platforms, including minimumsafety requirements, such as safety devices, railings, emergency buttons and warning alarms.

None.

This protocol section updates information contained in the prior version (2010). Specific additions,deletions, and other changes made relative to the earlier version of the protocol are summarized inAppendix 17-A.






• None.

• Regional Worker’s Delegation notification, if applicable.

• Environmental Conditions of the Workplace Program, if applicable.

• Construction worker training records.

• Safety procedures for construction activities.

• Safe operating procedures for construction tools and equipment.

• Inspection records for materials, machinery, installations and safety devices.

• Manufacturer’s instructions/orientation manuals for construction equipment.

• Work Accident Reports and Annual Statistical Summary.



Brazil - Construction Work Site Safety: Pre-audit Preparation

CIPA Internal Accident Prevention Kfg Kilograms-forceCommission Kg Kilogram

DDR Differential residual device PCMAT Environmental Conditions of the(dispositivo diferencial residual) Workplace Program

DR Residual differential device/accessory PPE Personal protective equipment



1. General Requirements

.PART 3: RULEBOOK

Notes: According to in-country consultants, unlike activities such as asbestos removal, wherethe facility has primary responsibility for the safety of contractors working on site,construction and demolition contractors have primary responsibility for their own workers.Nonetheless, it is prudent for facility managers to ensure that the management of thecontracting organization follows the applicable portions of the facility’s health and safetyplan. In addition, any construction, demolition, or renovation work requires a permit from thelocal authority, as well as other approvals, and compliance with federal, state, and municipalrequirements that the facility/employer may need to comply with pertaining to hygiene/workersafety during construction activities (e.g., requirements of the state Sanitation Code).Requirements for the disposal of construction waste are covered in Section 4.0 of thisprotocol.

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1.1 Does the facility notify the Regional Worker’s Delegation prior to commencement ofconstruction activities by providing the following information: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.2.1]

• Type of project;• Dates of commencement and completion; and• Maximum estimated number of workers?

Guide Note• The Regional Worker’s Delegation is the federal labor agency that maintains an office in each state.

1.2 Does the construction or demolition site comply with the following requirements relating to theuse of partitions and barriers: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.30]

• Partitions or barriers are used to restrict the access of unauthorized persons;• Partitions are constructed of durable material and have a height of at least 2.2 meters from

the ground; and• When the distance from any demolition to the property line is less than 3.0 meters, a

partition is placed in a manner that separates the demolition from the property line?

1.3 Does the construction site have safety signs that serve the following purposes: [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.27]

• Identify the support areas within the construction site;• Indicate exits by means of signs or arrows;• Maintain communication by posting announcements, posters, and similar communication

aids;• Warn of danger from accidental contact or activation of mobile/movable parts of machines

and equipment;


2. Worker Safety Program

Brazil - Construction Work Site Safety: Rulebook

• Warn of dangers from toppling and falling objects or materials;• Advise workers of the obligation to use personal protective equipment (PPE) for specified

activities, and in designated work areas;• Identify areas where transport and circulation of materials by crane, winch, and hoist occur;• Specify areas of access, vehicle circulation, and equipment in the construction site;• Warn against the risk of passage of workers where the ceiling height is less than 1.8 meters;

and• Identify locations where toxic, corrosive, flammable, explosive, or radioactive substances

are present?

1.4 Have workers at the construction site received initial and periodic training to ensure that work-related tasks are conducted safely? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.28]

Guide Note• As part of the training program, the worker must receive copies of safety procedures and operations to be

conducted. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.28]

1.5 Is the initial training described in Question 1.4 administered during the work day before theworker conducts any work and does it have a duration of at least six hours to cover thefollowing: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.28]

• Information relating to work conditions and the environment;• The inherent risk associated with the work;• Instruction on the adequate use of PPE; and• Information about collectively used PPE at the work place?

1.6 Is periodic training described in Question 1.4 and Question 1.5 conducted in the followingsituations: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.28]

• Whenever deemed necessary; and• At the beginning of every phase of work?

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2.1 If the facility has contracted a construction company with 20 employees or more, does it ensurethat this construction company has instituted an Environmental Conditions of the WorkplaceProgram (PCMAT) that meets the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.3.1, 18.3.1.1, and18.3.4]

• Is specifically applicable to the construction industry;• Takes into consideration the requirements of Regulatory Norm 9 (which requires a program

for the prevention of workplace hazards/risks; see the Subsection entitled, “GeneralRequirements” in Section 10.0 of this protocol); and

• Includes the following:

– Description of the workplace conditions, activities and operations, considering risks ofaccidents and illnesses and their respective preventive measures;


3. Safety Commissions


– Program for collective protection in accordance with the stages of the constructionproject;

– Technical specifications of collective and individual protective measures to be instituted;– Schedule for the implementation of protective measures, as defined in the PCMAT;– Initial layout of the work area, including the dimensions of living quarters; and– Education program emphasizing the prevention of accidents and illnesses?

2.2 If the facility has contracted a construction company that is required to institute a PCMAT, isthe PCMAT available for review by the regional representatives of the Ministry of Labor?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.3.1.2]

2.3 If the facility has contracted a construction company that is required to institute a PCMAT, wasthe PCMAT prepared by and executed by a professional, trained in legal matters related towork site safety? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.3.2]

Guide Note• Implementation of the PCMAT is the responsibility of the employer. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the

Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.3.3]

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Notes: Section 10.0 of this protocol covers general Internal Accident Prevention Commission(CIPA) requirements.

3.1 Does the construction site comply with the following requirements pertaining to CIPAs:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.33]

• If the facility has one or more construction sites in the same city, with fewer than 70employees, it has a centralized CIPA; and

• If the facility has one or more construction sites in the same city with 70 or more employeesat each location, it has a separate CIPA for each location?

Guide Note• The Centralized CIPA must be composed of two employees and representatives from the employer, and must

have at least one principal representative and one supplemental representative for each group of up to 50employees at each construction site. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.33.2]

• Construction sites in operation for 180 days or fewer are exempt from requirements specified in this questionbut must have a provisional accident prevention commission with the election of at least one representative andsupplemental worker for every fifty workers. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.33.4]

• If construction is conducted at the facility, the construction activity must meet one of the followingrequirements: [Ordinance SSST No. 24 of May 27, 1999]

– Has its own CIPA (see the Subsections in Section 10.0 of this protocol entitled, “CIPA Functions” and“CIPA Record Keeping and Reporting” for details of the CIPA’s duties); or

– The facility CIPA must reflect the on-site construction activities.

• For CIPAs at construction sites, construction activities not falling under the specifications previouslymentioned in these notes, or where the facility is not obligated to maintain a CIPA, the facility must appoint anindividual to carry out the provisions of Regulatory Norm 5, and to arrange for their training for this purpose(e.g., Regulatory Norm 5, Section 5.6.4). [Ordinance SSST No. 24 of May 27, 1999]


4. Carpentry

5. Steel Framing and Metallic Structures


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Notes: Work with carpentry equipment may only be performed by a qualified worker withinthe terms described in this subsection. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.7.1]

4.1 When operating a circular saw, do the workers follow the safety requirements described below:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.7.2]

• The saw is installed on a sturdy table with enclosure of the lower, back, and front sides,built with first quality wood, metal, or other material of similar durability, without defects,and is of sufficient dimensions for execution of the required tasks;

• The electric motor is properly grounded;• The disc blade is kept sharpened and is replaced if it has dents, missing teeth, or other

defects;• The transmission of mechanical force is protected by fixed, durable shields that may not be

removed under any circumstances during use; and• The saw is equipped with a protective case for the disc and dividing cleaver, with the

manufacturer’s identification next to the sawdust collector?

4.2 Are pushing tools and alignment guides used during sawing operations? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.7.3]

4.3 Is the carpentry shop equipped with illumination fixtures that are properly protected fromimpact by particulates ejected by cutting activities? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.7.4]

4.4 Is the carpentry shop built with a durable, level, and non-slip floor surface that is protectedagainst falling objects and open air/weather? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.7.5]

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5.1 If the facility conducts cutting and bending of steel framing materials, are these activitiesperformed on a stable, fastened, durable and level platform that is set apart from areas wherethe workers circulate? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.8.1]

5.2 If the facility conducts steel framing activities, do these activities comply with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.8.2 through 18.8.3.1]

• Framing (for pillars or other vertical structures) is supported and propped so as to avoidfalling;

• The work area where framing takes place has a durable cover to protect workers fromfalling objects and the weather; and

• Illumination lamps in steel framing areas are protected from being impacted by particles orsteel rods?



5.3 Does the facility ensure that firm wooden platforms are placed over structures during steelframing to allow the circulation of workers? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.8.4]

5.4 Does the facility ensure that no sharp pieces protrude vertically from unprotected steel-framedstructures? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.8.5]

5.5 Does the facility ensure that any steel rod loading and unloading areas are isolated duringoperations? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.8.6]

5.6 Does the facility ensure that workers comply with the following safety procedures during theconstruction and installation of metallic structures: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.10.1 through 18.10.7]

• Pieces are fixed in place prior to soldering, riveting, or screwing;• A temporary floor is installed below soldering, riveting, or screwing activities to protect the

working area located below;• The temporary floor has no gaps through which objects can fall;• Fastened receptacles are available at the work station for the storage of screws, rivets and

tools;• Prefabricated pieces have dimensions and weights compatible with the installation

equipment; and• Elemental components of the metallic structure do not posses sharp protrusions?

Guide Note• If gaps in the floor are unavoidable (such as near columns), then safety nets must be installed. [Regulatory

Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.10.4]

5.7 If power lines are located in proximity to an installation project, does the facility ensure thatthe following safety measures are instituted prior to the commencement of framing activities:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.10.8]

• Electric lines are disconnected from the grid;• The work area is isolated from energized sectors;• The power lines are protected; and• The assembly structure and working equipment are grounded?

5.8 During the installation of pillars and cross-beams, does the facility ensure that placement,marking, and fixing of the parts is performed prior to the suspension of parts? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.10.9]


6. Concrete Structures

7. Soldering and Blowtorch Operations


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6.1 Does the facility ensure that concrete forms are protected and constructed so as to withstandtheir maximum working load? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.9.1]

6.2 If the facility handles and/or installs concrete structures, does it ensure the following:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Sections 18.9.2 through 18.9.12]

• The use of sliding structures is strictly supervised by a qualified worker;• Supports and props are inspected prior to and during construction by a qualified worker;• Parts are fastened to avoid their free fall;• Subject areas are cordoned off during the installation of a structure;• Pillar structures are staked and propped prior to installation;• Work areas are isolated during the fastening of rod ends;• Workers do not stand on top of or behind the structures;• Equipment associated with soldering and assembly is inspected by a legally trained

professional prior to and during use;• Concrete transporting ducts are equipped with safety devices that ensure that the duct

section does not separate during operation when the system is under internal pressure;• Machinery and mechanisms associated with concrete transporting systems are inspected by

qualified personnel prior to initiation of work activities;• Only the necessary personnel for the execution of services are allowed to remain at concrete

pouring locations;• Immersion vibrators and plates have double isolation, and connecting ends are protected

against mechanical shocks and cuts;• Equipment inspections are performed prior to and during use; and• Concrete transporting buckets have safety devices, which prevent accidental discharges?

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7.1 Does the facility ensure that soldering and blowtorch activities are only performed by qualifiedworkers? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.11.1]

7.2 If lead, zinc, or cadmium-coated materials are used in soldering or blowtorch activities, are thefollowing requirements met: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.2]

• Fumes are properly ventilated or extracted; and• Enclosed (or coated) electrodes are used?


8. Machines, Equipment and Diverse Tools


7.3 Is the equipment used to handle electrodes properly isolated from electric currents so as toavoid an electric arc or shock? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.3]

7.4 Do operators of soldering and blowtorch equipment use non-flammable shields to protectadjacent workers from the operation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.4]

7.5 During soldering or blowtorching of tanks or other similar structures in confined spaces, doesthe facility ensure that proper measures are taken to avoid risks of explosion or other impactsassociated with the potential accumulation of flammable vapors? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.5]

Guide Note• Work in confined spaces must be conducted according to specific requirements; see the Subsection entitled,

“Confined Spaces.”

7.6 Is blowtorch equipment equipped with a mechanism that prevents backdraft of the flame intothe entrance of the blowpipe or exit of the cylinder? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.6]

7.7 Does the facility ensure it complies with the following soldering equipment storagerequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.11.7 through 18.11.9]

• Flammable or explosive materials are removed or isolated from areas near the oxygen tanks;• All soldering equipment is grounded;• Conductive equipment and wrenches are isolated from oil, grease, and moisture/humidity;

and• Conductive equipment and wrenches are stored on insulated surfaces?

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8.1 Does the facility comply with the following requirements relating to the use of machines,equipment, and diverse tools: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.22]

• Manual tools with sharp edges or points are protected with a leather sheath or anothermaterial of equivalent resistance and durability when not in use;

• Tools using gun powder are used only by workers at least 18 years of age;• Tools using gun powder are not used in an environment containing flammable or explosive

mixtures;• Manual electrical tools are equipped with double insulation;• Portable pneumatic tools are equipped with the following:

– Actuating devices that are installed in a manner that reduces the potential for accidentaloperation of the device to a minimum;

– Air valves that close automatically when the hand pressure of the operator on theactivating device is released; and

– Feed hoses and connections for pneumatic tools that are resistant to operational pressure,remain firmly fastened to the exit pipes, and attached to the routes of air circulation;


9. Cranes and Piledrivers


• Air supplies for hoses are turned off and pressure is released when pneumatic tools are notin use; and

• Portable pneumatic tools are removed from their use positions manually and not bycompressed air pressure?

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9.1 Are suspension cables on cranes and piledrivers long enough so there are at least six turns ofcable remaining on the winch regardless of the position of the crane head or driver?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.6.15]

9.2 When cranes or piledrivers are not in operation, are crane heads or drivers resting on theground? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.24.4]

9.3 Do pneumatic drivers have hoses located so that the operator can always reach and control thehose? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.36.3 (j)]

9.4 If the construction site uses cranes, does it comply with the following requirements:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.14.24]

• The launching point and the steel cable are located at least 3 meters from any obstacle andare kept at the appropriate distance from the electrical distribution system, as required by thelocal electrical company; and

• If distances less than 3 meters from obstacles cannot be maintained, the obstacle isevaluated by a qualified professional and included in the loading plan (see Appendix 17-B)?

Guide Note• Appendix 17-B contains record keeping and training requirements.

9.5 Are crane work areas and outside activities that interfere with the crane work areas included ina specific loading plan (see Appendix 17-B)? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.6 Are cranes prohibited from transporting people? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.7 Does the facility ensure that the positioning of the first anchorage, as well as the intervalbetween the subsequent anchorages, follows the specifications of the manufacturer, supplier, orresponsible company for the assembly of the equipment? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Guide Note• These specifications must be maintained at the facility. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace

Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]



9.8 Are cranes operated in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.14.24]

9.9 Does the facility ensure that cranes are operated through a cabin connected to the revolvingpart of the equipment except for assembly cranes, specific projects, or attended operation?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.14.24]

Guide Note• The terms “specific projects” and “attended operation” are not defined in the Norm. [Regulatory Norm 18,

Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.10 Is crane work prohibited during inclement weather or other unfavorable conditions that exposesworkers in the area to risk? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.11 Do cranes have automatic devices with audible alarms that indicate the occurrence of the windsabove 42 km/hr? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.12 Are cranes prohibited from operating when winds are greater than 72 km/hr? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.14.24]

9.13 Is the use of safety locks prohibited to block the movement of the boom when the crane is notin operation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.14 Are safety devices or automated trajectory barriers installed as load or movement restrictorsover the length of the boom? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.15 Are crane loading/unloading areas delimited, allowing access only to personnel involved in thecrane operations? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.16 Are cranes grounded and, when necessary, is equipment with lightning arrestors placed twometers above the highest point of the tower? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.17 Is the hook of the crane pulley equipped with a safety block/bolt? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.18 Are cranes prohibited from dragging any items? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

9.19 Is the crane loading plan followed? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]



9.20 Do cranes have the following safety items: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

• A device to limit the movement of the equipment;• Maximum load limiter for blocking the lifting system;• End of course limiter for the lifting system in both sites of the arm;• Height limiter that allows safe breaking the hook system;• Audible alarm activated by the operator during load movement;• Indication of permissible load at the crane’s arm, and specified by the manufacturer;• Back-up lights;• Safety lock at the hook system;• Handle-guide for fixing the safety cables to access the tower and the arms (launching

system);• Limiter of turn, when the crane is not using an electric collector;• Anemometer;• Device installed in the pulleys that hinders the accidental release of the cables;• Protection against exposure to solar rays in the cabin;• Limiter for the transverse movement of cranes when installed on rails;• Railings and baseboard in the passageways on the exterior;• Fixed ladders (see Question 13.6); and• Limiter for the movement of the arm (launching system)?

Guide Note• An “electrical collector” is a device responsible for the electrical connection between fixed and rotating parts.

[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.39]

• The device referenced in the last bullet of this question is for cranes with mobile or retractable systems.[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.14.24.11.q]


10. Hand Tools

11. Electrical Safety


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10.1 Do workers use only those tools that are appropriate for the activity? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.22.13]

10.2 Do workers keep sharp and pointed tools in protective cases (see the first bullet of Question8.1)? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.22.15]

10.3 Do workers refrain from carrying tools in their pockets? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.22.16]

10.4 Are small power tools equipped with switches that will prevent them from being turned onaccidentally during transport? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.18.22.17]

10.5 Are nail guns inspected regularly and are only those nails used that are designated andappropriate to the type of surface materials being nailed? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.36.2 (g)]

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11.1 Do electrical installations at the construction site comply with the following requirements:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.21]

• Maintenance of electrical installations is carried out by qualified workers under thesupervision of a qualified person;

• Electrical work is only conducted when the power is shut off;• Exposed live parts/points are prohibited;• Conductors are adequately isolated and do not obstruct the movement of materials or

persons; and• Electrical circuits are protected from mechanical impacts, moisture/humidity and corrosive

agents?

Guide Note• If it is not possible to turn off the power, as required in the second bullet of this question, electrical work is

conducted only after appropriate safety measures have been taken. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.21.2.1]

• The term, “qualified” is not specifically defined in the Regulatory Norm cited for this question.

11.2 Does the facility ensure the following requirements are met in regards to electrical installations:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.21]

• When a temporary circuit is deemed inoperable or unnecessary, it is removed/placed out ofservice by the responsible electrician;

• The main electrical switches that provide electrical control for specific areas are protected toavoid exposure to inclement weather or the accidental activation of the circuit;

• High tension networks are installed in a manner that avoids accidental contact with vehicles,equipment, and workers;


12. Storage and Stocking of Materials


• Transformers and step-down stations are installed in isolated areas to which access is onlypermitted to qualified professionals or qualified workers;

• Structures and covers of electrical equipment are grounded;• Fuse boxes are not under tension when the plated switches are in the open position;• All branches intended for the connection of electrical equipment are installed with

disconnection or magnetic switches which are independent, and which may be activatedeasily and safely;

• In cases involving the possibility of accidental contact with any live component, adequateinsulation is used;

• General distribution boxes are kept locked, with their circuits identified;• When reconnecting the main general electrical switches in the general distribution board, all

the equipment is disconnected; and• Mobile/portable electric machines and equipment are only connected using a plug and

socket (i.e., “direct” installation using only a wire is not permissible)?

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12.1 Does the construction site comply with the following requirements pertaining to storage andstowage of materials: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.24]

• Stored materials do not block access to fire-fighting equipment, obstruct emergency doors orexits, or cause a burden or loading on walls and other supporting structures;

• Piles of materials, in bulk or in packages, are in a form and at a height that ensure theirstability and safe handling;

• Materials are not piled directly on a floor that is uneven, unstable, or damp;• Tubes, rods, molds, bars, planks and other large building materials are laid out in layers,

using spacers and retention devices, separated by the type and size of the materials;• Materials are stored to allow them to be removed in accordance with the planned usage

sequence, without disturbing the stability of the stacks;• Wood removed from scaffolds, fencing, forms, and props is stacked after removing or

pounding in nails, wires, and tying strips;• Containers of welding gases are transported and stored appropriately, in accordance with the

requirements for the transport and storage of flammable products;• Virgin lime is stored in a dry and aerated area; and• Toxic, corrosive, flammable or explosive materials are stored in marked, isolated areas with

access permitted only to authorized individuals?

Guide Note• See Section 14.0 of this protocol for information on the transport of dangerous goods.• The authorized individuals must be trained in the procedures to be followed in the case of an accident.

[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.24.7]


13. Ladders, Stairs, Etc.


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Notes: Ladders must only be used for small, provisional tasks; their use as the only means ofaccess is prohibited. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Sections 18.12.5.2 and 18.12.5.4]

The use of ladders in proximity to unprotected electrical wires or installations is prohibited.[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.12.5.7]

13.1 Does the facility adhere to the following general requirements for the construction of ladders,stairs, ramps, and passageways: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.12.1 through 18.12.4]

• The wood used is of good quality, without cracks, and is dry;• The use of paints that could hide the appearance and condition of the wood materials is

prohibited;• Stairs, ramps, and passageways for collective circulation and movement of materials have a

solid construction and are equipped with hand rails and toe boards;• Floors with a difference in vertical height of greater than 40 centimeters are equipped with

stairs or ramps; and• Provisional stairs or ramps are used in areas of general circulation on a temporary basis

only?

13.2 If the facility uses ladders at its construction site, does it ensure that they are not used under thefollowing circumstances: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.5.5]

• In proximity to doorways or areas of circulation;• Where there is a risk associated with falling objects; and• In proximity to openings or in other areas where there is a risk of falling?

13.3 If the facility uses ladders at its construction site, are the following conditions met: [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.12.5.5]

• The top extends at least 1 meter above the resting point in the upper floor;• Measures have been taken to ensure that the ladder does not slide from either of the surfaces

upon which it rests;• Surfaces are provided with slip-resistant tape; and• The ladder is placed on a firm floor surface?

13.4 Do folding ladders meet the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.5.8]

• Are stable and rigid;• Are equipped with devices that maintain them open during use; and• Have a maximum length of 6 meters when closed?



13.5 Are extension ladders equipped with a device that limits extension to the fourth step or 1 meterof minimum overlap? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.12.5.9]

13.6 Are fixed marine-type ladders with a length equal to or greater than 6 meters, built with aprotective cage, starting from a height of 2 meters and up to 1 meter from the top? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.12.5.10]

Guide Note• The fixed ladder must also have a rest area with a guardrail and floor landing for every 9 meters of length.

[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.12.5.10.1]


14. Scaffolding


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14.1 If the construction site uses scaffolding, does it comply with the following requirements:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.15]

• The dismantling of any scaffolding structure is prohibited when any workers are on thescaffolding;

• Any scaffolding with work floors situated higher than 1.50 meters is equipped with stairs orramps;

• Wooden scaffolding is not used for work above a height of 3 floors or the equivalent height;• Scaffolding installed at the face of a building has protection with fastened netting, from the

first floor to at least a height of 2 meters above the last work platform; and• Mobile/portable scaffolds are used only on level surfaces?

14.2 If the construction site uses suspended scaffolding, does it comply with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.15.30 through 18.15.37]

• The installation and use of any fixed and suspended scaffolding system and supportstructures are done based on a prior design project, which is developed and overseen by alegally qualified professional;

• Any suspended scaffolding is provided with an identification plate affixed in a visiblelocation which indicates the maximum permitted work load;

• Any installation and maintenance of the suspended scaffolding are conducted by a qualifiedworker, under the technical supervision and responsibility of a legally qualified professional,and is in accordance with any manufacturer’s technical specifications;

• Measures are in place to ensure the stability of any suspended scaffolding during the entireperiod of use, through operational procedures and specific accessories or equipment for thispurpose;

• Workers on suspended scaffolding use safety belts attached to guiding cables, provided withbraking devices on the cables that are connected/linked to the safety belts yetindependent/not connected to the stabilizing or supporting structure of the suspendedscaffolding;

• The support of suspended scaffolding uses beams or separation devices or other metallicstructures of equivalent resistance, which are at least three times stronger than the greatestpotential force applied to the scaffolding;

• Suspended scaffolding is supported or stabilized by a structural element; and• Support beams for any suspended mechanical scaffolding are not stabilized by using sacks

of sand, rocks, or any other similar articles?

14.3 If a counter-weight system is used as a means of stabilizing the supporting structure ofsuspended scaffolding, does it comply with the following conditions: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.32.4]

• The scaffolding is of the form and weight specified in the project design;• The counterweight is fixed/attached to the scaffolding support structure;• The counterweight is made of concrete, steel, or another non-granulated solid, with the

known weight marked indelibly on each piece/part; and



• The counterweight is provided with wind/gust protective countermeasures that prevent themovement dislocation of the scaffolding?

14.4 Does the facility ensure the following requirements are met in regard to scaffolding:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Sections 18.15.33 through 18.15.35, 18.15.39, and 18.15.43 through 18.15.44]

• The use of natural or artificial fiber cables is prohibited for supporting any suspendingscaffolding;

• Prior to work using lifting devices, they are inspected daily by the users and by theindividual responsible for the site/construction work;

• Both the scaffolding user and the individual responsible for inspection/verification areprovided with training and a procedural manual for conducting the dailyinspection/verification;

• The interconnection of suspended scaffolds for the circulation/movement of persons or forconducting any other tasks is prohibited;

• The usable length of the work platform of suspended scaffolding is at least 0.65 meters;• The usable length of the work platform of suspended scaffolding, when using a winch on

each framework/link, is at least 0.90 meters;• The work platform can resist a point/local load/force of at least 200 kilograms-force (kfg);• Any sides of suspended mechanical scaffolding have maximum length/extent of 8 meters;

and• In the event that only one support winch is in place per framework/link:

– An additional steel cable is used that is linked to an automatic mechanicalblocking/braking device; and

– Conformance with the overloading prohibitions indicated by the equipmentmanufacturer’s instructions is achieved?

14.5 If the construction site uses motorized suspended scaffolding, does it comply with thefollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.15.45]

• The following equipment/accessories are provided for any such scaffolding:

– Double insulation work: feeding/supply cables; plugs/plates (“tomadas blindadas”);– Electrical grounding;– Residual differential device/accessory (DR);– Device for locking the system in a specific position to prevent accidental

operation/movement (“fim de curso superior”); and– Catch/stop (“batente”);

• The motor complex is equipped with an emergency mechanical device that activates/triggersautomatically in the event of an electrical failure and that maintains the work platformstopped at the set height, and when activated, allows for a safe descent to the lowest supportpoint;

• Motorized scaffoldings are equipped with devices/accessories that:

– Impede the movement of the scaffolding when it is inclined at an angle of greater than15 degrees; and

– Maintain the scaffolding in a level position in the work location; and• The equipment is disengaged and protected when out of service?



14.6 If the construction site uses work platforms with vertical movement systems involving pinions(gears) and chains (“cremalheira”) and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatmanufacturer’s technical specifications for assembly, operations, maintenance, disassembly, andperiodic inspections are conducted under the supervision of a legally-qualified professional?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.15.46]

14.7 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systems involvingpinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the design/set-up projects,and technical specifications and operations manual for the assembly, operation, maintenance,inspections, and disassembly have been reviewed and approved by a legally qualified Brazilianprofessional? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.15.47]

14.8 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systems involvingpinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that manufacturer’sinstructional/orientation manuals are available in Portuguese at the work sites or the workplace?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.15.47.1]

14.9 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systems involvingpinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the individual responsible fordaily inspection of the equipment receives a procedural manual for the daily inspection routine?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.15.47.2]

14.10 If the construction site uses any work platform with a vertical movement system using pinions“gears” and chains (“cremalheira”), and/or any hydraulic platform, does it comply with thefollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Sections 18.15.47.4 and 18.15.47.1.1]

• All workers using the platforms have received orientation/training concerning the correctloading and positioning of the materials on the platform; and

• The users receive training in the operation of the equipment?

14.11 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that all workers use aparachute (“para-quedista”) belt with a lanyard connected to a structure separate from theplatform equipment? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.15.47.5]

Guide Note• This requirement does not apply to special situations that have been technically approved by legally-authorized

professionals. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.15.47.5]



14.12 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the minimum loadcapacity of the work platform is 150 kgf/m2? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.7]

14.13 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that any telescopicextensions used offer the same durability as that of the platform floor? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.8]

14.14 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the area under thework platform is appropriately signed and delimited, and the circulation of workers inside ofthe area/space is prohibited? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.11]

14.15 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the platform isequipped with an audible alarm system activated automatically during ascent and descent of theplatform? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.15.47.12]

14.16 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the platform has anemergency stop button? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.13]

14.17 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the equipment isprovided with safety devices to level the platform at the work location/point, and to complywith the inclination limits indicated by the manufacturer? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.14]

14.18 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that, during electricalfailures, the equipment is provided with emergency mechanical devices that maintain the workplatform in the stopped position, and allow for the manual release by the operator for the safedescent of the platform to its base? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.16]

14.19 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the equipment,when out of service, is placed resting on the ground, disconnected, and protected againstunauthorized activation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.23]

14.20 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement systemsinvolving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that the use of the workplatform is prohibited for the transport of persons or materials not associated with the platformwork? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.15.47.26]



14.21 If the construction site uses work platform using chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does itensure that the platforms include the following: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.48]

• Double insulated supply cables;• Plugs/plates (“tomadas blindadas”);• Electrical grounding;• Residual differential device/accessory (DR);• Electrical limits of upper and lower circuit/path;• Motion/movement brake/restraint (“motofreio”);• Automatic security brake; and• Operating control panel (“botoeira de comando”) operating with continuous pressure?

14.22 If the construction site uses suspending chairs in place of scaffolding, does it comply with thefollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.15.50 through 18.15.55]

• Chairs are suspended by a steel cable or a synthetic fiber cable;• The suspended chair is provided with the following:

– Devices for ascending and descending with a double safety beam/bolt/shackle, whensupport is provided by means of a steel cable;

– Devices for descending with a double safety beam/bolt/shackle, when the supporting isprovided by means of a synthetic fiber cable; and

– A system of securing the worker by means of a belt;• The worker uses a harness-type safety belt, connected to a fall-arrestor on an independent

guide cable;• Any suspended chair has the registered company name of the manufacturer and the

respective registration number in the federal tax register (“Cadastro Geral de Contribuintes -CGC”) marked on its structure in indelible and clearly visible characters;

• It is prohibited to improvise or use a makeshift suspended chair; and• The suspended chair attachment system is independent of the fall arrestor cable?

Guide Note• The use of suspended chairs is permitted where it is not possible to install scaffolds. [Regulatory Norm 18,

Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.49]

14.23 If the facility uses steel or synthetic fiber cables, do the cables comply with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.16]

• Steel pulling/traction/tension cables are free of any repairs or broken strands;• The strength of a steel cable is at least five times the maximum work load, and the tensile

strength is at least 160 kgf/mm2;• Steel or synthetic fiber cables are fastened by means that reduce their slippage or wear-and-

tear;• Steel or synthetic fiber cables are replaced when subjected to conditions that compromise

their integrity;• Synthetic fiber cables used for supporting suspended chairs or as guide-cables connected to

a fall-arrestor, are provided with yellow warning signage; and• Synthetic fiber cables used as specified in the preceding bullet meet the following

requirements:


15. Temporary Stairs

16. Ramps and Passageways


– Are marked using a ribbon inserted in the interior of the twist indicating “NR 18.16.5ISO 1140 1990” and the manufacturer’s name and CNPJ number; and

– A firmly attached label that includes the following information:1) Constituent material: polyamide;2) Reference number: 2 millimeters diameter;3) The length in meters; and4) Include the sign indicating the following: “CUIDADO: CABO PARA USO

ESPECIFICO EM CADEIRAS SUSPENSAS E CABO-GUIA DE SEGURANCAPARA FIXACAO DE TRAVE-QUEDAS” (in English, “Caution: cable for specificuse in safety suspended chairs and guide-cable for connecting to a fall-arrestormechanism”)?

Guide Note• Synthetic cables must be tested in conformance with Technical Note ISO 2307/2005, including an evaluation

of the rupture load and component material by the Brazilian network of testing and calibration laboratoriesunder the Brazilian System of Meteorology and Industrial Quality. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.16.6, Annex I, item 3]

• ISO 2307/2005 may be purchased through the following website (last accessed in May 2012): http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=36586&showrevision=y.

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15.1 If the facility uses temporary stairs, are they constructed in accordance with the followingguidelines: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.12.5.1 and 18.12.5.1.1]

• Are properly sized for the flow of workers;• Have a minimum width of 80 centimeters; and• Include a landing at least once every vertical drop of 2.9 meters?

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16.1 Are ramps and passageways maintained in excellent condition? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.6.1]

Guide Note• “Excellent condition” is not defined in the Regulatory Norm.

16.2 Are provisional ramps affixed to the upper or lower floors without exceeding a 30-degreeinclination from the lower floor? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.6.2]

Guide Note• If the ramps have an inclination greater than 18 degrees relative to the lower floor surface, they must be

constructed with fixed traversal pieces spaced at an interval no greater than 40 centimeters. [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.6.3]


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17. Fall Protection


16.3 If the facility construction project uses provisional ramps for truck traffic, are the ramps at leastfour meters long and fixed at both ends? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.6.4]

16.4 If the facility construction project uses passageways, do they meet the following requirements:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Sections 18.12.6.5 and 18.12.6.6]

• Do not include a discontinuity between the surfaces of the passageways and the surroundingfloor at the joining points; and

• The exits of the passageways are an appropriate size for the passageway dimensions and forthe loads to which the passageways will be subjected?

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17.1 Does the facility meet the following requirements for fall protection: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.13.1through 18.13.4]

• Protection is installed where there is a risk of workers falling and where the need forprotection from falling materials exists;

• Gaps in floors are filled with solid material;• Openings required for the transportation of materials are equipped with guard rails and

locking gates at the points of entrance;• Elevator shaft openings are provided with provisional closures at least 1.2 meters high, built

with solid materials, and securely affixed to the building structure until the installation ofpermanent doors; and

• Structures are installed to prevent falls at the periphery of the building structure from themoment the first floor is accessible to workers?

17.2 Are the structures designed to prevent falls constructed in accordance with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.13.5]

• Top rails are at least 1.20 meters from the platform and midrails are 70 centimeters from theplatform;

• Toeboards are at least 20 centimeters in height; and• A net or similar material covering is provided for the safe closure of any openings?

17.3 Where work is performed at a height of more than 2 meters, or where there is a danger offalling, do workers wear safety belts attached to cables with braking devices which are notconnected to the scaffolding structure? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.23.3]

17.4 If the structure under construction will have 4 or more floors, or an equivalent height, does ithave a protective platform at the level of the first floor (considered the second floor in USA),or at least one level higher than the ground level, in accordance with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.13.6 and 18.13.7]

• Provides 2.5 meters of horizontal protection from the external face of the structure with onecomplementary extension of 80 centimeters, with an inclination of 45 degrees at either end;


18. Work on Roofs


• Is installed immediately after completion of the first floor; and• Is removed only after the external finish work above the protective platform has been

completed?

Guide Note• Additional, smaller, platforms must be installed every three floors. Their dimensions must be 1.4 meters from

the face of the building structure, with one complementary extension of 80 centimeters, and an inclination of45 degrees, at either end. The platforms must be installed after construction of the floors to which they belongand removed after construction and finishing activities of the floors above them have been completed.[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.13.7]

• In cases where the upper floors are set back, the first protective platform must be installed in the floor of thefirst setback and the following platforms above it must be installed in accordance with the above-referencedconditions. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.13.10]

• The platforms must be built solidly, without weight exceedances, which may compromise the stability of thestructures. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.13.11]

17.5 If structures under construction are to have basements, are protective platforms provided forthese floors, located every 2nd floor (counted from the street level floor) that provide 2.2meters of horizontal protection from the external face of the building structure with onecomplementary extension of 80 centimeters, with an inclination of 45 degrees, at either end?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Sections 18.13.8 and 18.13.8.1]

Guide Note• The perimeter of the building structure must be covered with netting material beginning at the point of the

principal protection platform noted in Sections 18.13.6 and 18.13.7 (see Question 17.4). The netting materialmust constitute a barrier to the projection of tools and materials. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.13.9 and 18.13.9.1]

• The netting must be installed between the extremities of adjacent platforms and may only be removed after thework above the upper platform has been completed. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.13.9.2]

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18.1 If the facility conducts work on roofs at the construction site, does it comply with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.18]

• Devices are used which allow for the safe movement of workers, including the installationof steel cable guides for securing safety belts;

• The ends of the cable guides are affixed/secured by means of unoxidizable steel or othermaterial of equivalent resistance and durability;

• A system of signing and isolation exists in a manner that prevents workers in the lowerfloors from being hit by toppling materials and equipment;

• Before any work is conducted over furnaces or any other equipment where the emission ofgases from industrial processes occurs, the equipment is disengaged;

• Performing any work on roofs during rainy or windy weather is prohibited; and• The placement of loads on a single point is prohibited?


19. Aerial Platforms


18.2 If any work at height will be conducted (roof maintenance, renovation, etc.), is the areainspected and is a permit for the work obtained including all the procedures applicable forperforming the task? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.18.5]

Guide Note• The Norm does not indicate who issues the permit. However, according to in-country consultants, permits are

generally provided by the safety or engineering department at a facility.

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Notes: The questions in this subsection apply to work performed on aerial platforms.

SIT/DSST Ordinance No. 15 of July 3, 2007 approved Annex IV of Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry. The full text of thisRegulatory Norm may be accessed at the following web link: (last accessed in May 2012):http://portal.mte.gov.br/data/files/8A7C812D33EF459C013484AC2594181B/NR-18%20(Atualizada%202011).pdf.

19.1 Is equipment used for activities involving aerial platforms equipped with the following safetydevices: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Annex IV, Article 2.2]

• Safety devices that ensure perfect leveling at the work location, according manufacturer’sinstructions;

• Internal support mechanisms;• Railings, in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications, or that meet the requirements

of Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.13.5 (see Question 17.2);

• A control panel with emergency button;• An emergency device that allows the employee and the platform to be returned to the floor

in case of electrical, mechanical or hydraulic failure; and• An automatic, sound-based signaling system that is triggered during ascent and descent?

19.2 Is the equipment protected against electrical shocks by the following equipment: [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, AnnexIV, Item 2.3]

• Double-insulated feed cables;• Armored plugs and sockets;• Electrical grounding; and• A differential residual device (“dispositivo diferencial residual” - DDR)?

19.3 Are operational and maintenance manuals for aerial work platforms available in Portuguese atthe site? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.1]

19.4 Does the platform operator conduct a visual and functional inspection of the equipment beforedaily or shift use, and does he/she check the following: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.4]

• Operational and emergency controls;


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• Safety devices;• Personal protection devices, including those for fall protection;• Hydraulic, air and fuel systems;• Electrical panels, cables and whips;• Tires and wheels;• Warning and control signs;• Stabilizers, expandable axles and the general structure of the equipment; and• Any other items specified by the manufacturer?

19.5 Does the operator ensure that he/she maintains the following while the equipment is moving:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Annex IV, Item 3.5]

• A clear view of the path of the equipment;• Safe distances between obstacles, holes, ramps and other items posing a risk; and• The minimum distance from aerial obstacles specified by the project or work order?

19.6 Does the facility ensure that equipment is kept away from power lines, as indicated by themanufacturer’s instruction manual, or isolated according to the instructions of the powersupplier? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.8]

19.7 Do employees wear parachute harnesses attached to the platform railings or other devicesspecified by the manufacturer? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.13]

19.8 Does the facility ensure that, when aerial platforms do not function properly (i.e., are out-of-order), they are kept: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.17]

• Away from the work area;• Turned off; and• Protected against unauthorized use?

19.9 Are battery-charging areas ventilated and free of fire or explosion risks? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item3.18]

19.10 Has the facility developed and implemented a preventive maintenance program of aerialplatforms which includes at least the following: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 4.1]

• Verification of speed, resting control and limits on the functions of equipment;• Verification of upper and lower controls;• Cables, nets and other parts of the equipment;• Safety and emergency devices;• Warning and control signals;• Maintenance and substitution of damaged parts;• Lubrication of moving parts;• Inspection of filters, hydraulic, and refrigeration systems, and of motor oil; and


20. Movement and Transport of Materials and Persons


• Visual inspection of structural and critical components such as setting and locking devices?

Guide Note• While the Regulatory Norm does not specifically require the maintenance program to be documented, in-

country consultants indicate that it is necessary to document any program which must be implemented.<RECORD KEEPING>

19.11 Is the maintenance program described in Question 19.10 supervised by a legally qualifiedprofessional, and is the maintenance provided by a person qualified by the manufacturer?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Annex IV, Items 4.1.1. and 4.2]

19.12 If an aerial platform is kept out of service for more than three months, does it undergomaintenance before being returned to operation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 4.3]

19.13 Does the facility keep the following documentation for at least five years: [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item4.5] <RECORD KEEPING>

• Maintenance records, including dates, issues identified, corrective actions recommended,and the names of the people in charge of the maintenance of the equipment; and

• All repairs conducted, including the date they were done, a description of the repairs, thename of the person responsible for making the repair, and the name of the personresponsible for releasing the equipment back into use?

19.14 Are aerial platforms operated only as follows: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 5.1]

• By personnel who are qualified and trained in accordance with the manufacturer’sinstructions, on the equipment that they work on (or on similar equipment); and

• In each employee’s own work area(s)?

19.15 Do all personnel who operate aerial equipment have a certificate that includes, at a minimum,the following: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Annex IV, Items 5.2 through 5.2.1]

• Basic safety principles; and• Inspection and operation of the equipment?

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20.1 If the construction site uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from onelevel to another, does it ensure that the following requirements are met: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.14.1]<RECORD KEEPING>

• The equipment is designed and sized by a legally qualified professional at the installation;• Installation and dismantling is performed by a qualified worker;• The maintenance of such equipment is performed by or under the supervision of a legally

qualified professional who updates his/her qualification annually and carries documentationshowing that the qualification is current;



• Elevators and lifts meet all applicable national and international standards (not furtherdefined);

• Emergency equipment on elevators installed after May 6, 2012 (i.e., twelve months afterpublication of Ordinance SIT No. 224 of May 6, 2011) is indelibly identified by themanufacturer, importer or lessor;

• The facility has a “Preventive Maintenance Program” as recommended by the lessor,importer or manufacturer, which is kept with the equipment’s inspection records;

• Equipment is not used after assembly or maintenance unless the facility has receivedverification of operational security, within the parameters specified by the manufacturer,from the legally qualified assembly or maintenance professional (Note that this verificationmust be attached to the equipment’s inspection records);

• Emergency brakes are tested at least every 90 day, and the report concerning these tests isattached to equipment’s inspection records; and

• Equipment is provided with devices that limit their use by unauthorized persons?

Guide Note• Every manufacturer, rental or service provider for installation, assembly, disassembly and maintenance, or

equipment in whole or part thereof, must be registered with the Regional Council of Engineering, Architectureand Agronomy - CREA. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.1.4]

20.2 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one level/floorto another, does it ensure that access to, and movement of, lifting and transport equipment isunimpeded and proper safety signage is provided? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.9]

20.3 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one level/floorto another, does it ensure that the lifting and transport equipment is inspected daily by aqualified worker, and that the results of the inspection are recorded in the equipment’sinspection record? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.7] <RECORD KEEPING>

20.4 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one level/floorto another, does it ensure that measures are taken to ensure the stability of the equipment?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.14.8]

Guide Note• Specific measures are not identified.



20.5 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one level/floorto another, does it ensure that precautions are taken with regard to the movement of machinesand equipment in the vicinity of electrical lines? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.10]

20.6 Does the facility ensure that column lifts and similar devices (“Velox” type) are equipped withdevices for stabilization? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.12]

20.7 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one level/floorto another, does it ensure that the distance between the free pulley and the drum of the hoistingwinch is between 2.5 meters and 3.0 meters from axle to axle? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.14]

20.8 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one level/floorto another, does it ensure that the steel cable located between the rolling drum and the freepulley is guarded to prevent accidental access to and contact by workers? [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.14.15]

20.9 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one level/floorto another, does it ensure that the hoisting winch has a startup and shutoff switch to prevent itfrom being activated by non-authorized individuals? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.16]

20.10 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one level/floorto another, does it ensure that when the hoisting winch is in any position, the traction cable hasa minimum of 6 turns rolled on the drum? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.17]

20.11 Does the facility ensure that bucket elevators are only used for the transport of bulk material?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.14.18]

20.12 Does the facility ensure that persons are not transported using lifting equipment? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.14.19]

20.13 Does the facility ensure that equipment for the transport of materials is equipped with devicesthat prevent the accidental discharge of transported material? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.20]

20.14 If the construction site uses elevator towers, does it comply with the following requirements:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.14.21]

• The elevator towers are sized according to the loads to which they are subject;• Towers are assembled and disassembled by skilled workers;• Towers are constructed and installed in a manner approved by a legally certified

professional, in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and design specifications;• Towers are located away from power lines or are isolated according to manufacturer’s

instructions;



• Towers are mounted so that the distance between the cabin and the face of the building isnot more than two feet;

• For travel over long distances, loads and structural strain arising are considered in the designand specification of towers;

• The structural elements of towers are able to withstand use, without presenting corrosion ordeformation that may undermine its stability;

• Towers for bucket elevators are equipped with devices that keep the bucket in balance;• Towers and hoists are electrically grounded;• A barrier is installed at every entrance to towers to prevent exposure to moving parts;• Towers are provided with protection and signaling to prohibit the circulation of workers;• Openings to tower elevators for lifting materials are covered with wire mesh, galvanized

material, or another material of equivalent strength and durability;• Towers are equipped with safety device which prevents opening of the barrier (barrier)

when the elevator is not on floor level;• The ramps to towers meet the following requirements:

– Are provided with guardrail system;– Have floors made of durable material, without openings;– Do not slope downwards towards the tower; and– Are fixed to the structure of the building;

• There is clearance of at least two feet above ramps;• The cabins of the elevators are provided with guide systems which render the use of grease

in the pipes guiding elevator towers unnecessary;• Parts of towers and elevators (e.g., axels, gearbox, engine, etc.) are clearly identified; and• Inspection, testing and maintenance are conducted at intervals identified by a legally

certified professional in accordance with the manufacturer’s’ instructions, and records arekept up to date? <RECORD KEEPING>

20.15 If the construction site uses elevators for the transport of materials, does it comply with thefollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.14.22]

• Passengers are not transported in elevators designed to lift materials, with exception of rackelevators, where only the operator and/or person responsible for the material to betransported with the load if he/she is physically isolated from the load;

• Materials with dimensions larger than the internal dimensions of the elevator are nottransported;

• Material is not transported while supported on the doors of the cabin;• Material is not transported outside the cabin, except during the assembly and disassembly of

the elevator;• Bulk material is not transported without proper preparation;• No equipment or device for lifting materials is altered in any way not indicated in the

manufacturer’s instructions;• A plate containing an indication of the maximum load and indicating the prohibition on the

transport of people is affixed to the inside of the elevator;• Elevators are equipped with the following:

– An automatic braking system;– A monitored electromechanical security system;– A security lock system to keep the elevator stopped, in addition to the engine brake;



– An interlock system that ensures the elevator only moves when doors and gates areclosed; and

– A system that prevents the movement of the elevator when the load exceeds the capacityallowed;

• The lifting device has traction on ascent and descent, to prevent free fall of the cabin;• A control level/switch is installed on each floor, to activate a lamp or bell adjacent to the

winch operator, to guarantee one-way communication;• Any service performed on the elevator is recorded in the Book of Elevator Inspection, which

remains with the equipment; and <RECORD KEEPING>• Elevators for materials are provided with fixed panes on one side and removable panels or

doors on the other?

20.16 If the construction site uses passenger elevators, does it comply with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.23]

• In buildings under construction with eight or more floors (or equivalent height), at least onepassenger elevator must reach the entire vertical extent of the building;

• Passenger elevators are installed from the conclusion of the fifth floor (or equivalent height);• Simultaneous transport of freight and passengers is prohibited;• If passenger elevators are used for the transport of freight, the elevators are installed from

the ground floor;• Transport of passengers is given priority over transport of freight;• Passenger elevators are equipped with the following:

– Switches at the ends of the upper and lower courses, along with an electromagneticautomatic brake;

– An automatic braking system to be used in case the traction cable breaks or in othersituations that lead to the free fall of the cabin;

– An electromechanical safety system, installed at a distance of 2 meters below the highestbeam of the tower, or another system that prevents the collision of the cabin with thisbeam;

– Power switch that allows movement only when the doors are closed;– A metal cabin with a door; and– A manual brake located in the cabin and interconnected to the switches so that upon

activation the motor will disengage;– A system that prevents movement of the elevator when the load exceeds the capacity

allowed; and– For beam-type floating elevators, a braking system with a principle trigger of cable

tension;• Any service performed on the elevator is recorded in the Book of Elevator Inspection, which

remains with the equipment; and <RECORD KEEPING>• Passenger elevator cabins have automatic lighting, ventilation, and a sign indicating the

maximum number of passengers and equivalent weight (kg)?

Guide Note• A passenger elevator may be used for the transport of loads or material if they are not transported

simultaneously with passengers. Signs must be posted inside the elevator used, with the following information(or a similar message, in Portuguese): “THE USE OF THIS ELEVATOR IS PERMITTED FOR THETRANSPORT OF MATERIAL, AS LONG AS IT IS NOT TRANSPORTED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHPASSENGERS.” [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.14.23.2.2]


21. Demolition


20.17 If any rack elevator (“elevador de cremalheria”) is used, does the facility ensure that thefollowing requirements are met: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.25]

• The manufacturer’s instruction manual is made available at the job site;• The elevator is inspected upon installation; and• Safety devices and weather protection, if necessary, are provided?

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21.1 Does the facility ensure that demolition activities are only performed by responsible,technically qualified personnel? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.3]

21.2 Prior to any demolition, does the facility ensure that all electricity, water, sewer, rainwaterspouts, and gas are turned off and disconnected? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.1]

21.3 Prior to any demolition, are fragile elements such as glass, woodwork or stucco removed fromthe building? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.5.4]

21.4 Prior to any demolition, are all openings, except the one used to bring equipment in and out,covered so that debris does not fly out? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.5]

21.5 Before commencing any demolition or removal activities where asbestos-containing materialsare present, has the facility, in conjunction with the asbestos removal contractor and the CIPA,developed a work plan having the following elements: [Annex 12 to Regulatory Norm 15,Article 8]

• A description of how the work will be done;• Measures to limit the amount of airborne asbestos;• A description of PPE that will be used; and• A plan for asbestos waste disposal?

Guide Note• See Section 9.0 of this protocol for more details on work with asbestos-containing materials.



21.6 Does the facility ensure that asbestos waste is disposed of in a manner that does not pose a riskto workers or the population, in conformance with local regulations established by thecompetent authority? [Annex 12 to Regulatory Norm 15, Article 17]

21.7 Has a covering been constructed around the perimeter of the structure to be demolished that is2.5 meters wide and installed at a 45 degree angle? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.10]

21.8 During demolition activities, are personnel prohibited from standing in or below the demolitionarea? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.5.5]

21.9 During demolition activities, are stairs kept open and free of debris? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.6]

Guide Note• Stairs may only be removed after the upper floor is demolished. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the


21.10 During demolition activities, if materials are removed by dropping them down to the ground,are they dropped through a chute that is fitted with a cover at the bottom? [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.9]

Guide Note• Heavy objects may not be removed by dropping them to the ground. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the


21.11 During demolition activities, does the facility ensure that there are no objects or parts ofstructures left in a position where they could break and fall? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.11]

21.12 Prior to and periodically during demolition activities, are neighboring buildings inspected toensure that they are not being damaged during the demolition? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.2]

Guide Note• “Periodically” is not defined.


22. Excavations


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22.1 Before beginning excavation activities, has the facility located underground facilities, such aselectrical lines and water and gas pipelines, and studied the risks of soil contamination?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.6.1]

22.2 Before beginning excavation activities, has electrical power to any underground lines beenturned off? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.6.4]

22.3 If excavation is being performed in a public area, have warning signs, protective fences, andshelters been erected? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.6.11]

22.4 Before beginning excavation activities, have vehicle access routes been marked? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.6.12]

22.5 If there is the possibility that gas might leak during the excavation, has adequate ventilationbeen installed? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.6.10]

22.6 Before beginning excavation activities, have rocks, trees, and other objects that could fall beenremoved, or if removal is not possible, has shoring been created to protect the object fromfalling into the excavation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.1]

22.7 Is unauthorized access to excavation areas effectively prohibited? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.13]

22.8 If the side slope of the excavation is unstable, or more than 1.25 meters deep, has shoring beenconstructed? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.6.5]

22.9 If the excavation is more than 1.25 meters deep, have stairs or ramps been installed?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.6.7]

22.10 Is excavated material deposited at a distance from the side of the hole that is more than halfthe depth? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.6.8]


23. Confined Spaces

24. Windows


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Notes: See the Subsection entitled, “Confined Spaces” in Section 12.0 of this protocol foradditional details.

23.1 Does the facility comply with the following requirements pertaining to confined spaces andactivities that expose the workers to risks of asphyxiation, explosions, intoxication,contamination, exposure, and occupational illness: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.20]

• Workers adopt pre-established procedures in situations where risks are present;• Workers are trained and familiar with risk prevention techniques and procedures to be

adopted with regard to confined spaces and activities that expose the workers to risks ofasphyxiation, explosion, toxicity, contamination, and occupational illness;

• Where chemicals are used, workers are prohibited from conducting the work without usingadequate PPE;

• Work in confined spaces is preceded by an inspection and the specific procedures for workin confined spaces are implemented;

• Continuous monitoring of any substance that causes asphyxia, explosions, andintoxication/contamination/exposure inside the confined spaces is conducted by a qualifiedworker under the supervision of the responsible technical personnel;

• The use of oxygen for the ventilation of a confined area is prohibited;• Efficient localized exhausting ventilation is provided that extracts contaminants, and general

ventilation is provided that conducts air throughout the interior of the environment andguarantees the permanent and continual renewal of air;

• Signaling during work is conducted in confined spaces during the entire course of the work,with clear, continuous information;

• Safety cords or ropes are used;• Any air supply and/or rescue equipment is maintained within reach of the workers; and• In the case of conducting maintenance on a tank, any gas present is extracted prior to

conducting any work?

23.2 Are two of every group of 20 workers trained in rescue procedures? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.20.1(j)]

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24.1 Following installation of glass at the construction site, is the glass marked in a visible manner?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.17.3.1]

Guide Note• The Norm does not provide any additional detail about how the glass must be marked.


25. Fire Protection


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25.1 Does the construction site comply with the following fire protection requirements: [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.26]

• An alarm system exists that emits a perceptible signal in all areas of the construction site;and

• Welding and flame cutting in areas where combustible, flammable, and explosive substancesare stored is prohibited?

25.2 In enclosed areas where painting or activities employing the use of bonding agents or adhesives(such as the application of laminates, flooring, wallpapering and similar activities) take place,as well as areas where inks, solvents and other combustible, flammable or explosive substancesare used or handled, does the facility comply with the following requirements: [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.26]

• Smoking or carrying any type of cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other material that canproduce sparks or flames is prohibited;

• Any operation that causes sparking, including sparking caused by the impact of parts, isavoided in the surrounding areas;

• Anti-explosive lighting and lightbulbs are used;• An adequate ventilation system for the removal of gas mixtures, or flammable or explosive

mixtures, from the environment is installed;• Signs are placed in access areas with the following indications, as appropriate: “Risk from

Fire” or “Risk from Explosion”;• Adhesives and solvents are kept in closed and secured containers; and• Any flames, sparks or heating devices are kept apart from mold, wood wastes, inks,

varnishes, or other combustible, flammable, or explosive substances?

25.3 Are construction site personnel organized into properly-equipped response units and speciallytrained in techniques for conducting emergency response to fires in enclosed areas and in areaswhere the following activities take place: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.26]

• Painting, application of laminates, flooring, wallpapering, and similar activities (e.g.,employing the use of bonding agents, glue or adhesive); and

• Use and/or handling of inks, solvents and other combustible, flammable, or explosivesubstances?


26. Personal Protective Equipment

27. Fatal Accidents


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Notes: Requirements associated with the use of PPE are specified in Regulatory Norm 6.Section 15.0 of this protocol, Industrial Hygiene, further addresses the use of PPE.

26.1 Does the construction site comply with the following requirements pertaining to the use ofPPE: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.23]

• Abdominal-type safety belts are used for any electrical work and where limiting theworker’s movement is required;

• Safety belts are equipped with safety locks (“trava-quedas”) when connected to the safetycable, regardless of the structure of the scaffolding; and

• A fall arrestor safety belt is used for activities taking place at a height of greater than 2meters from the floor or ground, when the risk of falling exists for the worker?

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Notes: See Section 10.0 of this protocol for more general accident reporting requirements.

27.1 If any fatal accident has occurred at the construction site, has the construction site taken thefollowing steps: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.31]

• Immediately communicated information about the accident to the competent policingauthority and to the regional office of the Ministry of Labor; and

• Isolated the area directly related to the accident, and maintained it in the same condition,until notified by the competent policing authority and the regional authority of the Ministryof Labor?

27.2 Does the construction site comply with the following requirements pertaining to statistical dataon construction-related accidents: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.32] <RECORD KEEPING>

• The employer submits the Work Accident Form to FUNDACENTRO within 10 days of anaccident, and maintains a copy of the document for three years for verification by thecompetent regional office of the Ministry of Labor; and

• The employer submits the Annual Statistical Summary to FUNDACENTRO by the last dayof February of the subsequent year, and maintains a copy of the document for three yearsfor verification by the competent regional office of the Ministry of Labor?

Guide Note• The Work Accident Form relates to fatal accidents; accidents with and without a doctor’s requirement that the

worker rest for a period of one or more days; and work-related illnesses. The form must be filled out by theemployer at the facility where the work-related accident or illness occurs. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.32.1.1 through 18.32.1.2]

• FUNDACENTRO is a foundation related to the Ministry of Labor which studies and researches occupationalhealth, hygiene and safety issues.


28. Construction Site Facilities

29. Sanitary Installations and Workplace Amenities


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28.1 Does the construction work site contain the following facilities: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.1]

• Sanitary installations;• A dressing room;• An eating area; and• A kitchen (if a refreshment area is available)?

28.2 In addition to the requirements in Question 28.1, are housing, laundry, and resting facilitiesprovided if workers reside at the work site? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.1.1]

28.3 Are housing areas kept in an excellent state of hygiene and cleanliness? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.1.2]

Guide Note• If the construction project uses mobile living areas, they must still meet the requirements described above.

[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.4.1.3]

• In mobile installations, including trailers, bunk beds (“beliche”) must have free space/height between one bedand another of at least 0.90 meters. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.4.1.3.1]

• Containers originally used in the transport and conditioning/packing of loads must undergo a technicalassessment conducted by a legally qualified professional to ensure the absence of chemical, biological, andphysical (especially radiation) risks. This assessment must be made available for inspection by the sitework/labor inspector and the professional union. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.1.3.2]

28.4 If the construction project site has 50 or more workers, does it have a first aid center?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.4.1(h)]

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Notes: Sanitary installations are defined as facilities used for personal hygiene andelimination/ defecation. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.1]

29.1 Do the sanitary installations at the construction work site meet the following minimumrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.4.2.3]

• Maintained in an excellent state of cleanliness and hygiene;• Constructed with doors which prevent exposure and provide privacy;• Have walls with a resistant and washable surface, possibly made of wood;• Have a washable and impermeable, non-slip floor finish;• Are not directly connected to the eating area;• Provide separate facilities for men and women, if both men and women are present at the

site;• Have adequate ventilation and illumination;



• Include adequately protected electrical installations;• Are situated within 150 meters of the work station, in an area that is easily and safely

accessed; and• Have a ceiling height of at least 2.5 meters or comply with the appropriate Municipal Works

Code?

29.2 Is the sanitary installation equipped with one sink, toilet, and urinal provided for every 20workers and with one shower for every 10 workers? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.4]

29.3 Do the sinks meet the following minimum requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.5.1]

• Individual or trough type;• Have a plastic or metal basin;• Are installed at a height of 90 centimeters;• Connected directly to the sanitary sewer, when available;• Have a smooth, impermeable, and washable internal coating;• Have a minimum spacing of 60 centimeters between each faucet, if trough type; and• Have a wastebasket for used paper towels?

29.4 Do toilet stalls meet the following minimum requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.6]

• Have a minimum floor area of 1 square meter;• Have a door with an inside latch and a lower opening of no more than 15 centimeters of

height;• Have dividing walls of no less than 1.8 meters high;• Have a waste basket with a lid for disposal of used papers;• Are either of “turkish” or siphoning-type construction;• Have a discharge tank or automatic valve; and• Are connected to a sewer or septic system, passing through hydraulic siphons?

Guide Note• It is a requirement for the facility to provide toilet paper. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace

Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.6.1.d]

29.5 Is the construction site equipped with urinals that comply with the following requirements:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.4.2.7]

• Made with an internal surface that is smooth, impermeable and washable;• Equipped with a triggered or automatic discharging mechanism;• Are at a maximum height of 0.50 meters from the floor; and• Are connected directly to the sewers or a septic tank?

29.6 Do showers provided at the construction work site comply with the following requirements:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry, Section 18.4.2.8]

• The minimum area for each shower stall is 0.80 square meters with a height of 2.10 meters;



• The floors in the showers ensure the direct flow of water to the sewers, and are composed ofa non-slip surface or a wooden surface;

• The stalls are composed of metal or plastic and hot water is provided;• A support for soap and towel rack are provided at each shower; and• Electrical installations and showers are grounded?

29.7 Does the construction site have dressing rooms for workers who do not live in the area, and dothese comply with the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.9]

• Located next to the housing and/or the entrance to the construction site, without any directconnection to areas used for meals;

• Have walls constructed of masonry, wood, or equivalent material;• Have floors of concrete, cement, wood, or equivalent material;• Are covered and protected from the weather;• Have an area of ventilation corresponding to 1/10 of the floor area;• Include artificial and/or natural illumination;• Include individual lockers equipped with locks;• Have a ceiling height of at least 2.5 meters or comply with the appropriate Municipal Works

Code;• Are maintained in an excellent state of cleanliness and hygiene; and• Have benches in sufficient numbers to provide for all the users, with a minimum length of

0.30 meters?

29.8 If the construction site has a lodging area for workers, does the lodging area comply with thefollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.10]

• Walls are constructed of mortar, wood, or equivalent materials;• Floors are constructed of concrete, cement, wood, or equivalent material;• Is covered and protected from the weather;• An area of ventilation corresponding to 1/10 the area of the floor is provided;• Artificial and/or natural illumination is provided;• Has a ceiling height of 2.5 meters for single beds and 3.0 meters for bunk beds;• Is not situated below surface grade or in a basement;• Adequate protection for electrical installations is provided;• The use of more than two beds in a bunk bed is prohibited;• A vertical space between beds, and between the last bed and the ceiling, of a minimum of

1.2 meters is provided;• Lateral protection and a ladder for the highest bed on the bunk is provided;• Beds have a minimum dimension of 0.80 meters by 1.90 meters;• Sheets, pillow cases, and pillows for all beds are provided;• Double lockers/cupboards are provided;• Cooking and heating any meals inside the housing area is prohibited;• Drinking fountains providing potable, filtered and cool water are provided in an amount of

at least one fountain for every 25 persons staying in the accommodations; and• People with infectious diseases are prohibited from remaining in the lodging area?



29.9 Does the construction site have an area for eating meals, which complies with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.4.2.11.1 and 18.4.2.11.2]

• Has walls that allow for separation of the area from other areas during meals;• Has floors of concrete, cement, or another washable material;• Has a cover that protects it from the weather;• Includes a meal schedule to guarantee the attendance of all workers at all meals;• Has natural and/or artificial ventilation and illumination;• Has a bathroom installed in its vicinity or inside the area;• Includes tables with smooth and washable pads, and sufficient seats for all users;• Has a container or bin for waste, equipped with a cover;• Is not situated below grade or in the basement of a building;• Is not connected directly with the sanitary facilities; and• Has a ceiling height of at least 2.8 meters or complies with the appropriate Municipal Works

Code?

Guide Note• All meals must be prepared, heated and taken within the areas set aside for meals. The provision of potable,

filtered and cool water for the workers, using a drinking fountain or similar device is required, and the use ofcommon drinking glasses/cups is prohibited. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.11.3]

29.10 If the construction site is equipped with a kitchen, does the kitchen comply with the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.4.2.12]

• Has natural or artificial ventilation to permit air exhaust;• Has a ceiling height of at least 2.8 meters or complies with the appropriate Municipal Works

Code;• Has walls of mortar, wood, or equivalent materials;• Has floors of concrete, cement, or other washable material;• Is covered with non-flammable material;• Has a sink for washing food and utensils;• Has a bathroom installed that is not directly connected to the kitchen facility and is for

exclusive use of kitchen personnel;• Has a waste basket with a lid for disposal of used paper;• Has refrigeration equipment for the preservation of food stuffs;• Is located next to the eating area;• Has adequate protection for electrical installations;• If LPG is used, the gas bottles are located outside of the area where the gas is used, in a

permanently ventilated and covered area; and• Those working in the kitchen are required to wear aprons and hats?

Guide Note• “Adequate” is not defined in the Norm.



29.11 If the facility has housing facilities for construction workers, does it include laundry facilitiesthat comply with the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.13]

• Laundry areas are specific areas that are covered, ventilated, and illuminated, so that theworkers can wash, dry, and iron their non-work-related clothes; and

• The area is equipped with individual or collective wash basins in sufficient numbers?

Guide Note• “Sufficient” is not defined in the Norm.• The employer may opt for contracting with an outside party for laundry services, at no cost to the workers,

instead of maintaining laundry facilities. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.13.3]

29.12 Are resting areas provided for workers who use the facility housing/boarding facilities?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the ConstructionIndustry.4.2.14]

Guide Note• The meal area may be used for this purpose. [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace

Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.14.1]



General Requirements



SITE: DATE:.

ASSESSOR:


1.1 Does the facility notify the Regional Worker’s Delegation prior to commencement of q q qconstruction activities by providing the following information: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.2.1]• Type of project;• Dates of commencement and completion; and• Maximum estimated number of workers?

Comments:

1.2 Does the construction or demolition site comply with the following requirements q q qrelating to the use of partitions and barriers: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.30]• Partitions or barriers are used to restrict the access of unauthorized persons;• Partitions are constructed of durable material and have a height of at least 2.2 meters from

the ground; and• When the distance from any demolition to the property line is less than 3.0 meters, a

partition is placed in a manner that separates the demolition from the property line?

Comments:

1.3 Does the construction site have safety signs that serve the following purposes: q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.27]• Identify the support areas within the construction site;• Indicate exits by means of signs or arrows;• Maintain communication by posting announcements, posters, and similar communication

aids;• Warn of danger from accidental contact or activation of mobile/movable parts of machines

and equipment;• Warn of dangers from toppling and falling objects or materials;• Advise workers of the obligation to use personal protective equipment (PPE) for specified

activities, and in designated work areas;


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• Identify areas where transport and circulation of materials by crane, winch, and hoistoccur;

• Specify areas of access, vehicle circulation, and equipment in the construction site;• Warn against the risk of passage of workers where the ceiling height is less than 1.8

meters; and• Identify locations where toxic, corrosive, flammable, explosive, or radioactive substances

are present?

Comments:

1.4 Have workers at the construction site received initial and periodic training to ensure q q qthat work-related tasks are conducted safely? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.28]

Comments:

1.5 Is the initial training described in Question 1.4 administered during the work day q q qbefore the worker conducts any work and does it have a duration of at least six hoursto cover the following: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.28]• Information relating to work conditions and the environment;• The inherent risk associated with the work;• Instruction on the adequate use of PPE; and• Information about collectively used PPE at the work place?

Comments:

1.6 Is periodic training described in Question 1.4 and Question 1.5 conducted in the q q qfollowing situations: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.28]• Whenever deemed necessary; and• At the beginning of every phase of work?

Comments:


Worker Safety Program


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2.1 If the facility has contracted a construction company with 20 employees or more, q q qdoes it ensure that this construction company has instituted an EnvironmentalConditions of the Workplace Program (PCMAT) that meets the followingrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Sections 18.3.1, 18.3.1.1, and 18.3.4]• Is specifically applicable to the construction industry;• Takes into consideration the requirements of Regulatory Norm 9 (which requires a

program for the prevention of workplace hazards/risks; see the Subsection entitled,“General Requirements” in Section 10.0 of this protocol); and

• Includes the following:– Description of the workplace conditions, activities and operations, considering risks

of accidents and illnesses and their respective preventive measures;– Program for collective protection in accordance with the stages of the construction

project;– Technical specifications of collective and individual protective measures to be

instituted;– Schedule for the implementation of protective measures, as defined in the PCMAT;– Initial layout of the work area, including the dimensions of living quarters; and– Education program emphasizing the prevention of accidents and illnesses?

Comments:

2.2 If the facility has contracted a construction company that is required to institute a q q qPCMAT, is the PCMAT available for review by the regional representatives of theMinistry of Labor? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.3.1.2]

Comments:

2.3 If the facility has contracted a construction company that is required to institute a q q qPCMAT, was the PCMAT prepared by and executed by a professional, trained inlegal matters related to work site safety? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.3.2]

Comments:


Safety Commissions

Carpentry


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3.1 Does the construction site comply with the following requirements pertaining to q q qCIPAs: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.33]• If the facility has one or more construction sites in the same city, with fewer than 70

employees, it has a centralized CIPA; and• If the facility has one or more construction sites in the same city with 70 or more

employees at each location, it has a separate CIPA for each location?

Comments:

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4.1 When operating a circular saw, do the workers follow the safety requirements q q qdescribed below: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.7.2]• The saw is installed on a sturdy table with enclosure of the lower, back, and front sides,

built with first quality wood, metal, or other material of similar durability, without defects,and is of sufficient dimensions for execution of the required tasks;

• The electric motor is properly grounded;• The disc blade is kept sharpened and is replaced if it has dents, missing teeth, or other

defects;• The transmission of mechanical force is protected by fixed, durable shields that may not

be removed under any circumstances during use; and• The saw is equipped with a protective case for the disc and dividing cleaver, with the

manufacturer’s identification next to the sawdust collector?

Comments:

4.2 Are pushing tools and alignment guides used during sawing operations? [Regulatory q q qNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.7.3]

Comments:


Steel Framing and Metallic Structures


4.3 Is the carpentry shop equipped with illumination fixtures that are properly protected q q qfrom impact by particulates ejected by cutting activities? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.7.4]

Comments:

4.4 Is the carpentry shop built with a durable, level, and non-slip floor surface that is q q qprotected against falling objects and open air/weather? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.7.5]

Comments:

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5.1 If the facility conducts cutting and bending of steel framing materials, are these q q qactivities performed on a stable, fastened, durable and level platform that is set apartfrom areas where the workers circulate? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.8.1]

Comments:

5.2 If the facility conducts steel framing activities, do these activities comply with the q q qfollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.8.2 through 18.8.3.1]• Framing (for pillars or other vertical structures) is supported and propped so as to avoid

falling;• The work area where framing takes place has a durable cover to protect workers from

falling objects and the weather; and• Illumination lamps in steel framing areas are protected from being impacted by particles or

steel rods?

Comments:



5.3 Does the facility ensure that firm wooden platforms are placed over structures during q q qsteel framing to allow the circulation of workers? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.8.4]

Comments:

5.4 Does the facility ensure that no sharp pieces protrude vertically from unprotected q q qsteel-framed structures? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.8.5]

Comments:

5.5 Does the facility ensure that any steel rod loading and unloading areas are isolated q q qduring operations? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.8.6]

Comments:

5.6 Does the facility ensure that workers comply with the following safety procedures q q qduring the construction and installation of metallic structures: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections18.10.1 through 18.10.7]• Pieces are fixed in place prior to soldering, riveting, or screwing;• A temporary floor is installed below soldering, riveting, or screwing activities to protect

the working area located below;• The temporary floor has no gaps through which objects can fall;• Fastened receptacles are available at the work station for the storage of screws, rivets and

tools;• Prefabricated pieces have dimensions and weights compatible with the installation

equipment; and• Elemental components of the metallic structure do not posses sharp protrusions?

Comments:

5.7 If power lines are located in proximity to an installation project, does the facility q q qensure that the following safety measures are instituted prior to the commencementof framing activities: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.10.8]• Electric lines are disconnected from the grid;• The work area is isolated from energized sectors;• The power lines are protected; and


Concrete Structures


• The assembly structure and working equipment are grounded?

Comments:

5.8 During the installation of pillars and cross-beams, does the facility ensure that q q qplacement, marking, and fixing of the parts is performed prior to the suspension ofparts? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.10.9]

Comments:

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6.1 Does the facility ensure that concrete forms are protected and constructed so as to q q qwithstand their maximum working load? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.9.1]

Comments:

6.2 If the facility handles and/or installs concrete structures, does it ensure the following: q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.9.2 through 18.9.12]• The use of sliding structures is strictly supervised by a qualified worker;• Supports and props are inspected prior to and during construction by a qualified worker;• Parts are fastened to avoid their free fall;• Subject areas are cordoned off during the installation of a structure;• Pillar structures are staked and propped prior to installation;• Work areas are isolated during the fastening of rod ends;• Workers do not stand on top of or behind the structures;• Equipment associated with soldering and assembly is inspected by a legally trained

professional prior to and during use;• Concrete transporting ducts are equipped with safety devices that ensure that the duct

section does not separate during operation when the system is under internal pressure;• Machinery and mechanisms associated with concrete transporting systems are inspected by

qualified personnel prior to initiation of work activities;• Only the necessary personnel for the execution of services are allowed to remain at

concrete pouring locations;• Immersion vibrators and plates have double isolation, and connecting ends are protected

against mechanical shocks and cuts;• Equipment inspections are performed prior to and during use; and• Concrete transporting buckets have safety devices, which prevent accidental discharges?

Comments:


Soldering and Blowtorch Operations


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7.1 Does the facility ensure that soldering and blowtorch activities are only performed by q q qqualified workers? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.1]

Comments:

7.2 If lead, zinc, or cadmium-coated materials are used in soldering or blowtorch q q qactivities, are the following requirements met: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.2]• Fumes are properly ventilated or extracted; and• Enclosed (or coated) electrodes are used?

Comments:

7.3 Is the equipment used to handle electrodes properly isolated from electric currents so q q qas to avoid an electric arc or shock? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.3]

Comments:

7.4 Do operators of soldering and blowtorch equipment use non-flammable shields to q q qprotect adjacent workers from the operation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.11.4]

Comments:

7.5 During soldering or blowtorching of tanks or other similar structures in confined q q qspaces, does the facility ensure that proper measures are taken to avoid risks ofexplosion or other impacts associated with the potential accumulation of flammablevapors? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.11.5]

Comments:


Machines, Equipment and Diverse Tools


7.6 Is blowtorch equipment equipped with a mechanism that prevents backdraft of the q q qflame into the entrance of the blowpipe or exit of the cylinder? [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.11.6]

Comments:

7.7 Does the facility ensure it complies with the following soldering equipment storage q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Sections 18.11.7 through 18.11.9]• Flammable or explosive materials are removed or isolated from areas near the oxygen

tanks;• All soldering equipment is grounded;• Conductive equipment and wrenches are isolated from oil, grease, and moisture/humidity;

and• Conductive equipment and wrenches are stored on insulated surfaces?

Comments:

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8.1 Does the facility comply with the following requirements relating to the use of q q qmachines, equipment, and diverse tools: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.22]• Manual tools with sharp edges or points are protected with a leather sheath or another

material of equivalent resistance and durability when not in use;• Tools using gun powder are used only by workers at least 18 years of age;• Tools using gun powder are not used in an environment containing flammable or

explosive mixtures;• Manual electrical tools are equipped with double insulation;• Portable pneumatic tools are equipped with the following:

– Actuating devices that are installed in a manner that reduces the potential foraccidental operation of the device to a minimum;

– Air valves that close automatically when the hand pressure of the operator on theactivating device is released; and

– Feed hoses and connections for pneumatic tools that are resistant to operationalpressure, remain firmly fastened to the exit pipes, and attached to the routes of aircirculation;

• Air supplies for hoses are turned off and pressure is released when pneumatic tools are notin use; and

• Portable pneumatic tools are removed from their use positions manually and not bycompressed air pressure?

Comments:


Cranes and Piledrivers


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9.1 Are suspension cables on cranes and piledrivers long enough so there are at least six q q qturns of cable remaining on the winch regardless of the position of the crane head ordriver? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.6.15]

Comments:

9.2 When cranes or piledrivers are not in operation, are crane heads or drivers resting on q q qthe ground? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24.4]

Comments:

9.3 Do pneumatic drivers have hoses located so that the operator can always reach and q q qcontrol the hose? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.36.3 (j)]

Comments:

9.4 If the construction site uses cranes, does it comply with the following requirements: q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.24]• The launching point and the steel cable are located at least 3 meters from any obstacle and

are kept at the appropriate distance from the electrical distribution system, as required bythe local electrical company; and

• If distances less than 3 meters from obstacles cannot be maintained, the obstacle isevaluated by a qualified professional and included in the loading plan (see Appendix 17-B)?

Comments:



9.5 Are crane work areas and outside activities that interfere with the crane work areas q q qincluded in a specific loading plan (see Appendix 17-B)? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.14.24]

Comments:

9.6 Are cranes prohibited from transporting people? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions q q qof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.7 Does the facility ensure that the positioning of the first anchorage, as well as the q q qinterval between the subsequent anchorages, follows the specifications of themanufacturer, supplier, or responsible company for the assembly of the equipment?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.8 Are cranes operated in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations? q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.9 Does the facility ensure that cranes are operated through a cabin connected to the q q qrevolving part of the equipment except for assembly cranes, specific projects, orattended operation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:



9.10 Is crane work prohibited during inclement weather or other unfavorable conditions q q qthat exposes workers in the area to risk? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.11 Do cranes have automatic devices with audible alarms that indicate the occurrence of q q qthe winds above 42 km/hr? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.12 Are cranes prohibited from operating when winds are greater than 72 km/hr? q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.13 Is the use of safety locks prohibited to block the movement of the boom when the q q qcrane is not in operation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.14 Are safety devices or automated trajectory barriers installed as load or movement q q qrestrictors over the length of the boom? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.15 Are crane loading/unloading areas delimited, allowing access only to personnel q q qinvolved in the crane operations? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:



9.16 Are cranes grounded and, when necessary, is equipment with lightning arrestors q q qplaced two meters above the highest point of the tower? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.14.24]

Comments:

9.17 Is the hook of the crane pulley equipped with a safety block/bolt? [Regulatory Norm q q q18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.18 Are cranes prohibited from dragging any items? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions q q qof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.19 Is the crane loading plan followed? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the q q qWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]

Comments:

9.20 Do cranes have the following safety items: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the q q qWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.24]• A device to limit the movement of the equipment;• Maximum load limiter for blocking the lifting system;• End of course limiter for the lifting system in both sites of the arm;• Height limiter that allows safe breaking the hook system;• Audible alarm activated by the operator during load movement;• Indication of permissible load at the crane’s arm, and specified by the manufacturer;• Back-up lights;• Safety lock at the hook system;• Handle-guide for fixing the safety cables to access the tower and the arms (launching

system);• Limiter of turn, when the crane is not using an electric collector;• Anemometer;• Device installed in the pulleys that hinders the accidental release of the cables;• Protection against exposure to solar rays in the cabin;• Limiter for the transverse movement of cranes when installed on rails;• Railings and baseboard in the passageways on the exterior;• Fixed ladders (see Question 13.6); and


Hand Tools


• Limiter for the movement of the arm (launching system)?

Comments:

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10.1 Do workers use only those tools that are appropriate for the activity? [Regulatory q q qNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.22.13]

Comments:

10.2 Do workers keep sharp and pointed tools in protective cases (see the first bullet of q q qQuestion 8.1)? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.22.15]

Comments:

10.3 Do workers refrain from carrying tools in their pockets? [Regulatory Norm 18, q q qConditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.22.16]

Comments:

10.4 Are small power tools equipped with switches that will prevent them from being q q qturned on accidentally during transport? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.18.22.17]

Comments:


Electrical Safety


10.5 Are nail guns inspected regularly and are only those nails used that are designated q q qand appropriate to the type of surface materials being nailed? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.36.2 (g)]

Comments:

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11.1 Do electrical installations at the construction site comply with the following q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.21]• Maintenance of electrical installations is carried out by qualified workers under the

supervision of a qualified person;• Electrical work is only conducted when the power is shut off;• Exposed live parts/points are prohibited;• Conductors are adequately isolated and do not obstruct the movement of materials or

persons; and• Electrical circuits are protected from mechanical impacts, moisture/humidity and corrosive

agents?

Comments:

11.2 Does the facility ensure the following requirements are met in regards to electrical q q qinstallations: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.21]• When a temporary circuit is deemed inoperable or unnecessary, it is removed/placed out

of service by the responsible electrician;• The main electrical switches that provide electrical control for specific areas are protected

to avoid exposure to inclement weather or the accidental activation of the circuit;• High tension networks are installed in a manner that avoids accidental contact with

vehicles, equipment, and workers;• Transformers and step-down stations are installed in isolated areas to which access is only

permitted to qualified professionals or qualified workers;• Structures and covers of electrical equipment are grounded;• Fuse boxes are not under tension when the plated switches are in the open position;• All branches intended for the connection of electrical equipment are installed with

disconnection or magnetic switches which are independent, and which may be activatedeasily and safely;

• In cases involving the possibility of accidental contact with any live component, adequateinsulation is used;

• General distribution boxes are kept locked, with their circuits identified;• When reconnecting the main general electrical switches in the general distribution board,

all the equipment is disconnected; and


Storage and Stocking of Materials

Ladders, Stairs, Etc.


• Mobile/portable electric machines and equipment are only connected using a plug andsocket (i.e., “direct” installation using only a wire is not permissible)?

Comments:

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12.1 Does the construction site comply with the following requirements pertaining to q q qstorage and stowage of materials: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.24]• Stored materials do not block access to fire-fighting equipment, obstruct emergency doors

or exits, or cause a burden or loading on walls and other supporting structures;• Piles of materials, in bulk or in packages, are in a form and at a height that ensure their

stability and safe handling;• Materials are not piled directly on a floor that is uneven, unstable, or damp;• Tubes, rods, molds, bars, planks and other large building materials are laid out in layers,

using spacers and retention devices, separated by the type and size of the materials;• Materials are stored to allow them to be removed in accordance with the planned usage

sequence, without disturbing the stability of the stacks;• Wood removed from scaffolds, fencing, forms, and props is stacked after removing or

pounding in nails, wires, and tying strips;• Containers of welding gases are transported and stored appropriately, in accordance with

the requirements for the transport and storage of flammable products;• Virgin lime is stored in a dry and aerated area; and• Toxic, corrosive, flammable or explosive materials are stored in marked, isolated areas

with access permitted only to authorized individuals?

Comments:

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13.1 Does the facility adhere to the following general requirements for the construction of q q qladders, stairs, ramps, and passageways: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.12.1 through18.12.4]• The wood used is of good quality, without cracks, and is dry;• The use of paints that could hide the appearance and condition of the wood materials is

prohibited;• Stairs, ramps, and passageways for collective circulation and movement of materials have

a solid construction and are equipped with hand rails and toe boards;• Floors with a difference in vertical height of greater than 40 centimeters are equipped with

stairs or ramps; and



• Provisional stairs or ramps are used in areas of general circulation on a temporary basisonly?

Comments:

13.2 If the facility uses ladders at its construction site, does it ensure that they are not q q qused under the following circumstances: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.5.5]• In proximity to doorways or areas of circulation;• Where there is a risk associated with falling objects; and• In proximity to openings or in other areas where there is a risk of falling?

Comments:

13.3 If the facility uses ladders at its construction site, are the following conditions met: q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.12.5.5]• The top extends at least 1 meter above the resting point in the upper floor;• Measures have been taken to ensure that the ladder does not slide from either of the

surfaces upon which it rests;• Surfaces are provided with slip-resistant tape; and• The ladder is placed on a firm floor surface?

Comments:

13.4 Do folding ladders meet the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, q q qConditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.12.5.8]• Are stable and rigid;• Are equipped with devices that maintain them open during use; and• Have a maximum length of 6 meters when closed?

Comments:

13.5 Are extension ladders equipped with a device that limits extension to the fourth step q q qor 1 meter of minimum overlap? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.5.9]

Comments:


Scaffolding


13.6 Are fixed marine-type ladders with a length equal to or greater than 6 meters, built q q qwith a protective cage, starting from a height of 2 meters and up to 1 meter from thetop? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.12.5.10]

Comments:

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14.1 If the construction site uses scaffolding, does it comply with the following q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.15]• The dismantling of any scaffolding structure is prohibited when any workers are on the

scaffolding;• Any scaffolding with work floors situated higher than 1.50 meters is equipped with stairs

or ramps;• Wooden scaffolding is not used for work above a height of 3 floors or the equivalent

height;• Scaffolding installed at the face of a building has protection with fastened netting, from

the first floor to at least a height of 2 meters above the last work platform; and• Mobile/portable scaffolds are used only on level surfaces?

Comments:

14.2 If the construction site uses suspended scaffolding, does it comply with the following q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Sections 18.15.30 through 18.15.37]• The installation and use of any fixed and suspended scaffolding system and support

structures are done based on a prior design project, which is developed and overseen by alegally qualified professional;

• Any suspended scaffolding is provided with an identification plate affixed in a visiblelocation which indicates the maximum permitted work load;

• Any installation and maintenance of the suspended scaffolding are conducted by aqualified worker, under the technical supervision and responsibility of a legally qualifiedprofessional, and is in accordance with any manufacturer’s technical specifications;

• Measures are in place to ensure the stability of any suspended scaffolding during the entireperiod of use, through operational procedures and specific accessories or equipment forthis purpose;

• Workers on suspended scaffolding use safety belts attached to guiding cables, providedwith braking devices on the cables that are connected/linked to the safety belts yetindependent/not connected to the stabilizing or supporting structure of the suspendedscaffolding;

• The support of suspended scaffolding uses beams or separation devices or other metallicstructures of equivalent resistance, which are at least three times stronger than the greatestpotential force applied to the scaffolding;

• Suspended scaffolding is supported or stabilized by a structural element; and



• Support beams for any suspended mechanical scaffolding are not stabilized by using sacksof sand, rocks, or any other similar articles?

Comments:

14.3 If a counter-weight system is used as a means of stabilizing the supporting structure q q qof suspended scaffolding, does it comply with the following conditions: [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.32.4]• The scaffolding is of the form and weight specified in the project design;• The counterweight is fixed/attached to the scaffolding support structure;• The counterweight is made of concrete, steel, or another non-granulated solid, with the

known weight marked indelibly on each piece/part; and• The counterweight is provided with wind/gust protective countermeasures that prevent the

movement dislocation of the scaffolding?

Comments:

14.4 Does the facility ensure the following requirements are met in regard to scaffolding: q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.15.33 through 18.15.35, 18.15.39, and 18.15.43through 18.15.44]• The use of natural or artificial fiber cables is prohibited for supporting any suspending

scaffolding;• Prior to work using lifting devices, they are inspected daily by the users and by the

individual responsible for the site/construction work;• Both the scaffolding user and the individual responsible for inspection/verification are

provided with training and a procedural manual for conducting the dailyinspection/verification;

• The interconnection of suspended scaffolds for the circulation/movement of persons or forconducting any other tasks is prohibited;

• The usable length of the work platform of suspended scaffolding is at least 0.65 meters;• The usable length of the work platform of suspended scaffolding, when using a winch on

each framework/link, is at least 0.90 meters;• The work platform can resist a point/local load/force of at least 200 kilograms-force (kfg);• Any sides of suspended mechanical scaffolding have maximum length/extent of 8 meters;

and• In the event that only one support winch is in place per framework/link:

– An additional steel cable is used that is linked to an automatic mechanicalblocking/braking device; and

– Conformance with the overloading prohibitions indicated by the equipmentmanufacturer’s instructions is achieved?

Comments:



14.5 If the construction site uses motorized suspended scaffolding, does it comply with q q qthe following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.45]• The following equipment/accessories are provided for any such scaffolding:

– Double insulation work: feeding/supply cables; plugs/plates (“tomadas blindadas”);– Electrical grounding;– Residual differential device/accessory (DR);– Device for locking the system in a specific position to prevent accidental

operation/movement (“fim de curso superior”); and– Catch/stop (“batente”);

• The motor complex is equipped with an emergency mechanical device thatactivates/triggers automatically in the event of an electrical failure and that maintains thework platform stopped at the set height, and when activated, allows for a safe descent tothe lowest support point;

• Motorized scaffoldings are equipped with devices/accessories that:– Impede the movement of the scaffolding when it is inclined at an angle of greater

than 15 degrees; and– Maintain the scaffolding in a level position in the work location; and

• The equipment is disengaged and protected when out of service?

Comments:

14.6 If the construction site uses work platforms with vertical movement systems q q qinvolving pinions (gears) and chains (“cremalheira”) and/or hydraulic platforms, doesit ensure that manufacturer’s technical specifications for assembly, operations,maintenance, disassembly, and periodic inspections are conducted under thesupervision of a legally-qualified professional? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.46]

Comments:

14.7 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe design/set-up projects, and technical specifications and operations manual for theassembly, operation, maintenance, inspections, and disassembly have been reviewedand approved by a legally qualified Brazilian professional? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.15.47]

Comments:



14.8 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatmanufacturer’s instructional/orientation manuals are available in Portuguese at thework sites or the workplace? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.1]

Comments:

14.9 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe individual responsible for daily inspection of the equipment receives a proceduralmanual for the daily inspection routine? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.2]

Comments:

14.10 If the construction site uses any work platform with a vertical movement system q q qusing pinions “gears” and chains (“cremalheira”), and/or any hydraulic platform,does it comply with the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.15.47.4and 18.15.47.1.1]• All workers using the platforms have received orientation/training concerning the correct

loading and positioning of the materials on the platform; and• The users receive training in the operation of the equipment?

Comments:

14.11 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatall workers use a parachute (“para-quedista”) belt with a lanyard connected to astructure separate from the platform equipment? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.5]

Comments:



14.12 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe minimum load capacity of the work platform is 150 kgf/m2? [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.15.47.7]

Comments:

14.13 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatany telescopic extensions used offer the same durability as that of the platform floor?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.15.47.8]

Comments:

14.14 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe area under the work platform is appropriately signed and delimited, and thecirculation of workers inside of the area/space is prohibited? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.15.47.11]

Comments:

14.15 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe platform is equipped with an audible alarm system activated automatically duringascent and descent of the platform? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.12]

Comments:

14.16 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe platform has an emergency stop button? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.13]

Comments:



14.17 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe equipment is provided with safety devices to level the platform at the worklocation/point, and to comply with the inclination limits indicated by themanufacturer? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.14]

Comments:

14.18 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure that,during electrical failures, the equipment is provided with emergency mechanicaldevices that maintain the work platform in the stopped position, and allow for themanual release by the operator for the safe descent of the platform to its base?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.15.47.16]

Comments:

14.19 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe equipment, when out of service, is placed resting on the ground, disconnected,and protected against unauthorized activation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.23]

Comments:

14.20 If the construction site uses imported work platforms with vertical movement q q qsystems involving pinions and chains and/or hydraulic platforms, does it ensure thatthe use of the work platform is prohibited for the transport of persons or materialsnot associated with the platform work? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.47.26]

Comments:

14.21 If the construction site uses work platform using chains and/or hydraulic platforms, q q qdoes it ensure that the platforms include the following: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.15.48]• Double insulated supply cables;• Plugs/plates (“tomadas blindadas”);• Electrical grounding;• Residual differential device/accessory (DR);• Electrical limits of upper and lower circuit/path;



• Motion/movement brake/restraint (“motofreio”);• Automatic security brake; and• Operating control panel (“botoeira de comando”) operating with continuous pressure?

Comments:

14.22 If the construction site uses suspending chairs in place of scaffolding, does it comply q q qwith the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.15.50 through18.15.55]• Chairs are suspended by a steel cable or a synthetic fiber cable;• The suspended chair is provided with the following:

– Devices for ascending and descending with a double safety beam/bolt/shackle, whensupport is provided by means of a steel cable;

– Devices for descending with a double safety beam/bolt/shackle, when the supportingis provided by means of a synthetic fiber cable; and

– A system of securing the worker by means of a belt;

• The worker uses a harness-type safety belt, connected to a fall-arrestor on an independentguide cable;

• Any suspended chair has the registered company name of the manufacturer and therespective registration number in the federal tax register (“Cadastro Geral de Contribuintes- CGC”) marked on its structure in indelible and clearly visible characters;

• It is prohibited to improvise or use a makeshift suspended chair; and• The suspended chair attachment system is independent of the fall arrestor cable?

Comments:

14.23 If the facility uses steel or synthetic fiber cables, do the cables comply with the q q qfollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.16]• Steel pulling/traction/tension cables are free of any repairs or broken strands;• The strength of a steel cable is at least five times the maximum work load, and the tensile

strength is at least 160 kgf/mm2;• Steel or synthetic fiber cables are fastened by means that reduce their slippage or wear-

and-tear;• Steel or synthetic fiber cables are replaced when subjected to conditions that compromise

their integrity;• Synthetic fiber cables used for supporting suspended chairs or as guide-cables connected

to a fall-arrestor, are provided with yellow warning signage; and• Synthetic fiber cables used as specified in the preceding bullet meet the following

requirements:– Are marked using a ribbon inserted in the interior of the twist indicating “NR 18.16.5

ISO 1140 1990” and the manufacturer’s name and CNPJ number; and– A firmly attached label that includes the following information:

• Constituent material: polyamide;• Reference number: 2 millimeters diameter;• The length in meters; and• Include the sign indicating the following: “CUIDADO: CABO PARA USO ESPECIFICO

EM CADEIRAS SUSPENSAS E CABO-GUIA DE SEGURANCA PARA FIXACAO DE


Temporary Stairs

Ramps and Passageways


TRAVE-QUEDAS” (in English, “Caution: cable for specific use in safety suspendedchairs and guide-cable for connecting to a fall-arrestor mechanism”)?

Comments:

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15.1 If the facility uses temporary stairs, are they constructed in accordance with the q q qfollowing guidelines: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.12.5.1 and 18.12.5.1.1]• Are properly sized for the flow of workers;• Have a minimum width of 80 centimeters; and• Include a landing at least once every vertical drop of 2.9 meters?

Comments:

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16.1 Are ramps and passageways maintained in excellent condition? [Regulatory Norm q q q18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.12.6.1]

Comments:

16.2 Are provisional ramps affixed to the upper or lower floors without exceeding a 30- q q qdegree inclination from the lower floor? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.12.6.2]

Comments:


Fall Protection


16.3 If the facility construction project uses provisional ramps for truck traffic, are the q q qramps at least four meters long and fixed at both ends? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.12.6.4]

Comments:

16.4 If the facility construction project uses passageways, do they meet the following q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Sections 18.12.6.5 and 18.12.6.6]• Do not include a discontinuity between the surfaces of the passageways and the

surrounding floor at the joining points; and• The exits of the passageways are an appropriate size for the passageway dimensions and

for the loads to which the passageways will be subjected?

Comments:

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17.1 Does the facility meet the following requirements for fall protection: [Regulatory q q qNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Sections 18.13.1 through 18.13.4]• Protection is installed where there is a risk of workers falling and where the need for

protection from falling materials exists;• Gaps in floors are filled with solid material;• Openings required for the transportation of materials are equipped with guard rails and

locking gates at the points of entrance;• Elevator shaft openings are provided with provisional closures at least 1.2 meters high,

built with solid materials, and securely affixed to the building structure until theinstallation of permanent doors; and

• Structures are installed to prevent falls at the periphery of the building structure from themoment the first floor is accessible to workers?

Comments:

17.2 Are the structures designed to prevent falls constructed in accordance with the q q qfollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.13.5]• Top rails are at least 1.20 meters from the platform and midrails are 70 centimeters from

the platform;• Toeboards are at least 20 centimeters in height; and



• A net or similar material covering is provided for the safe closure of any openings?

Comments:

17.3 Where work is performed at a height of more than 2 meters, or where there is a q q qdanger of falling, do workers wear safety belts attached to cables with brakingdevices which are not connected to the scaffolding structure? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.23.3]

Comments:

17.4 If the structure under construction will have 4 or more floors, or an equivalent q q qheight, does it have a protective platform at the level of the first floor (considered thesecond floor in USA), or at least one level higher than the ground level, inaccordance with the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.13.6 and18.13.7]• Provides 2.5 meters of horizontal protection from the external face of the structure with

one complementary extension of 80 centimeters, with an inclination of 45 degrees at eitherend;

• Is installed immediately after completion of the first floor; and• Is removed only after the external finish work above the protective platform has been

completed?

Comments:

17.5 If structures under construction are to have basements, are protective platforms q q qprovided for these floors, located every 2nd floor (counted from the street levelfloor) that provide 2.2 meters of horizontal protection from the external face of thebuilding structure with one complementary extension of 80 centimeters, with aninclination of 45 degrees, at either end? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.13.8 and18.13.8.1]

Comments:


Work on Roofs

Aerial Platforms


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18.1 If the facility conducts work on roofs at the construction site, does it comply with the q q qfollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.18]• Devices are used which allow for the safe movement of workers, including the installation

of steel cable guides for securing safety belts;• The ends of the cable guides are affixed/secured by means of unoxidizable steel or other

material of equivalent resistance and durability;• A system of signing and isolation exists in a manner that prevents workers in the lower

floors from being hit by toppling materials and equipment;• Before any work is conducted over furnaces or any other equipment where the emission of

gases from industrial processes occurs, the equipment is disengaged;• Performing any work on roofs during rainy or windy weather is prohibited; and• The placement of loads on a single point is prohibited?

Comments:

18.2 If any work at height will be conducted (roof maintenance, renovation, etc.), is the q q qarea inspected and is a permit for the work obtained including all the proceduresapplicable for performing the task? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.18.5]

Comments:

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19.1 Is equipment used for activities involving aerial platforms equipped with the q q qfollowing safety devices: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Article 2.2]• Safety devices that ensure perfect leveling at the work location, according manufacturer’s

instructions;• Internal support mechanisms;• Railings, in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications, or that meet the

requirements of Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.13.5 (see Question 17.2);

• A control panel with emergency button;• An emergency device that allows the employee and the platform to be returned to the floor

in case of electrical, mechanical or hydraulic failure; and• An automatic, sound-based signaling system that is triggered during ascent and descent?

Comments:



19.2 Is the equipment protected against electrical shocks by the following equipment: q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Annex IV, Item 2.3]• Double-insulated feed cables;• Armored plugs and sockets;• Electrical grounding; and• A differential residual device (“dispositivo diferencial residual” - DDR)?

Comments:

19.3 Are operational and maintenance manuals for aerial work platforms available in q q qPortuguese at the site? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.1]

Comments:

19.4 Does the platform operator conduct a visual and functional inspection of the q q qequipment before daily or shift use, and does he/she check the following:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.4]• Operational and emergency controls;• Safety devices;• Personal protection devices, including those for fall protection;• Hydraulic, air and fuel systems;• Electrical panels, cables and whips;• Tires and wheels;• Warning and control signs;• Stabilizers, expandable axles and the general structure of the equipment; and• Any other items specified by the manufacturer?

Comments:

19.5 Does the operator ensure that he/she maintains the following while the equipment is q q qmoving: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.5]• A clear view of the path of the equipment;• Safe distances between obstacles, holes, ramps and other items posing a risk; and• The minimum distance from aerial obstacles specified by the project or work order?

Comments:



19.6 Does the facility ensure that equipment is kept away from power lines, as indicated q q qby the manufacturer’s instruction manual, or isolated according to the instructions ofthe power supplier? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.8]

Comments:

19.7 Do employees wear parachute harnesses attached to the platform railings or other q q qdevices specified by the manufacturer? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.13]

Comments:

19.8 Does the facility ensure that, when aerial platforms do not function properly (i.e., are q q qout-of-order), they are kept: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 3.17]• Away from the work area;• Turned off; and• Protected against unauthorized use?

Comments:

19.9 Are battery-charging areas ventilated and free of fire or explosion risks? [Regulatory q q qNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Annex IV, Item 3.18]

Comments:

19.10 Has the facility developed and implemented a preventive maintenance program of q q qaerial platforms which includes at least the following: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, AnnexIV, Item 4.1]• Verification of speed, resting control and limits on the functions of equipment;• Verification of upper and lower controls;• Cables, nets and other parts of the equipment;• Safety and emergency devices;• Warning and control signals;• Maintenance and substitution of damaged parts;• Lubrication of moving parts;• Inspection of filters, hydraulic, and refrigeration systems, and of motor oil; and



• Visual inspection of structural and critical components such as setting and lockingdevices?

Comments:

19.11 Is the maintenance program described in Question 19.10 supervised by a legally q q qqualified professional, and is the maintenance provided by a person qualified by themanufacturer? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Annex IV, Items 4.1.1. and 4.2]

Comments:

19.12 If an aerial platform is kept out of service for more than three months, does it q q qundergo maintenance before being returned to operation? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, AnnexIV, Item 4.3]

Comments:

19.13 Does the facility keep the following documentation for at least five years: q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Annex IV, Item 4.5] <RECORD KEEPING>• Maintenance records, including dates, issues identified, corrective actions recommended,

and the names of the people in charge of the maintenance of the equipment; and• All repairs conducted, including the date they were done, a description of the repairs, the

name of the person responsible for making the repair, and the name of the personresponsible for releasing the equipment back into use?

Comments:

19.14 Are aerial platforms operated only as follows: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of q q qthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Item 5.1]• By personnel who are qualified and trained in accordance with the manufacturer’s

instructions, on the equipment that they work on (or on similar equipment); and• In each employee’s own work area(s)?

Comments:


Movement and Transport of Materials and Persons


19.15 Do all personnel who operate aerial equipment have a certificate that includes, at a q q qminimum, the following: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Annex IV, Items 5.2 through 5.2.1]• Basic safety principles; and• Inspection and operation of the equipment?

Comments:

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20.1 If the construction site uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials q q qfrom one level to another, does it ensure that the following requirements are met:[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Sections 18.14.1] <RECORD KEEPING>• The equipment is designed and sized by a legally qualified professional at the installation;• Installation and dismantling is performed by a qualified worker;• The maintenance of such equipment is performed by or under the supervision of a legally

qualified professional who updates his/her qualification annually and carriesdocumentation showing that the qualification is current;

• Elevators and lifts meet all applicable national and international standards (not furtherdefined);

• Emergency equipment on elevators installed after May 6, 2012 (i.e., twelve months afterpublication of Ordinance SIT No. 224 of May 6, 2011) is indelibly identified by themanufacturer, importer or lessor;

• The facility has a “Preventive Maintenance Program” as recommended by the lessor,importer or manufacturer, which is kept with the equipment’s inspection records;

• Equipment is not used after assembly or maintenance unless the facility has receivedverification of operational security, within the parameters specified by the manufacturer,from the legally qualified assembly or maintenance professional (Note that thisverification must be attached to the equipment’s inspection records);

• Emergency brakes are tested at least every 90 day, and the report concerning these tests isattached to equipment’s inspection records; and

• Equipment is provided with devices that limit their use by unauthorized persons?

Comments:

20.2 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one q q qlevel/floor to another, does it ensure that access to, and movement of, lifting andtransport equipment is unimpeded and proper safety signage is provided?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.9]

Comments:



20.3 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one q q qlevel/floor to another, does it ensure that the lifting and transport equipment isinspected daily by a qualified worker, and that the results of the inspection arerecorded in the equipment’s inspection record? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions ofthe Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.7]<RECORD KEEPING>

Comments:

20.4 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one q q qlevel/floor to another, does it ensure that measures are taken to ensure the stability ofthe equipment? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.8]

Comments:

20.5 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one q q qlevel/floor to another, does it ensure that precautions are taken with regard to themovement of machines and equipment in the vicinity of electrical lines? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.14.10]

Comments:

20.6 Does the facility ensure that column lifts and similar devices (“Velox” type) are q q qequipped with devices for stabilization? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.12]

Comments:

20.7 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one q q qlevel/floor to another, does it ensure that the distance between the free pulley and thedrum of the hoisting winch is between 2.5 meters and 3.0 meters from axle to axle?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.14]

Comments:



20.8 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one q q qlevel/floor to another, does it ensure that the steel cable located between the rollingdrum and the free pulley is guarded to prevent accidental access to and contact byworkers? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.15]

Comments:

20.9 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one q q qlevel/floor to another, does it ensure that the hoisting winch has a startup and shutoffswitch to prevent it from being activated by non-authorized individuals? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.14.16]

Comments:

20.10 If the facility uses equipment for the transport of persons and/or materials from one q q qlevel/floor to another, does it ensure that when the hoisting winch is in any position,the traction cable has a minimum of 6 turns rolled on the drum? [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.14.17]

Comments:

20.11 Does the facility ensure that bucket elevators are only used for the transport of bulk q q qmaterial? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.18]

Comments:

20.12 Does the facility ensure that persons are not transported using lifting equipment? q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.19]

Comments:



20.13 Does the facility ensure that equipment for the transport of materials is equipped q q qwith devices that prevent the accidental discharge of transported material?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.14.20]

Comments:

20.14 If the construction site uses elevator towers, does it comply with the following q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.14.21]• The elevator towers are sized according to the loads to which they are subject;• Towers are assembled and disassembled by skilled workers;• Towers are constructed and installed in a manner approved by a legally certified

professional, in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and design specifications;• Towers are located away from power lines or are isolated according to manufacturer’s

instructions;• Towers are mounted so that the distance between the cabin and the face of the building is

not more than two feet;• For travel over long distances, loads and structural strain arising are considered in the

design and specification of towers;• The structural elements of towers are able to withstand use, without presenting corrosion

or deformation that may undermine its stability;• Towers for bucket elevators are equipped with devices that keep the bucket in balance;• Towers and hoists are electrically grounded;• A barrier is installed at every entrance to towers to prevent exposure to moving parts;• Towers are provided with protection and signaling to prohibit the circulation of workers;• Openings to tower elevators for lifting materials are covered with wire mesh, galvanized

material, or another material of equivalent strength and durability;• Towers are equipped with safety device which prevents opening of the barrier (barrier)

when the elevator is not on floor level;• The ramps to towers meet the following requirements:

– Are provided with guardrail system;– Have floors made of durable material, without openings;– Do not slope downwards towards the tower; and– Are fixed to the structure of the building;

• There is clearance of at least two feet above ramps;• The cabins of the elevators are provided with guide systems which render the use of

grease in the pipes guiding elevator towers unnecessary;• Parts of towers and elevators (e.g., axels, gearbox, engine, etc.) are clearly identified; and• Inspection, testing and maintenance are conducted at intervals identified by a legally

certified professional in accordance with the manufacturer’s’ instructions, and records arekept up to date? <RECORD KEEPING>

Comments:

20.15 If the construction site uses elevators for the transport of materials, does it comply q q qwith the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.22]• Passengers are not transported in elevators designed to lift materials, with exception of

rack elevators, where only the operator and/or person responsible for the material to betransported with the load if he/she is physically isolated from the load;

• Materials with dimensions larger than the internal dimensions of the elevator are nottransported;

• Material is not transported while supported on the doors of the cabin;



• Material is not transported outside the cabin, except during the assembly and disassemblyof the elevator;

• Bulk material is not transported without proper preparation;• No equipment or device for lifting materials is altered in any way not indicated in the

manufacturer’s instructions;• A plate containing an indication of the maximum load and indicating the prohibition on

the transport of people is affixed to the inside of the elevator;• Elevators are equipped with the following:

– An automatic braking system;– A monitored electromechanical security system;– A security lock system to keep the elevator stopped, in addition to the engine brake;– An interlock system that ensures the elevator only moves when doors and gates are

closed; and– A system that prevents the movement of the elevator when the load exceeds the

capacity allowed;

• The lifting device has traction on ascent and descent, to prevent free fall of the cabin;• A control level/switch is installed on each floor, to activate a lamp or bell adjacent to the

winch operator, to guarantee one-way communication;• Any service performed on the elevator is recorded in the Book of Elevator Inspection,

which remains with the equipment; and <RECORD KEEPING>• Elevators for materials are provided with fixed panes on one side and removable panels or

doors on the other?

Comments:

20.16 If the construction site uses passenger elevators, does it comply with the following q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.14.23]• In buildings under construction with eight or more floors (or equivalent height), at least

one passenger elevator must reach the entire vertical extent of the building;• Passenger elevators are installed from the conclusion of the fifth floor (or equivalent

height);• Simultaneous transport of freight and passengers is prohibited;• If passenger elevators are used for the transport of freight, the elevators are installed from

the ground floor;• Transport of passengers is given priority over transport of freight;• Passenger elevators are equipped with the following:

– Switches at the ends of the upper and lower courses, along with an electromagneticautomatic brake;

– An automatic braking system to be used in case the traction cable breaks or in othersituations that lead to the free fall of the cabin;

– An electromechanical safety system, installed at a distance of 2 meters below thehighest beam of the tower, or another system that prevents the collision of the cabinwith this beam;

– Power switch that allows movement only when the doors are closed;– A metal cabin with a door; and– A manual brake located in the cabin and interconnected to the switches so that upon

activation the motor will disengage;– A system that prevents movement of the elevator when the load exceeds the capacity

allowed; and– For beam-type floating elevators, a braking system with a principle trigger of cable

tension;

• Any service performed on the elevator is recorded in the Book of Elevator Inspection,which remains with the equipment; and <RECORD KEEPING>


Demolition


• Passenger elevator cabins have automatic lighting, ventilation, and a sign indicating themaximum number of passengers and equivalent weight (kg)?

Comments:

20.17 If any rack elevator (“elevador de cremalheria”) is used, does the facility ensure that q q qthe following requirements are met: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.14.25]• The manufacturer’s instruction manual is made available at the job site;• The elevator is inspected upon installation; and• Safety devices and weather protection, if necessary, are provided?

Comments:

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21.1 Does the facility ensure that demolition activities are only performed by responsible, q q qtechnically qualified personnel? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.3]

Comments:

21.2 Prior to any demolition, does the facility ensure that all electricity, water, sewer, q q qrainwater spouts, and gas are turned off and disconnected? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.5.1]

Comments:

21.3 Prior to any demolition, are fragile elements such as glass, woodwork or stucco q q qremoved from the building? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.4]

Comments:



21.4 Prior to any demolition, are all openings, except the one used to bring equipment in q q qand out, covered so that debris does not fly out? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.5]

Comments:

21.5 Before commencing any demolition or removal activities where asbestos-containing q q qmaterials are present, has the facility, in conjunction with the asbestos removalcontractor and the CIPA, developed a work plan having the following elements:[Annex 12 to Regulatory Norm 15, Article 8]• A description of how the work will be done;• Measures to limit the amount of airborne asbestos;• A description of PPE that will be used; and• A plan for asbestos waste disposal?

Comments:

21.6 Does the facility ensure that asbestos waste is disposed of in a manner that does not q q qpose a risk to workers or the population, in conformance with local regulationsestablished by the competent authority? [Annex 12 to Regulatory Norm 15, Article17]

Comments:

21.7 Has a covering been constructed around the perimeter of the structure to be q q qdemolished that is 2.5 meters wide and installed at a 45 degree angle? [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.5.10]

Comments:

21.8 During demolition activities, are personnel prohibited from standing in or below the q q qdemolition area? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.5.5]

Comments:


Excavations


21.9 During demolition activities, are stairs kept open and free of debris? [Regulatory q q qNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.5.6]

Comments:

21.10 During demolition activities, if materials are removed by dropping them down to the q q qground, are they dropped through a chute that is fitted with a cover at the bottom?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.5.9]

Comments:

21.11 During demolition activities, does the facility ensure that there are no objects or parts q q qof structures left in a position where they could break and fall? [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.5.11]

Comments:

21.12 Prior to and periodically during demolition activities, are neighboring buildings q q qinspected to ensure that they are not being damaged during the demolition?[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.5.2]

Comments:

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22.1 Before beginning excavation activities, has the facility located underground facilities, q q qsuch as electrical lines and water and gas pipelines, and studied the risks of soilcontamination? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.1]

Comments:



22.2 Before beginning excavation activities, has electrical power to any underground lines q q qbeen turned off? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.4]

Comments:

22.3 If excavation is being performed in a public area, have warning signs, protective q q qfences, and shelters been erected? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.11]

Comments:

22.4 Before beginning excavation activities, have vehicle access routes been marked? q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.6.12]

Comments:

22.5 If there is the possibility that gas might leak during the excavation, has adequate q q qventilation been installed? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.10]

Comments:

22.6 Before beginning excavation activities, have rocks, trees, and other objects that could q q qfall been removed, or if removal is not possible, has shoring been created to protectthe object from falling into the excavation? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.1]

Comments:


Confined Spaces


22.7 Is unauthorized access to excavation areas effectively prohibited? [Regulatory Norm q q q18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.6.13]

Comments:

22.8 If the side slope of the excavation is unstable, or more than 1.25 meters deep, has q q qshoring been constructed? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.5]

Comments:

22.9 If the excavation is more than 1.25 meters deep, have stairs or ramps been installed? q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.6.7]

Comments:

22.10 Is excavated material deposited at a distance from the side of the hole that is more q q qthan half the depth? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.6.8]

Comments:

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23.1 Does the facility comply with the following requirements pertaining to confined q q qspaces and activities that expose the workers to risks of asphyxiation, explosions,intoxication, contamination, exposure, and occupational illness: [Regulatory Norm18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.20]• Workers adopt pre-established procedures in situations where risks are present;• Workers are trained and familiar with risk prevention techniques and procedures to be

adopted with regard to confined spaces and activities that expose the workers to risks ofasphyxiation, explosion, toxicity, contamination, and occupational illness;

• Where chemicals are used, workers are prohibited from conducting the work without usingadequate PPE;

• Work in confined spaces is preceded by an inspection and the specific procedures forwork in confined spaces are implemented;

• Continuous monitoring of any substance that causes asphyxia, explosions, andintoxication/contamination/exposure inside the confined spaces is conducted by a qualifiedworker under the supervision of the responsible technical personnel;


Windows

Fire Protection


• The use of oxygen for the ventilation of a confined area is prohibited;• Efficient localized exhausting ventilation is provided that extracts contaminants, and

general ventilation is provided that conducts air throughout the interior of the environmentand guarantees the permanent and continual renewal of air;

• Signaling during work is conducted in confined spaces during the entire course of thework, with clear, continuous information;

• Safety cords or ropes are used;• Any air supply and/or rescue equipment is maintained within reach of the workers; and• In the case of conducting maintenance on a tank, any gas present is extracted prior to

conducting any work?

Comments:

23.2 Are two of every group of 20 workers trained in rescue procedures? [Regulatory q q qNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.20.1(j)]

Comments:

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24.1 Following installation of glass at the construction site, is the glass marked in a q q qvisible manner? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environmentfor the Construction Industry, Section 18.17.3.1]

Comments:

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25.1 Does the construction site comply with the following fire protection requirements: q q q[Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.26]• An alarm system exists that emits a perceptible signal in all areas of the construction site;

and• Welding and flame cutting in areas where combustible, flammable, and explosive

substances are stored is prohibited?

Comments:


Personal Protective Equipment


25.2 In enclosed areas where painting or activities employing the use of bonding agents or q q qadhesives (such as the application of laminates, flooring, wallpapering and similaractivities) take place, as well as areas where inks, solvents and other combustible,flammable or explosive substances are used or handled, does the facility comply withthe following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.26]• Smoking or carrying any type of cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other material that can

produce sparks or flames is prohibited;• Any operation that causes sparking, including sparking caused by the impact of parts, is

avoided in the surrounding areas;• Anti-explosive lighting and lightbulbs are used;• An adequate ventilation system for the removal of gas mixtures, or flammable or

explosive mixtures, from the environment is installed;• Signs are placed in access areas with the following indications, as appropriate: “Risk from

Fire” or “Risk from Explosion”;• Adhesives and solvents are kept in closed and secured containers; and• Any flames, sparks or heating devices are kept apart from mold, wood wastes, inks,

varnishes, or other combustible, flammable, or explosive substances?

Comments:

25.3 Are construction site personnel organized into properly-equipped response units and q q qspecially trained in techniques for conducting emergency response to fires inenclosed areas and in areas where the following activities take place: [RegulatoryNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.26]• Painting, application of laminates, flooring, wallpapering, and similar activities (e.g.,

employing the use of bonding agents, glue or adhesive); and• Use and/or handling of inks, solvents and other combustible, flammable, or explosive

substances?

Comments:

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26.1 Does the construction site comply with the following requirements pertaining to the q q quse of PPE: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.23]• Abdominal-type safety belts are used for any electrical work and where limiting the

worker’s movement is required;• Safety belts are equipped with safety locks (“trava-quedas”) when connected to the safety

cable, regardless of the structure of the scaffolding; and• A fall arrestor safety belt is used for activities taking place at a height of greater than 2

meters from the floor or ground, when the risk of falling exists for the worker?

Comments:


Fatal Accidents

Construction Site Facilities


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27.1 If any fatal accident has occurred at the construction site, has the construction site q q qtaken the following steps: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.31]• Immediately communicated information about the accident to the competent policing

authority and to the regional office of the Ministry of Labor; and• Isolated the area directly related to the accident, and maintained it in the same condition,

until notified by the competent policing authority and the regional authority of theMinistry of Labor?

Comments:

27.2 Does the construction site comply with the following requirements pertaining to q q qstatistical data on construction-related accidents: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditionsof the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.32]<RECORD KEEPING>• The employer submits the Work Accident Form to FUNDACENTRO within 10 days of an

accident, and maintains a copy of the document for three years for verification by thecompetent regional office of the Ministry of Labor; and

• The employer submits the Annual Statistical Summary to FUNDACENTRO by the lastday of February of the subsequent year, and maintains a copy of the document for threeyears for verification by the competent regional office of the Ministry of Labor?

Comments:

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28.1 Does the construction work site contain the following facilities: [Regulatory Norm q q q18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.4.1]• Sanitary installations;• A dressing room;• An eating area; and• A kitchen (if a refreshment area is available)?

Comments:


Sanitary Installations and Workplace Amenities


28.2 In addition to the requirements in Question 28.1, are housing, laundry, and resting q q qfacilities provided if workers reside at the work site? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.4.1.1]

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28.3 Are housing areas kept in an excellent state of hygiene and cleanliness? [Regulatory q q qNorm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry,Section 18.4.1.2]

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28.4 If the construction project site has 50 or more workers, does it have a first aid q q qcenter? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry, Section 18.4.1(h)]

Comments:

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29.1 Do the sanitary installations at the construction work site meet the following q q qminimum requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.3]• Maintained in an excellent state of cleanliness and hygiene;• Constructed with doors which prevent exposure and provide privacy;• Have walls with a resistant and washable surface, possibly made of wood;• Have a washable and impermeable, non-slip floor finish;• Are not directly connected to the eating area;• Provide separate facilities for men and women, if both men and women are present at the

site;• Have adequate ventilation and illumination;• Include adequately protected electrical installations;• Are situated within 150 meters of the work station, in an area that is easily and safely

accessed; and• Have a ceiling height of at least 2.5 meters or comply with the appropriate Municipal

Works Code?

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29.2 Is the sanitary installation equipped with one sink, toilet, and urinal provided for q q qevery 20 workers and with one shower for every 10 workers? [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.4.2.4]

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29.3 Do the sinks meet the following minimum requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, q q qConditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.4.2.5.1]• Individual or trough type;• Have a plastic or metal basin;• Are installed at a height of 90 centimeters;• Connected directly to the sanitary sewer, when available;• Have a smooth, impermeable, and washable internal coating;• Have a minimum spacing of 60 centimeters between each faucet, if trough type; and• Have a wastebasket for used paper towels?

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29.4 Do toilet stalls meet the following minimum requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, q q qConditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.4.2.6]• Have a minimum floor area of 1 square meter;• Have a door with an inside latch and a lower opening of no more than 15 centimeters of

height;• Have dividing walls of no less than 1.8 meters high;• Have a waste basket with a lid for disposal of used papers;• Are either of “turkish” or siphoning-type construction;• Have a discharge tank or automatic valve; and• Are connected to a sewer or septic system, passing through hydraulic siphons?

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29.5 Is the construction site equipped with urinals that comply with the following q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.7]• Made with an internal surface that is smooth, impermeable and washable;• Equipped with a triggered or automatic discharging mechanism;• Are at a maximum height of 0.50 meters from the floor; and• Are connected directly to the sewers or a septic tank?

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29.6 Do showers provided at the construction work site comply with the following q q qrequirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment forthe Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.8]• The minimum area for each shower stall is 0.80 square meters with a height of 2.10

meters;• The floors in the showers ensure the direct flow of water to the sewers, and are composed

of a non-slip surface or a wooden surface;• The stalls are composed of metal or plastic and hot water is provided;• A support for soap and towel rack are provided at each shower; and• Electrical installations and showers are grounded?

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29.7 Does the construction site have dressing rooms for workers who do not live in the q q qarea, and do these comply with the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.4.2.9]• Located next to the housing and/or the entrance to the construction site, without any direct

connection to areas used for meals;• Have walls constructed of masonry, wood, or equivalent material;• Have floors of concrete, cement, wood, or equivalent material;• Are covered and protected from the weather;• Have an area of ventilation corresponding to 1/10 of the floor area;• Include artificial and/or natural illumination;• Include individual lockers equipped with locks;• Have a ceiling height of at least 2.5 meters or comply with the appropriate Municipal

Works Code;• Are maintained in an excellent state of cleanliness and hygiene; and• Have benches in sufficient numbers to provide for all the users, with a minimum length of

0.30 meters?

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29.8 If the construction site has a lodging area for workers, does the lodging area comply q q qwith the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of theWorkplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.10]• Walls are constructed of mortar, wood, or equivalent materials;• Floors are constructed of concrete, cement, wood, or equivalent material;• Is covered and protected from the weather;• An area of ventilation corresponding to 1/10 the area of the floor is provided;• Artificial and/or natural illumination is provided;• Has a ceiling height of 2.5 meters for single beds and 3.0 meters for bunk beds;• Is not situated below surface grade or in a basement;• Adequate protection for electrical installations is provided;• The use of more than two beds in a bunk bed is prohibited;• A vertical space between beds, and between the last bed and the ceiling, of a minimum of

1.2 meters is provided;• Lateral protection and a ladder for the highest bed on the bunk is provided;• Beds have a minimum dimension of 0.80 meters by 1.90 meters;• Sheets, pillow cases, and pillows for all beds are provided;• Double lockers/cupboards are provided;• Cooking and heating any meals inside the housing area is prohibited;• Drinking fountains providing potable, filtered and cool water are provided in an amount of

at least one fountain for every 25 persons staying in the accommodations; and



• People with infectious diseases are prohibited from remaining in the lodging area?

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29.9 Does the construction site have an area for eating meals, which complies with the q q qfollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Sections 18.4.2.11.1 and 18.4.2.11.2]• Has walls that allow for separation of the area from other areas during meals;• Has floors of concrete, cement, or another washable material;• Has a cover that protects it from the weather;• Includes a meal schedule to guarantee the attendance of all workers at all meals;• Has natural and/or artificial ventilation and illumination;• Has a bathroom installed in its vicinity or inside the area;• Includes tables with smooth and washable pads, and sufficient seats for all users;• Has a container or bin for waste, equipped with a cover;• Is not situated below grade or in the basement of a building;• Is not connected directly with the sanitary facilities; and• Has a ceiling height of at least 2.8 meters or complies with the appropriate Municipal

Works Code?

Comments:

29.10 If the construction site is equipped with a kitchen, does the kitchen comply with the q q qfollowing requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the WorkplaceEnvironment for the Construction Industry, Section 18.4.2.12]• Has natural or artificial ventilation to permit air exhaust;• Has a ceiling height of at least 2.8 meters or complies with the appropriate Municipal

Works Code;• Has walls of mortar, wood, or equivalent materials;• Has floors of concrete, cement, or other washable material;• Is covered with non-flammable material;• Has a sink for washing food and utensils;• Has a bathroom installed that is not directly connected to the kitchen facility and is for

exclusive use of kitchen personnel;• Has a waste basket with a lid for disposal of used paper;• Has refrigeration equipment for the preservation of food stuffs;• Is located next to the eating area;• Has adequate protection for electrical installations;• If LPG is used, the gas bottles are located outside of the area where the gas is used, in a

permanently ventilated and covered area; and• Those working in the kitchen are required to wear aprons and hats?

Comments:



29.11 If the facility has housing facilities for construction workers, does it include laundry q q qfacilities that comply with the following requirements: [Regulatory Norm 18,Conditions of the Workplace Environment for the Construction Industry, Section18.4.2.13]• Laundry areas are specific areas that are covered, ventilated, and illuminated, so that the

workers can wash, dry, and iron their non-work-related clothes; and• The area is equipped with individual or collective wash basins in sufficient numbers?

Comments:

29.12 Are resting areas provided for workers who use the facility housing/boarding q q qfacilities? [Regulatory Norm 18, Conditions of the Workplace Environment for theConstruction Industry.4.2.14]

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