ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH

& SAFETY PLAN

Palamoottil Infrastructure
Contents
Purpose................................................................................................................................................... 2
Resources................................................................................................................................................ 2
Responsibility ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Safety Control:........................................................................................................................................ 3
Drug and Alcohol abuse Policy: ............................................................................................................. 3
Responsibilities of Project Team............................................................................................................ 3
Project Manager................................................................................................................................. 3
Site Engineer & Supervisor................................................................................................................. 4
HSE Officer.......................................................................................................................................... 4
Site safety Measures .............................................................................................................................. 4
Management Review ............................................................................................................................. 7
Purpose
This document states the EHS Policy for Palamoottil Infrastructure engaged in providing goods and
services for Plumbing & Firefighting Projects and related work activity. This document is prepared to
systemize all activities associated with safety and to ensure and demonstrate that workmanship,
material, equipment, and services provided under the control of contract conform to the quality
requirements.

Palamoottil Infrastructure shall submit, with their Tender Documents, a general or corporate Safety
Programme based on its proposed application to the Tendered scope of work in conjunction with
Tender Conditions.

Resources
Purpose & Scope: This is to ensure identification of and subsequent availability of adequate
resources in terms of trained personnel, equipment’s, and systems and procedures to carry out
activities like safety processes and the system audit.

Responsibility
Employees are our most important asset; their safety is our greatest Responsibility. It is the
responsibility of the company to make every effort to provide a safe working environment, to
eliminate safety hazards and to provide adequate PPE and safety devices for all of our employees.
Further, it is our goal to create a culture of safety awareness among our management and employees
so that each individual understands that he / she has the ultimate responsibility to work safely. Unsafe
work practices by an individual can often lead to accidents even in a safe working environment. It is
our goal to eliminate both unsafe work conditions and unsafe work practices.

The prime responsibility lies with the Project Manager who shall be supported by the team.
The Project Manager shall prepare separate planning schedules, monitors the requirement and
deployment of resources.

It is our responsibility to:

1. Comply with all regulations and client rules governing safety on our projects.
2. Take expedient action to correct unsafe conditions and work practices.
3. Promote safety awareness. Hold each management personnel and employee accountable for
his/ her individual responsibility for safety.
4. Encourage our employees to inform their supervisor immediately when unsafe conditions are
present without Fear or reprisal.
5. Provide the training to support the accident reducing techniques necessary in implementing
our responsibilities.

Every reasonable effort will be taken to assure that the employees can accomplish the safe completion
of assigned tasks. No task is so important, or so urgent, that we cannot take the time to do it safely.
Safety Control:
The project safety execution plan is carried out as per standard industry practices & client
specifications and the accepted international standards and local codes. For ensuring the safety of
works, suitable inspections will be carried out. These inspections will be in accordance with the
conditions of contract and as detailed in the EHS plan.

Drug and Alcohol abuse Policy:

The Company prohibits the use, possession, or distribution on its premises, facilities, or work places
any alcoholic beverages, intoxicants and narcotics, illegal or unauthorized drugs, firearms and
unauthorized explosives. Company employees must not report for work under the influence of any
drug, alcoholic beverage or narcotic substance which will in any way adversely affect their working
ability, alertness, coordination, response, or adversely affect the safety of others on the job.

Any person who is found using, possessing or distributing any of the substances described above, or
who is found under the influence of any such substances, is subject to disciplinary action up to and
including immediate discharge of an employee, voluntary withdrawal of employment application.

Responsibilities of Project Team

Project Manager
The Project Manager has the ultimate responsibility for executing and maintaining an effective
program of employee protection, of safeguarding exposure to the public and of protecting the
environment as required by the company, client and regulatory authorities.

The safety responsibilities of the Project Manager are as follows:

1. Since the most important aspect in establishing a safe environment on the project it is the
responsibility of the Project Manager to implement this program, he must evaluate job
specifications and establishes controls for potential safety, health and environmental
exposures and hazards.
2. Responsible for ensuring that he/she is fully informed regarding the project site, existing
facilities and operations and any and all safety concerns prior to mobilization.
3. Ensure that all of the project management staff is orientated pertaining to safety concerns
about the project prior to work being started.
4. Ensures the preparation and implementation of, an effective project EHS Program to achieve
compliance with applicable company, client and regulatory laws, regulations and standards.
5. Directs the development and implementation of accident prevention, hazard control and
environmental protection procedures and practices including methods for employee training,
objective enforcement of established rules and procedures and the safe handling, storage and
disposal of hazardous materials.
6. Ensure that the company Hazard Communication Program is being effectively administered
on the project.
7. Responsible for ensuring that safety meetings are being conducted both with the employees
and subcontractors.
 8. Ensure that the subcontractors report all accidents/ incidents to project management.
9. Responsible for ensuring that all safety and environmental issues are addressed when bidding
for new work.
10. Personally promote and participate in the SH&E Program and audits of the work operation to
ensure compliance of lower tier supervision with established policies and mandatory
requirements.

Site Engineer & Supervisor

1. Inform staff and employees of their safety responsibilities, authority, and accountability.
2. Enforce all applicable safety rules, regulations, procedures, and standards as set forth by the
Company EHS Program and any specific rules and regulations established for certain projects.
3. Advice project manager regarding safety on the job as requested or when an accident or
incident occurs.
4. Ensure that supervisors are conducting their pre-task planning meetings and completing the
documentation as required.
5. Conduct and /or attend Safety Toolbox Meetings.

HSE Officer
• Develop and implement a comprehensive HSE system at the site, in line with the specification
& procedure, and local regulations.
• Continuous review of site procedures to ensure safe working conditions on site.
• Carryout surveillance of works including the welfare of the workers & equipment’s to an
agreed programme.
• Carry out incident investigations and generate reports with remedial action to prevent a
reoccurrence.
• Coordinate with the Site Engineer for the safety of the areas & report to Project Manager.
• Ensure that the safety work in their respective area is carried out in accordance with
the specified safety procedures as required.
• Conduct toolbox meeting at least every weekend, subject will be familiarization of safety
aspect on site.
• Prepare weekly reports on project status and record any accident that occurred on the site.
• Responsible for the checking of all works at site including the welfare of the workers &
equipment’s.
• Regular inspection of all works areas responsibility.

Site safety Measures

SR NO SAFETY VIOLATION INDISCIPLINE RISK IMMEDIATE ACTION

1 Working at height above 2m inside the Fatality Worker to be allowed to

building without full body harness, ( b) work only after use of full
working on external face of the building body harness and slider
and inside the shaft above 3m from the fall arrester mechanism
ground without individual slider fall in both the cases (a)& (b)
arrester mechanism with anchored PP
rope for each worker/ supervisor
2 Rotating parts of machine kept exposed Amputation / Rotating parts of the
Loss of Body machinery to be guarded
parts within 24 Hrs.
3 bear wire inserted in socket, more than Electrocution/ Electrical connection to
two joints, cable on ground, improper Fire/ Short be disconnected by
capacity of cable, other electrical hazard Circuit electrician till rectified

4 Labours working without safety helmet Head Injury Helmet to be provided

Immediately.
5 Labours working without safety shoes Foot Injury Safety shoes to be
provided Immediately.
6 Labours working without reflective Injury to Reflective Jackets to be
jackets labour due to provided Immediately.
non-visibility
7 Vehicle operator without valid license Accident and Stop the vehicle until
legal operator submitting the
requirement license
8 Operating / reversing heavy vehicle & Accident Signal to be provided
machinery without signal man with vehicle
immediately.
9 Labour’s found cooking inside labour Unauthorized Remove the outsider
camp room, labour camp allocated to Entry immediately.
them.
10 Leaving power Supply on inside room, Wastage of Ensure no electrical
while leaving the room inside labour Energy power supply between
camp 9am to 5pm in labour
camp
11 Contractor allowing outsider ( not Unauthorized Remove the outsider
working at site) to stay in labour Entry immediately
12 Not using slider fall arrestor with Fall of person Provide fall arrestor with
polyamide rope polyamide rope
immediately.
13 Equipment’s are operated without Legal Equipment’s to be
required third party certificated requirement stopped till third party
certificate issued.
14 Using Lifting/gears without 3rd party Legal Use of lifting / gears to be
certificate requirement stopped till third party
certificate issued.
15 Using Defective equipment’s at site. Injury Stop equipment’s till
defected is rectified
16 Entering & working at site after alcohol Accident Remove from Site
consumption Immediately.
17 Urinating at undesignated area Unhygienic Warning to be given
condition
18 Working without permit to work Accident Work to be stopped till
permit issued
19 Failure to comply with safety instruction Accident Stop the work until
comply the safety
instruction
20 Failure to comply with site safety rules Accident Stop the work until
specified in EHS Manual comply the safety rules in
EHS manual
21 Failure to attend / conduct TBTs/ EHS Non To be started
meeting & Training Compliance of immediately
EHS
22 Blocking Emergency exit route/ access/ Non Access to be cleared
egress/ walk away with materials & availability of immediately
equipment’s access during
normal or
emergency
situation.
23 Horse Play/assault on others Injury to Remove from Site
person Immediately.
24 Not deploy required safety staff Non- Required EHS staff to be
compliance of provided immediately
EHS
Requirement
25 Railing not provided to scaffold or Fall of person Providing railing within
platform at top. or material two hours
may cause
even fatality
26 Fire extinguisher not provided for hot Fire Provide extinguisher
jobs immediately.
27 Flashback arrestor not provided for gas Explosion of Provide flash back
cutting machine gas cylinder arrestor within two hours
28 Welding shield / goggles and hand gloves Loss of Provide all PPE's
not provided for hot jobs. Eyesight Immediately.
29 child labour found working without any Legal Labours to be removed
age proof at site Requirement from site unless produces
age proof
30 Life-Line or barricading not provided at Fall of person Provide immediately.
periphery area may even
leads fatality
31 Proper cross-bracing not provided to Collapse of Providing scaffolding
scaffold. Scaffolding within 24 Hrs.
may even
leads to
fatality
32 Scaffolding is not braced properly to fixed Collapse of Provide support
structure Scaffolding immediately.
may even
leads to
fatality
 33 Structure of which machine is not braced Collapse of Provide support
structure may immediately.
even leads to
fatality
34 Labour found making or chewing Fire/ health Cigarettes / tobacco/
tobacco, gutkha at site. and hygiene gutkha to be submitted
immediately.
35 Entry to site without valid ID and safety Low Inform to safety
induction awareness on department and induct
basic safety the labour within 24 hrs,
rules.
36 Vehicle exceeding speed limit of 10Km/hr Serve accident Counselling of driver by
security team
37 Non Compliance to legal requirement as Legal immediately compliance
per BOCW act and Maharashtra contract obligations to the legal requirement
labours regulation act.
38 Poor housekeeping, poor access and Accidents/ Rectification of any such
ladders, poor maintenance of roads , Fatality situation within the given
working platforms and access to various time frame by the
level- unhygienic or unhealthy situation contractor otherwise
at stamps, toilets and working areas employer to deploy own
resources and rectify. The
changes as per contractor
will be charges to the
contractor apart from the
penalty of Rs. 3000 per
case.
39 Contractor not reporting incident or near Reoccurrences investigation and CAPA
miss of same by contractor
incident
40 Unauthorized interference or damaging Increase in Rectification and
safety equipment’s/ sat up/ risk level reinstallation

Management Review
The Management Review is aimed at ensuring the continuing suitability, compliance and
effectiveness of the existing documented Safety Assurance Systems on the basis of the Internal
Audit Findings, Client Feedback, quality of the work, resource availability etc. as felt necessary
by the Management is satisfying the requirements of Safety Policy and its objectives.

The responsibility of this element shall lie with Palamoottil Infrastructure management and all
Management Review meetings shall be validated through appropriate and adequate documents.