Safety Engineer

Supervisory and safely personnel are solely responsible for maintaining safe and healthy working conditions and for strictly adhering lo and enforcing all safely and health policies and regulations. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for the implementation of the safety, health, and environmental requirements of this NJSDA Safety Manual for the Work, whether done by its own employees or by subcontractors.

The Contractor and each subcontractor shall implement effective safety and risk control programs. The prevention of injuries, accidents and protection of property shall receive NJSDA management's lop priority, support, and participation.

3.1 General Overview

1.         The Contractor and all subcontractors shall:

a)         Use safety planning, including the use of JHA as a tool to reduce injury or damage to persons and properly.

b)         Conduct a daily documented inspection of assigned work areas lo locate and abate unsafe conditions and practices before they result in bodily injury or property loss.

c)         Provide SSHASP and JHAs to the Prime Contractor, which are to be maintained by the Prime Contractor at the Project Site.

d)         Establish a site perimeter with a minimum eight (8) foot high chain link fence with appropriately placed, securable ingress and egress. Consideration for debris netting and privacy screening shall be made. The Prime Contractor shall follow all contract documents and specifications regarding selection, installation, and maintenance of perimeter fencing on all School Facilities Projects.

e)        Establish Green Zones (safe) and Red Zones (unsafe) for all non-construction traffic and personnel.

D   Utilize engineering and administrative controls to safeguard the school occupants, public, and property adjacent to the Project Sile, as well as the environment.

g)         Keep all sidewalks; entrances to buildings, lobbies, corridors, aisles, doors, or exits that remain in use by school occupants or the public clear of obstructions. The Fire Marshal or AHJ shall approve all exits, temporary or permanent.

h)        Use accident investigation information lo abate deficiencies and eliminate any additional losses

i)           Provide first-aid kits in accordance with OSHA standards

j)            Implement the NJSDA established site-wide 100% six (6) fool fall protection policy. This shall include all types of scaffolding and steel erection, except 'Baker' type which is four (4) fool.

3.1 General Overview 

2.       The Prime Contractor shall be responsible, and shall require each subcontractor to be responsible, for the safety and health of their own employees, regardless of who created the hazard.

3.2 Prime Contractor Safety Coordinator and Inspector

The Prime Contractor shall designate an employee as the Safety Coordinator and Inspector. The Prime Contractor Safety Coordinator and Inspector shall have the following qualifications:

1.         Five years of experience working as a safety professional; and

2.        Completion of 30-Hour OSHA Construction Outreach Training: and

3.        Completion of 24-Hour HAZWOPER training; and

4.         Certification as a Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST).

5.         Additionally, a bachelor's degree in Safety and Health Management or other related field is preferred, but not mandatory.

The Prime Contractor Safety Coordinator and Inspector is the person who performs safety management duties related to School Facilities Projects, and serves as the Authority's point of contact for all matters relating to project safety. The Prime Contractor Safety Coordinator and Inspector enforces and implements the safety requirements of the Contract, including the Prime Contractor's SSHASP, and inspects the Work to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and standards, the NJSDA Safety Manual, and all local, state, and federal applicable laws and regulations.

The Prime Contractor Safety Coordinator and Inspector shall be present on the Project Site whenever Work is being performed regardless of the scope of work or amount of work personnel present at site. The Prime Contractor Safety Coordinator and Inspector shall only perform safety management duties for the Project and shall not perform Construction Work, or clerical/administrative work unrelated to Safety Coordinator and Inspector duties or perform additional roles or functions on the Project (e.g., Superintendent, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Coordinator, etc.).

3.3 Prime Contractor Safety Coordinator and Inspector Responsibilities

The Prime Contractor Safety Coordinator and Inspector shall be responsible for:

1.         Promoting total job safety with all employees and visitors.

2.        Administration, implementation, and execution of this NJSDA Safety Manual and OSHA construction regulations on the Project Site in cooperation with representatives from the CM, OCIP loss control representatives, assigned NJSDA Field Compliance Inspector and the NJSDA RMU.

3.        Monitoring subcontractors' adherence to safety requirements.

4.        Performing accident investigations. 

5,    Ensuring that all Prime Contractor and subcontractor employees attend Safety Orientation and Trade Training