Issue 14
Oct 2017
G SAFE
Inside G-SAFE… 3
HSE Achievements
4
Client Appreciation
5
HSE Campaigns
7
HSE Performance
8
QHSE Trainings
10
HSE Reward & Recognition
11
Quality Corner
14
Environment Awareness
16
HSE Alert
17
Angle Grinder Safety
19
Quiz Time
HSE Achievements
We
are Pleased to announce that, all 8 new Kindergarten buildings we built for Ashghal, are successfully certified for its compliance to the GSAS (Global Sustainability Assessment System) 3 Stars rating. GORD awarded GSAS certificates & plaques to Galfar Al Misnad for constructing these 8 kindergarten buildings Buildings, in a meeting held on 23rd July. This acheivement adds credit to our capability and commitment on sustainability as a licensed GSAS service provider.
Dr. Yousef Alhorr (GORD's Founding Chairman) acknowledged the GSAS Service Provider Galfar Al Misnad for our contribution in achieving a milestone towards a greener, sustainable Qatar as green school buildings provide a better and healthier learning environment to the students and help reduce the country's carbon footprint.
Appreciation
The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has conveyed its gratitude to the construction workers involved in the successful redevelopment of Khalifa international stadium by organizing a special dinner. The SC invited 3,700 workers who were part of the Khalifa stadium and energy center construction. The Secretary General of SC, H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi and other senior leaders of SC attended the program and active participation and Galfar management’s commitment towards workers welfare was highly appreciated by the SC team.
HSE Campaigns As part of 2017 world environment day , Galfar Almisnad took part in the celebrations adopting the theme “I’m with Nature”. For the 5th consecutive year, we started a month long celebrations on the world environment day across our firm at all our construction sites, camps, Head office and additionally in a school campus (Bhavan’s public school).
HSE Campaigns The campaign includes tree plantation, awareness sessions and toolbox talks covering all our employees at our construction sites, camp and accommodation premises. To build a responsible young adult at the school, children were engaged through awareness sessions and drawing competitions along with plantation drives. Also a similar event organized for the children of our employees held at our head office premises.
HSE Performance 2017 (YTD) Camp 4%
HO 6% Plant 3%
Fire/DO 2%
NM 1%
GFM 3%
Spill 1%
Building 12%
Business segment wise incident stats
MTC 4% RWC 1%
UD/PD 14%
Infra 19%
FAC 7%
LTI 1%
Incident Classification
MEP 6%
E&I 29%
RTA 69%
O&G 18%
Leading Indicators : HSE Trainings & Inspections 2500
2353
2195
2134
2105
2000
1655
1500 760
1000
1010
746
625
Q2
Q3
500 0 Q1 No of employees trained (internal)
No of employees trained (external)
No of HSE Inspections
HSE Leading Indicators – 2017 Audits, management walkthroughs, meeting & mock drills
300 200 191 0
188
183
100 18
59
Q1 No of HSE meetings
11 No of HSE audits
13
48
18
6
Q2 No of Top mgt HSE walkthrough
46
14
Q3 No of Mockdrills
Focused drive on our corporate & Project HSE KPIs which are leading indicators in nature towards improvement always yields good HSE results. However every incident teaches us lessons and it is the responsibility of everyone to focus and actively participate in our leading indicator programs to assure the continual improvement in HSE Performance. Kindly contact HSE dept. for further details.
QHSE Trainings Quality and HSE awareness
Many of you are already aware that the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 have been revised and new standard ISO 45001 is going to replace OHSAS 18001. To make everyone aware about the changes and the new requirements in these standards, training sessions; "QHSE awareness for business excellence" being conducted since August 2017. So far around 300 senior staff members have been covered under 20 trainings sessions exclusively delivered by Mr P RajaManager QHSE. The feedback received on this initiative and training is highly encouraging.
Category
HODs SPMs/PMs/Managers DPMs/CMs/Sr Engineers Engineers/QS/HSE Advisors Trainee Engrs/Sup/Surveyors HSE Ins/Doc controller/other
“QHSE Awareness for business excellence”
duration
1 day ½ day
QHSE, ISO, QCS
No of sessions 2 sessions 2 sessions 9 sessions 5 sessions -
300+ Employees
Attendance 13 out of 13 28 out of 33 107 out of 135 92 out of 251 73 419
18 Sessions
Achievement 100% 84.85% 79.26% 36.65% Yet to commence
Every individual
HSE Trainings Onsite
HSE trainings to our workforce is one of our continuous activity we conduct as per the site HSE training plan, during the Q3 various key HSE trainings conducted in different project site focusing on working at height, rescue during emergency, material handling, Confined space, tower crane safety, PPE usage. During such trainings live demonstration is given on do’s and don’ts on HSE practices. We found such onsite HSE trainings are much effective than the class room trainings. Total 2730 personal trained during Q3 through onsite internal and external training programs.
Confined Space trainings
Working at height & Rescue training
Safe work Practices
Scaffolding & Working at height
Medical Emergencies
HSE Reward & Recognition Q1
Q2
Q3
135
127
123
Employees
Employees
Employees
As a part of HSE motivational program, during the year 2017 (YTD), around 385 employees were recognized with appreciation certificate and incentives for their active participation in HSE programs and demonstrating positive behavior towards HSE practices in their activity. As part of HSE Reward & recognition to employees, Quarterly best HSE officer award launched in the beginning of 2017.
Congratulations!!! Quarter - 1 1. Mahesh 2. Senthil 3. Sarbajeet Pandey Quarter - 2 1. Krishna Kumar 2. Siva Kumar Appu 3. Ikechukwu Christian Quarter - 3 1. Ramraj 2. Sijas
ISO 9001:2015 CLAUSE # 10
Introduction:
Quality ISO 9001:2015 CLAUSE # 10 IMPROVEMENT EXPLAINED
This article explains the clause # 10 of ISO 9001:2015 standard. Every edition, we will bring you one clause for your easy understanding. Occasionally undesired things occur; now it’s time to address nonconformity and corrective action. And to make things better there’s continual improvement. The requirements here are familiar and well understood. But what about preventive action? It does not appear. As some have argued for many years, one of the objectives of a management system is preventive action. The requirements in clause 4.1 to “…determine external and internal issues that are relevant to its purpose and that effect its ability to achieve the intended outcome(s) of its Quality management system” and in clause 6.1 to “determine the risks and opportunities that need to be addressed to assure the Quality management system can achieve its intended outcome(s); prevent, or reduce, undesired effects; achieve continual improvement.” not only address preventive action but go beyond. And in the end auditors will look back at the management system established in clause 4.4, reviewed in clause 9.3 and now continually improved. Finally, although there remains a requirement for processes, there is no mention anywhere of procedures, documented or otherwise. If a discipline considers that they are required then they will appear in clause 8 – Operations. However, if they are not a requirement but the organization themselves consider they need them then that will be their decision
Quality
ISO 9001:2015 CLAUSE # 10
10.1 General
ISO 9001:2015 CLAUSE # 10 IMPROVEMENT EXPLAINED
The organization must determine and select opportunities for improvement and implement any necessary actions to meet customer requirements and enhance customer satisfaction. These actions must include improving products and services to meet requirements, as well as, address future needs and expectations; correcting, preventing, or reducing undesired effects; improving the performance and effectiveness of the quality management system. Examples of improvement can include correction, corrective action, continual improvement, breakthrough change, innovation, and reorganization.
10.2 Nonconformity and Corrective Action 10.2.1 When a nonconformity occurs, including any arising from complaints, the organization must react to the nonconformity and, as applicable take action to control and correct it; and deal with the consequences. The organization must also evaluate the need for action to eliminate the causes of the nonconformity so it does not recur or occur elsewhere, by reviewing and analyzing the nonconformity, determining the causes of the nonconformity and determining if similar nonconformities exist, or could potentially occur. The organization must implement any action needed and review the effectiveness of any corrective action taken; It must update risks and opportunities determined during planning, if necessary and make changes to the quality management system, if necessary. The corrective actions must be appropriate to the effects of the nonconformities encountered.
ISO 9001:2015 CLAUSE # 10
Quality ISO 9001:2015 CLAUSE # 10 IMPROVEMENT EXPLAINED
10.2.2 The organization must “retain” documented information as evidence of the nature of the nonconformities and any subsequent actions taken and results of any corrective action
10.3 Continual Improvement The organization must continually improve the suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness of the quality management system. The organization must consider the results of analysis and evaluation, and the outputs from management review, to determine if there are needs or opportunities that must be addressed as part of cont., improvement.
“Practice the philosophy of continual Improvement, Get a little bit better every day ” - Brain Tracy.
Energy Savings Tips Here are energy saving tips, using them wisely will save lots of money and also save our environment. • If you are going to buy new equipment, choose eco-friendly ones. May be they will be more expensive, but they will save money in the long run. Look out for the guarantees though, to make sure the equipment will last long enough to get money's worth. • If your fridge was built more than eight years ago, the chances are that a substantial part of your electricity bill is being spent on its inefficiency. Changing it now, while the running cost is increasing, will be an investment worth making. If you don't think it's worth replacing just yet, check the condition of the door's seal and replace it if it is damaged. • If you must switch on your AC, make sure the doors and windows are closed, switch on the timer, and set the temperature at a steady comfortable level. • Use energy-saving light bulbs. Traditional bulbs use up more electricity on producing heat than giving off light - they are just not worth having anymore. • Switch off lights and appliances whenever you do not need them on. The impression that switching on and off electrical appliances and light bulbs means more consumption than leaving them on is a myth. • Keep your computer on sleep instead of on screen saver. And if you still use the old CRT (curved) screens, replace them with newer LCD flat-screens. The latter are far more efficient. You can also edit preferences to switch off monitor when not in use and just leave the hard disk on. • Switch off all electrical operated machineries, equipment, appliances etc. when they are not in use. • Unplug mobile and battery chargers and other appliances you are not using, turn them off instead of leaving them on stand-by when not in use..
Energy Savings Tips Here are energy saving tips, using them wisely will save lots of money and also save our environment. Computers and monitors Make sure computers and monitors are switched off at the main point when not in use. Switch off the monitor when it’s not being used for 10 minutes - screen savers aren’t energy savers! Energy Fact: Each computer (with flat screen monitor) that’s left on standby overnight and at weekends wastes cost high amount a year and 860kg of CO2 - for every 10 computers! Lighting Install the most efficient light bulbs available. Swap older 38mm fluorescent tubes for slim line 26mm tubes - they use 10% less energy and can cost less. Swap oldfashioned bulbs for low energy compact fluorescent bulbs. Photocopiers Switch the copier off at night and at weekends - allocate responsibility to one person or install a timer. Ensure standby features are enabled for office hours when no copying is taking place. Energy Fact: Leaving a photocopier on standby overnight and at weekends instead of switching it off costs much to the company a year and emits around 183kg of CO2.
Printers Only print when necessary to save energy as well as paper. Make sure the printer is switched off at night and at weekends. Energy Fact: Switching off a laser printer overnight and at weekends, instead of leaving it on standby, will save a lot a year and cut CO2 emissions by approximately 91kg.
At Galfar, in all our offices & accommodation premises, we have ensured 100% use of LED lights.
Lesson Learnt High potential Near-miss Incident Incident Description When a welder tried to ignite the welding torch, there was a loud popping sound and he noticed gas leak from the ruptured gas hose at cylinder end (acetylene). Immediately the cylinder outlet shut down by closing the valve to prevent any further mishap.
Ruptured pipe
Cause • Use of damaged gas hose line • No periodical inspection and pre-use checks of Gas cutting set (Failed to eliminate the damaged equipment from work) • In-sufficient awareness about work(place) hazards (Employees) • High operation pressure
What could have happened • Severe injury or property damage incident due to blast of compressed gas cylinder Learnings and safe practice to be adopted • Implementation of PTW system • Proper maintenance of welding • Periodical inspection of welding kit
kit (cleaning)
• Elimination of damaged equipment from service
• Pre-use checks (daily) of welding kit
• Use of flash back arrestors at both cylinder and torch ends
• Proper gas pressure as per work standard
Angle Grinder Safety: Topic of the edition DO NOT use Angle Grinder unless you are trained in its safe operation and has given permission. Face shield & safety glasses (double eye protection) must be worn by operator.
Appropriate footwear with substantial uppers must be worn.
Rings and jewellery must not be worn.
Hearing protection must be worn when using this machine.
Close fitting coverall / protective clothing must be worn.
Long and loose hair must be contained.
POTENTIAL RISKS AND HAZARDS 1. Moving and rotating parts 2. Movement of work piece 3. Inhalation of fumes and dust particles 4. Burns from hot materials or friction 5. Electrocution from power faults, faulty equipment or incorrect use PRE-OPERATIONAL SAFETY CHECKS 1. Use only in authorized area - erect screens/habitat. 2. Examine the power cord, extension lead, plugs, sockets and power outlet for damage. 3. Ensure that the grinding disc, guard and attachments (including handle) are secure and correctly fitted. Fully position the guard between you and work piece. 4. Inspect the grinding disc for damage. Do not use damaged grinding disc. Ensure Speed (RPM) rating of the grinding disc is more than that of the grinding machine. 5. Always inspect the work piece to ensure that there aren’t any items which might damage the grinding wheel or cause injury to the operator. 6. Secure and support the work piece using clamps, bench vices, etc. 7. Remove the flammables nearby.
Angle Grinder Safety: Topic of the edition OPERATIONAL SAFETY 1. Ensure all other workers are clear of the immediate work area. 2. Keep fingers and hands & power cords clear of the grinding disc. 3. Never make adjustments while the angle grinder is running. 4. Do not switch off the angle grinder when it is under load, except in an emergency. 5. Allow angle grinder to reach operating speed before applying to work piece & increase load gradually. Apply minimal pressure on the disc and avoid using excessive force. 6. Do not lift or drag angle grinders by the cord. 7. Keep flexible electrical cords clear of oil, grease, machines and sources of heat. 8. The cord of the angel grinder should be laid properly (i.e. it should not disturb the nearby work personnel 9. Be aware of flying sparks. Hold grinder so that sparks fly away from you, other people and flammable materials. Always keep both hands on the grinding machine while operating. 10. Do not leave the angle grinder running until the disc has fully stopped & only use the grinder when hand held. 11. Unplug power cord prior to change the grinding disc and when not in use. 12. Do not bypass the dead man switch 13. Never use your foot and hand as the clamp to hold the work piece 14. Keep the work pieces at waist height where practicable. Adopt a comfortable posture. 15. Do not touch the work piece immediately after grinding operation as it may be extremely hot. HOUSEKEEPING
1. 2. 3. 4.
Avoid trip hazards & prevent damage to electrical cord/s; always secure angle grinder from fall/damage. Do not walk on, wheel objects over, or drop materials / tools on flexible electrical cords. Clean bench and work area & place all waste material in bin. Return angle grinder & rolled up extension leads to storage area.
Answers to the last edition quiz 1.B 2.B 3.B 4.April 22 5.�Lock-out Tag-out�
Quiz for this Edition 1. What is the most important reason, why all accidents should be investigated and recorded? a. Prevent similar accidents in the future b. Satisfy the enforcement officer c. Comply with health and safety law 2. Always keep hand tools, oil cans and precision measuring instruments away from _____machineries at workplace a. Hazardous b. Bigger c. All 3. Even when there are no signs of a fire, you should respond to every fire alarm as if it were real a. True b. False 4. Leather gloves are good protection against corrosive substances? a. True b. False 5. The hand and wrist is a complex system. How many bones do they contain a. 17 b. 27 c. 18 d. 8
Responsibility is Taken, Not Given. Take Responsibility for QHSE !
Sridhar Sunderarajan 1991 - 2017 Sridhar Sunderarajan {GEAC # 28338}, worked with us from March 2016 as a HSE Advisor, passed away on 06/09/2017 due to a road accident at Hyderabad, India. Let us pray for his departed soul to rest in peace and fortitude to bear the loss for his family.
Deepest Condolences
G SAFE
“Safety doesn’t happen by accident”
Post Box No: 22170, Doha, State of Qatar Kindly post your suggestion & feedback on this magazine to venkat@galfarqatar.com.qa
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