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1 REGULATORY DOCUMENT........................................................................... 1
1.8 MISCELLANEOUS .......................................................................................... 1
1.8.1 Sources of Health and Safety Information ....................................................... 4
1.8.2 Safety Signs .................................................................................................. 12
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FORWARD
This Section of the Regulatory Document (RD) was produced as a project deliverable under Ministry of
Municipality and Urban Planning Contract Number P2009/3, entitled “Consultancy Services for the
Preparation of Codes and Standards for Safety and Accident Prevention on Construction Sites”.
During the latter stages of the project, the Committee responsible for the administration of the project
decided that the RD and the associated Safety and Accident Prevention Management/Administration
Systems (SAMAS) would be best delivered to stakeholders via the portal provided by the Qatar
Construction Standards (QCS). The QCS includes references and certain sections which address
occupational health and safety. To ensure that that users of the RD/SAMAS are fully aware of the
where occupational health and safety issues are addressed in the QCS, the following table
summarises where potential overlaps may occur. For consistency, it is recommended that in matters
relating to occupational health and safety reference is made first to the RD/SAMAS. For the purpose
of clarity, however, references are made in the relevant section of the RD/SAMAS to their comparable
sections in the QCS and vice versa.
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Section No.
Part No. Part Name Page No. Item No. Item Name
1 1 7 Submittals 8 7.5.2
Health and Safety Organization
Chart
2 1 7 Submittals 9 7.6.1 Health and Safety Plan
3 1 10 Health and Safety All All All
4 1 11 Engineer's Site Facilities 10 11.4.6 Safety Equipment and Clothing
5 1 14 Temporary Works and Equipment 3 14.4
Test Certificates for Cranes and
Lifting Tackle
6 1 15 Temporary Controls All All All
7 1 16 Traffic Diversions 2 16.1.3 Safety
8 1 8 General 3 8.1.6 Safety
9 3 1 General 8 & 9 1.4.12 Safety and Management
10 4 1
General Requirements for Piling
Work
7 1.6 Safety
11 4 4 Deep Foundations 37 & 38 4.9.1.7 Safety Precautions
12 4 4 Deep Foundations 42 4.9.1.13 Protection of Testing Equipment
13 6 1 General 4 & 5 1.6 Temporary Fencing
14 6 7 Asphalt Plants 15 7.8.13 Safety Requirements
15 6 14 Works in Relation to Services 4 14.2.2 Safety
16 8 1 General
7,8, 9 &
10
1.3.2 Health and Safety
17 8 8 Painting and Protective Coatings 6 8.1.9 Safety
18 8 9 Trenchless Pipeline Construction 7 9.2.5 Safety Requirements
19 8 10
Pipeline Cleaning and Inspection
Survey
4,5&6 10.1.7 Safety Requirements
20 8 11 Sewer Rehabilitation 9 11.2.2 Safety
21 9 1 General 16 1.2.8 Safety Guards
22 9 1 General 19 1.2.16 Noise Levels and Vibration
23 19 5 Hot Water Storage 4 5.1.6 Safety
24 21 1
General Provisions for electrical
Installation
7 & 8 1.1.11 Fire and Safety Precautions
25 21 1
General Provisions for electrical
Installation
14 1.1.23 Safety Interlocks
26 24 1 General 5 1.1.4 Scaffolding
27 29 1 Design Aspects 4 1.1.5 Fire Resistance Period
28 29 3 Geotechnical Specifications 4 2.3.1.5 Safety
29 29 4 Tunnel 18 4.5.8 Safety Regulations
30 29 4 Tunnel 19 4.5.9 Fire Prevention
31 29 4 Tunnel 21 4.6.4 Safety Measures and Systems
32 29 7 Concrete Structures 6 7.1.10 Safety Railing
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1.8.1 Sources of Health and Safety Information
British Standards Institute (BSI)
BSI publications, including all British, European and ISO standards and other reference material, can
be obtained direct from:
British Standards Institution
Customer Services
389 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL
Tel: 020 8996 9001
Fax: 020 8996 7001
Email: cservices@bsigroup.com
Alternatively, they can be ordered:
? online from www.bsonline.bsi-global.com
? from most branches of good quality bookshops; details on the above website.
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Construction Standards
British and European Standards
British and European Standards
Sections
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
BS 598 Sampling and examination of
bituminous mixtures for roads and other
paved areas
X
BS 1129 Specifications for portable timber
ladders, steps, trestles and lightweight
staging
X
BS 1139-3 Metal scaffolding. Specification
for prefabricated mobile access and
working
X
BS 1377 Methods of test for soils for civil
engineering purposes
X
BS 1710 Specification for identification of
pipelines and services
X
BS 2037 Specification for portable
aluminium ladders, steps, trestles and
lightweight stagings
X
BS 2482:2009 Specification for timber
scaffold boards
X
BS 2830 Specification for suspended
access equipment for use in the building,
engineering construction, steeplejack and
cleaning industries
X
BS 3212 Specification for flexible rubber
tubing, rubber hose and rubber hose
assemblies for use in LPG vapour phase
and LPG air installations
X
BS 4078-1 Powder actuated fixing
systems. Code of practice for safe use
X
BS 4078-2 Powder actuated fixing
systems. Specification for tools
X
BS 4250 Commercial butane and propane X
BS 4293 Specification for residual current
operated circuit breakers
X
BS 4363 Specification for distribution
assemblies for reduced low voltage
electricity supplies for construction and
building sites
X
BS 4465 Specification for design and
construction of electric hoists for both
passengers and materials
X
BS 4481 Part 2 Bonded abrasive products X
BS 5228:2009-1 CoP for noise and
vibration control on construction and open
sites - Noise
X
BS 5228:2009-2 CoP for noise and
vibration control on construction and open
sites - Vibration
X
BS 5266 Part 1 Emergency lighting X
BS 5266-10 Guide to design and provision
of emergency lighting
X
BS 5306 Fire extinguishing installations
and equipment on premises
X
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Sections
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
BS 5306-3 CoP for maintenance of
portable fire extinguishers
X
BS 5499 Fire safety signs, notices and
graphic symbols
X X
BS 5531 CoP for safety in erecting
structural frames
X
BS 5534 CoP for slating and tiling X
BS 5588 Fire precautions in the design,
construction and use of buildings
X
BS 5607 CoP for safe use of explosives in
the construction industry
X
BS 5972 Specification for photoelectric
control units for road lighting
X
BS 5974 CoP for temporarily installed
suspended scaffolds and access
equipment
X
BS 5975 CoP for Falsework X X
BS 6187 CoP for demolition (under review) X
BS 7071 Specification for portable residual
current devices
X
BS 7121-1 Code of Practice for safe use of
cranes. General
X X
BS 7121-2 Inspecting, testing and
examination
X
BS 7121-3 Mobile cranes X
BS 7121-4 Lorry loaders X
BS 7121-5 Tower cranes X
BS 7212 CoP for safe use of construction
hoists
X
BS 7273 CoP for the operation of fire
protection measures
X
BS 7288 Specifications for socket outlets
incorporating residual current devices
(SRCDs)
X
BS 7375 CoP for the distribution of
electricity on construction and building
sites
X
BS 7430 CoP for earthing X
BS 7671 2008 IEE wiring regulations 17th
edition
X
BS 7863 Recommendations for colour
coding to indicate the extinguishing media
contained in portable fire extinguishers
X
BS 7883 CoP and use of anchor devices
conforming to BS EN 795
X
BS 8411 Code of practice in the use of
safety nets on construction sites and other
works
X
BS 8454 Code of practice for the delivery
of training and education for work at height
and rescue
X
BS 8476 Code of practice for the safe use
of concrete pumps
X
BS 8800 Guide to occupational health and
safety management systems
X
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Sections
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
BS 18004 Guide to achieving effective
occupational health and safety
performance
X
BS 31100 Code of practice for risk
management
X
BS EN 3 Portable fire extinguishers Parts
3, 6 and 7
X ,
BS EN 131-3 Ladders - user instructions X
BS EN 136 Respiratory protective devices.
Full face masks. Requirements, testing,
marking
X
BS EN 137 Specification for respiratory
protective devices: self-contained opencircuit
compressed air breathing apparatus
X
BS EN 138 Respiratory protective devices.
Specification for fresh air hose breathing
apparatus for use with full face mask, half
mask or mouth piece assembly
X
BS EN 140 Respiratory protective devices.
Half masks and quarter masks.
Requirements, testing, marking
X
BS EN 143 Respiratory protective devices.
Particle filters. Requirements, testing,
marking
X
BS EN 149 Respiratory protective devices.
Filtering half masks to protect against
particles. Requirements, testing, marking
X
BS EN 165 Personal eye protection.
Vocabulary
X
BS EN 166 Personal eye protection.
Specifications
X X
BS EN 169 Personal eye protection. Filters
for welding and similar operations
X
BS EN 170 Personal eye protection.
Ultraviolet filters
X
BS EN 171 Personal eye protection.
Infrared filters
X
BS EN 172 Personal eye protection.
Sunglare filters for industrial use
X
BS EN 175 Equipment for eye and face
protection during welding and allied
processes
X
BS EN 280 Mobile elevating work
platforms. Design calculations. Stability
criteria. Construction. Safety. Examinations
and tests
X X
BS EN 340 Protective clothing. General
requirements
X
BS EN 341 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Descender
devices
X
BS EN 352-1 Hearing protection. Safety
requirements and testing. Ear muffs
X
BS EN 352-2 Hearing protection. Safety
requirements and testing. Ear plugs
X
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Sections
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
BS EN 353-1 Personal protective
equipment against falls from a height.
Guided type fall-arresters including a rigid
anchor line
X
BS EN 353-2 Personal protective
equipment against falls from a height.
Guided type fall-arresters including a
flexible anchor line
X
BS EN 354 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Lanyards
X X
BS EN 355 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Energy
absorbers
X X
BS EN 358 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Belts for work
positioning systems and restraint and work
positioning lanyards
X X
BS EN 360 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Retractable type
fall-arresters
X
BS EN 361 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Full body
harness
X X X
BS EN 362 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Connectors
X
BS EN 363 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Fall-arrest
systems
X X
BS EN 364 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. Test methods
X
BS EN 365 Personal protective equipment
against falls from a height. General
requirements for instructions for use,
maintenance, periodic examination, repair,
marking and packaging
X
BS EN 388 Protective gloves against
mechanical risks
X
BS EN 393 Lifejackets and personal
buoyancy aids. Buoyancy aid 50
X
BS EN 397 Specification for industrial
safety helmets
X X
BS EN 420 Protective gloves. General
requirements
X
BS EN 474 Earth moving machinery.
Safety
X
BS EN 529 RPE - Recommendations for
selection, use, care and maintenance
X
BS EN 671 Fixed fire fighting systems.
Hose systems
X X
BS EN 752 Drain and sewer systems
outside buildings
X
BS EN 792-13 Hand-held non-electric
power tools. Safety requirements. Fastener
driving tools
X
BS EN 795 Protection against falls from a
height. Anchor devices. Requirements and
testing
X X
BS EN 1146 Respiratory protective devices
Self-contained open-circuit compressed air
breathing apparatus incorporating a hood
for escape
X
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British and European Standards
Sections
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
BS EN 1261 Fibre ropes for general
service. Hemp
X
BS EN 1263-1 Safety nets. Safety
requirements, test methods
X
BS EN 1263-2 Safety nets. Safety
requirements for the positioning limits
X
BS EN 1492-1:2000 Textile slings. Safety.
Flat woven webbing slings, made of manmade
fibres, for general purpose use
X
BS EN 1492-2:2000 Textile slings. Safety.
Roundslings, made of man-made fibres,
for general purpose use
X
BS EN 1492-4 Textile slings. Safety. Lifting
slings for general service made from
natural and man-made fibre ropes
X
BS EN 1496 Personal fall protection
equipment - rescue lifting devices
X
BS EN 1498 Personal fall protection
equipment - rescue loops
X
BS EN 1827 Respiratory protective
devices. Half masks without inhalation
valves with separable filters for gases and
particles. Requirements, testing, marking
X
BS EN 1869 Fire Blankets X
BS EN 1870 Safety at woodworking
machines - circular saws and vertical panel
saws
X
BS EN ISO 5349-1 Mechanical vibration.
Measurement and assessment of human
exposure to hand transmitted vibration
X
BS EN ISO 6103 Bonded adhesive
products. Permissible unbalances of
grinding wheels as delivered. Testing
X
BS EN 12158-1: Builders hoists for goods
Part 1: Hoists with accessible platforms
X
BS EN 12158-2: Builders hoists for goods.
Part 2: Inclined hoists with non-accessible
load carrying devices
X
BS EN 12159: Builders hoists for persons
and materials with vertical guided cages
X
BS EN 12385-2 Steel wire ropes. Safety.
Definitions, designation and classification
X
BS EN 12385-4 Steel wire ropes. Safety.
Stranded ropes for general lifting
applications
X
BS EN 12810-2 Facade scaffolds made of
prefabricated components. Particulars of
structural design
X
BS EN 12811-1 Temporary works
equipment. Part I Scaffolds. Performance
requirements and general design
X
BS EN 12811-2 Temporary works
equipment. Information on materials
X
BS EN 12841 Personal fall protection
equipment - rope access - rope adjustment
devices
X
BS EN 12899-1: Fixed, vertical road traffic
signs. Fixed signs
X
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Sections
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
BS EN 13794 Respiratory protective
devices. Self-contained close-circuit
breathing apparatus for escape
X X
BS EN 13411-5 Terminations for steel wire
rope. Safety. U-bolt wire rope grips
X
BS EN 14439 Cranes - safety - tower
cranes
X
BS EN 14502-1 Cranes - equipment for
lifting persons - suspended baskets
X
BS EN 14593-1 Respiratory protective
devices. Compressed air line breathing
apparatus with demand valve. Apparatus
with a full mask. Requirements, testing,
marking
X
BS EN 14593-2 Respiratory protective
devices. Compressed air line breathing
apparatus with demand valve. Apparatus
with a half mask at positive pressure.
Requirements, testing, marking BS
X
BS EN 14686 Fibre ropes of
polyester/polyolefin dual fibres
X
BS EN 50144-1 Safety of hand-held
electric motor operated tools. General
requirements
X
BS EN 60079-14:2008 Explosive
atmospheres - electrical installations
design, selection and erection
X
BS EN 60309 Plugs, socket-outlets and
couplers for industrial purposes
X
BS EN 60825 Safety of laser products
BS EN 61557 Electrical safety in low
voltage distribution systems
X
BS EN ISO 12402-2:2006 Personal
flotation devices. Lifejackets, performance
level 275. Safety requirements
X
BS EN ISO 12402-3 Personal flotation
devices. Lifejackets, performance level
150. Safety requirements
X
BS EN ISO 12402-4 Personal flotation
devices. Lifejackets, performance level
100. Safety requirements
X
BS EN ISO 12402-5 Personal flotation
devices. Buoyancy aids (level 50). Safety
requirements
X
BS EN ISO 12402-8 Personal flotation
devices. Accessories. Safety requirements
and test methods
X
BS EN ISO 14001:2004 Environmental
management systems. Requirements with
guidance for use
BS ISO 525 Bonded abrasive products.
General requirements. Pt1: Specification
for general features of abrasive wheels,
segments, bricks and sticks
X
BS OHSAS 18001 Occupational health and
safety management systems.
Requirements
X
BS OHSAS 18002 Occupational health and
safety management systems -guidelines
for the implementation of OHSAS
18001:2007
X
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British and European Standards
Sections
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
PD 2754-2: IEC 60536-2:1992
Classification of electrical and electronic
equipment with regard to protection against
electric shock. Guide to requirements for
protection against electric shock
X
PD 5304 Safe use of machinery X
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1.8.2 Safety Signs
1.8.1.1 Introduction
1 The colours used and their meanings are outlined on the following pages, together with
example signs.
1.8.1.2 Prohibition signs
1 These signs are red and white with a black image. The signs inform people of things they
must not do, for example 'No pedestrians' or 'No smoking'.
No pedestrians Scaffolding incomplete
No smoking Children must not play
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1.8.1.3 Mandatory signs
1 These signs are blue with a white image and inform people of things that they must do, for
example 'Wear ear protection' or 'Use crawling boards'.
Wear a hard hat Wear a respirator
Wear eye protection Wear safety gloves
Wear ear protection Wear work boots
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Wear a safety harness Ear protection zone Use crawling boards
1.8.1.4 Warning signs/signs on hazardous substances
1 These signs are either yellow or amber with a black image and warn people of potentially
dangerous situations, for example 'Forklift trucks operating' or 'Fragile roof.
General warning Flammable Corrosive
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Radioactive Toxic Explosive
Fragile roof Danger of electrocution Forklift trucks operating
Laser beams
Highly flammable
Harmful
Irritant
Falling objects
Suspended loads
Hazardous to the environment
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1.8.1.5 Safe condition signs
1 These signs are green with a white image and inform people of features of the site that are
associated with a safe condition, for example 'First aid' or 'Fire exit'.
Assembly point Emergency eye wash First aid
Emergency shower Wash hands Drinking water
Line-throwing appliance Lifebuoy with line Stretcher location
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Fire exit
1.8.1.6 Fire safety
1 These signs are also red and white, but predominantly red with a white image. They indicate
the location of facilities associated with fire safety such as 'Call point' or 'Fire point'.
Call point Fire point Hose reel
1.8.1.7 Mixed signs
1 Often 'mixed signs' will be displayed, which are a combination of the four main types of sign.
For example, a sign at the site entrance might include:
(a) an 'Unauthorised access strictly prohibited' sign - red and white = must not do
(b) an 'All visitors must report to the site office' sign - blue and white = must do
(c) a 'Beware open excavations' sign - yellow and black = beware of danger
(d) an 'Assembly point' sign - green and white = safe condition.
2 Similar signs that indicate, for example, the location of a dangerous substance storage area
will also usually comprise a combination of signs, such as a 'Flammable' (warning) sign, a
'No smoking' (prohibition) sign, and additional appropriate wording.
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