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• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be worn at all times during
construction, where required. This will depend on the type of work being
conducted but will include hard hats, safety boots, hearing protection, eye
protection, ventilators and visibility clothes, where appropriate.
• Contractors will be required (through contractural requirements) to abide
by Azura Power’s H&S requirements.
• Azura Power should liaise with the Edo State Government’s Ministry of
Employment, Labour and Productivity to report any health and safety
incidents as a legal requirement. Azura Power should work with the State
Government for support with security for the site.
• Azura Power should conduct a Risk Assessment for the laying of the
pipeline and operation of the power plant to understand the explosion
risks and contours. The results of the Risk Assessment along with
monitoring measures will be incorporated into an updated EMP.
8.14.2 Operation
• Site clearance and construction techniques should be planned to minimise
the amount of standing water on site, to reduce potential breeding grounds
for disease vectors. A spray programme to control disease vectors shall be
implemented if necessary.
During the construction period, the Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE)
officer of the selected construction company will be responsible for the health
and safety aspects of the construction activities. It is not envisaged that Azura
Power will have an ambulance on site due to the vicinity of hospitals in Benin
City with the appropriate facilities.
Strict implementation and ongoing monitoring of the effectiveness of the
mitigation measures for any H&S related impacts outlined above will reduce
the likelihood to unlikely, the impact magnitude to moderate and the
sensitivity of the receptors to low. With mitigation, the residual impact on
workplace H&S during construction will therefore be reduced to minor.
Recommended mitigation measures for operation impacts to workplace health
and safety are similar to the mitigation measures recommendations for
construction. Focus should be paid to maintaining the standards and
procedures implemented during construction. The mitigation measures
outlined above will be similar but may be amended to reflect the nature of
activities during operation.
• Worker induction will include detailed H&S training, including awareness
raising regarding disease vectors, for all staff and weekly H&S toolbox
talks will be conducted daily with the entire workforce prior to provide an
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