Site-Specific Health and Safety Plan (HASP) - Laschools.org

LAUSD Proposed South Region High School #9 & Middle School #4
6-5
December 2006
Site Specific Health & Safety Plan (HASP)
1. Engineer/design to eliminate or minimize hazards. A major component of the design
phase is to select appropriate safety features to eliminate a hazard and render it fail-safe
or provide redundancy using backup components.
2. Guard the hazard. Hazards that cannot be eliminated by design must be reduced to an
acceptable risk level by safety guards or isolation devices that render them inactive.
3. Provide warnings. Hazards that cannot be totally eliminated by design or guarding are
controlled through using a warning or alarm device.
4. Provide special procedures or training. When design, guarding, or warnings cannot
eliminate hazards, subcontractors must develop procedures, training, and audits to ensure
safe completion of work. Training cannot be a substitute for hazard elimination when
life-threatening hazards are present. Decontamination procedures will consist of dry
decon procedures including brushing off of truck tires and shoes of personnel in the
exclusion/contamination reduction zones. No decon will be required of personnel in the
support zone unless these personnel enter the exclusion/contamination reduction zone.
5. Provide personal protective equipment. To protect workers from injury, the last
method in the order of precedence is the use of personal protective equipment, such as
hard hats, gloves, eye protection, life jackets, and other protective equipment with the
understanding that bulky, cumbersome, and heavy personal protective equipment is often
discarded or not used, rendering this method ineffective without proper controls. The
level of personal protective equipment for this project is Level D. Personal protective
equipment that will be required for this project are a hard hat, safety glasses, steel toed
boots, and reflective safety vest. In areas where noise levels may be elevated (i.e., near
heavy equipment) hearing protection may be used.
6.3 ACTIVITY HAZARDS ANALYSIS
Parsons and its subcontractors are required to conduct an activity hazards analysis for all aspects
of the work. The activity hazards analyses consist of the following three steps:
• Identify the task and break it down into steps.
• Identify the hazards associated with each step.
• Identify the specific hazard control measure used for each step in accordance with the
order-of-precedence method of control.
The US Army Corps of Engineers website www.swl.usace.army.mil/safety/asaindex.html
contains a library of sample AHAs that may be useful on projects. The Parsons PWeb should
also be checked for AHAs. The Project Manager may use uses the following list as a guide in
determining the investigation and remediation activity hazards analyses for various high-hazard
operations and critical tasks.
• Confined Spaces. Confined space work requires special consideration, evaluation,
controls and applicable training for the entrant, attendant, supervisor and rescue
personnel. Each space should be reviewed for regulatory compliance.
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