1. CONTRACTORS/VISITORS HEALTH & SAFETY INDUCTION
July 2013

2. Induction Topics Port of Waterford Safety Policy Responsibilities
Site layout
Traffic management
Hazards – known and unknown
Accident/Incident Reporting
First Aid Facilities
PPE (Personal Protective Footwear, Clothing & Equipment)
Fire Evacuation Procedure/Emergency Exits/Assembly Points

3. Overall Aims & Objectives of Health & Safety Induction
To ensure general safety requirements are appreciated by all:
those who are familiar with the port
those who are new to the port
To give details of the Port of Waterford Belview site layout, traffic, hazards

4. Why?
Humane - An employee should not have to expect that by coming to work they are risking life or limb, and nor should others affected by their undertaking.
Economic - legal fees, fines, compensatory damages, investigation time, lost production, lost goodwill from the workforce, and lost goodwill from customers.
Legal - We have a duty under the law to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all our employees.
i.e.the degree of risk needs to be balanced against time, trouble, cost and the physical difficulty of taking measures to avoid or reduce the risk. What the law requires here is what good management and common sense would lead you to do anyway: that is, to look at what the risks are and take sensible measures to tackle them

5. Safety Policy
Port of Waterford is committed to conducting its business safely for the benefit of employees and other people in or near the port.

6. Safety Responsibilty SAFETY IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY
Need to be aware that this is a working port, with various hazards, various road and loading vehicles, including trains and large moving cranes, cargo, and cargo handling equipment.

7. 2. Responsibilities
Employers MUST so far as is reasonably practicable:
Ensure the Health, Safety & Welfare of all its employees.
Provide a written statement of their Health & Safety policy.
Consult with employees representatives.

8. Employers Duties - Section 8: Key Provisions
SHWW Act 2005
Employers Duties - Section 8: Key Provisions
“so far as is reasonably Practicable”
To design, provide and maintain safe workplaces and safe access & egress
To provide safe plant and machinery – design, purchasing and maintenance
To ensure safety and prevention of risk relating to the use of any substances or articles, or exposure to noise, vibration, ionising or other radiations or any other physical agent
To provide systems of work that are planned, organised, performed, maintained and revised so as to be safe
Must provide adequate instruction, training and supervision and any necessary information to employees and others, in a form, manner and language likely to be understood
Must prepare risk assessments (section19)and safety statements (section 20), determine and implement safety measures and take account of Principles of Prevention (Schedule 3)
To prepare and revise adequate plans & procedures to be followed & measures to be taken in case of emergency or serious &
imminent danger

9. Employees MUST so far as is reasonably practicable:
Take reasonable care of their own Health & Safety.
Take reasonable care for the Health and Safety of anyone who may be affected by their own acts or omissions.
Co-operate with their employer to enable the fulfilment of statutory obligations

10. SHWW Act 2005 Employee Duties – Section 13 Cooperate with employer
Take care of own health and safety and that of others around them
Not to attend work under the influence of an intoxicant, to the extent that he/she is in such a state as to endanger his or her own safety or that of any other person (Submit to tests for intoxicants )
Not to engage in improper behaviour
Attend training provided,
must not misrepresent themselves with regard to training
make correct use of articles/substances/PPE
Report defects and any breaches of the law to the employer

11. Employee Duties Follow safe systems of work Use safety controls
Use appropriate PPE
Ensure PPE is useable
Report any problems to your line manager

12. 3. Site Layout Ships worked: BULK CONTAINER CRUISE (seasonal)
fertiliser and steel
CONTAINER
CRUISE (seasonal)

13. Specific Site Risks
Transport and cargo handling equipment
Heights – unprotected quay and overhead cranes and loads
Environmental – bulk product, dust etc.
Sources of major hazards – electrical, fuel

14. Smartply of
Rear
Entrance
Main Entrance
Warehouses

15. 4. Traffic Management Rules of the road apply – Keep left
Yield to traffic coming from your right
Obey the signs and instructions of port staff

20. 5. Hazards

21. Product and Chemical Safety
DO NOT SMOKE NEAR CHEMICALS OR FLAMMABLE PRODUCT

22. 6. Accident/Incident Reporting

24. 8. Personal Protective Equipment
Remember that personal protective equipment is an essential last resort where hazards can not be controlled in any other way.
E.G. Gloves, Hard Hats, Protective Footwear, Eye Goggles, Overalls, Ear Protection, Barrier Creams

25. 9. Fire Evacuation Raise the alarm
Proceed to your nearest fire exit route
Re-locate to your nearest assembly point ]
Never take personal risks &
IF IN DOUBT - GET OUT
DO NOT attempt To Put Out A Fire
(Unless It Is Safe & You Are Trained To Do So!)

26. Bulk Berths Assembly Point – car park

27. Container terminal and offices assembly point

28. The PoWC site Security & Safety Guide is your reference leaflet for all health & safe information while you are on the Port
Please ensure you follow all the safety procedures as outlined.
Any queries please contact PoWC Safety Officer : John Foley
Thank you