The Site Safety Plan is generally designed to provide the framework for managing health and safety on a project site. The plan focuses on defining the framework that a ‘Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking’ (PCBU) and site controller, has put in place to adequately manage site safety and provide a safe working environment for its workers, contractors and agents during the construction phase at the site.
In order to achieve the site project objectives and to ensure all involved in the project maintains a safe and healthy workplace, responsibilities and reporting relationships have to be detailed across all levels and functions of the project team with a clear understanding of the reporting relationships.
A well-documented plan is critical to support and maintain a safe place of work, not only for the project team but also for all its other stakeholders/contractor (including service providers) involved in the delivery and operations of the project. It should also cover risk management for members of the public who may possibly be exposed to safety risk or inconvenienced by the project work.
The plan essentially sets the footprint to ensuring adherence to current legislative requirements as prescribed under the WHS Act 2011 and WHS Regulation 2011 and it should clarify acceptable safe work procedures as they relate to project. Obviously, this would include processes ensuring corrective actions for unsafe practices are identified for corrective action and includes immediate incident reporting and investigations and how remedial measures will be implemented within agreed time frames.
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