BARRICADE PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES

BARRICADES

A.    GENERAL

This procedure outlines the barricading requirements for Contractors to follow on the project. Barricade will generally not be accepted as the primary means of barricading off a hazard and may only be used as described within this procedure. Physical hard barriers will be used as the primary means to barricade hazards and hazardous work areas.

B.    PHYSICAL BARRIERS

Physical barriers will be erected to provide protection against hazards and dangers, hazardous work areas and hazardous work in all cases where the hazard or danger will exist for a period longer than 8 hours.

Barricade tape will be used to wrap around the physical barrier or in conjunction with the physical barrier to provide additional warning of the hazards or danger that exist and/or to increase the visibility of the barrier.

1)    Barriers will be constructed of material of substantial strength such as scaffold tubing or 50mm x 100mm lumber.

2)    Barricades shall be visible at all times where a hazard or danger exists and additional signs may also be required.

3)    All streets, roads, highways, and other public thoroughfares, construction roads which are closed to traffic, shall be protected by effective barricades on which shall be placed acceptable and highly visible warning signs. Barricades shall be located at the nearest intersecting, highway, street or road on each side of the blocked section.

4)    All floor openings, open trenches, and other excavations shall be provided with suitable floor opening covers, barriers, signs, and lights to the extent that adequate protection is provided to the employees and public. Obstructions such as material piles and equipment shall be provided with similar warning signs and lights.

5)    All barricades and obstructions shall be illuminated by means of warning lights from sunset to sunrise.

6)    Materials stored upon or alongside construction roads and public streets and highways shall be so placed, and the work at all times shall be so conducted as to cause the minimum obstruction and inconvenience to the traffic.

7)    All barricades, signs, lights and other protective devices shall be installed and maintained.

8)    Signs, signals, and barricades shall be removed when the hazard no longer exists.

C.     BARRICADE WARNING TAPE

Three (3) types of barricade tape will be utilized on this project as a visual warning for employees. Barricade tape does not offer physical protection for floor edges, roof edges, floor openings, trenches, excavations, etc., and shall not be used for physical protection. indicate the type of hazard that exists. Barricade tape may also be used to rope off low-risk hazards that will not take longer than 8 hours to remove all hazards and make the area safe. Other exceptions are where barricade tape may be used is where people are stationed outside the hazardous work area to help control accidental entrance into that area while performing short

duration work. Examples are where a crane lift is being performed or where a truck is being offloaded.

1)    Yellow/Black Barricade Tape

This type of barricade tape shall serve as a warning/caution to indicate to employees that a potential hazard exists. An employee may enter without permission from the contractor. This barricade tape shall be used for, but not limited to the following:

a) Identification of trip hazards, low hanging objects, etc.

b) Material storage on the site.

2) Red Barricade Tape

This type of barricade tape shall indicate "DANGER" and that potential serious hazard may be present. NO EMPLOYEE, other than that craft assigned to work inside a RED barricade may enter without first obtaining permission from that contractor. This barricade tape shall be used for, but not limited to the following:

a) Overhead work.

b) Live electrical components.

c) Scaffold under construction.

d) Around swing radius of equipment with a rotating superstructure.

2)    Magenta (Purple)/Yellow

This barricade tape shall be used to indicate "DANGER--RADIATION", and that

possible exposure may be present. This barricade tape is to be considered as an equal to red, in that, NO EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOWED to enter this area. This color is representative of X-Ray work being performed. Signs must also be posted to protect areas where radiation operations are in progress.

D.    BARRICADE ERECTION

Each supervisor/foreman or contractor performing work that requires barricades and tape to be erected shall:

1)    Erect the barrier and install the tape to enclose the specific area to be protected only. Do not block passageways or access ways unless entirely necessary. If passageways or crafts and/or possible alternatives.

2)    Erect barriers and install tape in a secure and neat manner that will maintain a height of between 1 meter and 1.2 meters (40" and 45") from the floor or ground surface. A second bar and strand of tape shall be placed half the distance between the top and the ground. The only employees allowed to enter a RED barricade area will be that craft assigned to tasks by that supervisor/foreman responsible for the work area and the barricade.

NOTE!!! The craft supervisor or craft person who erected the barricade and tape must remove the barricade and tape.

E.     INSPECTION

All barriers will be inspected daily by the Safety Manager and the responsible supervisor to ensure they are in a good state of repair. The supervisor shall repair all defects immediately.