General Safety

Question 1

What is general safety 1.1

Answer 1

G1.1

• in addition to the requirements for establishing SFTS, specified in these rules
• general safety shall be established and maintained at times

Question 2

What’s is general safety 1.2

Answer 2

• GS shall be established before work starts

- roles and responsibilities for establishing general safety shall be specified in management procedures.

Question 3

What’s is general safety 1.3

Answer 3

During the course of work

• personnel in charge of work party shall ensure all members of working party maintain GS.
• in addition he shall ensure that other work areas are not adversely affected by their activities.

Question 4

What’s is the guidance of GS1

Answer 4

Safety rules do not identify roles and responsibility a for stabilising and maintaining general safety.

These are Identified in management procedures

• AMBP 310 ‘work and work execution’
• CDM management procedures TP137, or AMBP 051

Question 5

What is general safety rule 2.1

Answer 5

• safety rules, Instructions, procedures
• Safety rules and requirements of supporting documents are mandatory
• relevant rules issued by other relevant authorise are similarly mandatory

Question 6

What is the guidance of GS2

Answer 6

Safety rules are supported by NSI’s

• and shall be applied on all NG sites.
• the principles contained in them shall be adhered to at all times.
• when NG staff work in areas where DNO, Generating companies or other companies SR apply, these are also mandatory
• interface arrangements for managing site specific issues are detailed in SRS ( site responsibility schedule.

Question 7

What is general safety rule 3.1

Answer 7

Special instructions

• used if for a special reason the safety rules cannot or should not be applied.
• work shall be carried out in accordance with an approved G3 procedure.

Question 8

What is the guidance for G3.1

Answer 8

• Where it is impossible to apply the safety rules or strong commercial or technical reasons for not applying the rules

safety from the system can be achieved by

• carefully planned
• risked assessed alternative methods

Or

• When there is strong commercial or technical reasons legal advice shall be sought.

Instructions shall be specified in a approved G3 procedure.

Register of approved G3 procedures shall be maintain and available

• NSI 32 ( register of approved procedures)

Addition/ removal of G3 procedures carried out in accordance with

• NSI 31 (approved of procedures for NG safety rules

E.g. Safety document cannot be complete due to the absence of the recipient, loss of safety keys, or items issued with the safety document.

Question 9

What is general safety rule 4.1

Answer 9

Objections on safety grounds

• anyone who has objections on safety grounds in the application of the safety shall explain their reasons to the person giving instructions.
• objections shall be dealt within accordance with approved G4 procedure

Question 10

What is the guidance for G4.1

Answer 10

• personnel working under safety rules shall be aware of this procedure as part of authorisation.
• Approved G4 procedure shall be maintain and available
• NSI 32 (register of approved procedures)