Healthcare
ICRA barriers, negative-air containment, HEPA filtration, ILSM compliance, and coordination with infection prevention staff before any wall is opened.
ENG's safety program
Work in an occupied medical center, an installation, or a public school is different from work on an empty site. The hazards a contractor manages include the ones its crews create for the people who live and work in the building. ENG's safety program is written for that environment.
The program follows OSHA 29 CFR 1926 and 1910, adopts the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EM 385-1-1 Safety and Health Requirements Manual as its standard on federal work, and incorporates the infection control and interim life safety requirements that hospitals impose on construction. The program requires that every project begin with a site-specific Accident Prevention Plan and Activity Hazard Analyses for each definable feature of work, reviewed with the owner before mobilization.
Program requirements
- Site-specific Accident Prevention Plan and Activity Hazard Analyses for every project
- Daily pre-task planning and toolbox talks led by field leadership
- OSHA 30 for superintendents and project managers; OSHA 10 minimum for every craft worker
- Competent persons designated for fall protection, scaffolds, excavations, confined spaces, and electrical work
- Lockout and tagout, hot work permitting, and utility outage coordination with the owner
- Infection Control Risk Assessment and Interim Life Safety Measures on healthcare projects
- Subcontractor safety prequalification, including EMR and OSHA history, before award
- Incident reporting, root-cause investigation, and corrective action within 24 hours
- Drug-free workplace and fitness-for-duty policy for ENG and subcontractor personnel
A safety plan that lives in a binder is not a safety plan. Ours lives with the superintendent.Michael Gonzalez, President and Managing Member
Stop-work authority.
Every person on an ENG site, including subcontractor employees and owner staff, has the authority to stop work when they see an unsafe condition. No one is disciplined for using it.
Safety in occupied facilities
Installations
Base access and badging, escort requirements, dig permits, utility clearances, and coordination with installation safety offices and fire departments.
Public buildings
Separated construction zones, protected egress, after-hours phasing for noisy or dusty work, and daily walkthroughs with the facility manager.