Chennai Metro Rail Project, No.

53, Habibullah Road, T-Nagar, Chennai - 600 017 TamilNadu, INDIA

DOCUMENT TECHNICAL VERIFICATION AND REVISION RECORD

Project Name
DOC/TITLE REV NO. DATE OF ISSUE

Design and Construction of Underground Stations at Gemini, Teynampet, Chamiers Road and Saidapet and Associated Tunnels Contract UAA03
Safe operation procedure for Accident / Incident investigation & Reporting PREPARED/ DESCRIPTION CHECKED APPROVED DESIGNED

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19/12/11

SOP For Accident/Incident Investigation & Reporting

Amit Ninawe

Manas R. Mohanty

Mahesh Chaturvedi

Prepared by

Checked by

Approved by

Amit Ninawe HSE Manager

Manas R. Mohanty Chief HSE Manager

Mahesh Chaturvedi Project Manager

ACCIDENT / INCIDENT INVESTIGATION & REPORTING

Basic Accident Investigation Flow Chart

Accident

Treat Injured Person

Preliminary Notification via Help Desk Investigate, Write Report

Submit to General consultant & Client Submit written report within 24 hours Follow up Report in Monthly Safety Report

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Definition of Accident, Incident or Near Miss An Accident is any undesired circumstances which give rise to ill-health or injury, damage to property, plant, products or the environment, production losses or increased liabilities. An Incident includes all undesired circumstances and near misses which could cause accidents. General If a person has been injured as a result of an occurrence on site, the highest priority is to arrange for first aid and/or for transport of the injured person to a hospital. Only when this has been arranged should notification of the accident begin. Initial Reporting of the accident/incident within the Project The person finding the accident/incident should inform station manager who shall 1. Call the emergency services if appropriate. 2. Call the emergency help desk and explain the circumstances of the occurrence

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3. Make the senior person at the site aware of the occurrence The cascade of information from the emergency help desk shall be in accordance with the Emergency Call Flow diagram attached to this Section. A written report is to be submitted by GIL-MMS JV to The General Consultant and the Client within 24 hours. This report will include the corrective and preventive actions which have been identified. This written report will be prepared by either a Site Engineer, a Construction Manager, or a Sr. OHSE Manager.
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Notification of a Reportable Accident to the Labour Department In addition, the employer of the injured person shall notify the Labour Department of accidents which occur during working hours, and which cause the following: Death of a person Fires or explosions Rendering any of the workers unfit to perform his work for more than three days. In the case of the death of a worker, fire or explosion, notice must be given immediately after the occurrence of the accident through the fastest means of communication available. When a worker becomes unable to do his work for three or more days consecutively, notice must be given within 24 hours following the occurrence of the accident.

1.4.1 Chief OHSE Manager Maintain record of: 1. What hospital care each injured person receives and how the hospital bills are paid. 2. What compensation the injured person receives. 3. In the event of a fatality, what compensation is paid to the family This information is included in the monthly Safety Report to The General consultant. 1.4.2 Occupational Doctor/ Nurse Follow up medical assessments of ill or injured employee and maintain all records in order to be able to provide information in the monthly Safety Report to The General consultant and the Client 1.5 Accident/ Incident Investigation Procedure After a notification to the concerned local authorities is completed, the Chief OHSE Manager / Sr. OHSE Manager / Jr. OHSE Manager shall immediately conduct an investigation and report the essential details of the accident/incident to all personnel concerned in accordance with the emergency reporting procedure. The objective of the panel is: 1. To determine the events leading to the accident. 2. To identify all immediate root causes of the accident. 3. To make recommendations to prevent recurrence.

1.5.1 Investigation During an investigation, consideration should be given in establishing whether: 1. Any specified system of safe work had been established, i.e. Method Statement, Risk Assessments. 2. The work was undertaken in accordance with good established practice. 3. Adequate instructions and training were given to the operative, and whether these were followed. 4. Plant and equipment used was: a. Suitable for the work being carried out b. In good condition and fitted with any necessary guards c. Adequate information had provided by the supplier, designer etc. d. Being adequately supervised and correctly used in its operation. 1.5.2 Procedure
1. All reported injury accident / incident which requires first aid treatment will be recorded

in a First Aid Register that will be maintained at each work site and which will detail: full name, home address, occupation and employer of the injured person, details of the accident and the nature of the injury or illness sustained and details of the medical treatment given. These logs shall be centrally compiled by the GIL-MMS JV Project Physician reflected in the Monthly Safety Report.
2. An emergency vehicle will be kept available at main jobs sites when persons are

working with high risk ( like at height more than 6 meters, under or near to high voltage power line mass concreting work, heavy erection launching girder / gantries , tunnels and underground works, etc.), to transfer injured persons to hospital if necessary. A copy of the list of hospitals and important telephone nos is enclosed in this standard, shall also be kept in all site vehicle or available for easy access and also displayed in notice boards. 3. Each work site will keep posted in a prominent position, a copy of the emergency call flow, accident, incident investigation and reporting procedure, list of hospitals with direction and emergency phone numbers 4. All reportable accidents shall be notified immediately by telephone and followed by a written report GIL-MMS JV accident / incident report form (enclosed with this report) will be completed and forwarded to the Chief OHSE Manager within twelve hours by the Site Construction Manager / Engineer.
5. All road accidents resulting in serious injury or other significant loss will be reported to

the Traffic Coordination or as soon as is reasonable practicable by the Construction / Station Managers.
6. The Chief OHSE Manager will distribute copy of detailed investigation report to all

concerned groups, including Subcontractors, Commercial Manager, the Public

Relations Manager, the Administrator Manager and Employers Representative through document control section. 7. No employee of GIL-MMS JV or subcontractor will communicate with the media or, any other out-side body regarding any accident loss occurring at work sites with the exception of authorized CMRL,General consultant. 8. Monthly accident statistic report shall be prepared by the Safety Manager. This report will be submitted to the Engineer before 8th day of the next month. 1.6 Attachment Accident / Incident / Damage Report form Emergency Call Flow

Person who finds incident

Safety Engineer 9443263429

Station Manager Mr. 9600046303

Police 100 Ambulance 108 Fire 101 Electricity 9445850776 Water 04422500831

Construction Manager Mr. 9840459559

HSE Head Mr.

Project Manager Mr.

Mr. Chris Fenton Mr. Yasi.M

HSE Manager

(General Consultant 9677079837)

Resident Engineer(General Consultant 9500031201) (General Consultant 994023772)

Mr. Pierre Preumount Project Director

ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT

Date : Project Place of Accident: 8 UAA03 Time of Accident: Name of Injured: Age: NA Married/Unmarried: N

Gender:

Activity: Trial trench to find out Utility

Accident type:

Nature of Accident

Near Miss First Aid Minor Major Fatal

Personnel injured

Company Visitor Vendor Contractor

Description of Accident:

Just before the accident:

Nature of Injury: Root cause of accident: Unsafe act: Unsafe condition: First Aid given: Medical treatment provided: Remedial measures: Doctors statement: Expected return date of injured person:

Lesson learnt from the Accident: Preventive Action taken:

Investigation carried out by: Name Mr. Designation Witness: 1. Name Mr. 2. Name - Mr. Mr. Construction Manager (UAA-03) Designation/Trade Engineer Designation/Trade Engineer

Contact person for further information Name Mr. Designati on Mobil Email ID e

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