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GMR 1

GMR 1. Traffic, Plant and People. Intent: To prevent injury caused by the use of mobile plant / vehicles

  • GMR 1.1: <br>A Traffic Management Plan must be in place which seeks to eliminate reversing operations and identifies, eliminates and / or mitigates all traffic, plant and people interface.

  • GMR 1.2: <br>Designated pedestrian routes must be physically separated from mobile plant and vehicle movement.

  • GMR 1.3: <br>Vehicles and pedestrians must have physically separated site entry points.

  • GMR 1.4: <br>Designated pedestrian crossing points that intersect with vehicle routes must be clearly identified and effectively controlled.

  • GMR 1.5: <br>Loading/unloading zones must be clearly delineated with controls to prevent unauthorised access.

  • GMR 1.6: <br>All overhead services and structures must be identified with appropriate control measures implemented to prevent collision by mobile plant and vehicles.

  • GMR 1.7: <br>Mobile plant operators must be verified as competent and where required, licensed.

  • GMR 1.8: <br>Effective communications must be maintained between mobile plant and vehicle operators and those controlling ground operations.

  • GMR 1.9: <br>Mobile plant and vehicle operators must complete a pre-start and/or daily check to confirm safe working order.

  • GMR 1.10: <br>All mobile plant and vehicles must be inspected, serviced and maintained in accordance with manufacturer and supplier recommendations.

  • GMR 1.11: <br>A Plant Hazard Assessment must be completed by a competent authorised person for mobile plant.

  • GMR 1.12: <br>Mobile plant and vehicles must not be modified outside of manufacturer's specifications unless that modification is engineered, certified and approved by a competent authorised person.

  • GMR 1.13: <br>Operators of mobile plant and vehicles that have been subject to modification must receive appropriate information, instruction and training in relation to the modifications.

  • GMR 1.14: <br>Where intended by design, persons must only ride in or operate mobile plant and vehicles from dedicated seating positions fitted with seat belts.

  • GMR 1.15: <br>Troop carriers with side facing bench seats must not be used.

GMR 2

GMR 2. Excavation and Trenching. Intent: To prevent exposure to hazards during excavation and trenching activities

  • GMR 2.1: <br>Prior to excavation and trenching activities commencing, a permit to work must be completed and authorised by a competent person.

  • GMR 2.2: <br>Underground services must be identified, positively located, marked and where possible isolated prior to breaking ground.

  • GMR 2.3: <br>In ground service locations must be communicated to all relevant stakeholders prior to activities commencing.

  • GMR 2.4: <br>Excavations must be benched, shored or battered to a safe angle of repose or as determined by a competent person.

  • GMR 2.5: <br>Safe means of access and egress must be maintained for all excavations and trenches.

  • GMR 2.6: <br>Material removed during excavation and trenching must be stored in a location to reduce the potential for collapse.

  • GMR 2.7: <br>Barriers, exclusion zones, lighting and/or signage must be provided to prevent people, plant, objects and equipment falling into excavations and trenches.

  • GMR 2.8: <br>Controls must be in place to prevent the accumulation of fumes and gases in all excavations and trenches.

  • GMR 2.9: <br>Excavations and trenches must be inspected by competent person before each working shift and after rainfall, or other events, which could impact ground stability or introduce further hazards.

GMR 3

GMR 3. Lifting Operations. Intent: To prevent harm to people from the risks associated with lifting operations

  • GMR 3.1: <br>Crane commissioning, operation and decommissioning must be planned and managed by a competent person.

  • GMR 3.2: <br>All lifts must be planned and managed by a competent person in accordance with the JHG Lift Planning Matrix.

  • GMR 3.3: <br>Cranes, hoists or devices used for lifting or suspending a load shall not be overloaded.

  • GMR 3.4: <br>Cranes and lifting appliances must be regularly inspected, certified, tested and maintained, and comply with current Australian Standards.

  • GMR 3.5:<br>Ground conditions must be assesses with appropriate controls implemented to ensure stability of the lifting device.

  • GMR 3.6: <br>Plant and equipment used for lifting (including excavators, loaders etc) must be specifically designed and certified for the purpose of lifting.

  • GMR 3.7: <br>Those persons engaged in lifting operations must be verified as competent.

  • GMR 3.8: <br>Daily pre-start inspections and/or function tests must be completed for cranes and lifting appliances. Where defects are identified, equipment must be immediately tagged out of service.

  • GMR 3.9: <br>Persons must never be suspended from or attached to a crane hook unless they are in a fit for purpose work box with appropriate controls and permits in place.

  • GMR 3.10: <br>Physical barriers and/or other suitable controls must be used to exclude unauthorised persons from lifting operations. No loads must be lifted or suspended over people.

GMR 4

GMR 4. Electrical Safety. Intent: To ensure that people are protected from the risk of electric shock

  • GMR 4.1: <br>An Electrical Works Management Plan must be developed prior to any electrical works.

  • GMR 4.2: <br>A permit to work must be in place for work on electrical systems, installations and equipment.

  • GMR 4.3:<br>Electrical work and supervision of electrical work must only be carried out by competent licenced electrical workers and /or electrical engineers.

  • GMR 4.4:<br>Work on live electrical systems, installations and equipment must not be undertaken, except where deemed necessary by a competent and authorised person for the purposes of fault finding, testing/commissioning work or where the electrical supply cannot be interrupted.<br>

  • GMR 4.5:<br>Sources of induced current must be identified and assessed with appropriate controls implemented.

  • GMR 4.6:<br>All electrical circuits must be fitted with an appropriate protective device.

  • GMR 4.7:<br>All exposed electrical parts and conductors, including earthing conductors, must be treated as live until proven otherwise.

  • GMR 4.8:<br>All electrical installations and portable electrical equipment must be installed, tested and inspected in accordance with the relevant Australian Standards.

  • GMR 4.9:<br>When working near live Overhead Line Equipment (OHLE) or live electrical parts, regulated safe working distances/exclusion zones must be maintained.

  • GMR 4.10:<br>Electrical supply panels must be fixed and secured to prevent unauthorised access.

GMR 5

GMR 5. Working at Height. Intent: To prevent people and objects falling from height.

  • GMR 5.1: <br>For all work at height, effective control measures must be implemented to prevent the fall of persons from any height, and the risk posed by falling materials.

  • GMR 5.2:<br>The hierarchy of control must be applied when planning work at heights.

  • GMR 5.3:<br>The perimeter of structures, edges, and working platforms must be protected by use of screens, guard rails and/or scaffolding systems to prevent persons or materials falling.

  • GMR 5.4:<br>Protection from falling objects must be provided through primary controls such as edge protection, with exclusion zones and/or overhead protection provided as a secondary means of control.

  • GMR 5.5:<br>Penetrations, shafts and risers must be protected to prevent the fall of people and materials.

  • GMR 5.6:<br>Penetration covers must be robust, securely fastened and clearly identified.

  • GMR 5.7:<br>Grid mesh or flooring material must be installed as per design requirements, secured at all stages of installation, and regularly inspected.

  • GMR 5.8:<br>Roof mesh must not be used as a primary means of fall protection.

  • GMR 5.9:<br>A harness should not be used as the primary means of fall protection. If, after exhausting other options there is no alternative to using a harness ( as primary protection)' this must be approved by the Business Unit General/Operations Manager and controlled by a permit to work.

  • GMR 5.10:<br>Design and installation of anchor points must be approved by a competent person prior to use, and subject to regular inspection.

  • GMR 5.11:<br>Ladders should only be used as a means of access and/or egress.

  • GMR 5 .12:<br>Those who plan, supervise and carry out work at height must have completed appropriate work at height training.

GMR 6

GMR 6. Fitness for Work. Intent: People present fit for work so that they do not expose themselves or others to harm.

  • GMR 6.1: All persons are required to present fit for work at all John Holland workplaces.

  • GMR 6.2: All persons are required to notify their manager / supervisor where they believe they might not be fit for work.

  • GMR 6.3: Persons presenting for work must not be adversely affected by illegal, prescribed, or over the counter medication and other drugs.

  • GMR 6.4: Persons presenting for work must have a blood alcohol reading of zero.

  • GMR 6.5: Fatigue risk management plans must be developed for all workplaces.

  • GMR 6.6: There must be a process in place to assess and manage circumstances where a person presents or is deemed unfit for work.

  • GMR 6.7: Workplaces shall implement a monitoring and testing program for alcohol and drugs.

GMR 7

GMR 7 Temporary Works. Intent: To prevent temporary works from collapsing and exposing people to harm

  • GMR 7.1: The planning, installation, alteration and dismantling of temporary works must be risk assessed and conducted by a competent person with relevant experience and qualifications.

  • GMR 7.2: Temporary works (e.g. Formwork, falsework, precast, shoring, back propping, temporary structures etc) must be identified, designed and and independently verified by appropriately qualified persons.

  • GMR 7.3: The designer must provide certification of the temporary works design that as a minimum takes into account the intended use, load tolerances, lifting calculations, access/egress, installation, and dismantling.

  • GMR 7.4: The design of temporary works must be verified by an appropriately qualified and competent person who is independent of the designer.

  • GMR 7.5: Installation of temporary works in accordance with the design must be verified by and appropriately qualified and and competent person prior to initial use and loading.

  • GMR 7.6: No changes to installed temporary works must be made without prior acceptance of the designer, and if considered necessary, further design certification and independent verification of the changes.

  • GMR 7.7: Certification, verification and regular inspection of temporary works must be conducted by competent persons.

  • GMR 7.8: Temporary works must be physically protected and secured where there is a risk of collision, or damage through adverse weather conditions or adjacent work practices.

GMR 8

GMR 8. Isolation Intent: To prevent harm caused by exposure to energy sources.

  • GMR 8.1: A permit to work must be obtained and in place for the isolation and de-isolation of energy sources. The permit conditions must specify the test requirements for the presence of hazardous materials / stored energy.

  • GMR 8.2: Isolation and de-isolation must be planned, with the method for the removal and restoration of stored energy or hazardous materials risk assessed and authorised by a competent person.

  • GMR 8.3: Physical isolation and de-isolation must be completed by a competent and authorised person.

  • GMR 8.4: All isolation points must be clearly identified, proven, tagged and controlled to prevent inadvertent energising.

  • GMR 8.5: Prior to breaking containment systems, a test for hazardous material/stored energy must be performed with risk controls in place.

  • GMR 8.6: The isolation of electrical energy must be confirmed by a competent and authorised person prior to work commencing. The isolation status must be retested after any break or change in conditions.

  • GMR 8.7: Isolation controls and their effectiveness must be subject to ongoing monitoring.

  • GMR 8.8: All guarding and safety systems must be reinstated upon completion of the work prior to de-isolation.

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