Working Over or Near Water Safe Work Practice
Working Over or Near Water safe work practice: a 4-page Microsoft Word document that tells your crew how to do this work safely. It covers Common Hazards, Personal Protective Equipment and Training. Not tied to one province, so it fits any Canadian workplace. Add your company name and use it today. $9 CAD, instant download.
- 4 pages, 1,142 words, editable Microsoft Word (.docx)
- 10 sections, written out in full
- Your company name and logo added free after checkout (Brand it)
- Instant download, re-download any time from your account
Prices in Canadian dollars. Tax calculated at checkout.
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Type your company name and pick your logo file. The preview is this document's real page header, with your name and logo where the file prints them.
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Buy and download - $9The Working Over or Near Water file, in numbers
- Pages
- 4
- Words
- 1,142
- Sections
- 10
- File
- Microsoft Word .docx
- Company name
- Replace "COMPANY NAME"
- Price
- $9 CAD
What is the Working Over or Near Water safe work practice?
Work on or near water adds drowning and cold water shock to the job. A program for this work covers flotation devices, rescue equipment and procedures, and the conditions under which work stops.
A safe work practice is the written "how we do this job safely" for one task or piece of equipment. This one is written for working over or near water and is ready for your company name, so crews, supervisors and clients all read the same rules.
Who needs it: Marine, bridge, pipeline crossing and shoreline contractors.
What a good working over or near water safe work practice covers
- Assessing water hazards and conditionsIn this file: "Common Hazards", "Hazards of Cold Water"
- Personal flotation devices and protective equipmentIn this file: "Personal Protective Equipment"
- Purpose and scope: what the program covers and who it applies toIn this file: "Purpose"
- Training and competencyIn this file: "Training"
Every section of the Working Over or Near Water safe work practice
The 10 section headings in the file, in order.
- Purpose
- Common Hazards
- Personal Protective Equipment
- General
- Training
- Hazards of Cold Water
- Risk of Working Near Water
- Tips for Working Around Water
- Electrical Safety Precautions
- Falling
Working Over or Near Water is already inside 4 of our safety manuals
Each manual is the complete written program for one province and trade: its safe work practices, policies, procedures and fillable forms, plus an Implementation Kit and 52 toolbox talks, for $499.
- Alberta and British Columbia Forestry Supervision Safety Manual38 safe work practices
- Alberta and Saskatchewan Road Construction and Maintenance Safety Manual74 safe work practices
- British Columbia Arborist Safety Manual44 safe work practices
- British Columbia Forestry Safety Manual21 safe work practices
In use today, in three steps
- Download and open it in WordThe file is ready the moment checkout completes. It opens in any current version of Microsoft Word.
- Make it yoursAdd your logo, replace "COMPANY NAME" with your company name in one find and replace, and fill in the initial issue date and revision #.
- Put it to workRead it through, adjust anything that does not match how your crews work, and sign it off.
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Working Over or Near Water, answered
What do I get with the Working Over or Near Water safe work practice?
One Microsoft Word document (.docx), 4 pages and 1,142 words, in 10 sections: Purpose, Common Hazards, Personal Protective Equipment, General, Training and Hazards of Cold Water. You download it straight after checkout.
Is it written for my province?
Safe work practices describe how a task is done safely, so they are not tied to one province. Use it alongside your provincial safety program, and adjust any step to match your equipment and site rules.
How do I make it mine?
Replace "COMPANY NAME" with your company name, add your logo, and read it through with the crew that does the work. Every word is editable.
Is it included in your safety manuals?
Yes. Working Over or Near Water is one of the safe work practices inside 4 safety manuals, including the Forestry Supervision, Road Construction and Maintenance, Arborist and Forestry editions. If you need a complete program, the manual for your province and trade includes it along with the rest of the program, fillable forms, an Implementation Kit and toolbox talks.