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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMME STANDARD

HSE-ST-021

GASCO HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

CONTROLLED INTRANET COPY

Policy &

Strategic Objectives

Organization,

Resources & Competence

Risk Evaluation &Management

Planning,

Standards & Procedures

Implementation &

Monitoring

Audit

Management

Review

Leadership &

Commitment

CORRECTIVE

ACTIONS

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Policy &

Strategic Objectives

Organization,

Resources & Competence

Risk Evaluation &Management

Planning,

Standards & Procedures

Implementation &

Monitoring

Audit

Management

Review

Leadership &

Commitment

CORRECTIVE

ACTIONS

CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT


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Rev.: 0 Date : 06/2011OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMME

STANDARDHSE-ST-021

REVISION INFORMATION AND AUTHORITY FOR ISSUE

DATEREVISION

NUMBER

CHANGEREFERENCE

SECTION(S)

REASON FORCHANGE

AUTHORITY FORISSUE

06/2011 Rev-00 Initial Issue New CEO


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STANDARDHSE-ST-021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DESCRIPTION PAGE No

1. INTRODUCTION 5

1.

PURPOSE 5

2. SCOPE AND APPLICATION 5

3.

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 5

4. DOCUMENT CHANGE / CONTROL 6

5.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 6

6. REQUIREMENTS 7

7. RECORD KEEPING 10

8. TRAINING AND COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS 10

9. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT / INDICATORS 11

10.

REFERENCES 11

11. USER FEEDBACK 12

APPENDIX : DOCUMENT CHANGE / INITIATION REQUEST (DC/IR) FORM 13


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Occupational Health (OH) programme is an integral part of GASCO Health, Safetyand Environment Management System (HSEMS). It provides a structural approachthrough which resources are organized and utilised for promoting well-being andpreventing or minimising the adverse health impact of work on employees andcontractors.

This document provides framework for managing Occupational Health to supportGASCO HSEMS (Ref 1).

This STANDARD defines minimum mandatory requirements for managing

Occupational Health as required by ADNOC Code of Practice (Ref. 2).

The STANDARD applies to all GASCO Divisions and Contractors who work underGASCO HSEMS.

Term Definition / Explanation

ALARP As Low As Reasonably Practicable

Health Hazard

The potential to cause harm to health. Health hazardsmay be biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic orpsychological in nature. 'Health hazards' are also knownas 'agents hazardous to health' and 'hazardous agents'.These terms are interchangeable.

Risk

The likelihood that, under specified conditions ofexposure, the health of a certain population will beharmed. Individual risk is assessed on the basis of grouprisk assessment. Health risk is the combination oflikelihood that harm to health may occur (which is relatedto exposure) multiplied by the severity of health effects

(hazard).

Control

The means of controlling exposure to health hazards,listed in preferential order as follows:

- Elimination- Substitution (alternatives)- Engineering (plant and equipment)- Procedural- Personal protective equipment

OHSAS Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series

OHOccupational Health - The promotion and maintenance ofthe physical, mental and social well-being of theworkforce.


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Term Definition / Explanation

OHRA

Occupational Health Risk Assessment - is the systematicidentification of health hazards in the workplace and

subsequent evaluation of health risks. This process takesexisting control measures into account and identifies andrecommends further preventive or control actions whereappropriate.

QHRA Quantitative Health Risk Assessment

The custodian of this document is GASCO Vice President HSE Division [VP (HSE)].

This document shall be reviewed by HSE Division as and when required but not lessthan once in three years.

For suggesting any changes to this document, the Document Change / InitiationRequest (DC/IR) Form shall be completed by the concerned party and provided toHSE Division. Amendment of document shall be agreed by VP (HSE).

Cancellation of this document shall be proposed by filling out DC/IR form andsending it to VP (HSE).

5.1 Head Office, Plants and Pipelines Divisions

The Vice Presidents are responsible for ensuring that:

a) Policies, procedures and practices are in place to enable the requirements to be

achieved in accordance with the STANDARD;

b) All required resources are made available and roles, responsibilities and

accountabilities are defined for implementing the STANDARD.

5.2 Health, Safety and Environment Division

HSE Division is responsible for:

a) Ensuring that the GASCO Health, Safety and Environment policy is suitable and

sufficient to comply with the requirements of ADNOC Group HSE policy, legal

requirements and other requirements to which GASCO subscribes (e.g. OHSAS

18001:2007);

b) Providing guidance and support for effective implementation of OH programme;

c) Monitoring compliance with the requirements of this STANDARD;

d) Compiling annual report on the performance of the OH programme;

e) Facilitating and follow-up with implementation of OHRA.


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6.1 Occupational Health Risk Assessment (OHRA)

6.1.1 The suitable and sufficient OHRA shall be conducted (as part of HSEIA) for GASCOexisting sites and Major projects (when required) in accordance with ADNOC Code ofPractice (Ref. 3).

6.1.2 Risk shall be managed as per the hierarchy of controls at a level of ALARP (Ref. 3).

6.1.3 The process and results of OHRA shall be recorded (Ref. 3).

6.1.4 An up-to-date OH Hazards and Effects Register shall be maintained (Ref. 4).

6.1.5 OHRA recommendations shall be implemented.

6.2 Exposure Measurement and Monitoring

6.2.1 Exposure measurement, monitoring of health hazards shall be performed inaccordance with the legal / ADNOC Codes of Practice requirements (Ref. 3, 5).

6.2.2 Appropriate remedial actions shall be taken to address findings andrecommendations of exposure measurement / monitoring.

6.2.3 Records of exposure measurement / monitoring shall be kept (Ref. 2).

6.3 Medical Evaluation (Fitness to Work) and Health Surveillance

6.3.1 Medical evaluation / health surveillance shall be conducted in accordance with therequirements of relevant ADNOC Code of Practice (Ref. 6).

6.3.2 Records of medical evaluation / health surveillance shall be kept (Ref. 7).

6.4 Communication, participation and consultation

A site procedure shall be established, implemented and maintained for:

a) Internal communication (within the organization) external communication with

contractors, visitors and interested parties to communicate OHRA outcome

b) Ensuring appropriate involvement of employees in hazard identification, risk

assessments and determination of controls; incident investigation and review of

HSE policies and objectives

c) Ensuring consultation on any changes that affect their OH programme.


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6.5 Legal and other requirements

Applicable UAE laws and regulations and other requirements to which GASCOsubscribes shall be taken into account in establishing, implementing and maintainingOH standard (Ref. 5, 8).

6.6 Objectives and Programmes

6.6.1 OH objectives shall be established taking into account the legal requirements, OHrisks and requirements to which GASCO subscribe.

6.6.2 A programme(s) shall be established, implemented and maintained for achieving OHobjectives and include:

a) Responsibility and authority for achieving objectives at relevant functions and

levels of the organization; and

b) The means and time-frame by which the objectives are to be achieved.

6.6.3 The programme(s) shall be reviewed at regular and planned intervals, and adjustedas necessary, to ensure that the objectives are achieved.

6.7 Operational Controls

Controls shall be established, implemented and maintained to minimize health risk as

per the hierarchy of controls.

6.8 Medical Emergency Preparedness and Response

6.8.1 Medical emergency preparedness and response shall be established in accordancewith GASCO Crisis Management STANDARD (Ref. 9) and Site Facility ResponsePlan.

6.8.2 Major Contractor(s) shall develop project specific medical emergency response planand take into account acute cases of occupational health and also epidemicdiseases.

6.8.3 Major Contractor(s) shall ensure that resources are made available at site or camp tocater the need for medical emergency response and occupational health services.

6.8.4 Emergency preparedness and response shall be periodically tested and reviewed.

6.9 Audit and Review

6.9.1 OH programme shall be audited to ensure the implementation of the programme andto identify opportunities for continual improvements.

6.9.2 Implementation of OH programme shall be periodically reviewed by Management.


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6.9.3 OH programme review shall be documented and include:

a) The results of audits and evaluations of compliance with applicable legalrequirements;

b) The results of participation and consultation;

c) The relevant communication from external interested parties;

d) OH performance;

e) The extent to which objectives have been met;

f) Status of incident investigations, corrective and preventive actions;

g) Follow-up actions from previous management reviews;

h) Changing circumstances, including developments in legal and otherrequirements related to Occupational Health;

i) Recommendations for improvement.

6.9.4 Project HSE Reviews shall consider assessment of Occupational Health programme.

6.10 Nonconformity, corrective action and preventive action

6.10.1 GASCO Quality Management System procedure on control of non-conformities (Ref.10) and procedure for corrective and prevention action (Ref. 11) shall be compliedwith.

6.10.2 Major Contractor shall take necessary corrective and preventive actions as peragreed procedure.

6.11 Control of Documents and Records

6.11.1 Control of documents and records required by the STANDARD shall be carried out inaccordance with the GASCO/Major contractors Quality Management Systemprocedure (Ref. 12).

6.11.2 Major Contractor shall control documents and records as per their procedure.

6.12 Performance Monitoring, Measurement and Reporting

6.12.1 OH performance reporting shall be carried out in accordance with ADNOC Code ofPractice (Ref.13).

6.12.2 A procedure shall be established and maintained to monitor and measure OHperformance on a regular basis. This procedure shall provide for:

a) Both qualitative and quantitative measures, appropriate to the needs of GASCO;

b) Monitoring of the extent to which GASCO OH objectives are met;


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c) Proactive measures of performances that monitor compliance with the OH

programme, operational criteria and applicable legal requirements;

d) Reactive measures of performance to monitor accidents, ill health, incidents

(including near-misses) and other historical evidence of deficient OH

performance;

e) Recording of data and results of monitoring and measurement sufficient to

facilitate subsequent corrective and preventive action analysis.

6.12.3 Where monitoring equipment is required for performance measurement andmonitoring, appropriate procedure shall be established and maintained for thecalibration and maintenance of such equipment.

6.12.4 Where applicable, records of calibration and maintenance activities and results shallbe retained.

For GASCO, records shall be kept for the minimum duration specified below.

For Major Contractor, the records shall be kept as per Project HSERequirements.

Record Duration

Completed health risk assessments 5 yearsPersonal exposure monitoring results 30 years

Area monitoring results 5 years

Medical evaluation / Health surveillance record 30 years from last day of entry

Training / Awareness / Instructions 5 years

Examination and maintenance of any mechanical

exposure controls

5 years

8.1 Awareness shall be provided on healthy lifestyle and occupational health issuesunder guidance of OHRA report.

8.2 Managers and supervisors shall be trained to demonstrate understanding on OHrisks and barriers and controls, and knowledge of reporting requirement.

8.3 Training(s) shall be provided as per the GASCO Training Specifications Standard(Ref. 14).

8.4 Major Contractor shall provide trainings as per their procedure.


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8.5 Assessor shall be appointed by the line manager to verify competency aftercompletion of the training.

Level2 audit shall be conducted once every three years (Ref.15).

# TITLE NUMBER

1. GASCO Health, Safety and EnvironmentManagement STANDARD (HSE MS Part 1)

HSE.003.00.06/2009

2.ADNOC Code Of Practice: Framework ofOccupational Health Risk Management

ADNOC CoP V3-01

3. ADNOC Code Of Practice: Guidelines onOccupational Health Risk Assessment(OHRA)

ADNOC CoP V3-08

4. ADNOC Code of Practice:

HSEIA RequirementsADNOC CoP V1-02

5. Regulation of Labour Relations and OrderIssued in Implementing Thereof

Federal Law Number 8 of 1980


Occupational Health Guidelines

ADNOC CoP V3-14


Occupational Health Risk Management -General

ADNOC CoP V3-03

8. GASCO HSE Legal Requirements

STANDARDHSE-ST-013

9. GASCO Crisis Management STANDARD HSE-ST-010

10. GASCO Control of Non-conformanceProcedure

CE-PR-004

11. GASCO Corrective and Preventive ActionProcedure

CE-PR-005

12. GASCO Control of Documents Procedure CE-PR-001

13. ADNOC Code of Practice: Directions on

Preparing the Annual Sustainability

Performance Report

ADNOC CoP V1-07

14. GASCO HSE Training Specifications

STANDARDDraft-D

15. GASCO HSE Auditing Standard HSE-ST-004
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Users wishing to initiate changes, corrections or requesting that a new document beinitiated must forward the Document Change / Initiation Request Form (DC/IR) ascontained in the STANDARD, to HSE Division where it shall be assessed.

The originator of DC/IR shall forward his/her request either through the Line Manageror directly to VP (HSE). Appropriate feedback will be provided from HSE Division tothe originator.


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GASCO HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

DOCUMENT CHANGE / INITIATION REQUEST

Proposed / Existing Document Name: Document No.:

Existing Details requiring revision:

Proposed Change / Initiation:

Reason for Change / Initiation:

Requested by (Name) Designation Date

Document Controller

Request received on:

Reviewed on:

Reviewed by:

Review Comments:

Request Accepted YES NO

If YES document updated and approved on:

If NO justification for rejecting the proposal:

Requester advised of outcome by:

Name Sign Date