Health and Safety Coordinator in Project Phase
The Health and Safety Coordinator during the preparation of the works project is the competent technician appointed by the developer to coordinate, during the works project phase, the application of the principles referred to in the article 8 of the Royal Decree 1627/1997 of October 24, 1997.The Royal Decree on the establishment of minimum safety and health provisions in construction works. This Royal Decree does not apply to open pit, subway or drilling extractive industries, which are regulated by their specific regulations.
When several designers are involved in the preparation of the work project, the promoter shall designate a health and safety coordinator.
Health and Safety Coordinator in Execution Phase
The Health and Safety Coordinator during the execution of the work is the competent technician integrated in the Project Management, designated by the developerto carry out the tasks mentioned in the article 9 of the Royal Decree 1627/1997The Company's environmental management system, which establishes minimum safety and health provisions in construction works, is not applicable to the extractive industries mentioned above. The aforementioned extractive industries do not apply in this case either.
The Optional Management (DF) is the competent technician or technicians appointed by the promoter, in charge of the management and control of the execution of the work.
If more than one company, or a company and self-employed workers or several self-employed workers are involved in the execution of the work, the promoter is obliged to appoint a health and safety coordinator during the execution of the work, before the start of the work or as soon as this circumstance is ascertained (whether or not there is a work project).
The designation of the Health and Safety Coordinator in the project phase and the designation of the Health and Safety Coordinator in the execution phase of the work may be made by the same person.
This designation does not exempt the promoter from its responsibilities.
Functions of the Health and Safety Coordinator
The Health and Safety Coordinator for Health and Safety in the workplace is the phase of elaboration of the work project must coordinate the application of the general principles of health and safety prevention in the phases of conception, study and preparation of the work project, according to the Article 8 of Royal Decree 1627/1997.
In addition, it should be taken into consideration when making constructive, technical and organizational decisions in order to plan the different works or work phases to be carried out simultaneously or successively, and when estimating the duration required for the execution of these different works or work phases.
The Coordinator for Health and Safety at Work work execution phase shall develop the following functions:
-
- Coordinating the application of the general principles of prevention and safety when making technical and organizational decisions to plan the different jobs or work phases to be performed simultaneously or successively, and when estimating the duration required for the execution of these different jobs or work phases.
-
- Coordinate site activities to ensure that contractors, subcontractors where applicable, and self-employed workers consistently and responsibly apply the principles of preventive action set out in the Article 15 of the Occupational Health and Safety Law during the execution of the work.
-
- Approve the health and safety plan The contractor's coordinator shall be appointed by the contractor and the modifications, if any, made to the same. If it is not necessary to designate a coordinator, this function shall be assumed by the Project Management.
-
- Organizing the Coordination of Business Activities (CAE) provided for in Article 24 of the Occupational Risk Prevention Law.
-
- Coordinate the actions and functions of control of the correct application of working methods.
-
- Adopt the necessary measures so that only authorized persons may have access to the site. If it is not necessary to designate a coordinator, this function will be assumed by the Project Management.
-
- Custodian of the incident book, to be kept on site, if it is necessary to designate a coordinator. If not, it shall be kept by the project management.
-
- When any entry is made in the incident book, the contractor concerned and the contractor's workers' representatives must be notified. In the event that such annotation refers to a failure to comply with the warnings or observations previously noted in the book, a copy shall be sent to the Labor and Social Security Inspectorate within twenty-four hours.
-
- In circumstances of serious and imminent risk to the safety and health of workers, may order the stoppage of the work or, as the case may be, of the entire work, notifying the corresponding Labor and Social Security Inspectorate, the contractors and, as the case may be, the subcontractors affected by the stoppage, as well as their workers' representatives.
Training that the Health and Safety Coordinator must have
Necessary academic qualifications to perform the function of Health and Safety Coordinatorboth in the design phase and in the execution phase of the work, shall be as follows architect, technical architect, engineer or technical engineer.
Recommended training for competent technicians to perform the functions of health and safety coordinator must comply, in terms of minimums, with the training program consisting of 200 hours, approved by the National Commission for Health and Safety at Work and included in Appendix 2 of the Technical Guide for the evaluation and prevention of risks related to construction sites, of the National Institute for Health and Safety at Work (INSST).
Documentation generated during Health and Safety Coordination
The documents handled on a regular basis in the Coordination of Health and Safety on site are:
-
- Appointment of the Health and Safety Coordinator on site.
-
- Minutes of approval of the Occupational Health and Safety Plan and modifications, if applicable.
-
- Favorable report on the Occupational Health and Safety Plan and on its modifications, if any (only in works of the Administration).
-
- Incident Book.
-
- Supervision Report of the Preventive Management Document of the work, if it is a work without a project.
-
- Favorable report on the Preventive Management Document of the work without project and its subsequent modifications.
-
- Preventive Management Follow-Up Records for Works without project.
-
- Communication of opening of the work center by the contractor.
-
- Minutes of the initial Health and Safety Coordination meeting on site.
-
- Minutes of periodic Health and Safety Coordination meetings.
-
- Act of completion of Health and Safety Coordination on site.
-
- Documentary evidence of random checks on the documentation of companies, workers, work equipment, machinery and auxiliary means.
Do you need to hire a Health and Safety Coordinator for a construction site?
Contact us and we will advise you and/or send you a quotation. free of charge y without obligation.
