Contractor and Owner Safety Program Implementation

API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 2221 THIRD EDITION, OCTOBER 2011

Contractor and Owner Safety Program Implementation

Downstream Segment

API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 2221 THIRD EDITION, OCTOBER 2011

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Foreword

This guide is intended to assist refining and petrochemical industry facility owners and contractors to implement or improve an effective contractor safety and health program. This guide supplements the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Standard 2220 Improving Owner and Contractor Safety Performance. These two documents identify elements of contractor safety and health programs, and provide guidance and examples to refinery and petrochemical plant owners for designing and implementing effective programs. Contractors can also benefit from understanding the owner’s program and by establishing a complementary program of their own.

A number of annexes are included in this document as samples of approaches used at some facilities or as supplemental information. Except where indicated in the text, these annexes are informative; implementation of informative annexes is not required for a program to be in conformance with these guidelines.

This information is provided to help owners of (and contractors working at) refinery and petrochemical facilities to understand the process of managing contractor safety and health programs. Neither API nor this document can replace the necessary professional judgment needed to recommend the specific strategy to apply. This information should be applied as necessary to reflect the needs of the owner, facility or particular activity. Each user shall analyze the particular situation, apply the information in this document to the situation as applicable and necessary, and obtain appropriate technical and legal assistance. This manual is not designed or intended to create legal rights or obligations. All employers (owners and contractors) are expected to comply with federal, state and local laws and regulations, and should consult legal counsel concerning such matters.

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Contents

Page

1. Scope 1

   1. General 1

   2. Purpose 1

   3. Benefits of a Contractor Health and Safety Program 2

   4. Concept of Hazard versus Risk 2

   5. Contractor and Owner Relationship 2

   6. Relationship to Process Safety Management 3

2. Normative References 3

3. Terms and Definitions 4

4. Management Overview—Putting it All Together 6

   1. General Contractor Safety Management Requirements 6

   2. General 6

   3. Management Commitment 7

   4. Policy Statement 7

   5. Written Contractor Health and Safety Program 7

   6. Responsibilities 7

   7. Effective Health and Safety Communication 10

   8. Contractor Health and Safety Program Implementation 11

   9. Review of Owner’s Contractor Health and Safety Program 11

   10. Contractor Safety Management Elements 11

5. Getting Started with Contractor Safety Management 12

   1. Beginning Contractor Safety Management 12

   2. Evaluating Risk Levels for Contractor Work 14

   3. Job-Specific Specialty, Temporary and Small Contractors 19

6. Contractor Pre-qualification 19

   1. Qualifying a Contractor. 19

   2. Pre-Qualification Form (PQF) 22

   3. Owner Review of Contractor Qualifications 22

   4. Owner’s Approved Contractor List 23

7. Selection of Contractor 24

   1. Owner Identifies Health and Safety Requirements 24

   2. Contractor Develops Health and Safety Programs and Procedures 24

   3. Training and Communications 25

   4. Contractor Bid Package and Pre-bid Safety Meeting 26

   5. Contractor Selection 28

   6. Pre-award Meeting 28

   7. Contractor Award 29

   8. Emergency Work 29

8. Pre-job Activities 30

   1. General 30

   2. Pre-job Review and Site Visit 30

   3. Planning the Work 30

9. Work-in-Progress. 32

   1. General 32

   2. Health and Safety Performance Reporting 33

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   3. Inspections 33

   4. Accident and Incident Reporting 34

   5. Emergency Drills and Exercises 35

   6. Workers New to the Site 35

   7. Change in Work Scope 35

10. Health and Safety Performance Evaluation 36

    1. General Evaluation of Contractor Health and Safety Performance 36

    2. Joint Evaluation of Contractor Health and Safety Performance 36

    3. Periodic Evaluation of Owner’s Approved Contractor List 37

Annex A (informative) Sample Contractor Health and Safety Policy Statement 38

Annex B (informative) Sample Pre-qualification Form 39

Annex C (informative) Sample Cover Letter for Pre-qualification Form (PQF) 50

Annex D (informative) Sample PQF Evaluation Form 52

Annex E (informative) Sample Regulatory Requirements for Selected Work Activities 54

Annex F (normative) Contractor Health and Safety Training 56

Annex G (informative) Sample Site Visit Health and Safety Checklist 65

Annex H (informative) Sample Contractor Health and Safety Report 66

Annex I (informative) Sample Job-site Inspection Health and Safety Checklist 68

Annex J (informative) Sample Health and Safety Performance Evaluation Form 71

Annex K (informative) Sample Owner’s Contractor Health and Safety Written Program 73

Annex L (informative) Sample Audit Protocol for Owner’s Contractor Health and Safety Program 80

Annex M (informative) Example Contract Safety Language and Contract Addendum 84

Bibliography—References Relevant to Contractor Safety 86

Figures

1. Contractor Health and Safety Management Elements 13

2. Sample Contractor Pre-qualification Process 21

Tables

1. Possible Assignment of Owner Responsibilities 8

2. Contractor Potential Risk Levels Worksheet 15

3. Potential Risk Factors and Overall Relative Risk Levels 16

4. Example of Contractor Type and Typical Contractor Health and Safety Program Elements 18

1. Example of an Acceptance Criteria Chart 52

2. Sample Contractor Pre-qualification Evaluation Form 53

1. Work Activities, Resources and Regulations 54

2. Possible PSM and RMP Owner and Contractor Responsibilities 55

F.1 Sample Contractor Health and Safety Training Matrix Outline 64

Contractor and Owner Safety Program Implementation

1. Scope

   Many facilities in the refining and petrochemical processing industries employ contractor personnel for a wide range of activities, from administrative support to equipment repair, maintenance, and construction. Contractor activities that involve work in or around process equipment can have an increased potential to place both contractor personnel and owner personnel at risk.

   
   

   This guide is intended to assist refining and petrochemical industry facility owners and contractors to implement (or improve) an effective contractor health and safety program. In the petroleum segment, API 2221 applies to downstream activities only. This includes refineries, pipelines and marketing and distribution terminals, but not exploration and production or marine. This document provides guidance for applying the principles outlined in API RP 2220, Improving Owner and Contractor Safety Performance. Security issues maintain a high profile in all aspects of industry, including the contractor screening and selection process; however, security is outside the scope of this standard and is mentioned as a reminder of the need for many facilities to include security in their contractor processes.

   
   

   1. General

      
      

      This publication intends to preserve the independent contractor relationship while helping both owners and contractors improve contractor safety performance. It is based on experience in the petroleum and petrochemical industries and experience of firms that perform contract work for these industries. Since owner facilities, equipment, sites and contracted work are diverse, this publication may not be applicable to operations at all facilities or to all contract work performed in these operations. This publication may not apply to contractors working in low risk environments that generally do not affect facility safety, such as those that provide incidental or supplementary services such as janitorial, beverage or laundry.

      
      

      1. Owner Commitment to Improved Contractor Safety Performance

         
         

         The owners’ commitment and continued support of a health and safety process are the essential elements of all successful contractor safety programs. Effective contractor safety programs require owners to focus resources on safety and to maintain processes to review how contractor safety is being managed. To emphasize their commitment, many owners incorporate the need for contractor safety in senior management safety, health and environmental policy statements.

         
         

      2. Contractor Commitment to Improved Safety Performance

The success of contractor safety initiatives requires commitment from the contractor as an employer in addition to the commitment of facility owners. Owners should encourage contractor management commitment by sharing information regarding the success of effective health and safety performance as cost-effective “good business.”

1.2 Purpose

The purpose of this publication is to assist owners and contractors to improve their safety programs. Joint commitment and support of safety program initiatives are essential in minimizing incidents and preventing injuries and illnesses. The nature of the work performed by contractors within the petroleum and chemical industries varies greatly. Some contractors perform construction and turnaround activities; other specialty contractors provide skills and services that are not typically found within an owner’s work force. Other contractors may provide services to augment the peak loads and skills of owners’ work forces, such as in maintenance and operation of facilities. These diverse functions and uses of contractors share a common need for effective safety programs to protect owner and contractor personnel from workplace injuries, illnesses and losses associated with incidents arising out of contractor work.

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