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6/25/2019 0 Comments Protecting Your Assets You can have the best safety systems in place in the world, but if you are not maintaining them regularly, you can find yourself in trouble when people come to check. Worse still, someone has an fatal accident.
This brings us back again to the cost of regular health and safety checks. Its like anything in life if we make it part of our routine it becomes a habit. Your Assets are your staff, the building, equipment, plant etc. Treat them as such or you will lose them. Do you have consistent routines in your business, in your life ? When was your last internal fire evacuation ? When was the last time you walked around and checked your engineers were wearing goggles and PPE protective equipment ? Recently during an inspection I went to check the generator – I asked the engineer to turn it on for me. With the earphones left outside on their hanger, he proceeded to to walk inside to turn it on. Aren’t you forgetting something ? He was NOT in a routine and could be at risk of damaging his ears, due to the loud noise from the generator. Now many people say to me, yes but this is Asia….. there are not the same laws or standards. Yes but you have the equipment. Clearly what you don’t have is the management system in place to ensure these are being worn. Walk around today – be alert and check all areas. If you would like a brief free checklist to complete as you are walking around please get in touch and we will be happy to send you one.
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 That is quite a mouthful! I recently carried out a hotel inspection in a hotel that was on soft opening – During that time there was a huge opening ceremony with over 200 guests invited. All staying in the same hotel. The hotel consists of 3 towers- just one currently completed. The other two and parts of this one were still under construction. During my inspection I asked to see the fire alarm control panel – Oh that hasn’t been handed over yet I was told …… Ok so who is currently monitoring the system ? The contractors …… The night before the official handover to the owning company, the fire alarm activated very loudly. As it didn’t stop after 5 minutes, I vacated my room and headed towards the only exit I knew was completed….. On reaching it, it was blocked by rubble and once I got to the main door into the exit there were no lights as yet installed – There was no way out of this 30 storey hotel… What if this had been a real fire ? We all would have been killed - So Your Checklist
BEFORE anyone is allowed to stay overnight in the hotel the fire alarm must be working in the areas were people are staying. (It can be isolated in areas still under construction). If it is not finalized then Plan B must be in place – Additional security monitoring open areas, staff trained and a manual system in place. All fire exits must be complete with emergency lights and free from obstructions to the final exit The final exit should exit to open air out of the building Fire Suppression systems; extinguishers, hoses, sprinkler systems working and all staff must be trained. (In the areas that are open) Ensure workmen are using safe practices – In the case above the workers were smoking cigarettes inside the hotel which were still under construction – bare wires on equipment, sawdust, gas blowers- all make a great fire when workers are tired or careless – For more information on other areas please contact us for more information. |
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