This document provides training objectives and guidelines for flagmen. The objectives are to increase confidence in flagmen's responsibilities, improve unsafe practices, and develop teamwork between operators and flagmen. Guidelines discuss proper flagmen selection, when flagmen are needed, equipment, signals, positioning, and ensuring the flagmen and drivers can see each other. Pedestrians must be stopped from entering work areas. Overall, the focus is on clear communication and positioning to safely direct vehicle and equipment movement.
This document provides training objectives and guidelines for flagmen. The objectives are to increase confidence in flagmen's responsibilities, improve unsafe practices, and develop teamwork between operators and flagmen. Guidelines discuss proper flagmen selection, when flagmen are needed, equipment, signals, positioning, and ensuring the flagmen and drivers can see each other. Pedestrians must be stopped from entering work areas. Overall, the focus is on clear communication and positioning to safely direct vehicle and equipment movement.
This document provides training objectives and guidelines for flagmen. The objectives are to increase confidence in flagmen's responsibilities, improve unsafe practices, and develop teamwork between operators and flagmen. Guidelines discuss proper flagmen selection, when flagmen are needed, equipment, signals, positioning, and ensuring the flagmen and drivers can see each other. Pedestrians must be stopped from entering work areas. Overall, the focus is on clear communication and positioning to safely direct vehicle and equipment movement.
This document provides training objectives and guidelines for flagmen. The objectives are to increase confidence in flagmen's responsibilities, improve unsafe practices, and develop teamwork between operators and flagmen. Guidelines discuss proper flagmen selection, when flagmen are needed, equipment, signals, positioning, and ensuring the flagmen and drivers can see each other. Pedestrians must be stopped from entering work areas. Overall, the focus is on clear communication and positioning to safely direct vehicle and equipment movement.
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HSE DEPARTMENT
FLAGMAN TRAINING ALL PARTICIPANTS Please switch off your Mobile Phone & WALKIE Talkies/Two way Radio’s.
No Eating, Drinking & Sleeping in the training
room.
Strictly No Smoking in this Building.
OBJECTIVES GIVE CONFIDENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF A FLAGMAN AND OPERATORS RESPONSIBILITY IN OUR PROJECT
TO MAKE CHANGE IN THE PRESENT PRACTICE OF FLAGMAN AND EQUIPM
OPERATOR UNSAFE PRACTICE
TO DEVELOP TEAM WORK BETWEEN OPERATOR AND FLAGMAN.
PERSONNEL SELECTION
• STANDBY PERSONNEL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
SAFETY OF MEN AND OPERATIONS THEY OVERSEE,THEREFORE PERSONNEL SELECTED TO THESE TASKS MUST BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES WITHOUT CONSTANT SUPERVISION. When Flagman are Needed For all areas where mobile equipment is moving on site. When equipment is working close to or passing through overhead cables
To ensure safety of ground personnel around mobile equipment
Flagman: See and Be Seen • Always put yourself in a position where they can see you. • Do not turn your back on the equipment or vehicles and make sure that the driver or the operator can always see you.
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Equipment of a flagman
High Visibility Orange Vest
Flags • Flagman to ensure the color coding of flag and its use is understood.
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FLAGMAN Be visible to approaching traffic and make sure there is enough distance to allow enough time for the incoming vehicles to respond.
Leave yourself enough time to get out of the way if
the driver does not respond to your signals.
Never walk in front of or behind the direct path of
vehicle travel. FLAGMAN Flagman not to turn back to either of the equipment.
Flagman are to keep attention on both passing traffic
and moving mobile equipment. Always maintain control.
Flagman to blow whistle if driver did not respond to
the signal. If driver doesn’t want to follow signal. Report it immediately. • Control the traffic as smoothly as possible and post yourself at a highly visible and at safe location at all times. Face traffic while keeping eye on operating mobile equipment.
• Do not turn back either of the equipment. Ensure that the
driver sees the flagman, if not immediately stop the vehicle •Be alert and stay clear from all relative movement of vehicles or equipment. Never walk in front of, or behind the mobile equipment while it is moving.
• Flagman to ensure to give proper and clear signal to the driver. This photo shows that dump truck is backing up and the flagman initiate a STOP to allow another vehicle to pass by.
distan ce o wi ng a c le ar foll ehic les keep En s u re V Demonstration - GO
Stand out of vehicle path.
Fully extend arm vertically in UP position with GREEN flag then wave arm in traffic direction. Keep other arm in down position next to the legs. Demonstration - ALERT To Alert or Slow Traffic The flagmen should face the traffic and slowly wave the flag in a sweeping motion from the shoulder straight down to the ground. Do not raise the flag above shoulder height.
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Always give clear signals to the operator or drivers.
Stop RED flag up Go slowly GREEN Flag Up
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When controlling more than one vehicle on an intersection, the priority vehicle is on the main road. Flagman to stop first the vehicle on the interior road to allow the vehicle on the main road to proceed. Flagman to safely position himself, facing the oncoming vehicle from the interior portion of the road to stop with the red flag up and then face the oncoming vehicle from the main road with the green flag up. Emergency services Be alert for emergency vehicles, they have “highest priority". Allow them to pass as quickly as possible. Flagman upon hearing siren from emergency vehicles shall raise his flag up and down to slow down, drivers to park on side to allow emergency vehicles to pass by.
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Flagman to Pedestrian • Stop, and redirect approaching pedestrians workers when equipment/vehicle is in motion and only allow them to pass when equipment is stopped or passed by. • Flagman to ensure that other personnel working in close proximity to the traffic moving mobile equipment shall be made aware by sounding whistle and personnel shall stay away from the traffic area. • Do not allow any pedestrian / personnel to approach the equipment / vehicles.
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Flagman at Risk
Flagmen should understand the
associated work hazards and guide
equipment or vehicles safely into work locations, or to points of destinations. Saudi Electricity Company PP13 Project Flagman to Operator – The right place
Positioning of the flagman when dealing with mobile
and heavy articulated equipment. STAND OUT OF VEHICLE PATH AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE. Saudi Electricity Company PP13 Project Flagman to Operator - The wrong place
Flagman to Driver Flagman must be seen by the driver when reversing. Flagman should position themselves to see the driver’s eye in mirror. Ensure signal or flagging is understood and acknowledged by the driver. Go over flagman signals with driver (s) prior to mobile equipment movement. Flagman shall do only flagman work. On a circuit the flagman shall stop moving vehicles or driver, if driver needs to fix something on the vehicles. Flagman are required to immediately stop mobile equipment if damage is observed on the equipment. Flagmen not to turn back on equipment. Flagman not to position himself on the path of the slewing equipment.
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What is this signal?
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• Why is it important that the flagman concentrate and pay attention to his job? • When will the flagman allow pedestrians or other personnel on the traffic area? • Why we cannot allow pedestrian to cross the traffic, it will only take a second? • What do you do if the pedestrian did not obey your instruction?
• When working with heavy articulated equipment, is it important to
communicate with the operator? Why? • Where is the safest place for the flagman when working with slewing equipment?
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Review • Where is the right place for the flagman to position himself when a vehicle or equipment is reversing? • What will the driver do if he can not see the flagman in his mirror anymore? • Being the flagman, is it okay to do other things while flagging? • What will flagman and the driver should do if you cannot maintain a safe distance between the equipment and the hazards? • Why it is important that the flagman know what is going on around the vicinity? • To whom the flagman will report in case there are drivers and pedestrian workers who did not follow their instruction?
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YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN ETY CS AF E SAFETY CT I A PR ON THE JOB ON THE ROAD AT HOME NO JOB IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE CANNOT DO IT SAFELY
