Safety and Health for Field Operations

  

 

 

 

Safety and Health for Field Operations                            

Introduction
This Survey Manual Handbook was developed to complement
Survey Manual Handbook SM 445-2-H. This Handbook lays the
groundwork for incorporating occupational safety and health into
the planning of all field projects and tasks. This Handbook will assist
supervisors in providing a safe and healthful workplace for Bureau
employees and volunteers. In addition, it provides employees with
information on safe work practices, identification of hazards, and
reporting of unsafe working conditions.
This Handbook is a tool that supports management’s responsibility to
promote positive safety and health attitudes among employees and to
integrate safe procedures into all Bureau activities. Supervisors are
responsible for recognizing and rewarding employees for outstanding
performance in the area of occupational safety and health.
Every Bureau supervisor, employee, and volunteer is responsible for
following safe work practices and procedures, and for identifying
and reporting unsafe conditions. The purpose of this Handbook is to
provide assistance in carrying out those responsibilities.
All Bureau employees and volunteers are responsible for familiarizing themselves with this Handbook and for utilizing safe work practices and procedures during performance of duties. For the purposes
of this Handbook, Bureau volunteers are considered to be employees