UDOT

UDOT Safety and Health Manual https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NVvm5nq-OH_ZogfTbDQT8PGpCfbHdn4H/view

Description:

Contractors must utilize all or portions of this manual, whichever is more stringent, as the basis
for their own safety and health plans. Each Contractor is responsible for protecting the health
and safety of its employees while ensuring they have a safe and healthful place to work. This
manual stipulates the minimum level of safety compliance required on UDOT projects, which
applies to UDOT rights-of-way or temporary contractor facilities solely adjacent to UDOT
projects.
The RE and Region Safety Risk Manager will monitor Contractors and Subcontractor’s
implementation and application of their respective safety programs at the work site. The RE and
Region Safety Risk Manager have the authority to stop work when either site conditions and/or
work practices present an imminent danger (i.e. may result in serious injury, death or extensive
property damage) until those conditions and/or practices are corrected. The RE may issue a
“Safety Notice of Non-Compliance” letter to the Contractor. If corrective measures are not taken
immediately no part of the time lost due to any such stop work order shall be made the subject
of a claim for extension of time or increased costs by the Contractor or responsible
Subcontractor. The RE and Region Safety Risk Manager shall not be liable for any damages
experienced by the Contractor or responsible Subcontractor due to the work stoppage.
Progress payments may also cease until UDOT is satisfied that the Contractor and/or its
responsible Subcontractor are in full compliance with all applicable safety and health rules,
standards and regulations.
The RE, Region Safety Risk Manager and Contractor shall have the authority to effectively
remove from the site any person who is regarded as a frequent violator of safe work practices,
or who fails to ensure persons working under their supervision or in a work place they control
are not exposed to serious work hazards. Any “Responsible Person” assigned to identify existing
and predictable hazards and authorized to eliminate them, that fails to perform this duty for any
reason shall be replaced by the employer on recommendation by any noted above.
When confronted with minor to serious hazards, The RE or Region Safety Risk Manager will
advise the responsible contractor of the condition, and obtain a date from that Contractor by
which the minor to serious conditions will be abated (to be no more than 48 hours). The
responsible Contractor will adopt means to prevent the exposure of its employees and others to
the minor to serious condition. If the responsible Contractor fails to take corrective action by
the agreed upon abatement date, the RE has authority to retain the necessary craftsmen to
perform the work with the costs for all such labor and material being back charged against the
responsible Contractor. In exercising this authority, the Contractor shall have no recourse
against either the RE or the Region Safety Risk Manager for any damages that may arise as a
result of such stoppage. Established work schedules will not be automatically extended to
accommodate the period of any stoppage occasioned by such corrective work.
The Contractor shall not receive additional payment or reimbursement for safety items and
procedures, which have been identified as required by the Safety Program.

Failure to comply with the contract safety requirements will be considered as non-compliance
with the contract and may result in remedial action including withholding of progress payments
due the Contractor and/or termination of the Contractor from the site.
In the event the work or any portion thereof is shut down by the UDOT Safety Team or an
outside agency because of an unsafe condition, the responsible Contractor shall bear any costs
that may be incurred by the Owner.