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COMMITMENTS TO QUALITY STANDARDS
Al-Mazaya Company Profile
| Commitments to Quality Standards
Types of Barriers and Guards
Standard types of barriers and guards include the following:
• Guardrails and handholds
• Saw horses
• Tape
• Toeboards
• Cones
Other physical barriers and solid separators (dust barriers, hazard barriers, temporary walkways, etc.) may be used.
NOTE:
Signs that state DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION are also important when barriers or guards are necessary. Remember to
make signs legible, visible, and brief.
Areas that Need Barriers and Guards
Any area that poses a physical threat to workers and/or pedestrians requires barriers or guards. Areas that typically require
permanent or temporary protection include the following:
• Stairways
• Hatches
• Chutes
• Open Manholes
• Elevated platforms
• Areas with moving machinery
• Excavation sites
• Construction sites
• Temporary wall or floor openings
• Doors opening into construction sites
Using Barriers and Guards
The following list provides guidelines for using barriers and guards:
• Notify the all with Disabilities when barriers are used.
• When necessary, reroute pedestrian and vehicular traffic to completely avoid a construction site.
• Guard any permanent ground opening into which a person could fall with a guardrail, load-bearing cover, or other
physical barrier.
• Ensure that temporary floor openings, such as pits and open manholes, are guarded by secure, removable guardrails. If
guardrails are available, have someone guard the opening
• Ensure that all stairways, ladderways, hatchways, or chute floor opening have handrails or hinged covers.
• Ensure that enclosed stairways with four or more steps have at least one railing, and that open stairways with four or more
steps have two railings.
• Ensure that all platforms and walkways that are elevated or locate next to moving machinery are equipped with handrails,
guardrails, or toeboards.
• Barricade any wall opening through which a person or tools could fall. Use gates, doors, guardrails, or other physical
barriers to block the opening.
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