Conduct and safety guidelines for external companies and non-plant personnel

1. registration, access and residence authorization

• The briefing is carried out after your notification by the project manager (plant manager, purchaser, foreman, skilled workers from the departments) before the start of work. All work must be approved by the SBOT representative or their deputy (information on possible specific potential hazards). This briefing can also take place before the day the work is carried out.
• You are only permitted to stay in the areas assigned to you. It is forbidden to enter other areas of the company.
• A supervisor from each external company must be responsible for the work group on site. The named contact person is responsible for compliance with these instructions and must bring them to the attention of his employees. Annual confirmation of the safety guidelines is required.

2. occupational safety, safety regulations

• When carrying out the work, the statutory regulations applicable in Austria and/or the special regulations issued by us must be complied with.
• According to the Employee Protection Act and the Construction Ordinance, you are obliged to wear the prescribed personal protective equipment (§ 69 and §70 ASchG).
• The correct personal protective equipment must be used for all activities. Helmets must be worn without exception when working with cranes, scaffolding, cherry pickers or working on top of each other
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• The wearing of safety vests by persons outside the company is mandatory on the entire factory premises.
• Work may only be carried out within the scope of the professional qualifications
  (e.g. all work in the field of electricity by a licensed electrical contractor –
  no “self-qualifications”).
• Main energy shutdowns (electricity, steam, compressed air, water, gas, …) may only be carried out by the SBOT employees responsible for this.

3. alcohol and other intoxicating substances

• There is a strict ban on alcohol and the consumption of intoxicating substances on the entire site, which therefore also applies to you and your staff.

4. construction sites, maintenance and cleaning work

• The Construction Workers Protection Ordinance applies to work on elevated stands.
  Fall height greater than or equal to 0.5 for machines: at least 1.1 m high railing with breast and middle guardrail.
• Fall height greater than or equal to 1m: at least 1m high railing with breast and middle railing.
• Fall height greater than or equal to 2m: Additional foot guardrails required to the guardrail.
  Only ladders built and tested in accordance with ÖNORM EN 131 may be used.
  Pay particular attention to the dangers posed by indoor cranes and forklift traffic when working on elevated stands. Hazardous areas must be secured/blocked off in consultation with the project manager (e.g. signal lights outdoors at night).
• During construction work, the responsible employer is responsible for the workplace design and its safety in accordance with BauV §61.
  Storage of plant components, building materials, tools, etc. may only be carried out in places that have been approved by the project manager.
• If work is required in containers, ducts, pits, shafts or similar confined spaces, the project manager named under point 1 must be contacted (written approval). Shafts or openings must be secured against falling.
• Roofs may not be entered without written permission (clearance certificate) from the project manager.
• Access to the roofs and cranes is only permitted by using a cherry picker or ladder with back protection (fall protection). The necessary protection against falling must be provided in any case (safety harness or harness).
• Floor-controlled cranes and forklifts may only be operated at SBOT by trained and instructed persons (crane license, forklift license). An “internal driving license” is also required to operate the aforementioned equipment.
• Hazardous areas due to removed protective devices, open pits and channels as well as the removal of gratings must be adequately secured immediately.

5. fire protection

• If hot work (formation of sparks, open flames) or work in areas with explosion hazards is required, work may only be carried out after a release certificate has been issued by SBOT or written approval has been given by the company fire department. A clearance certificate has a maximum validity of one week. The release certificate must be applied for in good time (3 days before the start of work). You can obtain detailed information from your project manager.
• When the fire or evacuation alarm signal sounds (continuous E siren tone), you must leave the factory halls immediately and go to the assembly point assigned to you.

6. work on electrical installations

• Where possible, work on SBOT electrical systems must be agreed in advance with the responsible project manager during the work meeting, but at the latest before the start of work with the person responsible for the system or an employee from the electrical maintenance department.
• Both the planned changes and the person responsible for the work must be specified.
• Work on electrical systems includes:
  Conversions, repairs and recommissioning of systems and electrical components
• Electrical work in the distribution and network area of SBOT
• Electrical work in office buildings and in production
• Electrical work on production machines
• non-electrical work (e.g. painting, various installation or bricklaying activities, etc.) carried out in switching areas to which only employees with specialist electrical training normally have access
• Both the persons responsible for the work and the employees carrying out the work must have the necessary qualifications for the electrical work and be trained in occupational safety for low-voltage systems. The applicable standards and statutory regulations must be complied with during execution.
• Disconnection and reconnection of circuits (disconnection and reconnection of machines at distribution boards) must only be carried out by SBOT employees after appropriate consultation (completion of work, breaks, etc.).
• Switching operations for machines must be clarified on site.
  Before starting work when entering the company premises for the first time, electrical work must be specified separately on the “Installation approval for external companies” form.
• The person responsible for the work and the employee carrying out the work must be entered here. The person responsible for the system or an employee from the electrical maintenance department must then be contacted.
  In the case of work lasting several days, consultation must take place daily before work begins.

7. obligation to report working and operating materials

• Safety data sheets for all working and operating materials required to carry out the work must be sent to the environmental officers in advance by email (see contact data sheet). This also includes any cleaners, lubricants, sealants or similar substances used. Work materials with special hazards (highly flammable, toxic, corrosive, etc.) must be indicated separately.

8. vehicles and objects on the company premises

• Driving motor vehicles and bicycles is only permitted on the designated
  traffic routes (not in buildings). The
  road traffic regulations (max. 25 km/h) or walking speed apply throughout the plant area. Plant traffic always has priority!
• The parking of cars/trucks in the halls is prohibited. Parking is only permitted in designated areas. Vehicles parked in prohibited areas will be towed away for a fee. Parking is prohibited on both sides of the southern runway and between NITEC and Hall 1 SBOT.

9. photo, film and video ban

• It is generally forbidden to take photographs or film anywhere on the company premises, in the offices and in the production halls. Cameras (including cell phones with camera function) or similar are strictly prohibited during guided tours of the production facilities. Violators may be expelled from the company premises.

10. persons under the age of 18

• Trainees (apprentices) must be supervised when working on our company premises. The responsibility lies solely with the contractor.

11. smoking ban

• Smoking is strictly prohibited in all company premises and production halls outside the marked smoking areas.

12. environmental protection, waste

• Any discharge via manholes (e.g. contaminated wastewater) is prohibited.
• Any environmental incidents (e.g. contamination of the soil, water or air with harmful substances) must be reported immediately to the company fire department. The emergency number 122 must then be called and the project manager informed.
• After completion of the work, the project manager or his representative must be notified of completion. The installation sites must be handed over in a clean and tidy condition. Unless otherwise agreed, any waste produced must be disposed of properly at the contractor’s expense.

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