HSE Policy / Discipline Action Policy

HSE rules and regulations of Sterling Group apply to all employees within the company’s premises, on work sites, and while undertaking official duties outside the company’s premises. These rules and regulations also apply to off-duty employees within the company’s premises and on work sites to the extent that their presence directly affects their safety or safety of others.

A list of offences, by no means exhaustive or limited to, that may cause the need for disciplinary action is as follows:

• Causing injury to another person due to negligence, carelessness, or horseplay;
• Willfully or negligently causing or contributing to damage of the company’s or clients’ property;
• Being under the influence of, in possession of, or attempting to bring alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs on the company’s work sites;
• Intentionally giving false testimony during accident/incident investigation;
• Refusing to cooperate in giving vital information in an accident/incident investigation;
• Failure to observe published safety rules and regulations;
• Operating machines and equipment contrary to established procedures or without consent and/or knowledge of the authorized supervisor;
• Failure to report immediately a personal accident or injury incurred on company’s premises;
• Failure to use habitual wearing of personal protective equipment;
• Smoking within prescribed hazardous area;
• Engaging in horseplay;
• Tampering with or misuse of fire fighting equipment and alarm systems;
• Unauthorized use of fire fighting equipment other than its primary purpose without consent of the authorized person;
• Removing tags or locks on main electrical/mechanical controls without permission from the person working on the equipment;
• Unauthorized use or operation of the machinery and equipment including, but not limited to, switches, valves, etc.;
• Creating or contributing to a very poor housekeeping or unsanitary conditions;
• Entering “Restricted /Dangerous/Hazardous” areas without permission from the authorized person;
• Intentionally detaching, refraining from use or rendering inoperative devices without consent of the authorized supervisor;
• Driving company’s vehicles in excess of the required speed limit;
• Unauthorized work inside confined space where work location is classified as “Restricted/Hazardous” without first securing work permit;
• Removing and leaving manhole cover or floor opening unguarded creating very dangerous conditions;
• Failure to report the use of prescribed and non-prescribed medications.