ADOSH-SF Code of Practice 22.0 - Barricading of Hazards

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Abu Dhabi Occupational Safety and
Health System Framework
(ADOSH-SF)
Code of Practice
CoP 22.0 – Barricading of Hazards
Version 4.0
July 2024

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Training and Competency ........................................................................................................................... 4
3. Requirements .................................................................................................................................................. 5
3.1 Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................................................................. 5
3.2 Planning and Assessment.................................................................................................................. 5
3.3 Assessing the Need for a Barricade ............................................................................................... 6
3.4 Types of Barricades ............................................................................................................................. 6
3.5 Method of Barricading ......................................................................................................................... 7
3.6 Inspection of Barricading ................................................................................................................... 9
3.7 Removal of Barricading..................................................................................................................... 10
4. References ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
5. Document Amendment Record ............................................................................................................... 12

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1. Introduction
(a) This Code of Practice (CoP) applies to all Employers within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
This CoP is designed to incorporate requirements set by Abu Dhabi Occupational
Safety and Health Center (OSHAD) and Sector Regulatory Authorities in the Emirate
of Abu Dhabi.
(b) This CoP establishes the requirements and standards so that the risks of certain
physical hazards can be prevented or reduced through the installation and
maintenance of barricades.
(c) ‘Barricading’ is a general term referring to a structure consisting of vertical and/or
horizontal components (e.g. barricade mesh, tape, panels etc.), or similar objects, used
to create a restricted access area to prevent unauthorized entry into a particular work
area or area where a hazard may exist.

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2. Training and Competency
(a) Employers shall ensure that OSH training complies with the requirements of:
(i)
ADOSH-SF – Element 5 – Training, Awareness and Competency;
(ii)
ADOSH-SF – Mechanism 7.0 – Occupational Safety and Health Practitioner and
Service Provider Registration.
(b) Employers shall ensure employees required to implement the requirements of this CoP
are trained in the barricading of hazards and understand the risks associated with
using the equipment and the control measures implemented.
(c) Training for employees shall be competency-based and include:
(i) systems of work needed for the safe use of barricades;
(ii) types and selection of correct barricades;
(iii) barricade equipment; and
(iv) care, maintenance and inspection of barricades.
(d) Employers shall conduct additional retraining whenever a periodic inspection reveals,
or there is a reason to believe, that there are deviations from or inadequacies in the
employee’s knowledge of barricading of hazards.
(e) Employers shall conduct additional retraining whenever a barricading of hazards
procedure fails.
(f) Employers shall maintain a record of the required training that contains the following
information:
(i) name and ID number;
(ii) Emirates ID number;
(iii) subject(s) of training;
(iv) date(s) of training; and
(v) person(s) providing the training.

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3. Requirements
3.1 Roles and Responsibilities
3.1.1 Employer
(a) Employers shall undertake their roles and responsibilities in accordance with the
general requirements of
ADOSH-SF – Element 1 – Roles, Responsibilities and Self-
Regulation Section 3.2.5.
(b) Employers shall undertake their specific roles and responsibilities in accordance with
the following:
(i) maintaining control of access to dangerous or high risk areas or equipment
through the use of barricades;
(ii) barricades shall be appropriate for the task and in serviceable condition;
(iii) all work involving the use of barricades shall be appropriately planned, organized
and appropriately supervised;
(iv) those involved in the barricading of hazards are trained and competent; and
(v) barricades are inspected on a regular basis by a competent person.
3.1.2 Employee
(a) Employees shall undertake their roles and responsibilities in accordance with the
general requirements of
ADOSH-SF – Element 1 – Roles, Responsibilities and Self-
Regulation Section 3.2.7.
(b) Employees shall undertake their specific roles and responsibilities in accordance with
the following:
(i) employees shall report any activity or defect relating to barricades which they
believe is reasonably foreseeable to endanger their safety or the safety of
another person; and
(ii) employees shall follow safe systems of work as instructed by the Entity whilst
installing or erecting barricades.
3.2 Planning and Assessment
(a) Employers shall evaluate each site or operation to determine if hazards are present
and the barricade equipment shall be assessed using risk management practices as
required by
ADOSH-SF – Element 2 – Risk Management.
(b) Employers shall ensure the following:
(i) an assessment of the various risks is undertaken and systems of work which are
safe to both employees and the public shall be established;
(ii) that effective procedures and control measures are in place which are
implemented in order to manage the barricading of hazards;
(iii) that for the Building and Construction Sector the management of barricading
requirements are included in the Pre-Tender Environment, Health and Safety

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Plan in accordance with
ADOSH-SF – CoP 53.0 – OSH Management during
Construction Work; and
(iv) that associated safe systems of work, and site rules are included in the Safety
and Health Construction Management Plan (OSH-CMP) in the case of the
Building and Construction Sector in accordance with
ADOSH-SF – CoP 53.0 –
OSHAD Management during Construction Work.
3.3 Assessing the Need for a Barricade
(a) In accordance with the requirements of
ADOSH-SF – Element 2 – Risk Management
Employers shall undertake an assessment of the nature of the hazard, the likelihood
and consequence of interaction with the hazard and details of the minimum
barricading requirements.
(b) Employers shall evaluate the site and/or operation to determine if hazards are present
and the need for barricading to be erected shall be determined. Areas where
barricading may be required include:
(i) where there is a danger of a person falling;
(ii) being struck by falling objects;
(iii) pedestrians and vehicles entering site;
(iv) where there is a danger of injury from equipment or processes or for
maintenance of equipment; and
(v) to control access to an identified hazard or hazardous areas.
3.4 Types of Barricades
3.4.1 Soft Barricading
(a) Employers shall use soft barricading to prevent entry of personnel and equipment as
an immediate and short-term control. This barricade type shall be used where risk
assessment indicates that the associated risk is low. Examples of soft barricading may
include:
(i) scissor/expanding barricade;
(ii) post and chain;
(iii) plastic cone and plank;
(iv) flag type bunting; and
(v) plastic mesh barriers.

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3.4.2 Hard Barricading
(a) Employers shall use hard barricading to prevent entry of personnel and equipment to
areas where a risk assessment indicates the use of solid barricades to provide a
physical barrier. Examples of hard barricading may include:
(i) construction site barricade eg. mesh or hoarding fence panels;
(ii) scaffold tube and fitting;
(iii) road traffic control barricade; and
(iv) free standing ridged ‘A-Frame’ barricade.
(b) Employers shall ensure where solid barricades are used they shall be erected by a
competent person and accompanied with signs to communicate the hazard
information.
(c) Employers shall ensure designated entry and exit points or gateways are included in
the barricade design where entry to the controlled area is required.
3.5 Method of Barricading
3.5.1 General Requirements
(a) Employers shall ensure the following:
(i) where a workplace hazard has been identified, barricading and demarcation
appropriate to the hazard shall be installed;
(ii) barricades shall be constructed of an approved type and shall be used:
1. to provide a visual barrier;
2. to restrict access of unauthorized persons to worksites and restricted
areas;
3. to contain equipment and materials; and
4. to prevent interaction with an identified hazard.
(iii) barricades are erected to separate the hazardous area either by integration with
existing structures or stand-alone installation;
(iv) barricades shall be installed in such a way as to eliminate the possibility of
accidental entry into barricade zone;
(v) where the general public could become exposed to the hazard, physical barriers
shall be used and/or a safety observer appointed where appropriate;
(vi) entry points in barricading shall be arranged such that personnel entering the
area cannot walk directly into the hazard;
(vii) barricading may make use of existing structures where reasonably practicable
however, barricading shall not be tied off to electric cables, flexible air hoses,
etc; and
(viii) where solid barricades are used they shall be accompanied with signs to
communicate the hazard information in accordance with the requirements of
ADOSH-SF – CoP 17.0 – Safety Signage and Signals.

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3.5.2 Barricade Signs
(a) Employers shall ensure the following:
(i) barricading signs are attached in appropriate numbers to ensure visibility under
all circumstances and in accordance to
ADOSH-SF – CoP 17.0 – Safety Signage
and Signals; and
(ii) barricading signs shall provide the contact person/responsible supervisor’s name
and phone number in addition to the expected duration that the barricading shall
be in place. Where appropriate, signs shall also have attached specific hazard
information eg. ―
”Danger no access-persons working above”.
3.5.3 Barricade Tape
(a) Employers shall ensure where barricade tape is used to restrict access to an area:
(i) the barricaded area shall encompass the entire potentially affected area of the
hazards – eg. sparks, falling objects, leaks etc. and take into account reasonably
practicable deflection of an object from a structure below if it falls;
(ii) where it is used to protect from a trip hazard or unprotected edge, with a fall
potential of less than 2 meters, the barricade tape shall be installed at least 2
meters back from the edge or hazard; and
(iii) the barricade tape shall be maintained in good condition ensuring it remains
effective as a control measure.
3.5.4 Barricade Materials
(a) Employers shall ensure the following:
(i) barricading materials such as mesh, and/or tape shall be installed with the top
edge at a height between 900 mm to 1200 mm;
(ii) when using mesh, it shall be appropriately supported to avoid sagging;
(iii) where cone and plank type barriers are used planks shall be fixed in place with
proprietary brackets;
(iv) road barricading or delineation control measures shall be set at a maximum
distance in accordance with the requirements of
ADOSH-SF – CoP 33.0 – Working
On, or Adjacent to a Road; and
(v) water filled plastic barricades, where they are used with the potential for a
vehicle impact shall be linked together and filled with water.

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3.5.5 Lighting
(a) Employers shall ensure the following:
(i) warning lights, such as amber-flashing beacons, are provided at appropriate
intervals where the risk assessment indicates the need to warn people of the
presence of a barricade during darkness; and
(ii) where barricades are installed across roadways and shall remain in place during
hours of darkness, the barricade shall be fitted with flashing lights to identify
the barricade/traffic obstruction in accordance with the requirements of
ADOSH-
SF – CoP 33.0 – Working On, or Adjacent to a Road.
3.5.6 Prevention of Unauthorized Access
(a) For the Building and Construction Sector employers shall ensure:
(i) Construction sites shall be secured with fencing to prevent so far as reasonably
practicable unauthorized access to the site;
(ii) fencing requirements shall be in accordance with:
1. the relevant Building Code and its Executive Regulation; and
2.
the relevant latest construction regulation laws of Abu Dhabi and its
Executive Regulation.
(iii) a security guard shall be provided to maintain site security out-of-hours where
there is an increased risk of unauthorized access such as:
1. the site is located in a residential area and there is a foreseeable risk of
children entering the site; and
2. previous experience indicates unauthorized access is reasonably
foreseeable in the particular area where the site is located.
3.6 Inspection of Barricading
3.6.1 General Inspections
(a) Employers shall ensure the following:
(i) barricades shall be kept in a condition that doesn’t reduce their effectiveness
which includes:
1. signed appropriately and clearly visible;
2. effective at preventing accidental contact;
3. visible during the hours of darkness where required; and
4. removed promptly when the work is completed or the hazard has been
removed.
(ii) barricade components are to be inspected frequently and those with defects
shall be withdrawn from service for repair or disposal and tagged or marked as
"Dangerous, Do Not Use”; and
(iii) as a minimum, a weekly formal inspection shall be undertaken and documented
for all barricading carried out under this CoP.

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(b) Employers shall consider the use of inspection tags fixed to each barricade. The
inspection tag can be used to record the following information:
(i) identification mark of the barricade;
(ii) the date the barricading was first erected;
(iii) date of the last inspection;
(iv) result of inspection; and
(v) name of the person carrying out the inspection.
3.6.2 Inspection after Incident
(a) Employers shall ensure the following:
(i) that if a barricade is damaged or involved in any form of incident, it is to be
inspected to ensure it remains fit for purpose;
(ii) if repair to a damaged barricade component is not reasonably practicable, that
component is to be removed from service, marked accordingly and disposed of;
and
(iii) that only serviceable barricades are available for use.
3.7 Removal of Barricading
(a) Employers shall ensure all barricading and tape are removed once they are no longer
required (eg. hazard controlled / work complete).

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4. References
According to the latest issued:
• Abu Dhabi Law (4) 1983 and its Executive Regulation

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5. Document Amendment Record
Version Revision Date Description of Amendment
Page/s Affected
4.0
15 July 2024
System acronym updated from OSHAD-SF
to ADOSH-SF to accurately reflect
document title
Throughout
Change from OSHAD to ADPHC
Change of Logo
Minor editorial changes throughout the
document without changing requirements.
Title of Mechanism 7.0 updated to ADOSH-
SF – Mechanism 7– Occupational Safety
and Health Practitioner and Service
Provider Registration
OSHAD-SF - Mechanism 8.0 - OSH
Practitioner Registration deleted

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