# DSE2.1: On-Site Safety

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**Does the entity promote on-site safety during the construction phase of its development projects?**

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## Assessment Instructions

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<summary><strong>Intent</strong>: What is the purpose of this indicator?</summary>

Construction activities involve inherent health and safety risks that can lead to incidents, injuries, or fatalities. This indicator assesses how the entity promotes on-site safety during the construction phase, recognizing that strong occupational health and safety practices reflect prudent risk management and support long-term project success.

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<summary><strong>Input</strong>: How do I complete this indicator?</summary>

Select yes or no. If yes, select all applicable sub-options for (1) promotion means and (2) requirements and standards.

### Terminology

**Communicating safety information**

> Promoting safety rules, requirements, incidents, etc. to workers through regular dissemination of information, implementation of signage, etc.

**On-site health and safety**

> Requirements that focus on protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in construction work.

**On-site health and safety professional (coordinator)**

> A person whose primary responsibility is overseeing and managing the on-site health and safety of projects.

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<summary><strong>Validation</strong>: What evidence is required?</summary>

No evidence required. Only the 'Other' answer is manually validated.

#### **Other Answer**

State the alternative means applied to promote on-site health and safety. Ensure that the ‘other’ means is not a duplicate of the provided list of elements (e.g., safety signage when 'Communicating safety information' was selected).

It is possible to add multiple other answers. If multiple other answers are acceptable, only one will be counted towards scoring.

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## Scoring

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<summary><strong>Scoring</strong>: How does GRESB score this indicator?</summary>

The scoring of this indicator is equal to the fraction assigned to the selected option, multiplied by the total score of the indicator.

**Other:** The 'Other' answer is manually validated and assigned a score which is used as a multiplying factor, as per the table below:

| Validation status | Score |
| ----------------- | ----- |
| Accepted          | 1/1   |
| Not Accepted      | 0     |
| Duplicate         | 0     |

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<summary><em>References</em></summary>

BS OHSAS 18001/18002, Occupational Health and Safety Management

ISO 9001, Quality Management Systems; and ISO 14001, Environmental Management System

ILO-OSH 2001, Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems

NAICS 23

GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, 2016: GRI 403 Occupational health and safety

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