RISK ASSESSMENT

Activity

Street light foundation works

Method Statement No:

DOC NO:EXW P015-0000-SE-LNT-MT-00101,REV CB

Risk Assessment No:013/PP

Date of Assessment

07 Feb 15

Review Date

Revision 0

Act
No.

Activity

Survey,
Marking
layer/level

Potential Hazards

Consequence

Working near plant Injury from

Being hit by a moving
and vehicle
vehicle/plant
Dust
Working near live
road/traffic

06 Feb 2016

Risk Level

Control Measures

P S R

Personal injury
/property damage
from

Excavation

Underground utilities
Working with moving
plants
Noise
Dust

Collusion with
moving plants
and vehicle
Striking
underground
services
Slip, trip and fall

15

L&T/HSE/27

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Marking out areas near plant vehicle movement area shall be isolated via
physical barriers or controlled by banks man
PPE such as safety shoe, reflective jacket and helmet must be worn by all
those involved in the activities

The project engineer shall make sure that all required NOCs from
concerned authorities are obtained and available with him prior to start
removal of trees.
Obtain excavation work permit from HSE department before commencing
the work and site supervisor shall make sure the permit, Method statement
and TBT on method statement/risk assessments are available at site.
Competent supervision must be available during work
Identify and mark the underground utilities before starting the excavation
and protect the utilities (If any) during work
Provide adequate protection for open pits such as hard barrier, adequate
hazard warning signs (Danger Deep Excavation), mini flash lights if the
trench is near to live road.
Only manual excavation to be done in areas where there is presence of
underground utilities.
Equipment operation shall only be under the guidance of a competent banks
man.
PPE such as safety shoe, reflective jacket, dust mask. goggles and helmet
must be worn by all those involved in the activities

Resid
ual
Risk

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Moving traffic
Operatives and
plants/vehicle close
to the live traffic
Working close to Dust
Live Traffic/Road Foreign object
particles
Material falling from
moving vehicles.

Personal injury,
Fatality, Property
damage from traffic
accident

20

Construction of
precast
Foundation

Unsafe working
platform
Use of hand tools
and power tools
Manual Handling
protruding nails, sharp
edges
Ladder use
Contact with wet
concrete

Personal injuries from

Fall from height

Manual handling
Use of power tools
Health hazard from
contact with wet
concrete

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All Road diversions, Detour and working close to live road shall be carried out
as per approved detour plan and permit
All activity shall be carried out under competent supervision only.
A competent banks man must be present in the vehicle/plant movement area
Pedestrian and vehicle routes shall be segregated so far as reasonably
practical and shall be clearly marked with signs and barriers
All work shall be carried out within the work zone (hard barrier) no one will be
allowed to go to live road.
All employees shall follow instruction and attend training on site traffic
management and logistics
Avoid reverse movement
All employees should wear high visibility jacket at all times
No workers shall be allowed to cross live roads, always be away from live road
and adjacent barriers
Do not move any barrier or signs from its locations
Ensure adequate lighting provided during night activities
Do not store or keep any loose materials close to live road, Do not throw any
materials on live road
Heavy equipment such as cranes, boom loaders, excavators, back hoes should
not swing/extend their booms/arms towards live road direction at any time.
Banks man must control/guide the operators

Safe and suitable working platform with suitable access/egress shall be

provided for all work at height
Good housekeeping shall be maintained to minimise trip hazards and contact
with sharp objects such as protruding nails, sharp steel and tools....etc.
Only competent operatives will use the power tools such as angle grinder,
jack hammer...etc.
The operator/supervisor will check the tools for its inspection tag/colour
coding; guards are in place, cable...etc. while collecting the tool from store
and before starting the work.
The foreman must make sure that no one uses loose clothing when working
with grinder or any rotating machinery.
Trailing cables should not be in the path of other workers.
Plugs and sockets should be water resistant and colour coded. Not domestic
appliances.
Adequate PPE must be used by the operatives using power tools, such as
eye, respiratory protection, hand gloves, face shield while working with

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Erection of precast
chambers

Use of crane/
Lifting
operation

L&T/HSE/27

Crane associated
hazards

Structural failure
Erection of lifting
equipment at poor
ground condition,
close to edge of
embankment
Proximity Hazards
such as OH electric
line, Excavation,
mobile
equipments, other
traffic
Underground utilities
Use of damaged
lifting gears
Absent of competent
rigger/supervisor
Manual Handling
Inclement weather

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Injury/fatality by crane
failure, dropped load,
load striking other
object/personal

Death or Major Injury/

property damage from
lifting equipment
failure/dropped load

12

15

grinders...etc.
Manual handling technique must be taught to all operatives involved in the
activities
If ladders used as access/egress it must be secured top and bottom
Operatives involved in the concrete activity shall use appropriate PPE such
gumboots, hand gloves, safety glassetc.

Lifting permit must be obtained from HSE Department and implement the
permit requirements
Only competent crane operator will operate the crane
Competent lifting supervisor and rigger will present during lifting
Crane and lifting gears shall be suitable and certified, valid certificates must
be available with crane
Site Engineer shall make sure that the crane, lifting equipment, gears are
suitable for the load and visually inspected by HSE team and Lifting Permit
is obtained from HSE department.
The lifting supervisor and the crane operator must check the ground
condition and the surrounding of operation for any proximity hazard such
as edge of embankment, manholes, overhead electrical line, mobile
equipment etc.
All lifting activities shall be carried out by competent operator under a
competent supervisor and rigger.
The lifting area shall be demarked provide sufficient hazard warning signs
to avoid unauthorized entry of people/vehicle.
Ensure load is secured properly, remove if any loose material.
Use tag line of sufficient length to prevent unwanted swinging of the load.
Provide PPE such as hand gloves, goggles, safety shoes & hard hat to the
workers engaged.
Stop the activity in case of bad weather such as sand storm affecting
visibility, heavy wind 35 KMPH or more and heavy rainetc.

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Severity

Risk Matrix
Consequence

Likelihood(probability) of occurrence
Very
Low
Medium
High
Low
1
2
3
4

Very
High
5

Insignificant
FAC

Insignificant
(QR 1 to 500)

Minor impact/ damage

Minor
Impact

Minor
(MTC/ RWC)
Moderate
(LTI/ PPD/ reportable
injuries)
Major
Single Fatality/ PTD

Moderate
(QR 501 to 5000)
Considerable
(QR 5001 to 50000)

Moderate Impact-reportable to
authority
Localized Impact- authority
involvement

Limited Impact

Considerable Impact

12

15

Major
(QR 50001 to 100000)

Major Impact

Country wide impact.

12

16

20

Catastrophic
Multiple PTDs/ Fatalities

Heavy
(above QR 100000)

Massive Impact

Worldwide impact

10

15

20

25

3
4
5

Risk Rating Criteria

Risk= Severity X Likelihood
Low Risk:
Risk Rating from 1 to 3
Medium Risk:
Risk Rating from 4 to9
High Risk:
Risk Rating from 10 to 25
Assessed By

L&T/HSE/27

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Designation

Signature

Date

Occurred more
than 5 times in
a year in the
Company/
project

company/ Occurred 5
project times in a year
times in the

R
Reputation

project Occurred in
the company/

E
Environment

knownThe incident is

A
Asset(s)
(Damage or loss of any kind)

Never heard of
the incident

H
Human
(injury)

5
10

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1. R Sreenivasan
2. Polaprakasan
3. R Ethirajan

L&T/HSE/27

Rev 00 Page 5 of 5

Construction Manager
HSE Manager
Deputy Project Director