Risk Assesssment IG2 Report
Risk Assesssment IG2 Report
Declaration: By submitting this assessment (Parts 1 – 4) for marking I declare that it is entirely my own work. I understand that falsely claiming that
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Important note: You must refer to the document ‘Unit IG2: risk assessment – Guidance and information for learners and Learning Partners’ while
completing all parts of this assessment. Your Learning Partner should provide you with a copy, but it can also be downloaded from the relevant
resources section for this qualification on the NEBOSH website.
Part 1: Background
You should aim to complete this section in 150 - 200 words.
Topic Comments
Name of organisation* Dow Boys Hostel Construction by Imtiaz Builders.
Site location* University Road, Karachi, Pakistan.
Number of workers 100
Dow boy hostel is a new building construction site building by Imtiaz Builders. It is a 4-
storey building in a different partition of areas which in its initial stage. The total area of
the site is 7,000 square meters. I visited the site on 6th Nov, 2022 for my risk
assessment.
The construction site has a project manager, finance manager, HSE manager, general
manager, officer, ready mix plant manager, mechanical engineer, supervisor, masons,
General description of the organisation electrician, plumbers, and general labours. The average age of the employees is between
25 to 45 years. The site operates in single shift from 9:00am to 5:00pm, 48 working hours
weekly with Friday off. This site consists of different sections like administration offices,
worker’s accommodation, material storage area, steel fabrication area, concrete mixing
plant, and mechanical workshop area. Machinery and equipment used on the
construction site are loader truck, ready mixer, crane, excavator, dump truck, and
scaffolding. The activities of the site are labour fitting the scaffolding mixing of cement,
loading and unloading truck, steel fabrication, excavation for foundation, etc.
Description of the area to be included in
Area to be included in risk assessment is whole construction site.
the risk assessment
Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
category and and how? doing? required? further actions to person’s job
hazard be completed title
(within …)
Work Steel fixer working with Safety gloves, safety glasses 1. Safety guards for hand grinders 1. 1 week Finance
equipment grinder and worker direct safety footwear, and head must be installed, for the worker’s manager
and expose to grinder. protection with a helmet are safety to protect them from 2. 1 week (1,5)
machinery provided to the worker cutting abrasive cutting and grinding disc.
By cutting iron bar with iron bar with a grinder. 3. 1 week
hand grinder without 2. Must provide trip device to hand HSE manager
Steel fixer safety guard, disc may Proper training in using a grinder in any case of emergency 4. 1 week (6)
cutting iron bar be broken and cut the grinder and their precaution trip device trip automatically and
with hand worker hand finger, arm, are already given to the protect the worker from the
grinder without and other body part worker to cutting the iron bars accident. 5. 1 week Supervisor
safety guards. impact of the disc is so in the working site. 6. 1 month (2,3,4)
powerful and might be 3. Must provide the supervisor to the
fatal. worksite where the iron bar is cut
with a hand grinder.
Hazardous Worker in the area, Face mask, safety gloves and 1. Barricaded the area where the Project
Substances supervisor, staff glasses are already provided material is being unloaded so that 1. 1 day manager
members, drivers and to worker on the storage area. unwanted or unauthorised (6)
Loading and visitors. persons by doing this, we can
unloading Well trained, and experienced reduce exposure to dust. 2. 1 week Supervisor
ready mix Due to unloading of sand worker are place on the (1,2,3,5)
plant and crush construction storage area for the unloading 2. Must provide job rotation to the
construction material huge amount of of construction material. worker which is directly exposed 3. 1 week HSE manager
material in the dust is produced in the to dust by taking these (4)
storage area area, which can cause Frequent breaks are also precautions we eliminate the risk
produces an cough, irritation allergy, given to the worker due to of dust to the health of a worker. 4. 1 week
excessive breathing problem, which workers are less
amount of asthma, throat problem exposed to the dust occurring 3. Must provide the water
dust. and could cause the from the unloading of material. evaporation Asprey on activity 5. 1 week
occupational cancer. area time by time to settle down
dust particles. 6. 6 months
Electricity Workers present on Safety gloves, safety glasses 1. Must replace the damaged cable 1. 1 week Finance
workshop, workers and safety footwear is given to of the drill and cutting machine manager
Damage of visitors. worker. with double insulated and high 2. 1 week (1,3)
electrical standard to avoid the chance of
power cable Workers are exposing to Only authorized workers are accident. 3. 2 weeks
and no damage electrical power allowed in the area. supervisor
earthing of the cable of cutting and 2. Install the GFCI breaker to control 4. 1 week (2,5,6,7)
electrical drilling machine without the unnecessary short circuit.
machines in proper earthing can 5. 1 week
workshop. cause electric shock skin
burn, cardiac arrest and 3. Install the ducts line for cables 6. 1 week Safety Officer
tingling and other serious underlying the floor which may (4,8)
health conditions. damage and shock the worker. 7. 1 week
Confined Workers are involved in Proper lighting is provided in 1. Must provide proper mechanical 1. 1 week
space cleaning activity. the underground tank for ventilation blower for the workers Finance
cleaning purposes. working underground tank to manager
Workers are During cleaning the deep enhance the oxygen level. 2. 2 weeks (1,2)
cleaning the large water tank without Safety gloves, clothing, and
large proper ventilation footwear are already provided. 2. Must provide communication
underground workers can face devices to the worker working 3. 1 month
water tank shortage of oxygen, underground water tank to
without proper fatigue, breathing communicate and call a 4. 1 week Supervisor
ventilation. problem, and suffocation supervisor in case of emergency. (4,5)
which may lead to
serious health problems 3. Must provide proper training to a 5. 1 week
and death. worker working underground on 6. 1 week
how to handle the emergency.
Legal arguments: -
It is employer legal responsibility to provide safe work environment and equipment for
Planned review date/period with As per the legal requirement and company’s policy the risk assessment can be review after every
reasoning 12 months. So, I set my date of review which is 9th June, 2023. If there are following changes
occur, the risk assessment will also be reviewed.
Change in management.
Change in shift or number of workers.
Change in legislation.
Change in workplace.
Change in technology and process.
How the risk assessment findings will be
communicated AND who you need to tell Firstly to all i will arrange a meeting with responsible person along with Project Manager and will
share the my risk assessment at their project site, I will also manage meeting with Finance
Manager on my risk assessment, I will discuss with them about my report effectiveness existing
control measure and future control measure. There is two useful way in construction site Email and
Intranet message and most in what’s up group which are intranet source of information sharing, I
will share these finding with onsite supervisors and foremen and worker through toolbox talk and I
will place a copy of the report on notice board for their easy access. I will also share the risk
assessment on the company’s website.
How you will follow up on the risk I will set the reminder on my personal dairy or mobile of 1 week before I visit to the site to check the
assessment to check that the actions progress whether they are implemented or not if there is any delay progress, I will check the reason
have been carried out behind it. If there is any resources and budget issues, I will request the finance manager to make
availability of budget and resources and if there are more works which have further time to
complete then I will meet with a responsible person and project manager to ask them to help out to
complete the action on time and handle this works to complete them.