Faizan Ahmed Khan
Faizan Ahmed Khan
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
the work is my own is malpractice and can lead to NEBOSH imposing severe penalties (see the NEBOSH Malpractice Policy for further information).
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
The risk assessment will cover the actual manufacturing site activities which include the erection
Description of the area to be included in the
of concrete structures, pipeline construction, earthwork and roads, lifting, NDT, hot and cold work,
risk assessment
electrical activities, mechanical activities and many which are being performed.
The company is following ISO 9001:2015. And Managing director is direct responsible for health
Any other relevant information and safety
Category - All employees, site workers Providing clear Delegate work equally 2 weeks Site Manager
Mental health and manager who are instruction so that there identify areas which causes 2 weeks Site
unable to cope with heavy will be no group task stress and provide for manager/foreman
Hazard - workload and tight
conflict occurs counselling for workers and
• work related deadline.
stress Encouraging social promote a mentally health
• conflict among activities workplace environment/culture
workers Risk are not being Ensure PPE are used and 2 weeks Management
• work pressure avoided there is a safe system of work
• work deadline Encouraging workplace in place, engineering and
• depression and wellness and also hardware control are in place,
exhaustion providing exercise time.
Category - All workers on a building Air conditioners are Employees are advised to Immediate All individuals
Health welfare site and those with flu available maintain personal hygiene at all within the
and work viruses who interact with Proper ventilation having time. workplace
environment each other provided On site employees can use Employees
And other people within the The office floor and protective wear including masks, 1 week
Hazard - workplace surfaces are kept cleaned gloves and goggles to protect
• Bacteria Disposable mask is themselves from fungi, bacteria All individuals
growing and provided for and virus. within the
spreading at Risk are not being avoided workplace
building sites or eliminated Encourage hand sanitization. 1 week Managing Director
• unhygienic staff
and interaction Implement programmes and
amongst them awareness on health and safety 1 month
at the workplace.
Financial reason
Due to safe workplace and by implementing H&S in organisation,
Health and safety management will eliminate the risk of being injured, which result
into lowering the sick pays and loss.
Healthy staff will increase productivity, reaching goals, reduce absenteeism
This will reduce the risk of worker being injured which will result into lowering the
civil claim, lower insurance premium
The International labour organisation(ILO) sets out a recommendation R164 on occupational safety
Specific legal arguments
and health, and convention C155 of which article 16 of part 4 states that
'company must provide where necessary, adequate protective clothing and protective
equipment to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable risk of accident or of adverse effect
on health.
The likelihood of injuries from handling the heavy material if a forklift is not purchased is very high
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
on a likelihood scale it will be 4 which is likely.
types of injury or ill health The severity of injury sustained by worker if a forklift is not purchased is relatively high as well on a
number of workers at risk severity scale it will be 4 : disabling injury.
A business has an absolute duty of care and responsibility in creating a maintenance plan. the ILO
Specific legal arguments
sets out a recommendation which is R164 that supplement C55. Article 16 of part 4 states that
'The employees shall be required to ensure that so far as is reasonably practicable, the
workplaces, machinery, equipment and process under their control are safe and without risk to
health
If a maintenance plan is not implemented, then the probability of likelihood of injury will be relatively
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
high on a likelihood scale it will be 5 : certain.
types of injury or ill health The severity of injury sustained by worker if maintenance plan is not implemented is extremely high
number of workers at risk on a severity scale it will be 4 or 5 : disabling injury or fatal. Without maintenance plan of equipment
how often the activity is carried the condition of same will deteriorate causing a risk on health and safety of employees. The
out continuous incorrect use of unmaintained equipment can cause small injuries and in severe cases
how widespread the risk is death.
How effective the action is likely to be in The continuous creation and implementation of maintenance plan of all equipment and tools will
controlling the risk. This should include: play a major role on reducing or eliminating the risk of workers in the workhouse using the
The ILO set out recommendation R164 and convention C155 on occupational safety and health, of
Specific legal arguments
which article 16 of part 4 of C155 states that
'employers shall be required to ensure that so far as is reasonably practicable, the
chemical, physical and biological substances and agent under their control are without risk to
health when the appropriate measure of protection are taken.'
The probability of workers being harmed or injured if good quality and eco friendly are not purchase
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
is not high.
types of injury or ill health On a likelihood scale it will be 2 : unlikely.
number of workers at risk The severity of injury sustained by workers if quality goods, products and materials are not
how often the activity is carried purchase is low. on a severity scale it will be one or two : very unlikely to unlikely. The risk of
out causing injury is limited to skin irritation and allergies and fungal infection which can be treated.
how widespread the risk is
How effective the action is likely to be in The new purchasing of raw material and other resources will now be eco-friendly and
controlling the risk. This should include: environmentally safe. It will bring about a positive change and reduce the risk of allergy, dangerous
health condition and it will keep environment safe and healthy for everyone who use it.
the intended impact of the action;
I have given a time scale of three month for this purchasing. The business will need to search for a
justification for the timescale that supplier and then arrange the delivery date. The budget for this purchase needs to be discussed
you indicated in your risk and agreed with the managing director.
assessment; and
How the risk assessment findings will be The finding of risk assessment will proposed to management meeting which will be consist of
communicated AND who you need to tell managing director, site foremen, builders and managers. This report will be communicated through
a PowerPoint slide show and discussed in full allowing for comments and solution.
After all suggestion and approval from management this report will be communicated with
employee so that they can be informed of the risk and the solution for that they are aware of hazard
and risk amongst them, which will make a major impact on the employees as they will now be
aware, trained and safe while performing their duties.
How you will follow up on the risk The management officer should monitor the new changes or implementation the progress of the
assessment to check that the actions risk within each and every three month. A well planned follow up should be created for the safety
have been carried out which should be implemented in each week, which helps for regular follow up in the three month
monitoring period. A perfect process, procedure and checklist should be created in term of ILO and
HSE. Employees should have be given training, maintenance of equipment and purchasing of eco-
friendly resources which is not harmful for anyone should done within first two week to start each
project.