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INTERNATIONAL GENERAL observation sheet CERTIFICATE (2014 specification)

Candidate’s

IGC3 – THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student Name:

Muahammad Kaiser Faheem

Student Number:

Place Inspected:

Ittehad Chemical Ltd. Lahore

Date of Inspection: 02 / 02 / 2014.

Observation Hazards and Consequences

Item 01 01

Immediate action:

Worker was working in the hazardous Chemical area.

Provide PPE to the workers

Chemicals hazard, i.e, Calcium Carbonate, Hydro-Chloric Acid, Calcium Chloride, coal and Flocculent. Calcium Chloride is irritant to skin and eyes. Hydro-Chloric Acid is corrosive to the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes. Lung and skin problems such as black lung disease, is caused by inhaling coal dust.

03 02

Control Measures Immediate/longer term action

Observation:

Hazard & Consequences:

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Health surveillance

3 Month

Long Term: Exposure limit to chemical will decrease by job rotation.

Immediate action:

House-keeping was not good in the ware house of the Calcium Chloride and in bagging section. As calcium chloride prills and mud had combined to form the slippery surface.

On urgent basis clean the floor clean and keep it clean all the time.


Ensure proper housekeeping of the Workplace on daily basis.

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Immediate

Short term:

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Slip hazards, collision hazards between forklift and pedestrian and forklift with fixed

Time Scale

Short term:

Long Term:

Regularly

Immediate

One week


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structure. Can cause severe injury to pedestrian or damaging of forklift truck.


Item 03

Monitor and check workplace regularly. Make employees aware of the hazards by providing information and training.


Observation

Immediate action:

From main gate to plant area there was two ways route for the vehicle and the pedestrian was using the same route. The forklift truck was running in the way and collision with vehicles and pedestrian can cause injury.

Provide signage’s ‘ stop ‘ , speed limit 5 km


Segregate the area for vehicles & pedestrians by barriers

Collision hazard Personal Injury, pedestrian injury, , property damage, Because of one way from main gate to plant area, collision with pedestrian, vehicles, can cause injury

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Regular

Time Scale

Immediate

Two weeks

Short term:

One month

Long Term: Provide separate entry & exit routes with solid partition in between pedestrian and vehicle.

Immediate action:

Immediate


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Light was inadequate in the plant area and in workplace, and can cause injury to worker. Inadequate lighting can cause a hazard of slip or trip due to uneven ground, due to slippery action of calcium chloride on the floor.

Hazard & Consequences: Trip and slip hazards Due to slip or trip, a severe injury can be happened.

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Install adequate lighting within the Workplace so that people can able to see any hazards.

Two Week

Short term: Use natural lights such as roof lights, Where natural light is not satisfactory. Use artificial lighting.

Long Term:

Ongoing

Periodic maintenance and inspections of artificial lighting and replacing them from time to time.


Item 05


Observation

Immediate action:

Blowers were creating a large noisy sound during Operation.

Minimise work exposure limit

Hazard & Consequences: Noise Hazard. Noise at work can cause hearing loss that can be temporary or permanent. Hearing loss

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Short term: Fit sound-proof enclosure, Acoustic shielding. Fit silencers, balance machine, or mount on anti-vibration mountings.

Time Scale

Immediate Two Week


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is not the only problem. People may develop tinnitus (ringing, whistling, buzzing or humming in the ears).

Long Term:

Observation

Immediate action:

Calcium Chloride dust was coming out from many damaged or leaked lines, from fine collector and from dust blower.

Welding of the lines those have leakages.

Hazard & Consequences: Dust hazard. Calcium Chloride Power Irritant, Causes irritation to skin, eyes and respiratory organs. Harmful if inhaled or swallowed. Effects can be possible coughing, sneezing, asthma and blocked filters of machines.

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Eliminate/ Substitute with less noise blower.

Short term: Replace the lines those are too much damaged with new lines.

Immediate

Two Week

Regularly

Long Term: Keep routine monitoring and inspection of the lines

Observation

Immediate action:

Worker was working in the carpenter workshop to form wooden material for pallet formation.

Provide PPE to the worker.


Provide safeguard to the sander.

Long Term:

Immediate

One Month

Contact Hazards Can cause injury to worker

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Time Scale


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Observation

Immediate action:

Worker was lifting the large buckets of lime powder from the lime heap and was mixing with calcium chloride solution to neutralize it in neutralization tank repeatedly.

Provide job rotation with other riggers


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Short term: Provide trolley

Install conveyer from heap of lime to lime tank.

Observation

Immediate action:

Hazard & Consequences: Electrical hazard Electric shock, Fire & explosion Hand vibration syndrome, Noise

Observation Chemical sewage drain system was made of sanitary and at some points cover was not installed and light was not good at those Points.


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Immediate One week Two Month

Long Term:

Manual Handling, Can cause back bone problem, slip disc issue, Hernia, can cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

Employee using hand drill machine with broken handle & corroded flex

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Immediate

Repair the handle & change the flex

Short term: Inform the maintenance staff to do the pre use check before using electrical equipments

Weekly

Long Term: Conduct monthly inspection of all electrical equipments & repair if needed.

Immediate action: Immediately barricade the open points.

Short term: Close the open points by sanitary work or by keeping covers made of any material

1 month Immediate Two week


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Falling hazard into sewage drains. Can cause serious injury or death


Item 11

Observation

Long Term:

Hazard & Consequences: Ergonomic Hazard,

Control Measures Immediate/longer term action Immediate action: Short term: Make the assessment of workplace to provide standard DSE arrangements to suit the worker.

WRULD, Eyes strain, Back pain, Cervical spondylosis

Long Term:

Observation

Immediate:

Observed that there was no notice board to give the information about procedures and different information to workers to update.

Hazard & Consequences: Disciplinary Hazard. Lack of knowledge and information (Regulatory, Company policies, & working procedures), un competent workers, and

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Two month

Erect proper and good sewage drain system & properly out of passage area.

Provide frequent breaks Observed one employee sitting in office in odd posture in front of computer

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Time Scale

Immediate One month

One month

Provide DSE instead of Computer. There must be a supervisor who informed to workers about rules and laws about their specific job.

Immediate

Short Term: There must be one notice board containing company policy, Rules & Regulations and other information.

Long Term: Conduct inspection and provide training to employee and keep them update

One week


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development of negative culture.

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Observation

about company rules, laws and job related information.

Immediate:

There were no proper washing areas for workers.

Following good hygiene practices.


Training to employees and give them information about personal hygiene.

Biological Hazard. Biological hazards due to poor personal hygiene can cause health problems such as infections and diseases.


Item 14

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Build up a washing area for workers nearby workers changing room/ locker area and provide proper ventilation system.


Observed that in the reaction area to form calcium chloride solution from hydro chloric acid and calcium carbonate. The hydro chloric storage tank foundation was damaged and fumes were coming out from top of tanks and acid drain valve was leaked.

Provide PPE to the worker and shower water in the leakage point to avoid from fumes.

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One week

Long Term:

Immediate:

Falling, Health hazard and chemical hazard. Can cause severe injury to worker in case of falling of tank because of weak and damaged foundation.

Immediate

Short Term:

Observation


Ongoing

Short Term: Install line at top of tank and put the line in the vessel filled with water so fumes could absorb in water and water can be drained. And install new valve.

Long Term:

One Month

Time Scale

Immediate

Three week

One Month


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Exposure to high fumes can cause breathe problem & can lead to chronic injury, worker can be senseless before reach to safe place, or can slip/ trip or fall on same level in running to take breathe in safe environment.

Shift acid storage tanks to away from the workplace and with strong foundation and proper fumes collection system.

Observation

Immediate:

The Chemical mist from the exhaust vent of scrubber was generating liquid droplets and those were falling around the plant area and on the worker at workplace, such mist being absorbed through the skin and mucus membrane of eye and can cause skin problems such as dermatitis and irritation.

Wear personal protective equipments Such as coveralls and gloves. Using cream to form a barrier to prevent hazardous chemical getting into the body and skin.

Hazard & Consequences: Health and chemical hazard, The Chemical liquids such solvents being absorbed through the skin and mucus membrane of eye and can cause skin problems such as dermatitis and irritation.


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Short Term:

One week

Adopting good hygiene practices. Minimize the frequency and duration of Being exposed to mist. Long Term Provide mist collector or mist absorber at the discharge of scrubber.


Observation

Immediate:

Combustion air fan and moving parts cover was open in hot air coal furnace plant.

Provide awareness to every worker at workplace about it. And provide personal protective equipments

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Immediate

Three Month

Time Scale

Immediate


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Short Term:

Entanglement hazard Worker can came in entanglement with the moving parts of the combustion air fan and can cause sever injury.

Provide temporary cover to the moving parts of the combustion air fan

Long Term:

Two Day

One Month

Install proper fixed safe guard to the moving parts of the combustion air fan.

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Observation

Immediate:

Trailing Cables were laid down on the floor and leading to the panel of welding work.

Secure trailing cables left unattended on the floor surfaces. remove Obstructions in the walkway.

Hazard & Consequences: Risk of slip, trip and fall of workers in the workplace area which may cause cuts and bone fractures.

Short Term:

Two days

Ensure proper housekeeping of the Workplace on daily basis. Make plans to reroute electrical cables.

Long Term: Monitor and check cables. make employees aware of the hazards by Providing instructions and supervision.

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Immediate

7 Days


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Item 18

Observation

Control Measures Immediate/longer term action Immediate: Inspection of all fire extinguishers,

Few fire extinguishers are empty. This can cause delay while extinguishing fire during any fire emergency.


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Short Term: Replace empty fire extinguisher with new fire extinguisher.

Long Term:

Discipline Hazards. Can increase the severity of accident.

Indent new fire extinguishers.

Observation

Immediate:

Rigger was not present during lifting of pipes also there was no tag lines attached with the suspended load.

Rigger should be present at the worksite all the time during lifting process; tag line should be attached with the suspended load to control.

Hazard & Consequences: Falling and collapse Hazard Can lead to personal injury due to improper lifting, persons caught between pipe and pipe layer during lifting and equipment damage.

Short Term:

Immediate Two days One Month

Immediately

Two Week

All personnel should be trained for lifting safety process. Proper lifting practice should be prepared and should be followed by all personnel.

Long Term:

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Time Scale

Regular


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Monitor lifting activities regularly.


Item 20

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Observation

Immediate:

Duct was cracked so scaffolding work was carried out to maintenance work on duct between prill tower and cyclone.

Fixed the guard rail & toe board


Scaffold training (erection & dismantling )

Substandard scaffolding guard rail & toe board are missing which will allow the workers, tools or material to fall from height thereby seriously injuring the other workers.

Long Term:

Observation:

Immediate:

Welding work was carried out in the erection of new quench cooler design, burner duct

Making people aware of the hazard. Providing personal protective equipments

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Short Term:

Time Scale

Immediate

One Week

Regular

Strict monitoring & supervision of scaffolding operation.

One week


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designing and cooling tower fan cover designing in the welding house.

Hazard & Consequences: Risk of inhaling welding fumes which can cause the disease known as blue metal fever and high temperatures during welding activity can cause burns.

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such as safety goggles to protect against ultra violet radiations emitted.

Two week

Short Term: Redesign the workplace and ensure sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of inhaling welding fumes

Long Term:

Two month

Install local exhaust ventilation to eliminate the possibility of breathing welding fumes.


Item 22

Observation: During process of drying of calcium chloride solution to form calcium chloride prills, problem came inside the prill or drying tower, there was one way to go and come from inside prill tower. Worker entered to prill tower to check nozzle and also fluidized bed checking was required due to parameters variation. Inside bed environment was hot and temperature was too high.

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Time Scale

Immediate:

Immediate

Provision of adequate welfare facilities such as drinking water. Providing refugees and moderate environment to worker after coming out that heated confined space.

Three week

Short Term: Install strainer in the feed line, if any


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Hazard & Consequences: Environment Hazard and confined space hazard. May cause heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

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blockage piece came in feed line can remove outside the Prill or drying tower to provide safe work system to worker.

Six Month

Long Term: Install camera inside the Prill or drying tower to watch the fluidized bed height and condition of spoilage or non spoilage.

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Observation: Excavation work was carried out for the installing new ID fan blower in the coal furnace plant. And area was not barricade.

Immediate:

Immediate

Use stop blocks to prevent vehicles Overrunning. Barriers and signs to Prevent people falling into excavations. One week


Short Term:

Falling Hazard Risk of people, material and equipments falling into the excavations and the possible results could be fatalities.

Organizing a good traffic management system in place. Traffic routes should be clearly marked.

Long Term:

Two week

Excavations must be inspected at the Beginning of the shift on daily basis. All personnel need to be trained and competent to carry out their tasks safely.


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Observation:

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Control Measures Immediate/longer term action Immediate:

Time Scale

Immediate


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The electrical system in the main electrical panel room was open & unattended

The electrical system should be always locked & secured


Lock out tag out procedure should be used in case of any maintenance or troubleshooting

Fire & explosion Electrocution Short circuit

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It should be under control of permit to work system

Observation:

Immediate:

To install filter pressure in the chemical area, the construction work was under progress and worker was using drill machine.

Provide Gloves to the worker


Provide training and supervision

Vibration Hazard Hand arm vibration syndrome, numbness and blanching of fingers, reduction in the dexterity

Long Term:

Observation:

Immediate:

Worker was smoking in the warehouse of fuel storage.

Place prohibition sign for no smoking

Hazard & Consequences: Fire hazard and discipline hazard. Result in severe injuries and property damage

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Short Term:

Immediate

One Week

Regular

Provide job rotation after intervals

Short Term:

Immediate

One Week

Provide training and supervision to the employees Two week


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Long Term: Install smoke detector in the warehouse

Good Practices:

Good Practices

Maintain

Keep it up

 Providence of door to door pick and drop service to workers service from company side is a good practice, it must be continue and maintain.

Maintain it because it is good practice.

Keep up

 Store house and maintenance workshop was away from hazardous area and it was well ventilated and managed everything in good order is a good practice.


Keep up

 Chemical and flammable chemical store house was separated and was little away from the plant area and was out of any hazards range, and was well cleaned.


Keep up

 Drinking water filters changed after regular intervals is a good practice to maintain good health of employees.


Keep up

 Medical facilities are good and quick service in case of any emergency is a good thing to maintain

Maintain it because it is good

Keep up

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good standard of health and safety standards.

practice.

 Canteen was near to rest rooms and well maintains and comfort and cleaned and hygienic foods were provided.


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