NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
UNIT IGC3: HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Student Name
:
Mohammed Salman Farooq Khan
Student Number
:
00307879
Date of Submission :
10/11/2015
IGC3 – THE HEALTH AND
Assessor’s marking sheet
SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Date of practical application :26/10/2015 10/10/2014 Course number
provider 1152
Student number
00307879
Course name
Name of assessor : provider
Student name
Criteria
Mars Safety Training Institute Mohammed Salman Farooq Khan
Maximum marks available
1
Completion of observation sheets
1.1
Range and outline of hazards and consequences
15
1.2
Identification of suitable control measures and timescales
15
2
Report - Introduction and Executive Summary
2.1
Introduction providing an overview of the chosen area
5
2.2
Executive summary
5
3
Report - Main findings of the inspection
3.1
Quality of interpretation of findings
3.2
Identification of possible breaches of international 5 standards
3.3
Persuasiveness / conciseness / technical content
4
Report - Conclusions and Recommendations
4.1
Clear and concise conclusions which are clearly related to report findings and are effective in convincing management to take action
15
4.2
Recommendations which present realistic actions to improve health and safety in the chosen area
15
TOTAL MARKS
100
Grades:
15
10
Assessor’s marks awarded
NEBOSH moderated marks(if different)
Outcome: PASS (60% or more)
REFER (less than 60%)
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GC3 – THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Student name
Salman : Mohammed Karan Chaurasia
Farooq Khan Shobha Construction, Thane Place inspected : Rustomjee
Candidate’s observation sheet Sheet No. - 01 of 09.
Student number: 00307879 OCT2014 2015 Date of inspection: 26 Sep
SL. Observations and consequences NO. 01 Hazard Belt cover was absent for air compressor running at work site and the workers were passing nearby. Consequence Loose clothing worn by the workers may get entangled in the air compressor’s rotating wheels and thereby severe injuries can happen to them.
Control Measures Immediate and longer term actions Divert the workers pathway from near the air compressor running area.
Timescale
Temporary barricading to be provided around the air compressor.
1 Day
Provide belt cover for the air compressor.
1 Week
02
Remove the scattered cement bricks from the pathway for workers.
Immediate
Maintain proper housekeeping.
1 Day
Remove the reposed soil from near the edges of excavation.
Immediate
Depute a competent person to monitor the activity.
1 Day
Stop the excavation activity and isolate the water supply to the pipe line running beneath excavation.
Immediate
Water pipe line to be re routed away from excavation area.
1 Week
03
04
Hazard Cement bricks were scattered on the pathway for workers and the workers were using this way. Consequence Scattered cement bricks on pathway can cause tripping and falling off workers and thereby serious injuries can happen to them. Hazard Excavation was going on at site and the reposed soil was kept near the edges of excavation. Safe distance from the edges of excavation for keeping reposed soil was not maintained. Consequence Reposed soil may fall down to excavation and thereby serious injuries or even death of workers can happen. Hazard Underground water pipe line found inside the excavation. Pipe line was slightly broken and water was coming out of the hole on pipe line. Water line was not isolated. Consequence Hole on pipe line can get bigger and thus excavation may get flooded and thus drowning and thereby death of workers working inside excavation can happen.
Immediate
05
06
Hazard In the canteen for workers, uncovered waste bins were found. Waste bins were full with food waste and food waste were scattered around it. Flies were present over food waste. Consequence Flies over food waste can spread diseases like cholera, dysentery etc to the workers.
Clear the waste in waste bin and the waste scattered around the waste bin.
Immediate
Provide sufficient waste bins in canteen to avoid overflow.
1 Day
Hazard Staircase giving access to first floor was found wet and slippery and the workers were using this way.
Restrict the workers from using wet and slippery stair case.
Immediate
Clean and dry the stair case and non slippery mats to be spread on stair case.
1 Day
Hazard Workers found shifting cement bags from ground floor to second floor and they were followed wrong lifting techniques. Consequence Adoption of wrong lifting techniques can cause back injury, bone injury etc to the workers
Enforce the workers to adopt right lifting techniques and depute a competent supervisor for monitoring.
Immediate
Conduct a training programme to workers on right lifting methods.
1 Week
Hazard Workers found doing the steel frame work of second floor top and they had not worn safety harness. Consequence Non usage of safety harness by the workers while working at height can lead to falling of them from height and thus severe injuries like head injury or even death can happen to them.
Enforce the workers to wear safety harness while working at height and if insufficient, provide them with the same.
Immediate
Hazard Mason as well as labours involved in the cement plastering work of first floor were not worn PPE’s against chemicals like cement. Consequence Contact with chemicals like cement can cause corrosive effect, allergic effect, carcinogenic effect etc. on worker’s body
Provide appropriate PPE’s like rubberized hand gloves, gum boots etc. to cement plastering workers.
Immediate
Conduct a health surveillance programme to the cement plastering workers on the ill health effects of chemicals like cement on human body.
2 Week
Hazard Acetylene gas cylinder was found leaking and welding was going on nearby. Consequence Leaked acetylene gas may catch fire from flying
Stop the welding work and stop the leakage of acetylene cylinder.
Immediate
Replace the cylinder with a new one.
1 Day
Consequence During the course of work, workers may get slip on staircase and thereby serious injuries can happen to them. 07
08
09
10
Anti flies spray to be used for destroying 2 Days flies in the canteen area.
1 Week Training programme to be conducted for workers working at height regarding the safe practices to be followed while working at height.
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12
13
14
15
16
objects coming out of welding process and the fire in turn can cause the explosion of acetylene gas cylinder. Explosion of cylinder can cause severe injuries to the workers in the vicinity.
Awareness programme on safe practices to be followed during hot work to be imparted to welders.
1 Week
Hazard At one part of work site, piling was going on and heavy noise was coming out of piling equipments. Consequence Exposure to heavy noise from piling equipments can cause NIHL, tinnitus etc. to the workers working nearby. Hazard Workers were found using welding machine whose cable insulation was broken at several places. Consequence Usage of cables for welding machine with broken insulation can lead to severe electric shock to the welders as well as workers passing nearby and thereby serious burns and death can happen to workers. Hazard Mobile crane was operating at work site. Safe load was not maintained on it. SWL certificate was absent for the mobile crane. Workers were found working beneath the suspended load. Consequence As safe working load was not maintained on mobile crane and as SWL certificate was absent on it, the load may fell on top of workers working beneath and thus serious injuries or death can happen to the workers. Hazard Jack hammer was used by the workers for concrete breaking near entrance of work site without wearing PPE’s against vibration from the equipment. The process was continuous and exposure to vibration was maximum. Consequence Exposure to heavy vibration for a longer duration can cause HAVS, WRULD etc. to the workers.
Substitute the equipments with those of Immediate lesser noise or provide appropriate PPE’s such as ear defender, ear muffler etc. to the workers. 1 week Provide proper training and awareness to all workers. Stop the work and the welding Immediate equipment‘s cable to be insulated temporarily with insulating tape. Renew the cable of welding equipment. 1 week
Hazard Welders were found using welding glass instead of face shield during welding. Consequence Flying objects from the welding process can cause eye injury or facial burns to welders.
Instruct the welders to use face shield instead of welding glass and provide them with the same. Depute a competent supervisor to monitor welding activity.
Immediate
Hazard Workers were found using grinding machine which was without guard.
Provide appropriate PPE’s like rubberized hand gloves to the operator of grinding machine.
Immediate
Stop mobile crane operation and restrict the workers to work beneath suspended load.
Immediate
Remove the old sling and static crane to be fitted with a new sling.
2 Days
Maintenance of the sling to be done on a weekly basis.
1 Week
PPE’s like rubberized hand gloves to be provided to the workers and to minimize the vibration effect, jack hammer to be provided with rubber handles.
Immediate
2 Weeks Work rotation system and shift system to be provided for the workers
1 Week
Consequence Absence of guard on grinding machine can cause cuts from its sharp blades to the operator.
1 Day Provide temporary guard for grinding machine. 3 Weeks
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18
19
Hazard Fork lift truck was found reversing without banks man and the workers were working near fork lift truck. Consequence Absence of banks man for Fork lift truck while reversing can cause collisions of it with the workers and thus serious injuries or even death of workers can happen. Hazard Workers involved in steel frame work erection were exposed to direct heat from sun for a long duration. Consequence Health problems like dehydration, heat cramp, heat stroke etc. can happen to the workers due to direct heat exposure for a longer duration. Hazard Workers involved in concrete mixing were not worn nose mask and were exposed to cement dust. Consequence Cement dust can be inhaled by the workers and thus breathing problems, lung cancer etc. can happen to them.
20
Hazard On the first floor of the building, welding work was going on. Wastes like papers, empty cement bags etc. were scattered around the welding area. Consequence Flying hot particles coming out of welding process can give ignition to papers, empty cement bags etc. and thus fire can happen and due to the spread of fire, severe burns to the workers in the proximity and damages to the material can happen.
21
Absence of drugs and alcohol at entire work site was a good observation.
22
Visitors sign in and sign out register maintained at the work site was a good observation
23
Adequate illumination at work site was a good observation.
24
Safety helmets with appropriate color coding were
The grinding machine to be replaced with a new one with appropriate guard. Keep the workers away from fork lift operating area and depute a competent banks man for fork lift truck.
Immediate
Warning signs to be placed in fork lift operating area and reverse alarm to be fitted on fork lift truck.
2 Days
Heat resistant clothing and drinking water to be provided to the workers.
Immediate
Rest place to be provided.
1 Day
Work rotation system to be implemented. Provide sufficient nose masks to the concrete workers and enforce the workers to wear nose mask while doing concrete mixing .
3 Weeks Immediate
1 Day Depute competent supervisor for monitoring.
1 Week
Conduct health surveillance programme for the workers. Stop welding and remove the wastes Immediate around the welding area and place a fire watch. 1 Day Depute a competent supervisor for monitoring.
worn by one and all at work site. That was a good observation. 25
First aider and ambulance service were available at work site for 24 hours. That was a good observation.
Student number: 00307879 00251611
Candidate’s report template
Shobha Constructions Location: Rustomjee Constructions
Date of review: 01 30 november Sep 2014 2015
Pvt. Ltd., Thane
INTRODUCTION INCLUDING OVERVIEW OF THE AREA INSPECTED AND ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE Construction's Site visit was carried out on 26 Sep 2014 at one of the construction site of Shobha Rustomjee Construction’s Construction Ind. Pvt. Ltd. is one of the leading construction companies in Pvt. Ltd., Thane. Shobha Rustomjee Constructions India. The major activities of the company are to construct housing buildings, complexes, roadways etc. The area of construction site was approximately 8 acres and there were approximately 300 workers working in each shift. Office of the construction site was situated near the entrance. Construction related activities like concreting, cement plastering, loading and unloading, mobile crane operation, fork lift truck operation, hot works like welding and cutting, steel frame work erection etc were going on during the visit. The purpose of the visit was to identify the health and safety standard maintenance of the company.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report focuses on five major issues which were identified at work site and were immediately dangerous to health and life of workers. Elimination of these issues is required to avoid legal, social and economical implications on the company. These issues are listed below as per the order of importance. Risk of falling of objects on top of workers Reposed soil was kept near the edges of excavation without maintaining safe distance from excavating area. Falling of reposed soil on top of workers working inside excavation can lead to serious injuries or even death. This issue to be addressed immediately. Risk of drowning of workers Underground water pipe line found inside the excavation and it was leaking too. Water supply was not isolated before commencement of excavation. Leaked water can lead to flooding of excavation and in turn death of workers due to drowning. This issue requires immediate remedial action. Risk of falling of workers from height Non compliance of PPE’s like safety harness while working at height can lead to falling of workers from height and thereby serious injuries or death can happen to them. At site, workers involved in steel frame work on second floor were without safety harness. Issue is serious and to be addressed immediately. Risk of explosion Welding was going on and nearby it was found that acetylene gas cylinder is leaking. Acetylene gas can catch fire from the flying hot particles coming out of welding process and thereby heavy explosion can take place and in turn death of workers in the vicinity. Issue to be seriously considered by the management.
Risk of electrocution to workers Welding equipment with broken cable insulation was used at site. High voltage current coming out of broken cable can cause severe electric shock to the workers and thus severe burns or death of workers can happen. Issue to be addressed immediately. Very serious consideration to these issues can reduce accidents and thereby costs to be afforded by the company following an accident. Legal implications also can be avoided.
MAIN FINDINGS OF THE INSPECTION
Risk of falling of objects on top of workers (Observation No. 03) Excavation was going on at site and the reposed soil was kept near the edges of excavation. Safe distance from the edges of excavation for keeping reposed soil was not maintained. Reposed soil may fall down to excavation and thereby serious injuries or even death of workers can happen. Recommended Control Measures
In short term, remove the reposed soil from near the edges of excavation. In long term, depute a competent person to monitor the activity.
Cost to the management The estimated cost for these measures is about Rs. 12,000/Breaches OHS Regulation 2001, OHS Act 2000
Risk of drowning of workers (Observation No. 04) Underground water pipe line found inside the excavation. Pipe line was slightly broken and water was coming out of the hole on pipe line. Water line was not isolated. Hole on pipe line can get bigger and thus excavation may get flooded and thus drowning and thereby death of workers working inside excavation can happen. Recommended Control Measures
In short term, stop the excavation activity and isolate the water supply to the pipe line running beneath excavation. In long term, water pipe line to be re routed away from excavation area.
Cost to the management The estimated cost for these measures is about Rs. 30,000/Breaches Pipelines Act 1967, Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985
Risk of falling of workers from height (Observation No. 08) Workers found doing the steel frame work of second floor top and they had not worn safety harness. Non usage of safety harness by the workers while working at height can lead to falling of them from height and thus severe injuries like head injury or even death can happen to them. Recommended Control Measures
In short term, enforce the workers to wear safety harness while working at height and if insufficient, and provide them with the same. In long term, training programme to be conducted for workers working at height regarding the safe practices to be followed while working at height.
Cost to the management The estimated cost for these measures is about Rs. 30,000/Breaches Work at height regulations 2005 Risk of explosion (Observation No. 10) Acetylene gas cylinder was found leaking and welding was going on nearby. Leaked acetylene gas may catch fire from flying objects coming out of welding process and the fire in turn can cause the explosion of acetylene gas cylinder. Explosion of cylinder can cause severe injuries or even death of workers in the vicinity. Recommended Control Measures
In short term, stop the welding work and stop the leakage of acetylene cylinder. In long term, replace the cylinder with a new one. In long term, awareness programme on safe practices to be followed during hot work to be imparted to welders.
Cost to the management The estimated cost for these measures is about Rs. 20,000/Breaches Explosives Act 1884, Gas Cylinder Rules 2004
Risk of electrocution to workers (Observation No. 12) Workers were found using welding machine whose cable insulation was broken at several places. Usage of cables for welding machine with broken insulation can lead to severe electric shock to the welders as well as workers passing nearby and thereby serious burns and death can happen to workers. Recommended Control Measures
In short term, stop the work and the welding equipment‘s cable to be insulated temporarily with insulating tape. In long term, renew the cable of welding equipment.
Cost to the management The estimated cost for these measures is about Rs. 5,000/Breaches Indian Electricity Act 1956, Indian Electricity Rules 1956 Conclusion A lot of good practices were followed at the work site. Maximum of the workers were adhered with safety rules at site. Compliance to PPE was up to the standard. Management should encourage the workers to continue with the good practices followed at site to enhance the health and safety culture of the company. Serious issues found at work site have been mentioned on this report with consequences. Appropriate control measures have also been suggested to eliminate these issues. Thanking the management of Rustomjee Constructions Pvt. Ltd. for allowing me to visit and inspect their site. At the same time requesting the management to discuss the serious issues mentioned in the report in forthcoming safety committee meetings to avoid social, legal and economical implication on the organization.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Labor cost involved removing the reposed soil from near the edges of excavation
LIKELY RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS
PRIORITY
TARGET DATE
HIGH
05/10/2014
Rs. 12,000/-
Cost involved in re- routing of water pipe line from excavation area.
Rs. 30,000/-
MEDIUM
15/10/2014
Procurement cost of safety harness to workers.
Rs. 15,000/-
HIGH
05/10/2014
Cost involved in conducting training programme to workers on safe practices to be followed while working at height.
Rs. 15,000/-
Total Procurement cost of new acetylene gas cylinder
Rs. 30,000/-
Cost of conducting awareness programme to workers.
Rs. 10,000/-
Total
Rs. 20,000/-
Cost involved in renewing the cable of welding equipment
Rs. 5,000/-
Rs. 10,000/-
20/10/2014
HIGH
12/10/2014
15/10/2014
MEDIUM
22/10/2014
