Painting at height ( above 2 meter ) on scaffolds

Risk Assessment Conducted For Painting At Height ( above 2 meter) On Scaffolds

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Date of last review	26 Oct 2011		Assessment Team:				Adam Lee ( contractor lorry crane operator), Sean Koh ( Signal man),Ricky Tan ( Rigger man) , Alvin Jazz Tan ( Safety Coordinator) and Roy Lai ( contractor lifting supervisor)
Date of next review	26 Oct 2014
Operation:	Painting at height ( above 2 meter ) on scaffolds		Approved by:				Wilson Philip Manufacturing Manager
Activity Steps	HAZARD			INITIAL RISK			CONTROL MEASURES	RESIDUAL RISK
	Hazard Description and Worst Case Consequences  with no Prevention or Mitigation Measures in Place	Loss Category/ Population Affected		Likelihood	Severity	Risk Level	List all Current and Planned Control Measures, taking into Account all Contributing and Escalating Factors	Likelihood	Severity	Risk Level	Person In Charge

Erecting scaffolds for painting at height	1)Hands/finger injuries due to cut by scaffolds ,metal barricade or steel toe boards structures	Personnel	Remote	Minor	Low Risk	1)Workers undergone the required Construction Safety Orientation Course 2)Worker undergone the scaffold erector/suspended scaffold rigger course 3)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with painting works and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 4)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for the erection of scaffolds have been communicated to all involved workers 5)Workers shall pre check and ensure all scaffolds, steel toes board and metal barricade are free of surface pinch points and sharp edges prior to using them 5)Reasonable practicable and effective steel toes board and open side metal barricade provided to ensure safe means of access and egress for workers working on scaffolds 6)Full body safety harness are provided to workers working on scaffolds 7)Workers are trained on the correct technique to don the full body safety harness and on checking it’s condition for wear and tear 8)Pre check of scaffold structure by scaffold supervisor prior to work	1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks of painting on scaffolds at height to workers 2)Safe Job procedures on painting works on scaffolds developed 3)Pre check of safety harness by workers prior to start of work 4)PPE requirements of gloves, hard hat, safety shoes, safety goggle, safety harness	Remote	Minor	Low  Risk	Daniel Ang
2)Covering up the open side of scaffolds with steel toe boards and metal barricade	1)Hands/finger injuries due to cut by scaffolds ,metal barricade or steel toe boards 2)Falling objects due to metal barricade and steel toe board exceed scaffolder  safe working load	Personnel Asset-scaffold damaged caused by impact from fallen scaffolds	Remote	Moderate	Low Risk	1)Workers undergone the required Construction Safety Orientation Course 2)Worker undergone the scaffold erector/suspended scaffold rigger course 3)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with covering up open sides of scaffolds with steel toes board and metal barricade and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 4)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for the erection of scaffolds have been communicated to all involved workers 5)Workers shall pre check and ensure all scaffolds, steel toes board and metal barricade are free of surface pinch points and sharp edges prior to using them 6)Reasonable practicable and effective steel toes board and open side metal barricade provided to ensure safe means of access and egress for workers working on scaffolds 7)Full body safety harness are provided to workers working on scaffolds 8)Workers are trained on the correct technique to don the full body safety harness and on checking it’s condition for wear and tear 9)Pre check of scaffold structure by scaffold supervisor prior to work	1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks of painting on scaffolds at height to workers 2)Safe Job procedures on painting works on scaffolds developed 3)Pre check of safety harness by workers prior to start of work 4)PPE requirements of gloves, hard hat, safety shoes, safety goggle, safety harness	Remote	Moderate	Low Risk	Adrain Ang
Lifting operations :Transferring steel toe boards and metal barricade using lorry crane for erecting scaffolds	1)Hands/finger injuries due to cut by scaffolds ,metal barricade or steel toe boards 2)Falling objects due to lifted load exceed lorry crane safe working load 3)Falling object due to lifting platform give way ( lifted load exceed lifting platform safe working load)	Personnel Hands/finger injuries -head hit by falling scaffolds	Remote	Moderate	Low Risk	1)Workers undergone the required Construction Safety Orientation Course 2)Worker undergone the scaffold erector/suspended scaffold rigger course 3)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with painting works and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 4)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for the erection of scaffolds have been communicated to all involved workers 5)Workers shall pre check and ensure all scaffolds, steel toes board and metal barricade are free of surface pinch points and sharp edges prior to using them 5)Reasonable practicable and effective steel toes board and open side metal barricade provided to ensure safe means of access and egress for workers working on scaffolds 6)Full body safety harness are provided to workers working on scaffolds 7)Workers are trained on the correct technique to don the full body safety harness and on checking it’s condition for wear and tear 8)Pre check of scaffold structure by scaffold supervisor prior to work 9)Lorry crane operator trained to operate lorry crane 10)PTW shall be apply for all lifting operations 11)Safe working load of lorry crane and lifting platform are displayed	1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks of painting on scaffolds at height to workers 2)Safe Job procedures on painting works on scaffolds developed 3)Pre check of safety harness by workers prior to start of work 4)PPE requirements of gloves, hard hat, safety shoes, safety goggle, safety harness	Remote	Moderate	Low Risk	Adrain Ang
						12)Lorry crane operator shall ensure the lifted load does not exceed the lifting platform safe working load 13)Rigger man and signal man are trained in directing lifting operations 14)Provision of barricade to deter unauthorized entry during lifting operations 15)No one is allowed to be near or under the suspended load during lifting operation 16)Lorry crane operator shall conduct pre start lorry crane check and ensure the lorry crane mechanical operational functions are in good working conditions prior to using them
3)Climbing up scaffold structure from ground floor to paint at height on scaffold	1)Hand/finger injuries due to presence of surface pinch points and sharp edges on scaffolds 2)Back injuries due to incorrect body posture when climbing up the scaffolds	Personnel	Remote	Minor	Low Risk	1)Workers undergone the required Construction Safety Orientation Course 2)Worker undergone the scaffold erector/suspended scaffold rigger course 3)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with painting works and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 4)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for the erection of scaffolds have been communicated to all involved workers 5)Workers shall pre check and ensure all scaffolds, steel toes board and metal barricade are free of surface pinch points and sharp edges prior to using them 5)Reasonable practicable and effective steel toes board and open side metal barricade provided to ensure safe means of access and egress for workers working on scaffolds 6)Full body safety harness are provided to workers working on scaffolds 7)Workers are trained on the correct technique to don the full body safety harness and on checking it’s condition for wear and tear 8)Pre check of scaffold structure by scaffold supervisor prior to work 9)Mandatory pre job warm up exercise by all workers prior to work commencement	1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks of painting on scaffolds at height to workers 2)Safe Job procedures on painting works on scaffolds developed 3)Pre check of safety harness by workers prior to start of work 4)PPE requirements of gloves, hard hat, safety shoes, safety goggle, safety harness	Remote	Minor	Low Risk	Adrain Ang
4)Painting at height on scaffolds	1)Falling from height due to failure to don the full body safety harness properly 2)Falling from height due to failure to anchor the safety harness whilst painting at height 3)Fall into open side of scaffolds due to insufficient steel toe boards placed on scaffold folds open side 4)Falling objects due to paint container not secured at height	Personnel	Remote	Major	Medium Risk	1)Workers undergone the required Construction Safety Orientation Course 2)Worker undergone the scaffold erector/suspended scaffold rigger course 3)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with painting works and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 4)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for the erection of scaffolds have been communicated to all involved workers 5)Workers shall pre check and ensure all scaffolds, steel toes board and metal barricade are free of surface pinch points and sharp edges prior to using them 5)Reasonable practicable and effective steel toes board and open side metal barricade provided to ensure safe means of access and egress for workers working on scaffolds 6)Full body safety harness are provided to workers working on scaffolds 7)Workers are trained on the correct technique to don the full body safety harness and on checking it’s condition for wear and tear 8)Pre check of scaffold structure by scaffold supervisor prior to work 9)Mandatory pre job warm up exercise by all workers prior to work commencement 10)All paint containers shall be tied onto a life line and anchored to deter falling objects	1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks of painting on scaffolds at height to workers 2)Safe Job procedures on painting works on scaffolds developed 3)Pre check of safety harness by workers prior to start of work 4)PPE requirements of gloves, hard hat, safety shoes, safety goggle, safety harness	Remote	Medium	Low Risk	Adrain Ang
Lifting operations :Transferring fresh paint containers and painting accessories using lorry crane	1)Falling objects due to lifting load exceed lifting platform safe working load 2)Falling objects due to lifting gear snapped	Personnel	Remote	Moderate	Low  Risk	1)Workers undergone the required Construction Safety Orientation Course 2)Worker undergone the scaffold erector/suspended scaffold rigger course 3)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with painting works and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 4)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for lifting new paint and painting accessories using the lifting platform have been communicated to all involved workers 5)Lorry crane operator shall ascertain the lifting platform safe working load first prior to all lifting operations 6)Safe working load of the lorry crane and lifting platform are clearly displayed 7)Lorry crane operator are trained for lifting operations using the lorry crane 8)Provision of barricade to deter unauthorized personnel from entry during lifting operations 9)No one shall be allowed near or under the suspended load during lifting operations 10)Lorry crane operator shall conduct pre start lorry crane check & ensure lorry crane is in good working condition prior to all lifting operations	1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks of painting on scaffolds at height to workers 2)Safe Job procedures on painting works on scaffolds developed 3)Pre check of safety harness by workers prior to start of work 4)PPE requirements of gloves, hard hat, safety shoes, safety goggle, safety harness	Remote	Minor	Low  Risk	Adrian Ang

Setting WSH Objectives

Setting WSH Objectives in line with risk assessment results   

WSH objectives should include the aim to reduced the risk levels of identified risky activities based on the results of the risk assessment

The risks identified in the risk assessment can be prioritized and  suitable control measure implemented according to the hierarchy of change to either reduce the risk to an acceptable level or eliminate them completely

At this stage, the objective of the WSH policy shall be set based on risk assessment results and the reduction of risks.

Similarly, an organization can also implement additional WSH program as an objective of the WSH policy which is necessary to ensure safety and health of person at work for any specialized work activity, handling of hazardous materials and high risk equipments

Objectives of WSH policy can also be set to ensure the implementation of effective control measures to address the causes of any incidents.

However the organization should conduct thorough investigation into incidents and establish appropriate and effective control measure to prevent recurrence of that incident

Information which an organization can collect from their WSH records which may include but not restricted to

·         Type of hazards
·         Possible types of accidents and ill health due to the hazards and
·         Persons that can be victims of the accident or ill health
·         Type of materials, process involved
·         Dangers associated with the process
·         Acceptability level of risk
·         Accident frequency rates
·         Number of non-compliances

And to address the causes of incidents, an organization can adopt control measures which may include but not restricted to

·         Identify existing risk control measures
·         Review effectiveness of such controls and the consequences of failure
·         Assess potential severity of the hazards
·         Determine likelihood of occurrence, and
·         Assess risk level based on severity and likelihood

 Objectives relevant to the risk assessment results

We will ensure the risk level of all work activities in our organization shall not exceed medium level through development implement and regularly review the hazard identification programmes ,risk assessment programmes and risk control programmes

We will implement effective preventive measures to achieve zero incidents in any particular specific hazards

We will implement business continuity plan and crisis management plan to ensure our business is not affected by any medical emergency situation or crisis

Coordinate management review of WSH policy                     

WSH policy outlines the methods and processes that the organization will use to achieve desired safety outcomes. In reviewing the WSH policy, Senior management shall consult with key staff members in  charge of safety critical areas that needs improvement                                  

Consultation will ensure that the WSH policy and objectives are relevant to all staff and there is a sense of shared responsibility for the  safety culture in the organization

To review the WSH Policy and objectives, we can divide them into 5 areas

·         Management Commitment and Responsibility;

·         Safety Accountabilities of Managers;

·         Appointment of Key Safety Personnel;
·         The Emergency Response Plan; and
·         Documentation