Unsafe Work Practices

Hazards is a condition ( unsafe act/unsafe condition)  with the potential to cause harm or injury and it can happen anytime and anywhere. Examples of common WSH hazards includes 

1.Falling from height hazards, 2.Struck by objects,3.Electrical Hazards

4.Machine Hazards, 5.Mechanical Hazards of tools and equipments

6.Fore & Explosion Hazards,7)Noise Hazards,8)Confined Space Hazards

9)Ergonomic Hazards,10)Chemical Hazards,11)Thermal Hazards
12)Radiation Hazards

In the photographs, it was observed that  worker is performing torch cutting activity using gloves and eye protections but without the face shield to protect his facial area from blow back and sparks and no fire extinguisher was seen at or nearby the work area

The unsafe practices identified are as follows:

Torch cutting worker is not using face shield to protect himself from blow back, sparks. In addition a  fire extinguisher is not made available at the location for fire emergency purposes. Positive means should be made to confine sparks and slag. Fire watch shall be provided during and after the torch cutting activity to ensure that there is no possibility of fire.

Unsafe Work Practices

Hazards is a condition ( unsafe act/unsafe condition)  with the potential to cause harm or injury and it can happen anytime and anywhere. Examples of common WSH hazards includes 

1.Falling from height hazards, 2.Struck by objects,3.Electrical Hazards

4.Machine Hazards, 5.Mechanical Hazards of tools and equipments

6.Fore & Explosion Hazards,7)Noise Hazards,8)Confined Space Hazards

9)Ergonomic Hazards,10)Chemical Hazards,11)Thermal Hazards
12)Radiation Hazards

In the photographs, it was observed that one worker is working in a trench with no protective system. That is the workers is not protected from cave-ins by an adequately designed protective system e.g. shoring, shielding, sloping, etc

The unsafe practices identified are as follows:

1)Working in an unsafe condition –that is working in a trench without shoring. Workers must be protected from cave-ins by an adequately designed protective system e.g. shoring, shielding, sloping, etc .

2)Failure of employer to provide safe means of access and egress. Trench shall have stairways or ladders located no more than 25 feet apart. Appropriate testing should be conducted if there is a possibility of an oxygen deficient atmosphere or hazardous atmosphere inside the excavation. Work area should be marked off with appropriate warning signs.

Unsafe Work Practices

Hazards is a condition ( unsafe act/unsafe condition)  with the potential to cause harm or injury and it can happen anytime and anywhere. Examples of common WSH hazards includes 

1.Falling from height hazards, 2.Struck by objects,3.Electrical Hazards

4.Machine Hazards, 5.Mechanical Hazards of tools and equipments

6.Fore & Explosion Hazards,7)Noise Hazards,8)Confined Space Hazards

9)Ergonomic Hazards,10)Chemical Hazards,11)Thermal Hazards
12)Radiation Hazards

In the photographs, it was observed that one worker was performing cutting/grinding on scaffolding without donning safety harness and another worker was seen working just beneath the  cutting/grinding worker without safety harness and fall protection personal protection equipment and without spark protection

The unsafe practices identified are as follows:

1).Failure to make use of fall protection as personal protection equipment .  In this case  the PPE is determine as safety harness and sparks protection PPE
2)Failure to make use of eye protection as personal protection equipment
3)Failure to ensure fire extinguisher is at cutting/grinding  site for fire emergency purposes

Unsafe Work Practices

Hazards is a condition ( unsafe act/unsafe condition)  with the potential to cause harm or injury and it can happen anytime and anywhere. Examples of common WSH hazards includes 

1.Falling from height hazards, 2.Struck by objects,3.Electrical Hazards

4.Machine Hazards, 5.Mechanical Hazards of tools and equipments

6.Fore & Explosion Hazards,7)Noise Hazards,8)Confined Space Hazards

9)Ergonomic Hazards,10)Chemical Hazards,11)Thermal Hazards
12)Radiation Hazards

In the photographs, it was observed that one worker was performing painting in an unsafe manner using   a ladder  precariously to access the work area for painting . In addition he was also observed failure to make use of fall protection personal protection equipment. (safety harness) and no barricade was observed being put up at site to deter entry

The unsafe practices identified are as follows:

1)Use of inappropriate tools and equipments as a means to access to an area with height more than 2 meters

2).Failure to make use of fall protection personal protection equipment

3)Unsafe use of ladder – Using a ladder other than what is intended in a way that can threaten his own safety
  at work

Waterproofing At Height Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment Conducted For Waterproofing At Height Activity

Revision:			Location:				Plant Expansion Phase I
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:	Waterproofing at height–application of membrane for barrier of water on building tops/roof		Approved by:				Wilson Philip GLM 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

                                    

Climbing up the monkey ladder located in the plant AHU room to access the building roof top

1)Back Injuries due to incorrect body posture and technique in climbing monkey ladder

Personnel

Remote

Minor

Low Risk

1)Contractors undergone site safety induction and aware of the hazards and risks in the hosting plant 2)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with climbing monkey ladder and membrane application work on building roof top and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 3)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for the climbing of monkey ladder and membrane application work on building roof top have been communicated to all involved workers 4)Workers involved in membrane application on building roof tops shall undertake pre job warm up exercise before work commencement 6)Full body safety harness are provided to workers working on building roof top membrane application work 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)PTW shall be apply for all membrane application work on building roof top 9)Contractors workers are trained on membrane application work based on their Safe Job Procedures 10)PTW shall be apply for any membrane application activity on building roof top

1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks  associated with membrane application on building roof top to all involved workers 2)Safe Job procedures on membrane application on building roof top developed by contractors 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

Peter Tan

Manually transferring membrane application chemicals and painting accessories via the monkey ladder to building roof top	1)Back Injuries due to incorrect body posture and technique in climbing monkey ladder 2)Falling objects due to transferring excessive items at one go 3)Head injuries due to hit by building roof top entry/exit point cover	Personnel	Remote	Major	Medium Risk	1)Contractors undergone site safety induction and aware of the hazards and risks in the hosting plant 2)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with transferring items via the AHU monkey ladder to building roof top and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 3)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for transferring items via AHU monkey ladder to building roof top have been communicated to all involved workers 4)Workers involved in membrane application on building roof tops shall undertake pre job warm up exercise before work commencement 5)Full body safety harness are provided to workers working on building roof top membrane application work 6)Workers are trained on the correct technique to don the full body safety harness and on checking it’s condition for wear and tear 7)PTW shall be apply for all membrane application work on building roof top 8)Contractors shall ensure the entry/exit door to the building roof top is closed at all times 9)Contractors shall anchored their safety harness whilst undertaking the membrane application on building roof top 10)Contractor shall stop  all membrane application work when there is sign of lightning 11)Contractor shall ensure that the building roof top is house keep after membrane application work	1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks  associated with membrane application on building roof top to all involved workers 2)Safe Job procedures on membrane application on building roof top developed by contractors 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	Peter Tan
Apply membrane application on building roof top	1)Falling into  building roof top entry /exit point due to entry exit point door not closed 2)Slipping hazards 3)Strike by lightning due to perform membrane application on a stormy weather condition	Personnel	Remote	Major	Medium Risk	1)Workers undergone the site safety induction course 2)Risk assessment conducted on all activities associated with membrane application work on building roof top and control measures implemented to mitigate the severity and occurrence of the hazards 3)The hazards, risks and control measures identified for the membrane application work on building roof top have been communicated to all involved workers 4)Workers involved in membrane application on building roof tops shall undertake pre job warm up exercise before work commencement 5)Full body safety harness are provided to workers working on building roof top membrane application work 6)Workers are trained on the correct technique to don the full body safety harness and on checking it’s condition for wear and tear 7)PTW shall be apply for all membrane application work on building roof top 8)Contractors  are advised to close the entry/exit door to the building roof top when not in use 9)Contractor  shall stop all work  and exit the building roof top safely when there is sign of lightning and thundering.	1)Daily toolbox meeting to communicate the hazards/risks  associated with membrane application on building roof top to all involved workers 2)Safe Job procedures on membrane application on building roof top developed by contractors 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	Major	Medium Risk	Peter Tan