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Galadari Engineering Works LTD. CO. (L.L.

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GALADARI ENGINEERING WORKS LTD CO. (L.L.C.)


GEW-RA-FAB-Rev-07

HAZARD IDENTIFICATION & RISK ASSESSMENT

Prepared By: Reviewed By: Reviewed By: Approved By:

Rev. No. Date Mr. Sandeep Mohandas Mr. Dileep John Mr. Vinu Venkidachalam Mr. Byju Abdul Vahid
HSE Officer Workshop Engineer Production Manager HSE Manager

07 16- Nov -2022


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RISK SCORE CALCULATOR


Use The Risk Score Calculator To Determine The Level Of Risk Of Each
Hazard

What would the What is the LIKELIHOOD of an occurrence? Hierarchy of Controls


SEVERITY Severity Almost Very Very
Of an occurrence, be? Likely Unlikely Can the hazard be Eliminated or removed from the work
Rating Certain Likely Unlikely place?
Catastrophic
Multiple Fatalities / High High High Med Low Can the product or process be substituted for a less
5 hazardous alternative?
Environmental release with detrimental effects requiring 25 20 15 10 5
external emergency services
Major High High Med Med Low
Major Illness or Injury, disability/ 4 Can the hazard be engineered away with guards or
Environmental release with minimal off-site impact 20 16 12 8 4 barriers?

Moderate
Serious but non-permanent injury or ill health High Med Med Med Low Can Administrative Controls be adopted?
Work days lost/ 3 i.e. procedures, job rotation etc
On site release requiring environmental emergency plan 15 12 9 6 3
to be activated
Minor
Medical attention needed. Med Med Med Low Low Can Personal Protective Equipment & Clothing be
2 worn to safeguard against hazards?
No work restrictions. / 10 8 6 4 2
Local onsite environmental release treated locally

Negligible Low Low Low Low Low RISK RATING (Likelihood x Severity)
Minor cuts & bruises or sickness/ 1
Nuisance release with no adverse impact 5 4 3 2 1 1-5 LOW RISK (No further action required)
6-12 MEDIUM RISK (Procedure to be
Likelihood Rating available)
5 4 3 2 1 13-25 HIGH RISK (Full time supervision
present)
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Risk Risk
Sl. Persons Consequences Evaluation level Recommended Control Residual Risk Acceptable/
Activity Hazard
No at Risk / impact Measures residual risk
P S H/M/L P S H/M/L
1. Vehicle Maneuvering
- All the drivers/operators must attend the
Safety induction prior to operate the vehicle/
equipment inside the workshop.
- Valid driver license must be available with
the driver/operator or operating the vehicles.
- Unplanned - Valid 3rd party certificate must be available
movement of for the equipment / plant used.
vehicles - Regular maintenance must be carried out
- Overturning for all vehicle/equipment.
- Collision with
- Pre-task briefing to be discussed to all
pedestrians /
operatives persons involved in the task prior to works
- Management Staff
- Collision with commencing.
- Visitors
Vehicle structures - Competent banks man must be deployed
- Staffs - Fatality
1.1 movement - Collision with - for controlling the vehicle movement inside
Workers - Injury 4 4 16 (H) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
inside the other the workshop.
workshop - Security - Property Damage
vehicles - Proper communication facility must be
employees
- Overloading provided for the banksman for signaling the
and falling - Operator/Driver
vehicle/equipment.
from vehicles
- Traffic route and pedestrians must be
- Drivers
unfamiliar separated with hard barricades.
with the site - Safe crossing points should be establishing
Unsafe and clearly define.
delivery / pick
up point - Drivers should visually inspect and secure
any truck or trailer and the area around it
before moving it to assure all workers are
clear.
- Drivers must strictly follow speed limits.
- PPE must be worn at all times as required.
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2. Loading & Offloading Works


- Provide exclusion zone(s) where the activity
is occurring.
- All personnel on foot must be clear of the
loading zone during operations.
- Out riggers will be fully extended and
spreader plate will be placed under the out
rigger jacks.
- Unsafe - Pre-task briefing to be discussed to all
offloading/loadi persons involved in the task prior to works
ng area commencing.
- Unexpected - Trained authorized banks man must be
movements deployed for signaling.
- Fall / Roll Over - Valid operator/driver license for lifting
- Loads not equipment/vehicles.
properly - Work Related upper - Valid 3rd party training and certificate for
restrained limb disorders Equipment operator.
Loading & - Management
Offloading
- Exceeding safe (WRULD) - Valid 3rd party certificate for the plant used.
Staff
of working limits - Repetitive Strain - The riggers shall have valid third party
- Visitors
2.1 materials - Person hit in Injury 4 5 20 (H) certificates 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
to/from - Staffs
swing zone - Musculoskeletal - Emergency first aider must be available at
the - Workers
vehicles
- Loads not Disorders site.
- Operator/ Driver
properly - Property Damage - Availability of emergency contact number
restrained - Fatality and emergency vehicle
- Falling objects - Regular maintenance must be carried out
- Person struck for all mobile equipment.
by moving - Competent Supervisor must be present at
object / load/ all times to ensure Operators are safely
equipment. using plant as per its design and conduct
- Failure of Lifting daily inspections.
gears - Ensure that the crane capacity is
appropriate for the load.
- Colour coding as per company procedure to
be followed.
- All lifting equipment and gears shall be
inspected before use and ensure that they
are certified by the 3rd party and valid.
- Wheel chocks should be used in addition to
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the brake, when a slope is present.
- Ladder to be provided when accessing the
trailer from ground
- If multiple items or loads that shall be
shifted are moved, these must be properly
secured with straps, bands or other means
prior to works commencing
- Complete PPE must be worn all the times.

3. Stacking & Storage of Materials

- Materials to be stacked based on the size


bigger size materials in the base and
smaller size above.
- Slip, Trips and - Proper access should be provided between
Falls the stacked material.
- Inadequate - Access area should be clear from any kind
access / egress of obstruction.
due to - Material should be provided additional
obstruction - Work Related upper supports if is not stable when placed on the
- Inadequate limb disorders ground.
segregations (WRULD) - A visual inspection of the material must be
Stacking & - Staffs
- Inadequate - Repetitive Strain taken before lifting or moving it.
3.1 Storage of - Workers 4 4 16 (H) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
material. stability of Injury - Material should be segregated and kept
- Operator/ Driver
materials - Musculoskeletal based on their sizes, type of structures.
- Improperly Disorders - Required space must be allotted around the
stacked - Property Damage stacked material to safely carry out lifting
materials and shifting of materials.
- Struck by - While stacking or shifting the workpiece the
moving plant or personnel should always be out of line of
machinery fire.
- Protruding bars - Tools kept at height must be properly
secured.
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4. Manual Handling

- Manual Handling Procedure/technique must


be communicated to workforce through the
Safety Induction & special trainings
- Use mechanical means of lifting, where
possible.
- No employee shall be allowed to carry loads
above his capacity.
- Lifting equipment to be utilized to avoid
overstretching during manual handling
- Maximum allowable weight for manual
handing shall be limited to no more than
32kgs).
- Team lifting will be applied where possible.
- Avoid repetitive movement /work or Initiate
buddy system.
- Work Related upper
- Handle loads, which are well within your
limb disorders
- Ergonomic carrying capacity.
(WRULD)
Manual Hazards - Consider the volume, weight and shape of
- Staffs - Repetitive Strain
4.1 Handling - Slip, Trips and 2 4 8 (M) the objects while deciding the number of 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
works - Workers Injury
Falls persons shall be used.
- Musculoskeletal
- Avoid jerks while lifting.
Disorders
- Avoid repeated bending and resting on the
- Personnel injury
back.
- Plan the lift before executing.
- Nominate a team leader for co-ordination,
when more than one person is involved in
lifting the material.
- Ensure while lifting that the load is close to
the body as possible.
- Provide adequate workers (team lifting) for
the task.
- Select worker that is suitable for the job
taking into account age, height, body built,
etc.
- Ensure housekeeping and cleanness of the
walkways
- Mandatory & task related PPE’s must be
worn at all the times.
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5. Crane Operation
- Tower cranes with height exceeding 30
meters shall be provided with warning lights
to warn low flying aircrafts/Helicopters. A
white color warning light shall be fitted at the
highest point of the crane and another white
color lights shall be fitted on the crane jib
one at each end of the jib and then every 4
- Mechanical meters along the jib length.
Failure of lifting - Tower crane shall not be used as part of
equipment/Gear
any scaffold or support for any access,
- Improper Lifting/
rigging of Load storage or transfer feature or as a means of
- Heavy load access by employees.
- Overturning of - Tower cranes cabin for operator shall have
equipment its windows free of broken or cracked glass
- Untrained or any other means of obstructions for clear
person
vision.
- Falling of
person /objects - Window glass shall be of Shutter – proof
- Windy - Personnel Injury. type and shall be kept clean.
Tower conditions/poor - Staffs - Repetitive Strain - When the height of tower cranes exceed the
5.1 Crane
visibility
- Workers Injury 4 5 20 (H) free standing heights determined by the 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
operation - Collision
- Operator/ Driver - Property damage manufacturing company, the crane shall be
- Work without
supervision - Fatality fixed and anchored to nearby solid
- Malfunction of structures or buildings in accordance with
crane the regulations of the manufacturing
(Mechanical
company.
Failure)
- Improper Load
- At any time, the height of the tower crane is
Rating adjusted a new safety certificate must be
- Caught issued from a company approved and
between accredit by Dubai Municipality.
"load/equipment
" - The safe working load (SWL) shall be
- Man Machine marked at various radii and an indicator
interface shall be fitted which shows the safe working
load at each operating radius.
- A safe means of access to the crane cabin
shall be provided by using a permanent
steel ladder fitted with proper cage for fall
protection with rest platform fitted with
proper guard rails shall be provided at every
9 meters vertical intervals.
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- The jib with life lines fitted to permit the
fixing of safety harnesses during the
inspection operations.
- Each crane on site shall be re-tested and
thoroughly examined following any repairs
or major alterations or any weather
conditions which may affect the strength or
stability of the crane, and a new safety
certificate must be issued.
- No employee is permitted to pass or stand
under hoisted and suspended loads during
rigging operations.
- Gears of the slewing ring shall be protected
and fitted in such a way to prevent the
interference of other element like wire ropes
and hoisting ropes and the likes with these
gears.
- The correct amount of ballast and counter-
weight must be properly fitted to the crane
base as per the specification of the
manufacturer during and after completion of
fitting.
- Operating instructions issued by the
manufacturer shall be posted inside the
crane cabin or on the crane structure for
easily seen and viewed.
- When the tower crane is not in use, the
brake shall be activated to prevent the
movement of the crane jib by the effect of
wind or any other means. Once a building or
structure is completed, a tower crane has to
be dismantled, this factor should always be
taken into account when deciding the initial
position.
- Anti-collision system shall be provided to
detect the other crane in the same track
which in-turn shall slow and stop the crane
along with Audio-Visual alarm in the
operator’s cabin.
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- The safe working loads shall be clearly
marked on each crane and other lifting
appliances.
- No load greater than safe working load shall
- Mechanical be lifted by the crane except for the purpose
Failure of lifting of testing.
equipment/Gear - All mobile cranes shall be provided with
- Improper Lifting/ boom angle indicator and boom length
rigging of Load indicator.
- Unstable - All mobile cranes shall be provided with
ground proper limit switch (Anti-Two Block Switch)
- Heavy load to prevent any contact between the hoisting
- Overturning of block and the tip of the boom by
equipment automatically stop the lifting operation at an
- Untrained adequate distance (1 m) between the hoist
person block and the boom tip.
- Falling of - Any mobile crane enters the workshop has
person /objects a valid safety certificate before permitting to
- Windy enter. All the details of the crane and the
Mobile - Staffs - Personnel Injury.
conditions/poor operator shall be recorded and kept on work
5.2 Crane - Workers - Property damage 4 5 20 (H) 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
Operation visibility area/ crane cabin.
- Operator/ Driver - Fatality
- Collision - Mobile crane should be placed at least 3M
- Work without away from the excavations.
supervision - Crane must be placed on a levelled
- Malfunction of compacted ground.
crane - Lifting permit & Lifting plan must be in place
(Mechanical - Lifting must be carried out under the
Failure) supervision of accredited third party certified
- Improper Load lifting supervisor
Rating - Out riggers will be fully extended and
- Caught spreader plate will be placed under the out
between rigger jacks
"load/equipment - Equipment operator must be certified by
" accredited third party.
- Man Machine - The riggers must be certified by accredited
interface third party
- Emergency contact number and emergency
vehicle must be available at site
- Emergency Response Plan must be
available & Drill needed to carried out on
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regular intervals as per Government/project
requirement.
- Lifting gears must be inspected & verified
for safe usage prior to each use.
- Tag lines must be used to control the lifted
load.
- Equipment’s must be inspected on daily
basis and proof of inspection (checklist)
must be available with crane operator.
- Crane capacity must be checked & verified
prior to the lift
- Color coding as per company procedure to
be followed.
- Wind speed forecast to be obtained for safe
operation.
- Rigger ensures site personal do not work or
walk under the suspended load.
- Do not swing loads over people.
- Warning sign to be erected for unauthorized
entry.
- STOP lifting when the wind speed exceeds
25 Knots or as recommended by Crane
Manufacture (whichever is low).
- Ensure slow & safe rigging / lifting operation
where practicable.
- Never put hands or legs in the lifting
mechanism.
- All the work to be carried out under
competent supervision.
- Train all workers in emergency response.
- Operators are trained regarding risk of
contact with overhead power line and
precaution to be taken.
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- The rails shall be adequately supported on


a surface sufficiently firm to prevent undue
movement or displacement of the rails.
- Mechanical - The rails shall be laid in straight lines or in
Failure of lifting radii curves suitable for the free movement
equipment/Gear of the crane.
- Improper Lifting/ - The rails shall be provided with adequate
rigging of Load stops or buffers at each end of the track.
- Heavy load - The cranes shall be provided with effective
- Overturning of brakes on traveling motion.
equipment - Rail mounted tower cranes should be fitted
- Untrained with an audible and visible travel alarm to
person - warn workers on site.
- Falling of - Every travelling crane on rails shall be
person /objects provided with guards to remove from the
- Windy rails any loose material likely to cause
Electric conditions/poor danger.
- Staffs - Personnel Injury.
Overhead visibility - Check all the controls are functioning
5.3 crane
- Workers - Property damage 3 5 15 (H) 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
- Collision properly prior to commence the work.
operation - Operator/ Driver - Fatality
- Work without - Do not exceed the SWL.
supervision - Remotes must be checked against the
- Malfunction of specific cranes.
crane - Work area must be clear.
(Mechanical - Emergency procedures must be in place in
Failure) case of load movement.
- Improper Load - Competent operator must be deployed for
Rating operating the EOT crane.
- Caught - Exclusion zone must be maintained.
between - Do not allow anyone to walk or work under
"load/equipment the suspended load.
" - Do not travel with the load blocking the
- Man Machine view.
interface - All the incoming Isolator, Circuit breaker,
switches etc. shall be provided with positive
isolation facility having pad locking
arrangement.
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6. MEWP Operation
- Provide exclusion zone(s) where the activity
is occurring.
- All personnel on foot must be clear of the
working zone during operations.
- Barricade the working area as per actual
boom moving and working radius.
- Ensure all safety devices Such as audible
and visual alarms are operating when the
MEWP is in motion.
- Do not use elevate or leave elevated boom
in high winds that exceeded the maximum
- Uneven/Unstabl wind rating
e Ground - Do not perform any work that will subject that
surface boom to a side force greater than the
- Mechanical machine rated and side fore rated capacity
Failure - Operators Awareness – Never allows any
- Persons part of the body through, under, or between
/Equipment Scissors arms.
MEWP - Staffs - Fatality
Colliding or Hit - If working under overhead structure if the
6.1 Operatio - Workers - Injury 3 4 12 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
n with Steel equipment is driven on uneven ground or up
- Operator/ Driver - Property damage
structures down a kerb or slope etc. the equipment
- Fall of materials should be maintaining the leverage factor
from height and ensure ample clearance above the
- Fall of person platform to cater for any unexpected
from height. amplified platform movement.
- Contact with - Pre-task briefing to be discussed to all
overhead lines persons involved in the task prior to works
commencing.
- Trained authorized banks man with
knowledge of emergency ground level
operation must be deployed for signaling.
- Valid 3rd party training and certificate must
be in place for the Equipment and operator.
- Mandatory to maintain minimum clearance
from overhead power lines as per regulatory
authorities
- Full Body Harness and the Lanyard must be
attached to the designated anchor point.
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7. Forklift Operation

- Forklift truck shall be of sound construction,


adequate strength and free from patent
defect
- Forklift truck shall be properly and
periodically maintained
- Forklift truck shall be provided with overhead
protection (ROPS) for the driver.
- Forklift truck shall be provided with an alarm
and a buzzer.
- Forklift truck shall be provided with a reverse
- Uneven/Unstabl alarm horn.
e Ground
- Forklift truck shall be thoroughly examined
surface
by an approved inspection body every 12
- Mechanical months and obtained a safety certificate
Failure
from the DM accredited agency.
- Persons - No person other than the authorized person
/Equipment
who is trained on forklift driving with a valid
Colliding or Hit - Staffs - Fatality
Forklift - driving license issued by UAE and training
7.1 Operation with Steel - Workers - Injury 3 4 12 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
and qualifying certificate approved by Dubai
structures - Operator/ Driver - Property damage
Municipality shall operate forklift trucks.
- Fall of materials - No attachment shall be incorporated on the
from height
forklift unless approved by the manufacturer
- Contact with - All persons, drivers and assistant drivers
overhead lines.
shall be thoroughly conversant with the
- Improper factors which affect the stability of the forklift
Maintenance
in operation.
- Forklift driver shall lift the load for a distance
of at least 20 cm above land to ensure the
stability and balance of the load before
continuing lifting and moving.
- The driver or any part of his body shall be
prohibited to be out of the driving cabin
during lifting processes.
- Maximum allowable loads specified in the
metal placards affixed on forklifts shall not
be exceeded.
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8. Hand Tools
- All the tools should be in good condition.
- Hand tools shall be protected (using the
tools lanyard) from falling while steel
erection activity is performed.
- Hand tools shall be constructed of sound
and good quality materials that are
appropriate to works for which they are
designed.
- The wooden handles of hand tools shall be
of solid straight fiber wood and kept soft, free
of cracks and splinters. They shall be kept
tight in the tool.
- Wooden wedges shall be used as necessary
to prevent slippage of the tool from the
handle.
- Handles shall be designed so as to fit hand-
held equipment and tools to which they are
- Damaged tools
attached and kept permanently tight in the
- Faulty/damaged
Working Tool - Injury
tool.
8.1 with Hand - Workers 2 3 6 (M) - Handles of cutting tools shall be provided 1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
Tools - Fall of Tools - Property damage
with protrude parts (protection exposed) to
from height
prevent the sliding of hands to the blades.
- Misuse of Tool
- Hand-held tools or equipment shall be kept
clean and protected against corrosion,
decay.
- Moving parts shall be oiled and greased and
cleaned with non-flammable liquids.
- The cutting edges shall be kept sharp by
using special devices and cooling the
equipment to keep the cutting edge cold
during the abrasive process.
- Heads of chisels, wedges and other impact
tools shall be properly pointed and tempered
when cracked or mushroomed.
- Tool defects shall be repaired the soonest
possible by a qualified person in the worksite
or sent to the specialized workshop. They
shall be totally removed when cannot be
repaired.
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- The cutters of every hand-held tool shall be
so covered as to prevent its hazards while
- being moved.
- Hand tools shall be carried in an appropriate
box to avoid any hazards.
- Tools with sharp edges shall not be put in
clothes’ pockets.
- Saw teeth edges and portable equipment
shall be in other side of the body
- Axe shall be carried by holding it near the
blade, with the hand extended downward,
and the axe blade parallel to the foot.
- Sharp tools shall be placed in its holders
when not in use.
- Sharp tools and its attachments shall be
stored away from the places where the
workers sit and stand, to minimize the
hazard of falling of such tools on workers
- Hand tools shall be used only in the jobs
they have been designed for.
- Throwing tools from one user to another is
prohibited
- Prohibited for Using tools at a close
distance from any other worker or machine,
which may expose the worker himself or the
other worker or the machine to dangerous
hazards.
- Use tools as a support is prohibited.
- It is not allowed to leave tools and their
attachments where other workers do their
works or where they move, or leave it on
scaffolds or on high places the matter which
expose those workers to falling objects
hazards.
- Insulated hand tools shall be used when
working on electrical installations.
- Adjustable wrenches when used, they shall
be fixed on nuts so that the permanent jaws
of the wrench shall be facing the direction of
pull.
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- When unscrew nuts and bolts using box or
socket wrenches, the handle shall be pulled
not pressed.
- It is not permitted to increase the torque by
increasing the length of the wrench handle
using a pipe or cheater bar.
- It is not permitted to insert any materials to
secure box wrenches on the bolt head or
nuts.
- It is not permitted to use wrenches on
moving parts of any machine. Wrenches is
not permitted to be used as hammer unless
it is designed for that.
- When hammering chisels, it shall be held by
chisel holder and not by hand unless it is
fitted with sponge rubber.
- The suitable tools for fixing or un-tying bolts
or nuts according to the type and hardness
of metal.
- Special torque wrench shall be used when it
is needed to fix the nuts or bolts to a certain
torque.
9. Power Tools
- All the tools should be in good condition.
- All the electrical cables leads should have
adequate plugs / sockets.
- All electrical equipment’s/ tools should be
- Physical
properly earthed.
Hazards
- Provide proper guards for rotating parts.
- Electric hazards - Cut injury,
- All the supervisors and the site safety Officer
- Damaged tools - bruises,
Usage of - Faulty/damaged - crush
will look for defective tools being used on the
9.1 Power - Workers 3 4 12 (M) job on a continuous basis with specific 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
Tools equipment’s - electrical shock,
reference to broken handles, blunt edges,
- Fall of Tools - burn
worn out heads, cracked parts etc, any such
from height - injury.
damaged tools, if found at site, will be
- Electric
removed immediately and destroyed.
Hazards
- Safety gloves should be use while cutting,
jointing cables to avoid cut injuries. Also to
avoid flying objects use safety goggles.
- All portable hand tools should be PAT tested
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before use or checked by competent
electrician for any defects and shall be
tagged for safe use.
- All portable electrical tools shall be properly
grounded or of the type of double insulation,
the sign specifying that shall be posted on
the tool body
- All electrical wires shall be inspected to find
out any damage in the insulated cover.
- Electrical power shall be de-energized,
locked out, and tagged out by qualified
persons before performing any repairs or
modifications.
- Electrical equipment used in wet
atmospheres shall be suitable to such
atmosphere (Water Proof).
- The operating switch shall be fixed on the
mobile machine so that it will disconnect the
power automatically when releasing the
pressure from it.
- Special tools designed for hazardous
locations where flammable and combustible
materials are handled and stored (Ex –
Proof).
- Branched electrical panels shall be capable
of connecting several electrical tools
according to the need, taking into
consideration providing protection against
humidity, tampering, and supply power lines
shall be designed to support the expected
loads.
- Electrical tools shall be kept in special place
and only authorized persons can reach it.
- Electrical tools shall be periodically
inspected by qualified competent person to
ensure it is working properly, also before use
and at the beginning of each shift and during
work.
- Defective tools shall be disconnected and
tagged “Do Not Operate”
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- It is completely prohibited to connect
electrical tools to electrical sockets unless
inspected and proved safe.

- 3rdParty Certificate for the Air Compressor


must be available.
- Fire Extinguishers shall be available
- Regular inspection and maintenance must
be carried out.
- Install Air Compressor on firm, level and
compact ground
- Install Air Compressor away from an
excavation edge.
- Adequate signboards to be placed.
- Whiplash must be in place.
- Regular maintenance of the Air Compressor
and air line
- Emission exhaust pipe pointed away from
- Fatality
personnel
- Blowing and - Injury
- Use acoustic enclosure if provided by pump
Swaying of - Noise induced
Usage of manufacturer
hoses - Staffs hearing loss
Air - Securely fixed to the pipe of the compressor
9.2 Compress
- Air emissions - Workers - Respiratory illness 3 3 9 (M) 1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
and equipped with special securing chain
or - Noise - High Blood
connected to the pipe end or of the type
- Fire Pressure
which shut down automatically if
- Dust - Headache
disconnected from the compressor
- Dizziness
- Provide earthling
- Effective communication before starting the
works
- (Hammering or drilling machines operated
with compressed air shall be equipped with
clamps or fasteners which prevent the
accidental disconnection of the bits from the
cylinders.
- Employees working with compressed air
equipment shall not wear loose clothing or
dangling jewelry and loose long hair shall be
covered.
- Bits fixed on tools shall be removed
manually when not in use, and it is not
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permitted to remove it using compressed air,
or according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
- Hoses shall be emptied of compressed air
before calibration, repair or disconnect it
from compressor.
- Hoses shall be kept away from places where
vehicles move and when this is impractical,
adequate protection shall be provided.
- Hose shall not be laid over ladders, steps,
scaffolds, or walkways to prevent a tripping
hazard.
- The use of compressed air for blowing dirt
from clothing or any part of the employee’s
body shall be prohibited.
- When hoses are cut or cracked or leaked,
the defective part shall be cut and then the
hose shall be connected using metal
connection specially designed to this
purpose.
- Hoses shall be protected from heat,
chemical or mechanical impact or anything
might damage it.
- Compressors shall be appropriately located
so as to minimize hazards of noise and fume
gases resulting from ignition.
- Mandatory PPE additionally use ear plugs
and dust mask for co-workers also
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- Circular saws shall be provided with
protecting guards
- Protection guards shall be so designed as to
Fully cover the part of the saw blade that
protrudes above the top of the table and as
close as possible to the lower portion of the
blade beneath the table.
- Protection guards shall be so designed as to
Protect the saw operator against accidental
contact with saw blade, danger from flying
splinters or broken saw teeth while the saw
is in operation.
- Circular saws shall be of cutting edges
equipped with rips to facilitate work and
protect against stretching
- The opening in the table for the saw blade
shall be kept as small and slightly more than
- Entanglement
the thickness of the blade as practical.
Usage of - Cut Hazards
- Feeding devices and moveable tables shall
Portable - Electric - Workers - Personal injury
9.3 saw
3 4 12 (M) be so adequately mounted as to prevent any 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
Hazards - Property Damage
machine - Ergonomic
side thrust out of their places during
operation
Hazards
- Portable circular saws shall be so
constructed as to ensure automatic self-
adjustable guard of the blade wheel while
rotating.
- Portable saw blade guard shall be so
constructed as to have firm and secure
bearing to prevent removal while the saw is
in motion.
- Circular saws shall be inspected at the start
of every work shift and periodically by
qualified personnel to be altered whenever
defected or removed for repair and to
maintain sharpness of the cutting edge.
- The manufacturer’s recommended safe
operating speed shall not be exceeded.
- Adjustments of saw blade wheels while in
motion shall be prohibited.
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- Pressing the saw wheel to prevent the
forward travel of the blade after shutting off
- the machine shall be prohibited.
- When cutting circular shape wood or wood
column or the like, these materials must be
secured using mechanical means to prevent
twisting or overturning.
- Appropriate precautions shall be taken to
prevent kicking back of pieces to be cut.
- Areas where saws are used shall be
equipped with vacuuming devices to collect
and exhaust sawdust, chips and splinters.
- Accumulated saw shavings (waste) shall be
prohibited in worksites

- Every grinding machine shall be properly


mounted on the work table.
- Employees who use grinding machines shall
be provided with safety goggles to protect
their eyes against the flying solid cutters
resulting from grinding operations.
- Abrasive wheels shall be so selected as to
withstand and maintain the spindle speed at
- Entanglement safe levels
- Cut Hazards - All abrasive wheels shall be closely and
Usage of
- Electric - Workers - Personal injury thoroughly inspected and ring-tested before
9.4 Bench 3 4 12 (M) 1 4 (L) Acceptable
Grinder Hazards - Property Damage mounting.
- Ergonomic - Cracked or damaged grinding wheels shall
Hazards be removed to prevent flying cutters or break
which cause injury to employees.
- Warning placards indicating necessary and
adequate PPE, such as safety goggles, etc.,
shall be affixed near to grinding machines.
- Only competent person must be allowed to
operate the Bench Grinder.
- Competent supervisor must be deployed for
the supervision.
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- All generators are to be enclosed by
standard barrier fencing and kept at a safe
distance from the public
- Fire Extinguisher must be available nearby in
an easily accessible area for usage in case
of an emergency.
- Generator must be placed in a drip tray.
- Emergency contact details must be
displayed nearby to contact in case of an
emergency.
- Avoid contact with output terminals during
operation. Keep output terminal cover
closed, and terminal bolts tightened while
generator is running. A low voltage is
produced even when generator is in low
speed idle position.
- Do not operate with wet hands, in wet or
- Contact with
- Management damp areas and avoid inclement weather.
Equipment
Staff - If operating a power tool in damp conditions
Usage of - Electric
- Visitors - Personal Injury is unavoidable, use a ground fault circuit
9.5 Power Hazards 2 4 8 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
Generator - Staffs - Property Damage interrupter protected supply
- Fuel Leakage
- Workers - Ensure testing of the safety switch is carried
- Noise
out before each use
- Fire
- Do not operate on faulty leads or equipment.
- Ensure equipment is tested & tagged for
compliance with electrical safety testing
requirements.
- Do not remove guards or covers
- Do not operate in confined space.
- Avoid breathing or coming into contact with
fuel.
- Do not use on inclines of more than 20
degrees. Ensure equipment is operated on a
stable, level surface. If equipment is
operated on a slope, engine seizure may
occur due to improper lubrication, even with
max. oil level and functioning oil protection
system.
- Stop engine before refueling.
- Avoid spillage of fuel when refueling
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- Ensure the fuel cap is properly secured after
refueling.
- Keep flammables away from the engine.
- Do not smoke while operating, servicing or
refueling this machine.
- Always close the doors of the generator
- Adequate task oriented PPE must be worn
all the times.

- PTW must be obtained from the concerned


authority prior to commence the work.
- Safety guards for protecting the rotating
parts must be in place.
- Unauthorized entry to the machine operating
area must be strictly prohibited.
- Operating area must be cordon off properly.
- Warning signage must be displayed for
warning and restricting the unauthorized
entry.
- Entanglement - Safe operating procedure must be strictly
- Ejection of followed.
materials - Adequate lights must be available for the
- Impact Hazard availability of sufficient LUX in the operating
Usage of - Slip, Trip & Fall - Visitors area.
- Staffs - Personal Injury
9.6 CNC - Electric 2 4 8 (M) - Electrical connections must be checked on 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
Machine - Workers - Property Damage
Hazards regular basis prior to commence the work.
- Noise - Fire extinguisher must be available nearby in
- Ergonomic an easily assessable area for usage in case
Hazards of an emergency.
- Fire - Fire exit route must be always clear all the
times.
- Safe manual handling techniques must be
used. Employees must be trained for safe
manual handling techniques.
- Competent supervisor must be deployed for
supervision.
- The cutting tools should not start unless the
door is in position and should stop when the
door is opened.
- Slip resistant flooring must be in place.
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- Waste disposal must be conducted on
regular intervals and disposed as per DM
procedures.
- Competent staffs must be deployed for
operating the CNC machine.
- Daily equipment checklist must be filled and
inspections to be carried out prior to
commencing the work.
- Task oriented PPEs must be used all the
times.

- PTW must be obtained from the concerned


authority prior to commence the work.
- Safety guards for protecting the rotating
parts must be in place.
- Do not operate the machine in an explosive
atmosphere.
- Electrical connections must be effectively
grounded.
- All the electrical connections must be taken
- Entanglement
from the DB fitted 30 micro ampere RCD.
- Ejection
- Do not use the malfunctioned tool.
- Contact with
Usage of - Competent operator must be deployed for
moving parts - Workers - Personal Injury
9.7 Beveling 2 4 8 (M) operating the machine. 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
machine - Vibration - Property Damage
- Switch off the machine when not in use.
- Ergonomic
- Remove adjusting keys or wrenches before
- Noise
turning the tool on. A wrench or key that is
- Fire
left attached to a rotating part of the tool may
result in personal injury.
- Job rotation procedure must be in place.
- Do not overreach.
- Use correct tool for the application.
- Do not force the tools.
- Do not use tool if switch does not turn it on
or off. Any tool that cannot be controlled with
the switch is dangerous and must be
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repaired
- Task oriented PPE’s must be worn all the
times.

- PTW must be obtained from the concerned


authority prior to commence the work.
- Competent operator must be deployed for
operating the machine.
- Ensure hair, loose clothing, rags and
jewelers is kept clear of moving parts when
in use.
- Ensure appropriate guarding is installed and
in good working condition
- Ensure that operator places sheet metal on
rollers correctly to reduce force required to
operate the machine
- Ensure that plant is placed in an area where
- Entanglement there is room to each side of the plant for
- Impact or loading sheet metal, operating the crank and
Usage of cutting
- Personal Injury
collecting metal from machine.
9.8 Rolling - - Workers 2 4 8 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
Shearing - Maintain good cable management.
Machine - Property Damage
- Ergonomics - Ensure safety devices are in place, such as
- Slips/trips/falls an emergency stop wire or kick plate.
- Noise - Hold work pieces back from the edge of the
metal, allowing metal to be fed into rollers
without contact .
- Unauthorized person must be strictly
restricted to the operating area.
- Reduce noise levels by isolating machines or
enclosing within noise barriers.
- Keep the area neat and clean around the
machine.
- LOCK-OUT all power supplies before
maintenance, cleaning and repairs.
- Task oriented PPE’s must be worn all the
times.
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- Power supply of electric equipment’s must
feed through standard ELCB to prevent
electric shock.
- Ensure that machinery available in the
workplace are in good condition and if used,
- All operators of all machinery and equipment
shall be tested every 12 months by an
approved and accredited inspection authority
(third party inspection body) and issuing a
qualifying certificate to each operator.
- Use of threading and grooving machine for
pipe fabrication list and operators photo shall
be posted in the area of fabrication.
- Ensure that the threading and grooving
machine should be emergency stop button.
- No unauthorized person shall be allowed
- Improper/poor near the machine.
cable - Ensure and follow that manufacture
Usage of management instruction for safe operating procedure.
Threading - Sharp edge of - Personal Injury - Use machine in safe working condition. Do
9.9 &
- Workers 2 4 8 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
Grooving tools. - Property Damage not use if any fault.
Machine - Flying particles - Power cord/extension socket using should
- Entanglement be standard Industrial type.
- Noise - Area shall be cleared and barricade to
provide protection to other employee’s entry
or operate machinery, unauthorized
employees shall not be allowed.
- Use drip try to control oil contact with the
floor.
- Keep your foot out of the safety switch while
tighten the clamp and pipe.
- Don’t drop the reamer on your hand while
positioning the reamer
- Don’t clean the die or pipe end with your
hands. Use a steel brush or similar
instrument to clean the threads.
- Don’t wear loose clothing while operating the
machine.
- Keep your hand away from the die and the
rotating pipe.
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- Keep handles and grasping surface dry,
clean and free from oil and grease.
- Don’t not expose to rain or wet conditions.
- Assure proper cable management
- Trained personnel only allow doing the work.
- Follow the site emergency procedure in case
of an emergency.
- List of all site emergency numbers shall be
communicated to all workers.
- Fire points shall be identified and conveyed
to workgroups.
- Ensure that guard provide properly all
machines.
- Ensure employees are aware of evacuation
procedure and nearest assembly point
- The employees assigned in the area must be
competent.
- Use Proper required PPEs like hard hat,
safety glasses, safety shoes, High visibility
jackets, job specific hand gloves etc.
- Check workspace and walkways to ensure
no slip-hazards are present.
- Check that the drill chuck guard (if fitted) is in
position.
- Ensure the chuck key (if used) has been
removed from the drill chuck. (It may be tied
- Entanglement
to the pedestal or power cord).
- Pinch Hazards
- Locate and ensure you are familiar with the
- Ergonomic
Usage of operation of the ON/OFF starter and
Hazards
9.1 Pedestal - Workers - Personal Injury Emergency-Stop.
- Electric 2 4 8 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
0 Drill - Property Damage - Follow correct clamping procedures to
Machine Hazards
ensure work is secure.
- Injection
- If the job obstructs the walkway erect a
Hazards
barricade.
- Cut Hazards
- Adjust spindle speed to suit drill, cutter
diameter and type of material.
- Faulty equipment must not be used.
Immediately report suspect equipment
- Never leave the Drill Press while it is
running.
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- Before making adjustments or before
cleaning accumulated sward, switch off and
bring the machine to a complete standstill.
- Feed downwards at a sufficient rate to keep
the drill cutting.
- Feed with care as the drill breaks through
the underside of the work.
- Use a safe working posture.
- Beware of clothing or hair catching in the drill
chuck or bit.
- Clean up work area at completion of work.
- Keep the work area and implement in a
clean and tidy condition.
- Check drive belt tension as per
manufacturer’s recommendation
- Always remove drill bits and store at
completion of work.
- Check workspaces and walkways to ensure
no slip/trip hazards are present.
- Locate and ensure you are familiar with the
operation of the ON/OFF starter and E-Stop.
- Ensure all guards are in place.
- Check that the job is clamped tight in the
chuck.
- Entanglement - Remove all tools from the bed and slides of
- Pinch Hazards the machine.
- Ergonomic - Ensure correct speed for machining process
Usage of Hazards is selected.
9.1 Metal - Workers - Personal Injury
- Electric 2 4 8 (M) - Remove the chuck key before starting the 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Lathe - Property Damage
Machine Hazards lathe.
- Ejection - Do not try to lift chucks or face plates that
Hazards are too heavy for you.
- Cut Hazards - Faulty equipment must not be used.
Immediately report suspect machinery.
- Never leave the lathe running unattended.
- Before making adjustments or
measurements switch off and bring the
machine to a complete standstill.
- Do not attempt to slow/stop the chuck or
revolving work by hand.
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- Avoid letting sward build up on the tool or
job. Stop the machine and remove it.
- Always remove the chuck key from the
chuck.
- Do not store tools and parts on top of the
machine.
- Switch off the machine and reset all guards
to a fully closed position.
- Leave the machine in a safe, clean and tidy
state
- Ensure that all guards and safety devices
are in position and secured.
- Adjust all guards to minimum practicable
clearances for the material to be pressed.
- Competent operator must be deployed for
operating the machine.
- Unauthorized operation must be strictly
restricted.
- Working parts should be well lubricated and
all jaws, fingers, ‘V’ blocks and blades be
free of rust and other foreign matter.
- Entanglement - Adjust the head rams (teacher only) to suit
- Pinch Hazards the material thickness.
Usage of - Ergonomic - Adjust and check that the ‘v’ forming blocks
9.1 Press Hazards - Workers - Personal Injury and/or knife blades are aligned correctly.
2 4 8 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
2 Brake - Electric - Property Damage - Be aware of any other personnel in the
Machine
Hazards immediate vicinity and ensure the area is
- Ejection clear before using this equipment.
Hazards - Familiarization training must be conducted to
the operatives regarding the electrical,
hydraulic and mechanical operations and
controls, including the roving foot pedal
control.
- Strictly only one operator is to use this heavy
duty press brake, and, when necessary, with
a safety observer present.
- Never use any press or pan brake to bend or
fold beyond the capacity of the machine.
- Ensure that both hands are positioned away
from any possible pinch point e.g. clamping
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bar.
- Particular preparation and caution is to be
observed when bending rod, strap or spring
steel.
- This heavy duty press brake is likely to be
fitted with infra-red safety beams or
electronic sensors to detect hazardous
circumstances. If so, this machine should
NOT operate if these safety devices are
breached in any way, either by materials or
by the operator.
- Never leave the machine in operational
mode while unattended.

10.Work at Height
- Barricade the lower level to prevent workers
being hit by falling objects.
- Use tool tag to prevent tool falling from
height.
- Appropriate safe working platform shall be
provided for working at height.
- Appropriate safe anchorage point shall be
- Fall from
provided for anchoring the full body harness
height/falling of
- Ladder will be held by another worker while
material
one person
- Untrained
- uses it.
operative - Staffs - Fatality - Three-point contact is necessary while
10. Working - Poor - Visitors - Personal Injury 3 4 12 (M) working on a ladder 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 at Height supervision - Workers - Property Damage - Work at height training to be provided for the
- Unsecured tools
operatives
- Improper
- 100% harness tie off will be ensured while
access
working at height
- Unprotected
- All materials will be put in bucket to hoist up
edge
and down.
- Full body harness shall undergo daily user
check prior to commencing the work.
- Work at height Permit must be obtained from
concerned authority.
- Safe working at height procedure must be in
place
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- Work to be carried out under competent
supervision.
- First Aider must be available in site
- Pre Task Briefing to be conducted before
start the work.
- Provide working at height and induction
training.
- Full body harness is inspected & colour
coded
- Emergency Vehicle must be available

11.Confined Space
- All electrical and mechanical equipment,
power sources, valves and lines shall be
appropriately locked out and tagged
- Compressed gas cylinders (oxygen and
acetylene) shall never be taken into confined
spaces
- Exclusion zone must be provided to avoid
- Deficiency of the un authorized entry.
oxygen
- Suffocation - No person shall be required or allowed to
- Enrichment of - Management - Respiratory issues enter any confined space, unless: Positive
Working oxygen
Staff - Dehydration steps has been taken to eliminate the
11. in - Presence of - Visitors - Muscle cramps 3 4 12 (M) hazards if dangerous fumes, gases, vapors, 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Confined toxic gases
Space - Staffs - Fire/ Explosion liquids, solids or lack of oxygen, either within
- Fire - Workers - Unconsciousness the confined space or from an adjacent plant
- Deficiency of - Fatality or area which might hazard the operation;
adequate LUX
- No person shall be required or allowed to
enter any confined space, unless: The space
has been adequately ventilated; tested and
certified for toxic, flammable free
atmosphere and/or oxygen level in the
space.
- No portable electric light or any other electric
appliance of voltage exceeding 24 volts shall
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be permitted.
- Adequate ventilation shall be provided.
- In case of performing any welding operations
within a confined space, mechanical
ventilation shall be provided near the
welding point. Appropriate PPE and hot work
permit shall be provided to prevent any
health hazards resulted from the welding
fumes
- Appropriate warning signs shall be posted
on all confined spaces in the construction
- worksite to warn all employees of the danger
of such spaces
- Entry into confined space shall be controlled
by a permit to work system
- All employees who are required to enter and
perform a work inside confined spaces shall
be notified of the hazards of the spaces that
may be faced during entry.
- DM accredited 3rd party trained operatives
are only allowed to carried out the task in the
confined space.
- Adequate control and supervision of the
work in confined space shall be maintained
by responsible supervisor, in addition to
buddy system
- Gas test of atmosphere shall be done before
and during the progress of the work by a
trained gas tester, at the level where work is
required.
- Persons entering a confined space must
wear safety harness/ safety belt with a life
line and a second person as standby outside
on duty should assist him in case of
emergency
- Hot work in confined space shall be done
only after ensuring that the space is free
from flammable gas/liquid.
- Adequate and suitable lighting must be
provided to illuminate all aspects of the work
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and access.
- A qualified responsible person designated by
the contractor as entry supervisor shall
supervise all confined space procedures and
activities.
- A trained person (attendant) shall
permanently exist in the confined space
entrance to monitor activities of the entrants
and to notice any hazards that may appear
in the confined space.
- Proper communication shall be established
between persons inside and standby person.
- Rescue and emergency procedures must be
established.
- All rescue team members shall be ready on
call and equipped with all PPE necessary for
making rescues to any entrant injured or
exposed to other hazardous conditions
- Mandatory PPE must be worn at all times
12. HOT Works
- Obtain hot work permit for the task.
- All welders shall be trained and competent.
- Welding generator set shall have valid
- Untrained calibration certificates.
worker - Combustibles must be removed within 10m
- combustible of work area.
materials, - Competent fire watcher shall be deployed for
the task.
- Faulty power - Adequate firefighting equipment shall be
tools, - Management provided.
- Lack of fire Staff - Personnel Injury
12. Welding - Equipment shall be inspected by competent
- Visitors - Fatality 3 5 15 (H) electrician and PAT tested. 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 operations watcher and
- Electric shock - Fire blanket shall be in place.
firefighting - Staffs
equipment, - Workers - Work shall be suspended during heavy wind.
- Work area shall be barricaded with
- Adverse signage’s.
weather - Ensure competent supervision.
conditions - All welding cables shall be in good condition
- Fire and shall be routed properly to avoid trip
hazard.
- Welding generator set shall be placed on
drip tray to avoid spillage
- Proper maintenance shall be conducted.
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- Adequate lighting shall be provided.
- Electrode holders shall be of a capacity
capable of safely handling the maximum
rated current for the electrical circuit and fully
insulated to prevent electrical shocks;
disconnect of the electrical circuit or sparks
when wires connected to handles.
- A disconnecting switch shall be fixed on the
welding machine or near to it to ensure
immediate disconnection of all electrical
power when machine is switched off.
- Adequate personal protective equipment
shall be used, especially eye shields with
filters suitable to the size of the welding
electrode and kind of welding.
- Welding supply cables shall not be placed
near power supply cables or other high-
tension wires.
- Personnel shall be protected against the
harmful gases resulted from gas arc welding
of stainless steel by providing adequate local
ventilation.
- Wires or power connections’ length shall not
exceed the appropriate length to execute the
work. They shall be to the nearest point to
the working area.
- Work lead to complete circuit shall be
attached to the work piece or the work-table
to be to the nearest point to the working
area.
- Employees performing electrical welding and
cutting shall be protected against the
accidental contact with motor generators,
rectifiers, transformers, and all live electrical
parts.
- Welding operations shall be performed in dry
areas away from moist or rain falls.
- Arc welding machines shall be effectively
grounded.
- Cables and connectors of arc welding
machines shall be appropriately insulated for
normal or heavy works.
- External surface of manually operated
electrode holders and the clamp shall be
adequately insulated to protect from heat or
electrical chock hazards.
- All welding installations shall be water proof.
- Insulated connections shall be used when
attaching wires together for grounding cable
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and the power cable connecting the power
source with the welding electrode.
- Electrical wires used in arc welding
operations, shall be free of repairs or splices.
- Pipelines containing gases or flammable
liquids or conduits containing electrical
circuits, shall not be used as ground return.
- All arc welding and cutting operations shall
be shielded by non-combustible or flame
proof screens which will protect employees
and other persons working in the vicinity
from the direct rays of the arc.
- When arc welding is used with inert gases
(Argon), the resulting ultra violet (UV)
radiations are 5 – 30 % more than metal arc
welding. Thus, any chlorinated organic
solvents shall be kept 60 meters (200 feet)
away from welding area to prevent the
decomposition of these chlorinated organic
solvent and the formation of phosgene gas,
unless shielded.

- Disc bursting
due to: - Hot Work Permit shall be obtained
Incorrect disc - All stipulations within the hot works
permit to be complied with at all times.
fitted
- Remove all combustible materials from
- Incorrectly the area.
installed Disc - Materials that cannot be removed to be
- Faulty / protected with a fire blanket.
damaged disc - Fire extinguisher to be located close to
- Wrong disc the works at all times.
Use of fitted / used - Fire watcher to be in place at all times
- Staffs and to remain in the area for 30
12. Abrasive for purpose - Personal Injury
- Workers 4 3 12 (H) minutes after the hot works operations 1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
2 Wheels - Hand or leg - Property Damage
for cutting has ceased.
injuries Eye - Wheels must be changed by competent
injuries to worker under the supervision of
operator or competent supervisor.
those nearby - Always maintain good postures while
from installing the wheels.
projectiles - Machines to be well maintained – if
damaged / faulty they are to be tagged
emitted
immediately and repaired without delay
- Severe - Guards to be in good order and NOT
injuries due to REMOVED
wheel
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bursting - Appropriate machine to be used for job
e.g. in limited spaces use 4” angle
grinder in lieu of regular size
- Machines to be isolated from power
sources prior to changing blades or
maintenance.
- Use of equipment must comply with
manufacturer’s instruction and
recommendation
- Method Statement & risk assessment
must be thoroughly communicated prior
to commence the activity
- The RPM of the wheel must be equal or
higher than the machine RPM

- Hot work permit shall be obtained from


concerned authority/Authorized personnel
and work permit requirements shall be
strictly followed.
- Permit conditions shall be verified by
authorized person before issuing the permit.
- Trained fire watcher shall be assigned to
monitor Hot Work Operations and regular
monitoring must be ensured.
- Third party certificate shall be obtained from
EHS approved training agencies.
- Fire
- Suitable fire extinguishers shall be made
- Explosion - Skin Burn available and provide training to all person to
- Electric - Electric Shock use in case of emergency.
12. Cutting / Hazards - Staffs - Injury - Area to be free of any combustible or
Grinding 4 4 16 (H) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
3 Works - Entanglement - Workers - Eye Irritation flammable materials.
- Property Damage - Ensure fire extinguisher in Hot Work Vicinity
- Drawing inn
- - Provision of providing regular Toolbox talk
- Ejection of training
materials - Fire blanket shall be used
- Ensure the use of all mandatory PPE.
- Ensure Compressed cylinders shall be
stored in trolley and shaded area.
- Oxygen and acetylene gasses shall be
placed as safe distance from each other as
per DM COP.
- Flash back arrestor shall be place.
- All gauges and hoses shall be in good
condition. Caps shall be provided during
storage.
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- Gas cylinders shall be stored in upright
position with warning signage’s and on lifting
steel cage.
- All associated hazards shall be eliminated &
work permit shall be closed before end of
each shift

- Torch valves and gas source valves shall be


turned off when welding is temporarily
stopped and they shall be removed from the
welding area to a designated safe storage
place at the end of each working shift.
- Torches and hoses shall be removed from
confined spaces when the work is
suspended.
- Non-return valves shall be installed to gas
cylinders on each hose directly close to the
torch for oxyacetylene welding, cutting and
heating equipment which mix oxygen and
acetylene or other fuel gases
- Flash-back arrestor valve shall be installed
on the regulators of oxygen and acetylene
- Management cylinders to prevent very fast flame back as
Staff a result of clogged torch tip.
- Fire - Visitors - If oxygen and acetylene mixed in one of the
- Personal Injury hoses, it shall cause gas explosion or
12. Gas
- Explosion - Staffs
cutting/ - Property Damage 3 5 15 (H) flashback. 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
4 Welding - Ejection - Workers - Hoses shall be stored in boxes with holes to
- Fatality
Hazards - Security provide ventilation for the contents.
employees - Acetylene gas (C2H2) pressure regulators
- Operator/Driver shall be adjusted in order not to release gas
pressure more than 15 psi (bounds per
square inch) in any condition.
- Acetylene under pressure more than 15 psi
will be unstable and may decompose and
cause a violent explosion.
- Clogged torch tip openings shall be cleaned
with suitable cleaning wires, drills or other
suitable devices designed for such purposes
and recommended by the manufacturing
company.
- Torches shall be lighted by friction lighters or
other approved devices, and not by matches
or other hot work activity.
- Oxygen cylinders and fittings shall be kept
away from oil or grease, and shall not be
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handled with oily hands or gloves to prevent
fire accidents.
- Compressed gas cylinders (oxygen and
acetylene) shall never be taken into confined
spaces.
- All hoses used in gas welding and cutting
shall be examined thoroughly to ensure they
are very tightly attached and there are no
gas leaks (by using soapy water, a flame
shall never be used for this purpose).
- Torches in use shall be inspected by a
qualified and trained person at the beginning
of each working shift for leaking shutoff
valves, torch connections, hose couplings,
and tip connections.
- Any defective valves, torch connections,
hoses or tip connections shall be removed
from work immediately.
- Oxygen cylinders in storage shall be
separated from flammable gas cylinders or
combustible materials, a minimum distance
of 6 meters (20 feet) or by a noncombustible
barrier at least 1.5 meters (5 feet) high
having a fire-resistance rating of at least half
hour. (30 minutes).
- Copper connections or regulators shall not
be used with acetylene gas cylinders.
- Acetylene reacts with copper and produces
hazardous compounds. Brass connections
and regulators shall be used.
13.Gouging Works
- Obtain adequate PTW from concerned
authorities
- Provide adequate training to the operatives
for the safe execution of the work.
- Fumes - Isolate this task from the workforce by
- Inhalation of carrying out the work in a booth or
hazardous - Management segregated area with local exhaust
ventilation (LEV).
gases Staff
13. Gouging - Personal Injury - Provide an enclosed extracted booth and
- Fire - Visitors 3 4 12 (M) 1 5 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Works - Property Damage RPE.
- Electrical - Staffs - Provide an easy way of checking the booth
Hazards - Workers extraction is working,
- Ergonomic - Always confirm that the extraction is turned
on and working at the start of work.
Hazards
- Discharge extracted air to a safe place away
from doors, windows and air inlets.
- Arrange work to reduce the worker’s
exposure to the fume,
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- Provide warm water, mild skin cleansers,
and soft paper or fabric towels for drying.
Avoid abrasive cleansers.
- Provide pre-work skin creams, which will
make it easier to wash dirt from the skin.
- Provide after-work creams to replenish skin
oils
- Provide health surveillance for asthma
where there is a reasonable likelihood that
asthma may occur in your workplace.
- Keep all equipment used for the task in
effective working order. Maintain it as
advised by the supplier or installer.
- Check for signs of damage to control
equipment before starting work.
- Have equipment thoroughly examined and
tested against its performance standard, at
suitable intervals.
- For LEV, a user manual or log book is
helpful in setting out the frequency of
checking, maintenance or parts
replacement.
- Deploy competent operatives for executing
the task
- Task related PPE’s must be worn all the
times.
14.Flammable Materials Storage
- Adequate number of fire extinguishers to be
provided; Caution sign for no smoking,
highly flammable liquid- to be insulated; Do
not keep any combustible material near the
storage area; Empty and full drum to be
segregated; Fire alarm call point should be
- Management marked & identified. Civil defense approval
for storage of flammable materials shall be
Staff
obtained. Low temperature should be
Flammabl - Visitors maintained in the storage area.
e
14. - Fire - Staffs - Burn Injury, - Only containers and portable tanks made of
materials 3 5 15 (H) 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 Storage - Explosion - Workers Property damage material suitable for storage and handling of
flammable and combustible liquids shall be
Area - Security used.
employees - Flammable or combustible liquids shall not
- Operator/Driver be stored in areas used for exits, stairways,
or normally used for the safe passage of
people.
- No more than 10 gallons of paints and
flammable and combustible liquids shall be
stored at night in or within 15 meters (50
feet) of the building unless it is stored in an
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approved flammable liquid storage cabinet in
a designated area specified by the project
administration.
- Flammable liquids shall be kept in
appropriate safe closed containers (Safety
Cans) and stored in a well ventilated storage
room either located in a safe area or
constructed of fire-resistant concrete,
masonry or metal structure.
- Wherever flammable liquids are stored, all
reasonably practicable steps shall be taken
to ensure that any flammable liquid which
leaks, split or otherwise escape shall be
contained or immediately drained off to a
suitable container or to a safe place or
otherwise treated to make it safe.
- Outdoor portable tanks shall not be nearer
than 3 meters from any building. Each tank
shall be surrounded by a dike walls with at
least 110 % volume of the total gross
capacity of the tank in a manner to contain
any leakage and prevent accumulation of
spilled flammable liquids to prevent fire.
Every two or more portable tanks shall be
separated by at least 1.5-meter-clear area.
- Containers and tanks shall be labeled with
the product/material name and ≪Keep away
– Flammable≫. Containers, in excess of 60
gallons, shall be labeled with ≪Keep 15
meters’ clearance of the building≫.
- Within 60 meters of each portable tank,
there shall be a 5-meter-wide clear access
way to permit approach of fire control
apparatus.
- Storage areas shall be kept free of weeds,
debris, and other combustible material not
necessary to the storage.
- At least one portable fire extinguisher of the
type & capacity as specified by the Civil
Defense Department (The concerned
authority) shall be located outside of, but not
more than 3 meters from, the door opening
into any room used for storage of flammable
or combustible liquids.
- At least one portable fire extinguisher, of the
type & capacity prescribed by the concerned
authority shall be located not less than 8
meters, nor more than 15 meters, from any
flammable liquid storage area.
- Appropriate warning signs shall be posted
near flammable liquids storage areas.
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15. Insulation Works

- Obtain adequate PTW for the work from the


concerned authority.
- Working area must be cordon off with hard
barricades & adequate warning signage
must be displayed for warning.
- Work details must be communicated to the
entire workforce prior to commence the
work.
- Pinch Point - All the electrical power tools must be PAT
Hazards certified.
- Fall of Materials - Use mechanical aids such as trolley/
hydraulic jack for shifting of insulation
- Sharp Edges
materials.
- Improper tools
- Operatives must be trained for the safe
Insulation - Staffs - Injury
15. selection
execution of the job.
of Boilers, - - Workers - Property damage 3 3 9 (M) 1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
1 tanks
Fall from height
- Safe manual handling techniques must be
- Contact/ communicated to the work force.
Exposure with
chemical
- Maintain good cable management.
- Electrical
- All the electrical connection must be taken
from the distribution box fitted with 30micro
Hazards
ampere RCD.
- Deploy only competent operatives for
executing the task.
- Competent supervisor must be deployed for
supervising the task.
- Rubber edge cover must be used for
preventing the sharp edge hazards.
- Use proper tools for the works.
- Task related PPE’s must be worn all the
times during the work.
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16. Instrumentation Equipment Installation

- Obtain adequate PTW for the work from the


concerned authority.
- Working area must be cordon off with hard
barricades & adequate warning signage
must be displayed for warning.
- Work details must be communicated to the
entire workforce prior to commence the
work.
- If heavy equipment’s are required to install;
prepare lifting plan and get approval from
concerned department prior to commence
the work.
- Use mechanical aids such as trolley/
hydraulic jack for required jobs.
- Operatives must be trained for the safe
Installatio - Failure of lifting manual handling techniques.
n& equipment.
- Load to be assessed and task to be planned
Dismantlin - Pinch Point
- Staffs - Injury accordingly.
16. g of Hazards
-
- Property damage 3 4 12 (M) Provide adequate light arrangement in 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Instrumen - Fall of Materials - Workers working area.
tation - Sharp Edges - Rubber edge cover must be used for
equipment - Ergonomic preventing the sharp edge hazards.
Hazards - DM accredited third party certified operators,
lifting equipment’s & lifting gears must be
used.
- SWL shall not be exceeded at any case.
- Proper communication channel must be
provided for the signaling.
- Deploy only competent operatives for
executing the task.
- Competent supervisor must be deployed for
supervising the task.
- Emergency procedure must be in place.
- Emergency contact details must be
displayed at the work location.
- Task related PPE’s must be worn all the
times.
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17. Pneumatic Test
- Use mechanical aids such as trolley/
hydraulic jack for required jobs.
- Load to be assessed and task to be planned
accordingly.
- Hand truck or cart must be used for handling
of cylinder
- Provide adequate light arrangement in
working area.
- Compressed gas cylinder should be handled
by those familiar with the hazard and trained
in handling technique with proper
supervision.
- Never drag or slide cylinders even for short
distance.
- Always move cylinder using a suitable hand
truck or cart.
- Use a cylinder cage or cradle to lift the
cylinder.
- Failure of lifting - Cylinder store areas shall be prominently
equipment. - Management posted with their names of gas stored within
Offloading - Fall of cylinder. and appropriate hazard symbols.
Staff
Storage & - Compressed - Where gases of different types are stored at
handling gas/explosion - Visitors
- Injury the same location, cylinder shall be grouped
17. of - Struck with - Staffs by type of gas and the groups arranged to
- Property damage 3 5 15 (H) 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 cylinders other - Workers into account the gases contain. The
for vehicle/Persona - Fatality flammable gases shall not be stored near
- Security
pressure l/existing oxidizing gases.
testing facilities employees
- Charged and empty cylinder shall be stored
- Fire - Operator/Driver separately.
- Explosion - Cylinder shall not be stored near sources
heat and other hot process equipment.
- Cylinder shall be stored upright position
within the store and secure in such a manner
as they cannot fall or be knocked over.
- Protective caps or guards shall be retained
in place on all full and empty cylinders with
in store.
- Smoking shall not be allowed within or in the
vicinity of cylinder stores and warning
notices to this effect should be prominently
displayed.
- Good housekeeping standard must be
maintained.
- Close supervision required by competent
supervisor
- For repetitive work, manual handling
activities are distributed throughout the team
(job sharing and job rotation).
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- All cylinders should be handle and storage
as per the manufacture instruction.
- Stored cylinder away from heavily traveled
areas and emergency exit.
- Stored only designated storage area only
- Restrict access to cylinder storage area.
- Supervisor shall ensure job rotation and
enough break providing to workers for
repetitive work.
- Follow the site emergency procedure in
case of an emergency
- List of all site emergency numbers shall be
communicated to all workers.
- Provide additional training if required.
- Use Proper required PPEs like hard hat,
safety glasses, safety shoes, High visibility
jackets, job specific hand gloves etc.

- Barricade the working area to prevent the


entry of unauthorized persons.
- Use trolley/hand truck or cart if shifting for
cylinder, keep upright position tie up with
chain.
- Provide adequate light arrangement in
working area.
- Compressed gas cylinder shall be handle
- Fall of cylinder. and used only by experienced and instructed
- Compressed person.
gas/explosion - Management - Always secured cylinder when in storage,
- Pressure Staff transit or use.
Installatio release - Ensure loosen the valve outlet seal slowly
n of - Sprain, strain - Visitors
when operating to connect the cylinder.
- Injury
17. cylinders while handling - Staffs - The user shall be examining the label and
- Property damage 2 5 10 (M) 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
2 for - Struck with - Workers marking on the cylinder prior to connection
pressure other
- Fatality to make certain it contains the gas intends to
- Security
testing vehicle/Persona use.
l/existing employees
- The protective caps for valve assembly shall
facilities - Operator/Driver be kept in until the cylinder is required to
- Fire use.
- Explosion - The user shall ensure that the cylinder is
properly supported and secured.
- Suitable pressure regulating devices shall be
used.
- Before an attempt is made to remove a
regulator from cylinder, the regulator should
be depressurized by closing the cylinder
valve and releasing all pressure from the
regulator.
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- Threads on regulator connection or their
auxiliary equipment shall be the same as
those on the cylinder valve outlet.
Connection that does not fit shall not be
forced.
- Oil, grease or other combustible material
should never be used to lubricate or clean
the valves, regulator, gauge or fittings on
cylinder holding oxygen or other oxidizers.
- Connection to piping, regulator and
equipment shall always be kept tight to
prevent leakage. Hose where used shall be
maintained in good condition.
- All access to be kept clear and free from
sharp edges and other materials.
- Proper lighting arrangements to be made
wherever required.
- Horse playing not allowed while working on
site.
- Work in good posture/position.
- Suitable warning signs to be provided at
work area.
- Good housekeeping standard maintained.
- Close supervision required by competent
supervisor
- Follow the site emergency procedure in case
of an emergency.
- List of all site emergency numbers shall be
communicated to all workers.
- Proper dissemination of instruction to all
personnel and ensure it is well understood
by all workforce involve in the activity.
- The employees assigned in the area must
be competent.
- Works shall be carried out only in designated
area.
- All cylinder should be kept upright position
with tie up
- Don’t hold the end cap and should not drag
and roll the cylinder while handling.
- Clear and proper communication to be
observed during the execution of the task.
- Use Proper required PPEs like hard hat,
safety glasses, safety shoes, High visibility
jackets, job specific hand gloves etc.
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- Pressure testing area must be isolated and
instate the barricades to avoid the
unauthorized entry.
- Competent person must be deployed for
restricting the entry of unauthorized person
into the pressure testing area.
- Adequate warning signage must be
displayed for the awareness regarding the
pressure testing.
- PTW must be obtained from the concerned
authorities prior to commence the work.
- Pre notification message must be conveyed
to all the concerned authorities regarding the
pressure testing timing and area of testing.
- Competent working team must be deployed
for the entire work.
- When critical equipment/piping is nearby the
system being tested, the equipment/piping
being tested must be properly
anchored/restrained.
- Failure of - Management - Hard piping should be used between the
pressurized Staff source of gas and injection location.
pipes (couplers - Visitors - Hard piping should be pretested to a
/ joints / End - Injury minimum of 1.5 times the minimum test
17. Pressure - Staffs pressure
caps) - Property damage 3 5 15 (H) 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
3 testing - Falling material - Workers - If using flex hoses, do not exceed the
- Fatality
from height - Security maximum velocity per the manufacturer
- Fire employees recommendation and verify the condition
- Explosion and pressure rating of the hose.
- Operator/Driver - Pressurize at a steady rate. Ensure the
sound of gas flowing or equalizing can no
longer be heard before continuing to next
step.
- Ensure there is overpressure protection.
- Above ground equipment (temporary
equipment, temporary piping, etc.) must be
physically shielded, wherever possible, to
contain any projected missiles. This can be
achieved by use of temporary
barriers/shielding, including protection
between the test controls and the assembly
under pressure
- When performing pneumatic tests, the piping
should be inspected to determine if the
inside surfaces are contaminated with a
combustible or flammable material (e.g., iron
sulfide, condensate). If found, remove such
materials prior to air testing.
- Perform leak survey prior to pneumatic test
to identify areas that need repair.
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- When using nitrogen, ensure that the
nitrogen supplier has a functional low
temperature shutdown.
- NDT test as per the standard must be
conducted on the welded joints prior to
commence the pressure test.
- Emergency procedure must be in place.
- Emergency contact number must be
displayed on the work location.
- First aider & emergency vehicle must be
available.
- Calibration certificate pressure gauge and
valid permit should be keeping at pressure
testing area.
- Correct rate pressure safety valve as per
test pressure shall be installed.
- Use pressure reducing regulator or separate
control valve to safely discharge gas from
cylinder.
- Open cylinder vale slowly and carefully after
the cylinder has been connected process.
- All pressure test equipment shall be certified.
- Standing or movement in front of hose
connection, joints, bolts and flanges shall be
avoided.
- Regular hose checks shall be done to
identify any damages.
- Whip arrester and end cap used where ever
applicable.
- Don’t remove any end cap, blinds, flange
and valve without information/instruction
from engineer/supervisor.
- Ensure the pressure increased and released
gradually and main continual monitor
pressure limits as provide by engineer.
- A continuous monitoring needs to ensure for
finding leaks and to be reported and must
rectified immediately.
- Never attempt any repairs on energized
/pressured lines.
- Adequate general / task lighting shall be
provided if the work is being carried out in
night.
- Standby person shall be deployed to monitor
the pressurized pipe line.
- Don’t remove the warning signs until the
permit is cancelled.
- Don’t stand in front of pressurized pipe line
connections.
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- Never force cylinder valve connections that
do not fit.
- Never discharge contents from any gas
cylinder directly towards any person.
- Task oriented PPE must be worn all the
times.

18. Hydrostatic Test


- Ensure barricades are posted in all affected
area to keep unauthorized personnel out of
the test area
- Ensure pressure testing activity is planned in
advanced and communicated to employees.
- Pressure testing shall be carried out under
trained supervision
(foreman/supervisor/engineer)
- Calibration certificate of pressure gauge and
valid permit should be keeping at pressure
testing area.
- Correct rate pressure safety valve as per
test pressure shall be installed.
- Failure of - All pressure test equipment shall be certified.
pressurized - Standing or movement in front of hose
pipes (couplers connection, joints, bolts and flanges shall be
/ joints / End - Management avoided.
caps) - Regular hose checks shall be done to
Staff - Injury
18. Hydrostati - Falling material identify any damages.
- Visitors - Property damage 3 5 15 (H) 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 c Test from height - Barricade the testing area and display safety
- Flooding / - Staffs - Fatality signs such as “Caution - Testing in progress”
Overflowing - Workers and evacuate all unauthorized personnel.
- Unidentified - Only authorized and competent persons
drain points should be carryout the pressure test.
- A specific job training instruction needs to be
conducted by foreman/supervisor.
- Using Hand pump or electrical pump, ensure
the manufacture instruction manual is
communicated.
- Ensure all electrical connection/cables are
away from water vicinity.
- Whip arrester and end cap must be used
where ever applicable.
- Proper drainage point shall be identified prior
to the commencement of pressure test.
- Ensure all arrangement like drain point,
water drums, buckets, hose pipe etc.…are
available at the testing location.
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- Don’t remove any end cap, blinds, flange
and valve without information/instruction
from engineer/supervisor.
- Ensure the pressure increased and released
gradually and main continual monitor
pressure limits as provide by engineer.
- A continuous monitoring needs to ensure for
finding leaks and to be reported and must
rectified immediately.
- Never attempt any repairs on energized
/pressured lines.
- Adequate general / task lighting shall be
provided if the work is being carried out in
night.
- Follow the site emergency procedure in case
of an emergency.
- List of all site emergency numbers shall be
communicated to all workers.
- Ensure testing line area should be
barricaded and placed signage and
emergency contact no.
- Standby person shall be deployed to monitor
the pressurized pipe line.
- Don’t remove the warning sings until the
permit is cancelled.
- Competent personnel carry out that activity
- Use Proper required PPEs like hard hat,
face shield, safety glasses, safety shoes,
High visibility jackets, etc.
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19. Painting
- Use appropriate PPE like gloves and Mask
during painting.
- Don’t carry the thinners in plain bottles.
- Conduct awareness before commencing the
- Health hazards work.
due to - Eye/Body Irritation - Spillages occurred shall be cleaned
Inhalation of - Asphyxiation, immediately.
paint, skin and - Management
eye contact,
- Dermatitis, - Cleaning shall be done by proper tools and
Staff - should wear appropriate PPE
19. Painting - Dust exposure
Allergy
- Visitors - Soil contamination, 3 4 12 (M) - Do not leave balance materials in the work 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Works - Environmental
place, to be sent back to store at the end of
hazards due to - Staffs - Environmental
Pollution each shift.
Improper - Workers
disposal and - Burn, - Spillage expecting area shall be protected by
spillage of paint. - serious injury polythene cover
- Fire - No open flame sign board shall be placed on
painting location.
- TBT shall be conducted regarding safe
working procedure.

20. Blasting Works


- Blasting operation shall be performed by
trained and experienced personnel in these
operations and they shall be provided with
appropriate personal protective equipment
(appropriate respirators, ear protectors, body
protective suits, etc…)
- All connections and hose nozzles shall be
designed to prevent disengagement and
shall be equipped with safety lashings.
- Dust - Hoses and hose connections shall be so
- Noise designed as to prevent buildup of static
20. Blasting - Electric - Staffs - Personal Injury electricity.
- Workers 2 4 8 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Works Hazards - Property Damage - Hose nozzles shall be grounded and no
adjustment shall be attempted to cancel this
- Ergonomic characteristic.
Hazards - Nozzle attachments shall be of metal and fit
on the hose.
- A safety device shall be provided at the sand
blasting nozzle to cut off the flow of the
compressed air from the nozzle in accidental
disengagement when the operator loses
control of hose.
- A stand/ support shall be provided on which
the nozzle may be mounted when it is not in
use.
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- In shot blasting machines, every door,
aperture and joint of the blasting enclosure
shall be kept closed and air tight while
blasting is being done.
- Proper dust collection system shall be
provided and cleaned periodically.
- Blasting area shall be cleared and
appropriately barricaded to provide
protection to other employees or machinery
- Unauthorized employees shall not be
allowed to approach the area.

21. Scaffolding Works


- All scaffolds must be erected, moved,
dismantled or altered, only under the
supervision of a competent persons
and by skilled and experienced
workers.
- Unstable - Each scaffold and scaffold component
ground shall be capable of supporting, without
- Untrained failure, its own weight and at least 4
person times the maximum intended load
- Falling of applied or transmitted to it.
Scaffoldin - The contractor shall prepare the
g person - Management
/objects construction designs, drawings, and
installatio Staff - Injury
21. design loads for all scaffolds used on
n, - Windy
- Visitors - Property damage 3 5 15 (H) site including forms concrete ceiling 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 modificati conditions/po
on & or visibility - Staffs - Fatality supports, platforms used for storage of
dismantlin - Workers materials and others, and same must
- Collision
g works be approved by the consultant
- Work without engineer, prior to erection of scaffolds.
supervision All this information must be kept on site
- Improperly for inspection purposes.
installed - Scaffolds cannot be erected, used,
scaffolding closer than 3 m (10 feet) near
energized power lines to avoid any
contact between the scaffold
components and these power lines.
- Supported scaffolds with a height to
base width ratio of more than four to
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one (4:1) shall be tied to the building
structure vertically and horizontally. The
first bottom tie must be placed no
higher than four (4) times the minimum
base width and vertical ties shall be
repeated at intervals not greater than 8
m (26 feet). Horizontal ties shall be
placed at each end and at intervals not
greater than 9 m (30 feet).
- Supported and suspended scaffolds
shall be inspected by a third party
inspection body approved by Dubai
Municipality and a proper certificate
shall be issued by this company, the
inspection will be repeated in case of
any change on the location of erection
or suspension.
- When setting the scaffold on soft soil,
the soil shall be compacted to avoid the
presence of any holes and to enhance
its ability to support the intended loads.
Scaffold legs must be set on base
plates and adequate mudsills with not
less than 5 cm thick and not less than
25 cm wide to distribute the load on
bigger area.
- The front edge of all platforms shall not
be more than 35 cm (14 inches) from
the face of the work, unless guardrail
systems are erected along the front
edge and/or personnel fall
- The open side edges of platforms
higher than 2 m shall be provided with
standard guard rail not less than 95 cm
and not more than 115 cm high and
consists of top rail and mid rail and toe-
board not less than 15 cm high above
the platform, taking into consideration
that the distance between the top rail
and the mid rail or between the mid rail
and the toe-board should not be more
than 47 cm.
- Where persons are required to work or
pass under the scaffolds. Scaffolds
shall be provided with a screen
between the toe-board and the
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guardrail, extending along the entire
opening.
- Portable single ladders when used as
access means to the scaffold platform,
shall not have a slope more than 4
(vertical) : 1 (Horizontal) i.e. one meter
out for every 4 meters of height, and
extend at least 1 m above platform level
to provide adequate handhold at all
stepping-off points.
- When the length of the ladder exceeds
9 m, it shall be provided with
intermediate landing, which shall not be
used as a working platform or for
storage of materials. These landing
shall be provided with a standard guard
rail system to protect against fall
hazards.
- In case of using a vertical ladder more
than 6 m height, a fall protection system
must be provided to protect employees
from fall hazards, such system may be
a cage or a ladder safety device.
- Ladders shall be securely tied from
upper and bottom to prevent slipping
and shall be fixed on stable and level
surfaces using their slip-resistant feet.
- Each scaffold shall be designed to be
capable of supporting, without failure,
its own weight and at least 4 times the
maximum working load applied or
transmitted to it.
- Each suspension rope, used on non-
adjustable suspension scaffolds shall
be capable of supporting, without
failure, at least 6 times the maximum
intended load applied or transmitted to
that rope.
- Scaffolds shall not be loaded in excess
of the working load they are intended,
and this load shall be evenly distributed
on the scaffold platform.
- Materials or loads shall be moved or
deposited without imposing any violent
shock.
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- Material shall not be kept upon a
scaffold unless needed for work within
a reasonable time. These loads shall
not exceed the designed load limit of
the scaffold.

22. Exposure to HOT weather

- Restricted working hours’ / summer breaks


in accordance with ministry of Labour
requirements
- Shaded umbrellas must be provided.
- Cool water & Re-hydration fluids must be
available.
- Pedestal fans must be provided in the
workplace.
- Schedule physically hard or hot jobs for
cooler times of day.
- Increase the number of workers or have
workers work at slower pace.
- Heat Rashes - Management - Skin Rashes - Strict admittance to UAE mi-day break rule.
- Heat Burn Staff - Skin Burns - Heat Stress Management Plan must be in
- Heat Cramp - Visitors - Muscle Cramps place
Working in
22. HOT - Heat - Staffs
- Dizziness - Buddy system to early recognition of heat
- Vomiting 4 5 20 (H) stress symptoms of co-workers and no lone 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 atmosphere Exhaustion - Workers working.
- Heat stroke - Unconsciousness
- Security
- Fatality. - Rest area must be available, which is
- Dehydration employees significantly cooler (Ventilated) than the work
- Personnel injury
- Fall from Height - Operator/Driver area.
- Recognize individual tolerances to heat and
allow rest breaks accordingly.
- Provide shade for personnel working in
direct sunlight.
- Present a morning tool box talk emphasizing
heat stress management both on and off the
job.
- All the work to be carried out under
competent supervision.
- Train all workers in emergency response.
- Emergency first aider must be available
- Emergency vehicle must be available site
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23. Night Works

- Provide illumination meeting job specific


requirement
- Night Work Plan
- Night Work Permit must be obtained from
the concerned departments.
- Nurse & Emergency first aider available at
site.
- Emergency vehicle must be available at site.
- Emergency Response Procedure must be in
- Disruption of the place.
internal body clock - Vehicle and equipment paths defined.
(circadian rhythms)
- Lack of sleep - Main access and site with traffic cones,
- Sleep loss and beacon lights and reflective signage
- Limited Visibility Fatigue
/ Insufficient
- Trained and competent personnel must be
- Stress engaged in the works.
- Management
lighting - Lack of - 3rd party certified equipment and operators
Staff concentration
- Lack of - Flagman has traffic light batons
communication - Visitors - Lack of motivation
23. Working at between shifts - - Noise is monitored and kept under limits.
Staffs - Lowered
Night 3 4 12 (M) - Pre-task briefing to be discussed to all 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 - Irresponsible - Workers performance
persons involved in the task prior to works
worker /drivers - Health effects
- Security commencing.
/operator’s - Disrupted family
employees - Ensure full time supervision
behavior and social life
- Operator/Driver Errors - Know your assigned work area(s)
- Slips/ Trips/ Fall - Know the safe routes to and from work
- Increased
- Excess light/ accidents - On foot, watch out for equipment
Glare - Fatality - On equipment, watch out for workers
- Injury - Educate working personnel about the
- Fire importance of sleep
- Take a nap of 1-4 hours before the first night
shift
- Keep sleeping pattern regular
- Ensure all employees are aware of the
dangers coming to and from work due to
fatigue
- Illumination levels are being monitored with
lux meter by Safety Inspector
- Noise levels will be monitored at the site
boundary
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24.Refueling of Plant & Equipment

- Uses only Designated Mobile fuel tanker


with civil defense approval.
- Ensure Equipment engine must be turned off
while fueling.
Refueling - Eye wash facility shall be available.
of Plant & - Fuel Spillage - Staffs - Personnel Injury - Ensure availability of spill kit.
24. Equipment
- Fire - Workers - Fatality 2 5 10 (M) - Use drip tray during the time of fueling. 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 in the
working - Explosion - Operator/Driver - Property Damage - Strict compliance of No smoking policy.
zone - Ensure fire extinguisher within the
equipment
- Adequate grounding shall be provided while
refueling.
- Drip tray must be used while refueling.

25. Emergency Situations


- Suspend the activity during adverse weather
condition like fog and high wind, poor
visibility etc
- Spill control equipment
- Emergency response drill must be
conducted on regular intervals for all
anticipated emergencies.
- Emergency response reporting protocol
- Management - Trained First aider / male nurse.
- High Staff - Periodic inspection & maintenance of the
wind/heavy - Visitors - Fatality plant.
25. Emergency
- Staffs
- Injury - MSDS of all chemicals should be available
rain/storms
Situations - Property damage 4 4 16 (H) and communicated to users. 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 - Chemicals - Workers - Awareness of chemical safety should be
- Environmental
- Fire - Security pollution given to the operator.
- Spill employees - Emergency contact numbers shall be
- Operator/Driver displayed in the site and office.
- Training for FFE & Emergency Response
Procedure provided.
- Availability of Fire Extinguishers
- Periodic maintenance of the plant.
- All injuries escorted to first aid clinic with a
first aider/nurse/attender
- Mandatory and task related PPE’s mus be
worn all the times.
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26.Temporary Electrical Works
- All temporary electric wiring shall be installed
and protected so that the wiring cannot be
damaged by traffic movement.
- Electrical wires which do not resist
atmospheric conditions or of limited electrical
information shall not be used.
- All wires shall be insulated to prevent
contacts with its supports.
- All pipes and conduits which contain
electrical wires shall be provided with
appropriate boxes and covers at their ends.
- All electrical wires, installations, tools and
appliances shall be of the types which
comply with the requirements of the authority
concerned.
- Electrical apparatuses shall be appropriate
to the atmospheric conditions where they
- shall be used. They shall be explosion proof
while operated in wet, flammable or
explosive locations.
- Electric - Fatality - Switches located in or near the entrances of
Hazards confined spaces shall be distinctive for
26. Temporary - Staffs - Injury
immediate electricity disconnection in
Electrical - Fall from - Property damage 3 4 12 (H) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Works height - Workers emergencies.
- Environmental
- Exposed empty lamp sockets and broken
- Fire pollution
electrical bulbs shall not be permitted.
- Mobile electrical lamps shall be provided
with electrical cables capable of withstanding
- the severest operating conditions to which
they may be exposed. Electrical lamps shall
not be mounted by its wires.
- Non-spark-producing lamps of 12 volts shall
be used in wet, flammable and explosive
locations.
- Portable electrical tools without double
insulation shall comply with the specified
requirements of the authority concerned and
shall be grounded.
- Electrical installations in the worksite shall
be protected against damages as a result of
over passing persons or equipment. They
shall also be protected from sharp edges or
suitably raised from ground. Automatic
circuit breakers shall be used in the electrical
circuits exposed to heavy equipment
passage or hammering by metal machines.
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- Appropriate clearance distance shall be
maintained between electrical cabinets
doors and electrical installations.
- Equipment doors and hinged panels must
have at least a 90 degree opening provided
in the workplace.
- Persons who are engaged in electrical
installations shall wear insulated gloves and
other insulated tools or hot line tools used for
live lines when it is necessary to work with
energized circuits.
- Clearance distance specified by the authority
concerned shall be maintained between
employees and any exposed live
installations.
- Electrical equipment and machines shall be
grounded and shall not be connected to
electricity before ensuring safe electrical
circuit status and enclosed and exposed live
installations are appropriately insulated to
prevent contact.
- If work nature in the worksite requires a
temporary electrical transformer, all
procedures specified by the authority
concerned on required protection shall be
applied provided that the installations shall
be in compliance with the electrical volt
used.
- All requirements of electrical installation and
safety regarding machines, equipment and
electrical apparatuses when used in the site
shall be applied provided that those
requirements shall include the procedure.
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27.Man basket operation
- Untrained - Untrained person shall not be allowed to
employees work inside the man basket.
- Working without - Personnel shall not be allowed to work at
Supervision height during inclement weather condition.
- Poor condition - Wire ropes has no visible defects such as
of Man basket. broken wires, kinks, excess wear and tear
- Uninspected/un - Do not use mobile crane with man basket if
certified man it’s not having 6 months of third-party
basket, inspection
- Lifting - Do not keep materials inside the basket
equipment’s - Avoid repetitive task to avoid ergonomics
and lifting issues
gears.
- Scaffold or man basket shall be used to
- Unauthorized - Fatality perform the task at height.
Operator/Rigger
- Injury - Proper barricading with signage’s shall be
- Defective plant provided at ground to prevent unauthorized
- Lifting failure
- Unstable, soft entry.
ground - Overhead works
and overhead - Buckets/Scaffolding bags shall be used to
- Improper utilities hoist materials.
manual - Adhere with all relevant DM requirements
handling - Serious injury to
employee related to the task.
- Man, machine -
27. Man - WRULD Compliance to DM requirements.
interface - Staffs
basket - MSD 2 5 10 (M) - For lifting a person at least minimum 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 Operation - Malfunction of - Workers - 6 months of Third-party inspection validity
crane - Sprains/strains,
back injuries and, required for Crane.
- Improper lifting
methodology Chronic pain - Conduct periodical inspection every 6
- Failure of Man months to all personal hoist equipment.
- Improper SWL
rating basket - Obtain work at height permit prior to start
- Toppling of and comply with the permit requirement.
- Mechanical
failure of lifting crane/Man basket - - Pre-Task briefing and JSA.
equipment, gear - Hit by falling load - Pre-use inspection of tools and PPEs by
- Man basket. - Drop zone users.
- Congested work - Work at height training shall be provided to
area employees.
- Overhead - Awareness to handle emergency situation
utilities on time.
- Simultaneous - Inspection and color coding of Safety
activities harness.
- Falling objects - First Aider to be available at site.
- Improper - Availability of emergency contact number
communication and emergency vehicle.
/Miscommunicat - Man-basket and Lifting gears shall be color
ion coded as per project specific requirements.
- Manual - TP certificates and SWL to be placed on
handling basket side.
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- Inclement - Ensure daily inspection for Man-basket and
weather equipment is carried out and documented.
- Unauthorized - Aware of Line of fire and pinch point.
entry to the - Train all workers in emergency response.
lifting area - Trained, competent and authorized
- Suspended load Supervision present at all times to ensure
employees are adhering to safe working
procedures
- Proper means of communication shall be
established between workers who working
inside the Man basket & Mobile Operator
(ex: Radio)
- Wind speed forecast to be obtained for Safe
operation.
- Awareness of Emergency response plan
- Overload indicator
- Crane, lifting equipment/gears shall be
subjected to third party inspection.
- Adequate anchorage points for safety
harness.
- Identifying overhead hazards.
- Dual Tag line to be used for controlling the
man basket.
- Tool lanyards shall be used to prevent the
falling from height
- ROPS system for basket to be maintained.
- Access gate of man basket to be open
inward and requires safety latch or hinges.
- -Before exiting from the Man basket for
performing Roof cutting a self-retractable fall
arrestor (Inertia reel) to be installed on the
basket for maintaining 100% tie off policy.
- Hard hat, Safety Glass, Hand gloves, Safety
shoes, coveralls and High visibility vest.
- Chin strap and Tool lanyard shall be used
when working at height.
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28.Stepladder Usage
- Use scaffolding for long time and heavy work
activity.
- Ladder shall be in good condition meeting
the current standard.
- Choose the ladder that is suitable for the job.
- Ladder selected shall be of proper materials
and appropriate size which meet the job
requirements.
- The ladder shall not be altered without
proper authorization and advice.
- Self -made ladder and improvised equipment
are not used.
- Pre- use check shall be conducted that
ladder is safe for use.
- Ladder shall be placed on a firm, level and
stable surface.
- Ladder shall set up a clean non-slippery
surface.
- Ladder shall be set up fully open position
with all feet in contact with the ground and
- Fall of material
the steps are level.
- Fall of person
- All locking and stabilizing mechanism of
28. Stepladder - Over reaching
- Personnel Injury ladder are properly and securely engaged.
- - Workers 2 4 8 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Usage Placed
- Property Damage - Metal, wooden ladders with metal parts or
uneven/unstabl any type of ladder made of conducting
e surface materials shall not use on or near any
- electrical hazards.
- The top or top step of a stepladder must not
be used as a step.
- Ensure that the ladder steps and footwear
are clean and free from mud, grease or any
other materials that may cause slip or falls
before using the ladder.
- Ladder placed in areas such as passage –
ways, doorways or where they can be
displaced by workplace activities or traffic
must be secured to prevent accidental
movement or a barricade must be used to
keep traffic or activities away from ladder.
- Ladders should be secured from the top or
bottom or otherwise hold by second person.
- Ensure that 3 point contact is made all the
time while climbing or descending a ladder.
- Competent and trained person shall perform
the task
- Close supervision required by competent
supervisor
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- Follow site emergency procedures in case of
emergency
- List of all site emergency numbers shall be
communicated to all workers
- Inspect the ladder before and after using
something changed.
- Don’t use defective or damaged ladder.
- Ensure only one person to work on a ladder
at a time.
- Ladder shall not be moved while person in
working on it.
- The employees assigned in the ladder
activity must be competent.
- Provide additional training if required.
- Use Proper required PPEs like hard hat,
safety glasses, safety shoes, High visibility
jackets, job specific hand gloves etc.

29.NDT Tests
- Avoid prolonged bending, stooping as
possible
- Work permit must be obtained from the
concerned authorities.
- Only competent and certified technician shall
perform the task
- Untrained - Always maintain proper access/egress
personnel - Pre start briefing shall be conducted.
- Manual - Barricade the work area and allow only
Handling authorized personnel to access
- Slip, Trip & Fall - MSDS shall be available at workplace and
Dye - Flammable shall be discussed with workforce to aware
29. Penetrant materials - Installation and - Major Injury about hazard and risks related with the
- testing Crew 3 3 6 (M) chemical 1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
1 Test Contact with
Members - Property Damage
chemical - First Aider shall be available at site
- Inhalation of - Technician to ensure the proper storage and
Chemical use of chemical as mentioned in MSDS
Fumes - Flammable compound should be kept away
- Working near from ignition source and direct sunlight
hot work area - Task shall be performed in well ventilated
area otherwise proper forced ventilation shall
be provided
- Proper housekeeping shall be promoted at
all times
- Suitable respiratory protection shall be used
to prevent the inhalation of fumes and gases
from the task
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- Fire extinguisher and other firefighting
equipment’s must be available nearby in an
easily assessable area.
- PPEs as per MSDS must be worn all the
times during the execution of the task.

- Work Permit shall be obtained from the


concerned authorities.
- Ensure source is in shielded position, always
lock the cranking cable
- Ensure vehicle is equipped with reverse
alarm to warn-off personnel when reversing
- Pen Dosimeter or Instadose Dosimeters
- Untrained must be worn by Radiographers
personnel - Use Digital Survey Meter to observe
- Driving Vehicle radiation level around
- Improper - Source retrieval equipment like tongs & lead
Communication pot shall be kept at site
- Manual - Collimator shall be used for controlling
Handling radiation
projector - Calibrated Dosimeter and survey meters
/Camera and shall be used
other equipment
- Certified technician shall be available for
- Other work radiography test
group not aware
about the - Readings of the pen dosimeter shall have
- Installation and recorded on daily basis and the pen
29. Radiograph activity - Major Injury dosimeter shall be set to zero after recording
- testing Crew 3 4 12 (M) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
2 y Test Unauthorized
Members - Property Damage the reading
entry at
restricted area - Radiation protection supervisor shall be
(RT Area) deployed
- Slip, Trip and - All transportation of radiography materials by
Fall road shall be carried out in vehicle specially
licensed and registered by the authorities
- Radiation
Exposure - In case of unauthorized entry, the source
shall be restricted into shielded position in
- Radiation the projector. the intruder identification shall
source being be determined and reported to concerned
accidently authorities.
detached from
camera or stuck - Ensure safe and proper lay down of source
up in guide guide tubes and cranking cables
tubes - Ensure all passages are free of any
obstruction, recovery service on call
deployed
- Appropriate signage shall be posted at
noticeable locations
- Proper Illumination shall be ensured at site
- Awareness to handle emergency situation
on time
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- Emergency response plan shall be followed
in case of emergency
- Notification of radiography shall be given to
nearby crew/department to prevent
conflicting activity
- NDT vehicle shall be parked in designated
parking area away from the common parking
area.
- Work Permit shall be obtained from the
concerned authorities.
- Ultrasonic testing instrument shall be
calibrated for the examination and shall be
capable of meeting the requirements of
screen height linearity and amplitude control
linearity
- The N.D.T. personnel whose performing
ultrasonic testing / examination shall be
qualified and meets the requirements of level
II, in Accordance to ASNT-SNT-TC-1A.
- All the electrical connections to be checked
properly for avoiding the electrical hazards.
- Maintain good cable management.
- Always unplug the unit before draining the
solution
- Drain the detergent and clean out the tank
occasionally
- Electrical - Change the filtration system’s filters regularly
Hazards - Installation and -
29. Ultrasonic - Personal Injury Use water-based detergents. Solvent-based
- Skin Irritation testing Crew 2 3 6 (M) cleaners are generally not designed for use 1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
3 Test - Skin Burn Members - Property Damage in an ultrasonic cleaner, and may damage
- Fire the stainless tank surface in some instances.
Solvents with low flash points – below 200˚F,
are never recommended.
- Wipe or spray down parts that have heavy,
greasy or loose contamination before placing
them in the ultrasonic cleaner
- Never fill the tank of an ultrasonic cleaner
with alcohol, gasoline, or any other
flammable liquids. They will vaporize, and
could cause a fire or explosion, or release
harmful gasses into the workspace.
- Avoid putting chlorine bleach into the tank.
Bleach does not promote good cavitation
activity.
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30.Violence at Office and Workshop
- Queue management and information
- Mentoring by senior staff and accessing
the root cause problem and appropriate
- Management action.
Staff - Change the job to give less face to face
- Visitors - Use bank transfer, cards, tokens instead
- Physical violence of cash
Violence at -
30. Staffs Verbal abuse
- Avoid lone working in high risk areas 1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
Work (Office - violence 3 2 6 (M)
1 - Workers - Mis-understanding
and Plant) Heated arguments
- Call-in system for lone worker
- Security - Training employees to deal with
employees aggression
- Operator/Driver - Alarm buttons and visible security staff
- Protective screens and coded security
locks

31.Use of Alcohol at work

- Management
Staff - Drug and alcohol not allowed as per
- Visitors UAE law to work with information to
Use of Drugs - Reduced - - Aggressive behavior employees.
31. Staffs
1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
and Alcohol work - Lack of judgment 3 2 6 (L) - Training for supervision to recognize
1 - Workers
at Work efficiency Slower reaction problem
- Security - Disciplinary actions against such
employees employees
- Operator/Driver

32.Electroplating
- Exposure to
Chemicals - Obtain PTW from the concerned
- Electrical - Management - Personal Injury authorities.
Hazards
Staff - Skin & Eye Irritation - Work area must be cordon off with hard
- Ergonomic - Skin Burns barricade and unauthorized entry must
Hazards - Visitors be strictly prohibited.
- Headache
32. Electroplatin - Dust - Staffs - Adequate warning signage must be
- Dizziness 4 4 16 (H) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 g works - Fumes - Workers displayed for the awareness.
- Vomiting
- MSDS must be properly communicated
- Mist - Security - Delirium to entire workforce and available at First
- Vapors employees - Seizures aider, HSE department & work area.
- Toxic Gases - Operator/Driver - Property Damage - Chemicals must be properly labelled,
- Fire packed & classified.
- Explosion
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- Chemical storage area must be properly
secured & entry must be strictly
prohibited to the unauthorized.
- Spill kit must be available nearby in an
easily assessable area & employees
must be trained for the safe usage of
the spill kit.
- where possible, pump chemicals into
plating tanks rather than pouring
manually from containers
- pumps need to be cleaned before use
with a different chemical
- use a suppressant to minimize the
amount of mist generated during
electroplating
- ensure that tanks do not overheat by
using monitoring systems or procedures
- Local exhaust ventilation for plating
tanks may include a rim extraction
system. Extraction should be designed
according to the risk of exposure and
the hazards of the chemicals being used
- Electroplating workers should be trained
about the risks of airborne contaminants
and their controls.
- Health surveillance must be carried out
for the workers involved in the
electroplating work on regular intervals.
- Emergency response plan must be in
place & all the working crew must be
trained for the safe execution.
- First aider & emergency vehicle must be
available during the work time.
- Fire protection & prevention systems
must be properly installed or available
nearby in easily assessable area.
- Deluge showers and eye wash stations
must be available.
- Specialized safety equipment should be
considered, for instance a cyanide
antidote poisoning kit or calcium
gluconate gel for hydrofluoric acid burns
- All the electrical connections must be
taken from the Distribution Box
connected with 30mA RCD.
- Electrical equipment in a workplace
must be subject to appropriate checks,
tests and inspections necessary to
reduce the risk of injury or harm
occurring to a person at the workplace.
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- Maintain good cable management.
- Never use leads and tools in damp or
wet conditions unless they are specially
designed for those conditions
- Task related PPE’s must be worn all the
times.

33.Furnace Operations
- Furnace must be inspected regularly so
that it remains safe to use.
- Use of tube furnace where the heating
element is totally enclosed in a glass,
ceramic or insulating cover.
- Use of a separate variable auto-
- Electrical transformer (variac) to regulate the
Hazards current, and hence the temperature —
- Contact with the variac should have shrouded
HOT terminal connections, preventing contact
surfaces with any live conductor, and be wired so
- Entanglemen that in the off position both output
t conductors are disconnected.
- Ejection - Use of an independent temperature
Hazards - Staffs sensor which isolates the electrical
- Vibration - Workers supply if the temperature rises above a
- Personal Injury preset value, if the furnace is to be left
33. Furnace - Noise - Security - Property damage 3 5 15 (H) unattended. 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 Operations - Fumes employees -
- Fatality Use of a sealed tube vessel designed to
- Exposure to - Furnace withstand the maximum pressure likely
Hazardous Operator to be generated.
substances
- Use of metal pipes to enclose any glass
- Fire tubes in the tube furnace, or the entire
- Explosion assembly placed behind a protective
- Ergonomic barricade inside a fume cupboard.
Hazards - Whether open or closed, tube reaction
- Confined vessels should not be operated above
Space the lower flammable limit of any gas or
Hazards vapor which is to be: introduced as a
reactant, introduced as an atmosphere
gas & formed as a reaction product.
- Tube furnace temperature should be
allowed to rise slowly, or in steps, to
avoid thermal shock or stress to the
reaction tube.
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- Reaction and atmosphere gases passed
through an open tube reaction vessel
with gaseous by-products should be
safely vented to a fume cupboard or
local exhaust ventilation system.
- Before the reaction tube is removed, the
furnace should be allowed to cool to
room temperature, and a positive
pressure of inert atmosphere gas
maintained in the reaction vessel during
cooling to prevent ingress of air.
- Furnace temperature controls should be
located outside the fume cupboard.
- Open tube reaction vessels should be
purged with an inert gas to displace air
before any flammable gas is introduced,
and again on completion of the reaction
before air is admitted or the products
removed. Vessels may also be purged
by evacuation of the air from the tube
and its connecting hose or pipes before
the reactants are introduced
- If flammable gas reactants are to be
used in open tube reactions, or if
flammable gases will be formed as
reaction products, an inert atmosphere
gas such as nitrogen should be used to
maintain a positive pressure, and so
prevent ingress of air into the system .
- Fire detection, prevention & protection
system must be in place.
- All the unwanted combustible materials
must be removed from the area.
- Competent working crew must be
deployed for executing the job.
- Competent supervisor must be
deployed for supervising the job.
- Adequate ventilation must be provided.
- Emergency Response Plan must be
place & entire workforce must be trained
for the safe execution of the ERP.
- Use of regular breaks or shortened
working time if prolonged use of ovens
or furnaces
- First aider & emergency vehicle must be
available all the times.
- Task related PPE must be worn all the
times while working.
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34.Office works
- Maintain proper cable management.
- Ergonomically designed workstations
should be provided
- Arrange free of cost eye sight test as a
health surveillance measure for all its
DSE users.
- Electric - Manage the task in order to provide
Hazards frequent rest breaks for DSE users.
- Work Related Upper
- Ergonomic - Management Limb Disorder - Suitable information, instruction, training
Usage of Hazards Staff - Musculoskeletal & awareness should be provided to the
Visual
34. - Slip, Trip & Disorders workers.
1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
Display - Visitors 2 2 4 (L)
1 Fall
- Eye Strain - The employees should also be cross-
Screen - Staffs
- Insufficient/ trained so that job rotation of such
Equipment - Security - Mental Stress
Excess workers should be carried out to avoid
lighting - Electric shock fatigue on a worker for extended period
- Fire of times.
- Comfortable work environment should
be provided to reduce the impact of
fatigue and physical exertion.
- Provide sufficient lighting at the work
area.
- Don’t remove the protective guards.
- Choose the right machine for the job.
- Train employees on the proper use of
machine safeguards.
- Maintain machine guards.
- Establish a lock off/isolation programme
for shutting down machines and
- Electric equipment for cleaning, repairing or
- Work Related Upper emergencies.
Hazards Limb Disorder
- Ergonomic - Prohibit employees from wearing loose
- Management - Musculoskeletal clothing, jewelers or untied long hair
Hazards Disorders
Staff when operating machines.
- Slip, Trip & - Repetitive Strain
34. Usage of - Have machines routinely inspected by a
1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
Fall - Visitors Injury 3 2 6 (L)
2 Printers - Insufficient/
qualified technician. Segregate printing,
- Staffs - Eye Strain storage and other areas.
Excess
lighting
- Security - Mental Stress - Ensure the mixing of solvent-based inks
- Electric shock is carried out only in dedicated fire-
- Noise resisting rooms.
- Fire - Irritation to ear
- Install fire-detection and extinguishing
systems.
- Enclose noisy machines with acoustic
enclosures or hoods.
- Maintain good cable management.
- Follow the safe manual handling
techniques.
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- Switch off the machine when not in use.
- Choose the right machine for the job.
- Train employees on the proper use of
machine safeguards.
- Maintain machine guards.
- Establish a lock off/isolation programme
for shutting down machines and
- Electric - Work Related Upper equipment for cleaning, repairing or
Hazards Limb Disorder emergencies.
- Ergonomic - Musculoskeletal - Prohibit employees from wearing loose
Hazards - Management Disorders clothing, jewelers or untied long hair
Staff - Repetitive Strain when operating machines.
- Slip, Trip &
34. Usage of Injury - Have machines routinely inspected by a
1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
Fall - Visitors 2 2 4(L)
3 Photocopier - Insufficient/ - Eye Strain qualified technician.
- Staffs - Segregate printing, storage and other
Excess - Mental Stress
lighting
- Security areas.
- Electric shock
- Noise - Ensure the mixing of solvent-based inks
- Irritation to ear is carried out only in dedicated fire-
- Fire - Personnel Injury resisting rooms.
- Install fire-detection and extinguishing
systems.
- Enclose noisy machines with acoustic
enclosures or hoods.
- Maintain good cable management.
- Follow the safe manual handling
techniques.
- Switch off the machine when not in use.
- Operatives must be competent to carry
out the task
- Operatives must not carry out the task
alone
- Electric - Work Related Upper - Operatives must read and be familiar
Hazards Limb Disorder with safety sheets, first aid, fire safety
- Ergonomic - Musculoskeletal and operating equipment guidelines.
Hazards - Management Disorders - Check there is no waste material in the
- Slip, Trip & Staff - Repetitive Strain shredder before you switch on.
Usage of Fall
34. Injury - Feed in waste material carefully,
1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
Paper - - Visitors 3 3 9 (M)
4 Insufficient/ - Eye Strain keeping your hands clear.
Shredder Excess - Staffs
- Mental Stress - Do not ram in too much at one go
lighting - Security - Feed the shredder at a steady rate so
- Noise - Electric shock
that it can shred each load.
- Fire - Irritation to ear
- Never put your hands past the mouth of
- Dust - Personnel Injury the shredder.
- Do not put large diameter branches into
the main feed hopper - this is only for
bulk twigs and foliage.
- If you need to clear a blockage, you
must switch off the shredder.
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- Allow the blades to come to a complete
stop, then unplug.
- If you need to remove any guards to
clear the blockage, remember how and
where they fit.
- You must replace all guards before
switching on the shredder.
- If the shredder is fitted with a waste bag,
you must switch off before replacing a
full bag.
- Switch off if anyone approaches you
whilst you are working with the
shredder.
- Switch off and unplug, before carrying
out any adjustments to the shredder.
- Switch off and unplug before leaving
the machine unattended.
- If your equipment does not work
properly, do not attempt to repair it.
Contact the hire company
- Train employees on the proper use of
machine safeguards.
- Prohibit employees from wearing loose
clothing, jewelers or untied long hair
when operating machines.
- Have machines routinely inspected by a
qualified technician.
- Enclose noisy machines with acoustic
enclosures or hoods.
- Maintain good cable management.
- Follow the safe manual handling
techniques.

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