Title: Concrete Safety

Title: Concrete Safety
Tool box briefing

1. Only authorized person can allow to enter the site
2. Wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment according to the suitability of the work
3. If concrete came in contact with skin, please go to the wash area to clean it
4. If there’s an emergency, please go to the assembly point and follow the instructions
Introduction
 Concrete is a construction material composed of cement, fine aggregates
(sand) and coarse aggregates mixed with water which hardens with time
 Activities done using a concrete at construction site:
1. Preparation of the concrete mix
2. Delivery of the mix to the construction site
3. Compaction of the mix in the formwork
4. The curing of the concrete
5. Quality control of the concrete work
Objective
 1) Identify hazards that may pose a hazard to the safety

and health of workers during concrete work carried out at
the site.
 2) Identify safety management methods that are practiced

while conducting concrete work on the site
Job Safety Analysis
Activity: Concreting on slab foundation of a two-storey house
Job step Hazard Effect Control measure
1. Apply Permit to work, i. Cold virus i. Unfit and sick i. Prevent unfit worker to
check worker’s fitness, worker enter the site
check Personal ii. Spreading of ii. Bring the infected worker
Protective Equipment disease to hospital
needed and give
toolbox talk to workers
2. Check the condition i. Sharp edge of tools i. Cut, bleeding i. Make sure all sharp
of tools or machinery to ii. Not in good edges protected and
be used condition or beyond ii. Fire or explosion covered
service can happen ii. Check machinery to be
used is always in good
condition and under
service
3. Began moving to the i. Uneven and i. Slip, trip and fall i. Provide, use safe and
site slippery road ii. Affliction from the well-maintain access
surface tools ii. Barricade, cover pot
holes or man holes
4. Check on slab i. Sharp edge steel i. Cuts and serious i. Make sure all sharp
foundation/British injury edges protected and
Reinforced Concrete covered
ii. Slippery slab ii. Slip, trip and fall ii. Cover the surface area
foundation surface with canvas
5. Trucks carry wet i. Dust i. Limited visibility i. Lorry driver shall be a

concrete arrive at site competent person
ii. Excessive noise ii. Hearing loss ii. Wear an ear plug
iii. Hitting people or iii. Appoint a watchman to

property the lorry driver upon
arrival, during unload
iv. Lung cancer and depart from site
iv. Wear dust mask

6. Unload concrete from i. Concrete splash i. Eye injury i. Wear safety goggles
the truck ii. Excessive noise ii. Skin inflammation and gloves until finish
iii. Hearing loss pouring of concrete
ii. Wear long sleeve
clothes
iii. Wear rubber boots
iv. Provide wash area
v. Wear an ear plug
7. Distribute concrete i. Awkward body i. Over exertion and i. To get rest, not to
across the foundation position muscle strain continue if exhausted
slab ii. Carry excessive load ii. Back pain and slipped and change worker
iii. Exposure to vibration disc ii. Practice proper way
iv. Repetitive action iii. Hand-arm vibration to handle concrete
v. Heat exposure iv. Heat stroke iii. Access to drinking
water and adequate
frequent drinking
8. Curing work i. Slippery, uneven i. Sprain ankle and fall i. Put a signage
surface
9. Cart away earth or i. Dust exposure i. Lung cancer i. Wear dusk mask
debris ii. Heavy load ii. Back pain and ii. All debris or rebar
slipped disc being stockpiled
shall be remove
away from site
iii. Dump at designated
safe area
iv. Use more then one
person to carry
heavy load
10. Barricade and put i. Dust exposure i. Lung cancer i. Wear dusk mask
safety signage ii. Exposure to heat ii. Dehydration ii. Access to drinking
water and adequate
frequent drinking
11. Clean and keep tools i. Tools scatter on the i. Slips, trip and fall i. Stack the tools
and machinery at the floor neatly
store ii. Keep records (in and
out)
12. Cancel off Permit to
work
Conclusion
 Concrete work involves many activities
 Every activity can cause harm
 Careful planning, continuous supervision and monitoring

are essential in ensuring the safety and health of the
workers involved
THANK YOU
 Menteri Sumber Manusia
YB Tuan M Kulasegaran (Ipoh Barat)
YB Dato' Mahfuz Bin Hj Omar
IR. Hj Omar Bin Mat Piah (Ketua

 DOSH Pengarah)
TIMBALAN KETUA PENGARAH TIMBALAN KETUA PENGARAH

(KESIHATAN PEKERJAAN) (KESELAMATAN PEKERJAAN)
IR. HJ. SAIFUL AZHAR BIN MOHD IR. ZAILEE BIN DOLLAH
SAID
 Department of Occupational Safety and Health
Level 5 (Main Counter), Block D4, Complex D,
Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62530 Putrajaya
Tel: 03-8886 5343

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Tool box briefing

 1) Identify hazards that may pose a hazard to the safety

 2) Identify safety management methods that are practiced

5. Trucks carry wet i. Dust i. Limited visibility i. Lorry driver shall be a

iii. Hitting people or iii. Appoint a watchman to

iv. Wear dust mask

 Every activity can cause harm

 Careful planning, continuous supervision and monitoring

IR. Hj Omar Bin Mat Piah (Ketua

TIMBALAN KETUA PENGARAH TIMBALAN KETUA PENGARAH

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