GC3 – THE HEALTH AND Candidate’s observation

SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION sheet

Sheet number ​ ​ of _____

Student name Wael Saad Student number 00394866

Place inspected Tent construction in Abu Dhabi 5 stars hotel Date of inspection 06 / 08 / 2017

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

1. ​Collison hit by objects ,and fall ​ hort Term action​. Stop the trucks
S Immediately
hazard T​ rucks loading heavy items ( Iron and Send Email to beach club facility
pillars, and Purlin ) and the loads are not
well-adjusted on the truck . There are extra
and transportation to divert the club
protuberance and edges emerging from the cars driveway to safe area like front of
truck the same trucks use the guest club cars house driveway instead of beach side,
driveway to reach to the construction site.
and instruct the main contractor to
send safe load trucks and adjust the
Consequences​: Risk of Collison can load by using JCB or forklift before
cause accidents to the hotel guests sending to the site. deploying one
and to workers there is also risk of banksman to escort the trucks every
items fall and striking pedestrians. time coming inside
And this will lead to loss of life and
property damage. Long Term action
Fixing barricades on the whole way 4 days
leading to the tent construction site
starting from the hotel service entrance
till the site. Fix signs for sharp items
on the way leading to the construction
site, continuous supervision, .
All traffic shall observe the site speed
restrictions and on site traffic
management plan.
Management to monitor
2 Weeks
implementation

Short Term action​ Prohibit any one

2. Fire hazard. ​Labours were from smoking at site, place trash bins
smoking nearby left over trash which in separate isolated dry area, place fire
was placed opposite to diesel tank. extinguishers, place prohibition signs
Immediate
On-going.
for smoking.
Consequences fire emission if Long term action​ Provide Designated
cigarette buds throw on any source of smoking area. Monitor and advice for
fuel. Which can cause death, injures safety concerns. Ensure that all
and fire in property.

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3. ​Trip ​Hazard ​workers placed the
pillars poles, many items and cables Short term action​ Remove all
on the floor in disorder way.
Consequences ​fall and trip to workers
and individuals on site which can
cause injury, bone fracture. Break to
hand, arm or wrist.
4. ​Forklift turnover and Collison
hazard​. ​Forklifts driver is loading
and offloading tent materials without
using any signage’s, and is rounding
in a congested with high speed
without securing the load
Consequences Forklift turnover and
collision with pedestrian and this will
cause injury or may lead to death.
5. ​Hazard of excavation​. ​Workers
are conducting excavation work to fix
cement bases for the tent and they did
not do any detection to the buried Short term Acton​. Stop the
services before they start.
Consequences risk of touching and buried cables and mark sings for the
damaging buried electrical cables findings as well. Barricade the area
which have extreme possibility for with warning signage.
cables cut and causing electric shock
and damage to the cables as well.
contractors adhere to the site
regulations regarding smoking
equipment’s to safe and clear area, 1 day
Area to be surrounded with barricades,
fencing and ropes. Monitor the surface
condition of all footpaths on site
during site inspection.
Long term action.
Supervision to ensure floors are
always maintained and clear form any
obstruction. Ensuring that there is
competent foremen on site to monitor 3 hours
contractor’s activities.
Short term action​. Stop the fork lift
driver brief him to drive slowly Immediate
especially while he is turning. And
nominate banksman to monitor and
supervise the movement, place
barricades and barriers to deter
pedestrian from the work area.
Long term action​. Contractors to be
aware of traffic rules and design
pedestrian separate routs. Work site to Ongoing.
be monitored by onsite supervisor to
ensure they drive in a safe manner.
excavation process and calling
engineering to detect if there is any
Immediate
Long term action​. Safety meeting and
ensure conducting inspection and
check if procedures are in place.
adequate lighting and warning signs
and barricades to be placed before 1day
work start.
PTW to be followed

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6. Chemical Hazard from cement
dust. ​Workers use powder cement
bags to make bases to the tent pillars,

Consequence there is a risk of Short term action​. Stop the work and
allergic dermatitis due to direct advise to change the work process
handling to cement without starting with reducing the emission of
Immediate
protection, such repeated exposure dust by watering .if there is no chance
will may cause, choking asthma and to do that , workers must wear proper
breathing difficulty. And it will cause protective equipment like full
skin corrosion. respiratory filter protective masks,
gloves ,and rubber boots.

Long term action​. and substituting by

using cement mixture, or they can
bring ready cement bulks 1 week
reducing the work hours by giving
more breaks. Giving prior training to
the labour to stress on the importance
7. ​Physicalhazard​ ​In-house guest
of chemical handling, hygiene and
and kids felt curiosity to see hence
wearing PPE.
they walk around the construction
side and got attracted to enter to the
site area.
Short term action​ .stop the work till
take those kids out, immediately fixing
Consequence​. They will be
temporary fencing around the work Immediate
Stricken by machinery. Objects can
site, place prohibit access signs to be
fall on them, they can be hit by
placed clearly. And deploying security
vehicles and forklifts, they can fell on
guard to control any unauthorised
potholes, they can be exposed to
access.
electrical shock, and they can be
exposed to inhale the cement dust.
​Long term action​ Contractor to
And finally they can be exposed to
construct designated area for visitors
slips and trips as well.
and guest to pass, and making safe
3hours
separated routs to them to be fenced
with signs, good light before work
commence.
Placing signs to prohibit pedestrian’s
bicycles, scooters and any beach club
facility means passing by the tent site. 1 day
Security to be aware about all these
things.

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2days

4 days

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8.​ Fall hazards​ ​from scaffold
Labours built the scaffolding and
placed it on the sand and started to
work.
Consequence​. The scaffolding will
collapse , workers will fall, and
items will fall also and injure
9. ​Spillage Hazard​ Diesel tanks
which were brought from outside to
supply fuel to the generators were
leaking on the driveway to the site
consequence​.​ This can create fire,
pollution threat. Slips to guest,
visitors and any pedestrians.
10.​ Sun light heat hazard ​due to
work in the heat season and working
under direct sun exposure labours
may face extreme ill-health.
Consequence​. ​Heat stroke, exhaust.
Fatigue or loss of consciousness.
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Short term action​ .stop work
immediately , and ensure that they Immediate
build firm and even wooden base
plates before they start. Inspect
scaffold to avoid any wrong
procedures
Long term action​. Give training for 2 days
how to build and use scaffolding,
permanent scaffolding specialist on
site to guide and monitor the labours Ongoing
how to build scaffolding.
​Short term action​. Stop the truck
outside the parking in dry clear safe
Immediate
area and place tray underneath the leak
Report immediately to the concerned
parties.
Long term action​. Inspection of any
fuel tanks before entering the property.
Conduct training how to response to
spill to drivers and keep spill kit
contractors and subcontractors to
2days.
follow procedures.
Short term action​. Deny work in heat
peak times, provide cool water on
location all time provide shades,
Immediate
electrolites, fans or coolers to refine
the weather if applicable.
On-going
Long term action​ ensuring that they
are wearing light clothes.
monitoring to labours work status and 2days
giving labours training on the hazards
from the work under heat, contractors
to build shade tents and refuges for
workers rest time.
11.​ Risk of falling from Ladder​ one
labour using ladder to fix fabric wall
to one of the tent sides and he was not
opening the ladder to full angel.
Consequence​. Fall from the ladder
which will cause injury, fracture.
12. ​Radiation and fire hazard​.
Workers were observed using welding
machine to join the windows metal
frames to the wall of the tent without
using any protection.
Consequences​. They are exposed to
direct ultra violet radiation from arc
welding. Which can cause blindness
and kin burns, the heat of welding can
spread to touch any ashes and can
cause fire.
13. ​Manual Handling Hazard​.
Workers carrying AC ducts parts by
their hand to join it to each other, the
size of the AC ducts part was larger
and heavier than their capacity.
Consequence​. This will cause back
pain, ligaments, pain to arm, muscle,
and disc injury.
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​Short term action​. Stop worker and
advise the worker to use correct angle Immediate
which is 75. And recommending to
use scaffolding or man lift instead, On-going
continue to monitor work practices
with ladders
Long term action
continuous monitoring and training
to know how to use the ladder in right 1 day
way.
Ensuring that access to hazardous and
height areas will be restricted to
essential crew only with continues Ongoing
monitoring form site supervisor.
Short term action​. Workers must
wear suitable PPE (dark visor and full Immediate
overall to cover all his body), use
protection shield, cleaning the area
and remove any flammable
substances, and keeping the welding
area in dry and neat status. Placing
DCP fire extinguishers close to the
welding area.
Long term action
PTW to be done before start of work 1week.
Short term action​ .stop the workers
from working by this way and
instructing them to use any automated Immediate
machine (forklift, JCB telescope,
cranes, or trollies.
Long term action. ​Let workers to
1 hour
arrange the loading area for
machinery movements, Carry out
regular reassessment of carrying
Daily
items and tools on site
14.​ Fall from height Hazard​ Labour
was ascending to the tent roof to join change this work hazard by using
the roof purlin without using either
height lifting means or any PPE.
Consequence​ ​fall from height this
would cause fatality or fracture due to Long term action​. Training on fall
fall and it will may cause broken
bones.
15. ​Crane collapse hazard​ crane
operator is loading generators without
placing the legs properly.
Consequence ​this will cause
collapsing, or the crane toppling over,
and there is possibility to the load fall
and it can strike the workers and
injure as well.
16. ​Crushing hazard by fork lift
driver accelerating quickly in reverse
while placing some cement bricks on
the floor while labour is guiding him
inattentively to place the brick on the
floor.
Consequence ​t​his would cause to
crushing to the labours body, fracture
to one of their body parts like hand,
legs .and it will may cause death too.
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Short term Action​ Stop work and
Immediate
other safe means like scaffolding
.boom lifts, scissor lifts if applicable,
and let workers to wear harness
.
from height hazard, and PPE to wear
before they work.
Daily site inspection should be made
and any working by this danger way 2days
to be reported to the site manager.
​Short term action​ Stop crane
Immediate
operation immediately and check
competent operator. Ensure that the
crane is positioned correctly and the
Daily
outriggers were placed correctly on
even floor Barricade the operating
area and deny access of unauthorized
persons.
Long term action​. Establish crane
operation and ground risk assessment
On going
before the crane start every time.
Ensuring that no any crane work or
start unless a competent and qualified
operator is provided
Short term action​ Stop forklift
Immediate
driver and isolate the forklift on a
side till ensuring safe system of work,
do not allow the driver to drive
speedily, Ensure all workers are
wearing high visible clothes
Long term action​ instruct the
contractor to place mirrors on corners 1 day and every
to help driver to see the blind spots. time before
Speed rules sings to be placed. operating the
Deploying one banksman to guide the crane.
driver movement.
Ensuring that there is effective means
of communications between the 2hours
drivers and banksman.
Providing visible clothing to labours
working on floor.
17. ​Gas cylinder explosion hazard​.
Contractor brought LPG cylinders
which will be used for the tent
kitchen and placed it exposed to the
sun without covering or protection.
Consequence​. The cylinders can
explode due to exposing to high
temperature, big fire can happen too
and this will cause a big loss of
people and property as well.
18. ​Assault hazard​. One supervisor
was screaming to one of the labours
to hurry up pulling the ceiling rope
because of the short time demands of
the tent delivery.
Consequence. ​Those workers will be
working under stress, and this will
cause disability to perform their job
properly, it will effect on their
physical health by causing some
symptoms like high blood pressure,
headache and it may also cause
depression.
19. ​Noise Hazard​. Workers are
drilling the tent floor by flooring drill
machine without wearing any hearing
protection.
Consequence​ this will cause tinnitus,
temporary hearing loss, stress and it
will expose them to other risks like
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Short term action​. Instruct the
contractor to remove them 2 days
immediately and return them back till
kitchen get built or cylinders have to
be placed properly in a shade clean
area , and warning signs , fire
extinguishers to be placed Secure the
cylinders (with chain) . Ongoing
Long term action​ .contractor to
build a separate store room outside
the tent and ensure that it is covered,
clean from any other flammable
substances, dry and well ventilated.
Ensure that persons involved with
handling, storage and transportation 1 week
of gas have been trained in the correct
procedures that conform with
relevant legislations
Short term action​. Talk to the
supervisor to be moderate and to
respect the labours roles, and discuss Immediate
with the project responsible to find
other suitable ways to speed the task
by increasing the labours number and
providing more machinery.
Long Term action​. Place policy
stating breaches against any bullying 1 Week
on the place, and management should
monitor, and keep supervise and
support all the time.
Short term action​. ensuring that
workers are wearing proper hearing Immediately
protection equipment’s like ear
muffs, or ear plugs.
Long term action​, Replace the work
process by fixing ready floors essay
to be joined without drilling,
Ensuring that staff have adequate Ongoing.
breaks and are not positioned for long
hit by other objects and they will not
observe because of noise.
20. ​Electrical shock hazard​ the
contractor fixed generators electrical
cables improperly. They were loose,
not insulated and connected from the
generator to the tent without
insulation or protection
Consequence​. Electrical shock.
Burning, fire. .
21. ​Physical Hazard by impact with
crane. ​During the offload of the
generator one labour was close to get
hit by the hook and get injury because
he was not wearing proper PPE and
was standing on unsafe place
Consequence​ hit​ by the crane hook,
will cause bones break, impact can
cause death or head crash and sever
injury.
22. Welfare facilities. ​Contractor built
one small tent equipped with air fan,
water, first aid box for the labours to
have rest during their break time, it is
used for having their food meals, and
they located two mobile toilets near
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periods of time in noisy areas. And
monitor noise levels all times.
Immediately
Short term action​. Check the site
supervisor immediately to gather
technicians to locate the cables
correctly ,connect them tightly to the
sockets, cover the cables by ramps or 5 days
burry them in a safe matter to be far
form vehicles or people movement.
Long term action​.
using double insulating cables
Implement safe system of work by Daily
nominating competent people only to
carry out the electrical works with
permit to work, conduct periodical
inspection and locate warning signs
to prohibit any one to enter to 3hours
electricity connection.
lighting levels around the site to
cover all hazards at night.
Immediately
Short term action​. Stop the work
Deploying banks man to direct and
monitor the movement. Restrict the 2 days and
incompetent workers provide hard ongoing
hats and gloves and overalls to
workers.
Long term action​. ensure that the 2 days
contractor provide permanent
competent supervisor to monitor any
crane loading process,
Should by kept clean all the time.
This reflect one of the employers ongoing
responsibility commitment towards
the workers, and show their
complying to the rules of OSHAD
code of practice COP 8.0- General
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