0

12

200
9

Under Pass No. 5

Observations

List of hazards, unsafe practices and good practices

1- Housekeeping:
1.1Fire hazard from compiled rubbish
and polythene sheets.

1.2Trip Hazard from scattered materials

and rubbish on site.

04

Priori
ty/
Risk
H,M,L
H

12

Actions to be taken (if any)

List of all immediate and longer-term actions

required

- Removal of all rubbish from site.

- Good housekeeping should be
planned.
- Segregation between different
materials.

200
9
Time
Scale

(Immediate
,1Week,etc
)

Immediat
e
2 Days
3Days

1 Week

-Removal of rubbish, material

segregation and good housekeeping
plans.
1.3Two inch scattered nails and small
pieces of timber with nails projected
from one side.

H
3 Days
1 Week

M
1.4Food waste materials lead to hygienic
hazards of flies, varmints and even
snakes.

-Waste management action plans.

-Minimization of use of bad practices
on carpentry works.
-Retrain carpenters.
- Segregation between food and
other materials

1 Month
3 Days

Under Pass No. 5

Observations

List of hazards, unsafe practices and good practices

2 Environmental hazards:
2.1Disposal of concrete on the ground
which pollute the ground.

2.2 Oil spillage from air compressor

which contaminate the ground and
water (see report).

2.3Scattered cans and plastic bottles

which has an environmental impact,
and if reused for drinking water
(Which is biological hazard to health),
oil or petrol it may lead to
contamination or substance hazards
(not labeled). Cans can cause site
injuries by its sharp edges.

04

Priori
ty/
Risk
H,M,L
M

12

Actions to be taken (if any)

200
9
Time
Scale

List of all immediate and longer-term actions

required

(Immediate
,1Week,etc
)

-Eliminate the waste by regularly

ordering the concrete according to
the demand.
-Avoid cleaning the concrete truck on
site.
-Collect the concrete to a specific
disposal area.

1 week

H
-Immediately stop the spillage.
-a quick maintenance for air
compressor should be maintained
-Insure regular maintenance for
equipments.

Regularly
Immediat
e

Immediat
e
1 Day
1 Month

M
-Site cleaning methods and
eliminating of waste should be done.
-induction training of the
environmental and biological hazards
should take place.
-Material segregation methods to be
used.
-Wear of suitable Personal Protective
Equipments (P.P.E.)

2 Days
2 Weeks
1 Week
Immediat
e

Under Pass No. 5

Observations

List of hazards, unsafe practices and good practices

3 Physical Hazards:
3.1Working at height on scaffolding
without guard rail, without faade
bracing and not fully covered with
timber boards (or other material like
aluminum).
3.2Too steep timber ladder without
handrails lead to the upper part of
scaffolding parallel to shuttering for
concrete walls of the bridge which
can lead to fall from height.

04

Priori
ty/
Risk
H,M,L

H
3.3Electrical shock can happen from
generating of an electrical drill with
damaged wires and using a domestic
socket connection for 220 volts
electrical current.

12

Actions to be taken (if any)

List of all immediate and longer-term actions

required

-Stop The work on scaffolding

-A competent sub-contractor should
be provided for proper erecting of
scaffolding.

-Maintain the slope to be suitable and

have can easily be accessed.
-Insure handrails for the ladder.
-Induction training for workers on
falls from heights to be done.
-Provide a 110 voltage current
system.
-Provide of an industrial socket
connection.
-Proper storage of electrical cables.
-Provide for new cables.
-Portable Appliances Testing
techniques should be followed (PAT).

200
9
Time
Scale

(Immediate
,1Week,etc
)

Immediat
e
1 Day

Immediat
e
1 Day
1 week

1 Week
Immediat
e
Immediat
e
1 Day
Monthly

H
3.4Good practice: High voltage cable
over the new diversion - towards
Alain is maintained with goal
posting with net under the electric
liens and the area is barricaded to
protect movement under the electric
high voltage lines.
3.5Protruding steel bars from wall
shuttering under the scaffolding

-Goal posts with net under the line is

done.
-Barriers to stop vehicles (e.g.
Cranes) from moving under the high
voltage lines (Done).

- Protruding steel bars should be

Immediat
e
Immediat
e

without protection caps.

Immediat
e
1 Day

capped.
-Bars should be bent to prevent
sharp edge of steel.

Under Pass No. 5

Observations

List of hazards, unsafe practices and good practices

4 Chemical hazards:
4.1People ignite fire near the polymer
bitumen container which is a fire
hazard due to chemical substances.

4.2Charging of vehicles batteries on

work area will generate hydrogen gas
which is flammable gas.

04

Priori
ty/
Risk
H,M,L

12

Actions to be taken (if any)

List of all immediate and longer-term actions

required

-Insure good storage for chemical

substances.
-Train workers to deal with chemical
substances and resulted fire hazards.
- Provide worker with readily hot
drinks regularly or to use hot drinks
in the rest periods.
-Control of substances hazardous to
health methods should regularly be
done (CoSHH).
-Stop charging batteries on work
area.
-Insure good ventilation for work
area.
-Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health techniques to be insured
(CoSHH).

200
9
Time
Scale

(Immediate
,1Week,etc
)

Immediat
e
1 week
1 Day

Monthly

Immediat
e
Immediat
e
3 Days

Under Pass No. 5

Observations

List of hazards, unsafe practices and good practices

5 Physical hazards:
5.1Assembly point on work area is not
assigned which may lead workers to
be stroked by vehicles as they are in
hurry to catch the buses at the end of
the working day.
5.2The stability of stones of the
demolished old wall wings of the road
in the under pass (for joining of the
new road walls) is not insured which
can lead to fallen objects hazard.

04

Priori
ty/
Risk
H,M,L

12

Actions to be taken (if any)

List of all immediate and longer-term actions

required

200
9
Time
Scale

(Immediate
,1Week,etc
)

-Assembly point should be assigned.

- Easy access and egress for buses to
working area.
- Training for the workers.

Immediat
e
1 week

-Shuttering for the sides of the wall is

a must.
-Barriers must be used to barricade
the area.
-Casting the new wall

3 Days
Immediat
e
1 Week

1 Month

5.3Temporary round about near the site

offices at the T shape junction to
prevent a sudden turn which lead to
vehicles overturn which can lead to
injuries or even death at high speeds.

-Temporary round about to be done.

-Speed limit signs to be placed.
- Ramble strips on the road to be
established.

1 Week
Immediat
e
2 Weeks

L
5.4Unstable mobile water tank is parked
near the road side in the sloped area
which cam move or overturned
towards the working are and can
cause injuries

-Mobile tanker to be placed in an

even floor down in the working area.
-Parking breaks must be used.

3 days
2 Weeks

Along the road

Observations

List of hazards, unsafe practices and good practices

04

Priori
ty/
Risk
H,M,L

12

Actions to be taken (if any)

List of all immediate and longer-term actions

required

200
9
Time
Scale

(Immediate
,1Week,etc
)

Good practices:

6.1Fencing with control gate to prevent

Camels (animals) from crossing the
road. The guard man is to stop
trespasser from entering the site
which may be hazardous to them.
This can prevent accident occurring
and control the crossing of camel
through the under passes.

H
6.2The use of concrete barriers near
deep excavations can prevent of
falling, and use of barriers in a good
manner in diversions will control the
traffic movement.

-Control of camels movement was

done.
-Gate with guard man to open for
workers to pass and immediately
close the gate to stop trespassers.

1 week

-Use of concrete barriers to prevent

cars from jumping into deep
excavations.
-Ease diversion of barriers will ease
the movement of cars.

Immediat
e

- Use of traffic sings for round about,

T shaped junction of critical turn.
-Use of ramble strips with different
spaces in between from suitable
distance to warn drivers in high
speed for critical areas.

Immediat
e

M
6.3Ramble strips, in addition to traffic
signs (speed limits signs), on the road
near diversions, T shaped junctions or
before round about; in critical turns;
are placed.

Immediat
e

1 week

3 Weeks

M
Immediat

6.4Instruction boards on site along the

road are placed with reflective
ribbons in suitable places (Entrances,
diversions, speed limits, etc.)

-Use of sign boards is mandatory by

police authority

Along the road

Observations

List of hazards, unsafe practices and good practices

04

Priori
ty/
Risk
H,M,L

12

Actions to be taken (if any)

List of all immediate and longer-term actions

required

200
9
Time
Scale

(Immediate
,1Week,etc
)

Physical hazards

7.1No fire extinguishers on site to fight

fire if ignited.
M
7.2Tress passers through the site at the
underpass with motor cycles.

7.3Compressor hose with steel bar

tighten to the free end which can
lead to strike by the steel bar if the
hose is free.

-Provide of water and carbon dioxide

extinguishers on site.
-training for workers on fire fighting
methodology.
- Signboards to restrict entering the
working area.
-Good housekeeping for safe pass of
motor cycles.
- Remove of the Steel bar from the
hose end.
-Train people to use the equipment.
- Insure regular maintenance for the
equipment.

Immediat
e
1 Week

1 Week
2 Weeks

Immediat
e
1 Week
Monthly

04 / 12 /
2009
Under pass No. 5

2:30 pm.

Introduction:
As safety is one of the important issues in our life and is the first
issue people should take care of it, the government is take the
safety into the considerations of the country legislations and law.
The municipalities and the environmental agency, as regulatory
authorities, held the safety issue and put it as apriority that
should be adopted in all the country firms. The safety manual of
Abu Dhabi and Alain municipalities is the witness of this care.
Based on the priority of safety, health and environment and on
the inspection done date on 04th. Of December 2009, on the road
site which is Dualing and improve traffic safety on Alain
Nahil road; I had found good practice and number of issues
need a risk carried by those issues.
Summary
The aim of this inspection is to highlight the health, safety and
environmental issues and to discover whether it is good practice
or violations and to decide which recommendations are to be
taken as remedial actions to be done. It is found that the main
issue is the one way road without Intermediate Island which is
the main risk, for this reason the municipality decides about this
project which is Dualing and improves traffic safety on Alain
Nahil road, to cover this dangerous issue. The compliance with
health, safety and environment is clearly observed through the
good barricading; well designed diversions and the precautions

taken under the high voltage electric line by maintain goal posts
with net and barricading the area. Through the site inspections I
observe some violations mainly on the under pass no.5 which
are: the scaffolding which is incomplete; the side wall of the
under pass without support to protect workers from the falling
objects which are big stones on the road side. As Alain water
table is very close to the ground level and there is many sources
of drinkable water in different areas in Alain hence Alain is known
as the oasis city; so as I observe there is spillage of oil from the
compressor this may be one of the reasons which contaminate
the water; same as the concrete disposal on the site. On the
other side the high hazard from electric shock is persist there
with the use of electrical equipments with damaged electric
wires connected to domestic sockets.
Observations
1- The scaffolds on site are incomplete without full boarding,
without hand rails, without secured access and without faade
bracing (item no.3.1 in page 3 of the observations). The
contractor used only two no. of boards 20cm. wide about 50 cm
thick (no way to take accurate dimensions because of
incomplete scaffolds). This one of the most hazardous issues and
most of the workers suffer from this type of hazards which is the
fall from height.
The recommendations to these hazards is to be carried by the
contractor should stop the work on the scaffolding immediately
and bring competent scaffold erector as to contract with
specified scaffolds contractor; the sub-contractor should
complete the scaffolding by placing top and middle handrails, full
scaffold boarding with standard timber boards and insure a
practically reasonable access according to the standards. The
worker on site should have knowledge of how to deal with
scaffolding; this can be done by training for company workers.
The const to this action may not be high as if someone fell
down lost his life or even injured this may cost not less than
Dhs.250,000. The repair of scaffolding my not cost more than
Dhs.15,000 include the administrative costs.
The legislations, as refer to the Abu Dhabi or Alain municipality
manual, shows the standard methods, numbers and dimensions

of how to insure correct scaffolding system which can be found

on items no. 29.7, 29.8 and 29.10.3 for success to scaffold,
layout of scaffold and railing of scaffolds. In section 29 of the
manual you can find more about the scaffolding.
2- The hazard of electricity almost the dangerous event which may
lead to death, reparatory paralysis, bruises or physical trauma.
The use of equipment without earth wiring, with damaged wires
and connected to domestic socket is classified by high risk which
may be fatal hazard. As I found on the site and state it in item
No. (3.3) on my observation sheet no.(3), the contractor used an
electric drill connected to damaged wires and no earthing.
I recommend that the contractor should immediately stop the
work on this issue; Change all the damaged wires with new
wires; maintain earthing system on site; use of 100 volts output
current and suitable equipment - if possible - because it is very
expensive; provide fuses to the equipments; use of electrical
connection breaker (ELCB); provide portable appliance testing
(PAT) for his equipments; change all domestic sockets with
industrial ones and the use of suitable personal protective
equipments (P.P.E.).
All these, except the 110 volt system, may not cost more than
Dhs.3,000 rather than the cost of any accident except death may
be more than Dhs.10,000 include the cost of absenteeism or
compensations.
To deal with electricity in standard manner and cope with the
legislations refer to Abu Dhabi and Alain municipality manual
section 7 under the items 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 which cover these
issues.
3- Refer to my observation sheet no.(2) item no.(2.2) which is about
the spillage of oil from compressor machine used in site in the
under pass no.5. Due to lack of compressor maintenance the oil
is spilled out from the compressor tank, and the tank without
cover. This actually case pollution to land and may lead to
contaminate the water table which is a highly environmental
issue. Other chemical hazards can generate as fire hazard due to
ignition of the fuel; or biological hazard due to inhalation of the
fumes of the fuel or oil.
Recommendations to this action is immediately stop the use of
this equipment; empty the fuel tank, send it to maintenance and
insure regular maintenance system and testing (PAT method as

mentioned above). Quick induction training should be done to

eliminate such as these issues.
The effect of these hazards may not being seen in the short
period of time, but in the long term may cause illness due to the
pollution of the ground and water or burns due to fire.
The Cost to this issue is not measurable like other issues but it
can be about Dhs.50,000 according to the amount of damage
occurred to the land; water and health.
The federal law on protection and development of the
environment 1999, article 2 is the official legislations we can
refer to in this case. The law shows the punishment results of
such violations in articles 71 and 77 which lead to punished with
imprisonment for a period of not less than one year in addition to fines
ranging from Dhs.5,000 to Dhs.100,000
4- Item (4.1) on my observation sheet no. (4) is about one of the
high hazards on site that observed in this inspection which is a
chemical hazard. The polymer bitumen container can be affected
by fire ignited beside the container known by the impact of burnt
material found near the bitumen container. The polymer bitumen
is one of the flammable materials which generate flammable
fumes cam lead to fire. The hazards of this material is fire which
is chemical hazard; the inhalation on specific dose of bitumen
fumes can affect the lungs in the long term and cause
unconsciousness to people in the short term. The lack of good
storage system is observed. The accumulation of fumes may
lead to explosion if ignited, but in this case the bitumen
container is exposed to weather conditions which can ignited by
heat.
The recommendations to this issue, the contractor insure good
storage system; use the method of controlling of substances
hazardous to health (CoSHH); Train people on how to deal with
such materials and to stop all issues of igniting fire for cocking or
making tea or any hot drinks or even to heat the bitumen, unless
it is approved method and with accordance to safety standards.
Contractor should insure clear labeling for materials.
The cost of fire is very high and in this condition it may exceed
Dhs.3,000 and in case of affecting any worker the cost will
increase according to the condition of the burnt person and may
reach Dhs.20,000 or more.

The main applicable legislation in U.A.E is the Ministerial

Order No. (32) Year 1982 - Article (9).
5- In item (5.2) in my observations in page (5), I talk about the
demolished part of the wing wall of under pass no.(5),which is
not barricaded, not covered by shuttering and the stones on the
top of the slope are supposed to fall down in the working area
which is a conformation of a high hazard of falling objects. The
stone size is very big and on a high level from the ground of
about 2.5 meters. Part of the slope backfilling is removed which
made a sudden wall with the top part with big stone sloped
down, and the stones on the edge of this wall can easily rolled
down due to the slope and the vibration from the movement of
vehicles on the road. This fallen objects hazard which can lead to
death or any other reportable accident or even injuries.
I recommend that area to be barricaded immediately; Stones
to be removed or stopped from falling by means of good
shuttering and casting the wing wall as soon as possible.
The legislation for this is stated under the Mistrial order no (32)
1982.
Conclusion
The reflective sign boards and traffic signs are in place with
highly reflective ribbons; the rumble strips on the road and the
fencing through the road side to prevent; rather than the Dualing
of the road itself, are the good practice on this site. Failure to the
management of occupational health and safety might result in
legal actions where applicable.
Accidents should be investigated as to be recorded to maintain a
good reference for compliance with health and safety rules. More
serious situations must be considered as a priority to insure
healthy and safe community.
Means of motivating the employees is one of the important
issues to implement health and safety and clear punishment
procedures should be known by employees.
Occupational health and safety is a subject that everyone should
consider as life promotion and insure good community.