RISK ASSESSMENT

ROAD CROSSING DUCTS FOR HV/EHV

CABLES

Activity

Date of Assessment
Act
No.

26 Jan 15

Activity

Survey,
Marking
layer/level

Potential Hazards

Consequence

Injury from falling in to

excavation or
Working in and
Being
hit by a moving
around excavation
vehicle/plant
Working near plant
and vehicle

Method Statement No:

EXW-P015-0000-EE-LNT-MT-00094 REV CB

Risk Assessment No:006/PP

Review Date

Revision 0

Risk Level

Control Measures

P S R

Personal injury
/property damage
from

Excavation

Underground
utilities
Working with
moving plants
Noise
Dust

Collusion with
moving plants
and vehicle
Striking
underground
services
Slip, trip and fall

15

L&T/HSE/27

Rev 00 Page 1 of 7

25 Jan 2016

Open edge of excavation shall be barricaded and no one shall work

close to the edge of excavations
Marking out areas near plant vehicle movement area shall be isolated
via physical barriers or controlled by banks man
PPE such as safety shoe, reflective jacket and helmet must be worn
by all those involved in the activities
The project engineer shall make sure that all required NOCs from
concerned authorities are obtained and available with him prior to
start removal of trees.
Obtain excavation work permit from HSE department before
commencing the work and site supervisor shall make sure the
permit, Method statement and TBT on method statement/risk
assessments are available at site.
Competent supervision must be available during work
Identify and mark the underground utilities before starting the
excavation and protect the utilities (If any) during work
Provide adequate protection for open pits such as hard barrier,
adequate hazard warning signs (Danger Deep Excavation), mini
flash lights if the trench is near to live road.
Only manual excavation to be done in areas where there is
presence of underground utilities.
Equipment operation shall only be under the guidance of a competent
banks man.
PPE such as safety shoe, reflective jacket, dust mask. goggles and
helmet must be worn by all those involved in the activities

Resid
ual
Risk

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Welding &
Laying of HDPE
ducts

Concrete
pouring

Backfilling

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Manual handling
Use of HDPE
fusion welding
machine, Sharp
cutting tools
Slip, trip and fall
hazard
Hot surface
Flying particles
Electrical Powered
Equipment
Crane associated
Hazard

Contact with wet

concrete
Reversing trucks
Vibration

Injury from
Use of sharp
tools, pipe
handling
Health hazard
from use of
COSHH Material
Burn from
potential melted
pipe and heating
elements

Health hazards from

contact with
Skin
Eye injury,
Slip and trip,

Personal injury
Vibrating Plants under
/property damage
operation.
from
Reversing tipper truck
Falling materials or
Collusion with
plant
moving plants
Falls of persons into
or vehicle
excavation
Unsafe access/egress Cave inns
Cave ins
Fall into
Noise
excavation
Vibration
Material/equipme
Dust
nt fall from
height
Slip, trip and fall

Rev 00 Page 2 of 7

12

HDPE fusion work will be carried out by competent operator only

Maintain distance from heating elements on fusing machine-heat
plate, pipe beads, etc.
Manual handling technique must be taught to all operatives involved in
the activities
All tools must be used by trained workers
Good housekeeping shall be maintained to minimise trip hazards and
contact with sharp objects such as protruding nails, sharp steel and
tools....etc.
COSHH material shall be stored and handles as per MSDS of the
material and the MSDS shall be communicated to all users
Control measures given in the crane operation for all lifting activity(11)

All work to be carried out as per approved MS

If anyone gets concrete on cloth or skin flush immediately with lots of
water.
Washing facilities should be provided.
Banks man shall guide the reversing trucks
Use appropriate PPE s such as Hand gloves, safety glasses,
gumboots...etc.

All activities shall be carried out as per approved MS and risk

assessments
All plants and vehicles shall be guided by a competent banks man
Stop blocks shall provide near edge of excavation to avoid
vehicle/plants falling in to excavation
Adequate safe access to excavation shall be provided
Personnel working with vibrating equipment will be trained to operate
the equipment
PPE such as heavy duty hand gloves, ear plugs/defenders dust mask
and all other mandatory PPE shall be used by all involved in the
activity.
Compaction machines will be inspected daily to ensure they are in
good working condition
Reversing alarms to be fitted to all plant machinery.

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Construction of
precast
Chambers

Unsafe working
platform
Use of hand tools
and power tools
Manual Handling
protruding nails,
sharp edges
Ladder use

Personal injuries
from

Fall from height

Striking by falling
objects
Manual handling
Use of power
tools

Erection of
precast
chambers

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Crane associated
hazards

Rev 00 Page 3 of 7

Injury/fatality by
crane failure,
dropped load, load
striking other
object/personal

12

Safe and suitable working platform with suitable access/egress shall

be provided for all work at height
Good housekeeping shall be maintained to minimise trip hazards and
contact with sharp objects such as protruding nails, sharp steel and
tools....etc
Only competent operatives will use the power tools such as angle
grinder, jack hammer...etc
The operator/supervisor will check the tools for its inspection
tag/colour coding; guards are in place, cable...etc while collecting the
tool from store and before starting the work.
The foreman must make sure that no one uses loose clothing when
working with grinder or any rotating machinery.
Trailing cables should not be in the path of other workers.
Plugs and sockets should be water resistant and colour coded. Not
domestic appliances.
Adequate PPE must be used by the operatives using power tools,
such as eye, respiratory protection, hand gloves, face shield while
working with grinders...etc
Manual handling technique must be taught to all operatives involved in
the activities
If ladders used as access/egress it must be secured top and bottom
Lifting permit must be obtained from HSE Department and implement
the permit requirements
Only competent crane operator will operate the crane
Competent lifting supervisor and rigger will present during lifting
Crane and lifting gears shall be suitable and certified, valid certificates
must be available with crane

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Working close
to Live Road

9
Working with
moving
plants and
vehicle

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Moving traffic
Operatives and
plants/vehicle
close to the live
traffic
Dust
Foreign object
particles
Material falling from
moving vehicles.

Unauthorized
operation of plants
and machinery
Reversing heavy
vehicle/plants
Pedestrian/workers
on the blind spot
of
operators/drivers
Tipping at
uneven/loose sand
or poorly
compacted ground

Rev 00 Page 4 of 7

Personal injury,
Fatality, Property
damage from traffic
accident

Serious
injury/fatality
and/or
property
damage from
vehicle hit,
collusion,
overturning
and/or
topplingetc

20

20

All Road diversions, Detour and working close to live road shall be
carried out as per approved detour plan and permit
All activity shall be carried out under competent supervision only.
A competent banks man must be present in the vehicle/plant
movement area
Pedestrian and vehicle routes shall be segregated so far as reasonably
practical and shall be clearly marked with signs and barriers
All work shall be carried out within the work zone (hard barrier) no one
will be allowed to go to live road.
All employees shall follow instruction and attend training on site traffic
management and logistics
Avoid reverse movement
All employees should wear high visibility jacket at all times
No workers shall be allowed to cross live roads, always be away from
live road and adjacent barriers
Do not move any barrier or signs from its locations
Ensure adequate lighting provided during night activities
Do not store or keep any loose materials close to live road, Do not
throw any materials on live road
Heavy equipment such as cranes, boom loaders, excavators, back
hoes should not swing/extend their booms/arms towards live road
direction at any time. Banks man must control/guide the operators
Operatives should be kept away area of operation by the provision of
suitable barrier and maintain a pedestrian exclusion area.
The site supervisor shall make sure only competent drivers and
operators are allowed to drive/operate on site
Speed limit of 30 KMPH shall be implemented at site
Plant and equipment should be inspected daily for any defect or oil
leakage and routine maintenance to be carried out.
Competent banks men shall be assigned to guide the plants and
vehicle
Reversing heavy vehicles shall be restricted at site and all plants and
vehicle shall be fitted with reverse alarm
Site Engineer shall identify safe entry/ exit route for filling trailers/truck

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and communicated to drivers and foremen on a daily basis
Driver is responsible for covering the load if they enter highway or
municipal Roads
Supervisor and banks men shall make sure all plants such as wheel
loader, compactors, trucksetc maintain a safe clearance from edge
of excavation
Plant operator shall make sure their visibility all around, no window
curtains are allowed and all rear view mirrors and window
glass/wind shield must be kept clear all time
PPE such as reflective Jackets, safety shoe, helmet, safety goggles
and dust mask must be worn by all working in the area
Makes sure safe access available for truck, trailers and all reversing
trucks are controlled by competent banks man
Make sure tipping area is level, compacted to avoid toppling hazards
and make sure no overhead power lines in the tipping areas.

Operatives/vehicle
close to the
tripping trucks
Working during
poor visibility
Vibrating plants
under operation
Noise
Dust

10

11

Unauthorized operation
Un guarded Rotating
parts
Use of Plate
Vibration
compactor
Noise
Dust
Use of fuel
Use of
crane/
Lifting
operation

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Structural failure
Erection of lifting
equipment at
poor ground
condition, close
to edge of
excavation
Proximity Hazards
such as OH
electric line,
Excavation,
Rev 00 Page 5 of 7

Injury from
unguarded
moving parts
Health hazard
from Vibration,
Noise, dust
Death or Major Injury/
property damage
from lifting equipment
failure

15

Compactors will be operated by competent operator

The supervisor and operator shall make sure the plant is equipped
with guards on all rotating parts
Operator shall use heavy duty hand gloves, ear protection and dust
mask in addition to his mandatory PPEs.

Site Engineer shall make sure that the crane, lifting equipment,
gears are suitable for the load and visually inspected by HSE team
and Lifting Permit is obtained from HSE department.
The site and/or lifting supervisor and the crane operator must
check the ground condition and the surrounding of operation for
any proximity hazard such as excavation, manholes, overhead
electrical line, mobile equipment etc.
All lifting activities shall be carried out by competent operator under
a competent supervisor and rigger.
Ensure sufficient illumination if operating at night.
The lifting area shall be demarked provide sufficient hazard

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mobile
equipments
Underground
utilities
Use of damaged
lifting gears
Unauthorized
operation
Absent of
competent
rigger/supervisor
Manual Handling
Inclement weather

warning signs to avoid unauthorized entry of people/vehicle.

Ensure load is secured properly, remove if any loose material.
Use tag line of sufficient length to prevent unwanted swinging of
the load.
Provide PPE such as hand gloves, goggles, safety shoes & hard
hat to the workers engaged.
Stop the activity in case of bad weather such as sand storm
affecting visibility, heavy wind 35 KMPH or more and heavy rain
etc.

Severity

Risk Matrix
Consequence

Likelihood(probability) of occurrence
Very
Low
Medium
High
Low
1
2
3
4

Very
High
5

Insignificant
FAC

Insignificant
(QR 1 to 500)

Minor impact/ damage

Minor
Impact

Minor
(MTC/ RWC)
Moderate
(LTI/ PPD/ reportable
injuries)
Major
Single Fatality/ PTD

Moderate
(QR 501 to 5000)
Considerable
(QR 5001 to 50000)

Moderate Impact-reportable to
authority
Localized Impact- authority
involvement

Limited Impact

Considerable Impact

12

15

Major
(QR 50001 to 100000)

Major Impact

Country wide impact.

12

16

20

Catastrophic
Multiple PTDs/ Fatalities

Heavy
(above QR 100000)

Massive Impact

Worldwide impact

10

15

20

25

3
4
5

Risk Rating Criteria

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Occurred more
than 5 times in
a year in the
Company/
project

company/ Occurred 5
project times in a year
times in the

R
Reputation

project Occurred in
the company/

E
Environment

knownThe incident is

A
Asset(s)
(Damage or loss of any kind)

Never heard of
the incident

H
Human
(injury)

5
10

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Risk= Severity X Likelihood
Low Risk:
Risk Rating from 1 to 3
Medium Risk:
Risk Rating from 4 to9
High Risk:
Risk Rating from 10 to 25
Assessed By

Designation

1. R. Srinivasan

Construction Manager

2. Polaprakasan

HSE Manager

3. Ethirajan.R

Deputy Project Director

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Signature

Date
01.02.2015
01.02.2015
01.02.2015