NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
UNIT GC3: HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Student Name: R.BABINSE
Student Number: 00293879
Date of Submission: 05/08/2015
GC3 – GC3 – The The Health and Safety Practical Application Candidate and course provider declarations: For completion by the candidate: I declare that the work submitted for this practical application assessment i.e. the completed observation sheets and the report to management, is my own work. I recognise that contravention of this statement statement constitutes malpractice malpractice and may result in my being subject to the penalties set out in the NEBOSH Malpractice policy.
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INTERNATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE (2011 specification) GC3 – GC3 – THE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Assessor’s marking sheet
Date of practical application (Wri te the the Date Date of G C2 E xamination xamination)Name of assessor: Course provider number
960
Course provider name
EHST Institute.
Student number
00293879
Student name
R.BABINSE
Maximum marks available
Criteria 1
Completion of observation sheets
1.1
Range and outline of hazards and consequences
15
1.2
Identification of suitable control measures and timescales
15
2
Report - Introduction and Executive Summary
2.1
Introduction providing an overview of the chosen area
5
2.2
Executive summary
5
3
Report - Main findings of the inspection
3.1
Quality of interpretation of findings
3.2
Identification of possible breaches of international standards
3.3
Persuasiveness / conciseness / technical content
4
Report - Conclusions and Recommendations
4.1
Clear and concise conclusions which are clearly related to report findings and are effective in convincing management to take action
15
4.2
Recommendations which present realistic actions to improve health and safety in the chosen area
15
TOTAL MARKS
15 5 10
100
Assessor’s marks awarded
NEBOSH moderated marks (if different)
Outcome: PASS
(60% or more)
REFER (less than 60%)
Date assessed ____ / ____ / ____ Assessor’s signature ______________________ ______________________ Date received by course provider ____ / ____ / ____ Date received by NEBOSH (if applicable) _____ applicable) _____ / _____ / _____
Assessor’s additional comments on the practical application:
____________________________________ _______________________________ ____________ ASSESSED BY (name in block letters) _________________ The mark sheet must be retained by the Course Provider and sent to NEBOSH only if requested.
NEBOSH USE ONLY NEBOSH Moderator’s comments:
APPENDIX 4 GC3 – GC3 – THE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Candidate’s observation sheet Sheet number
Student name
R.BABINSE
Student number 00293879
Place inspected A.V Builders, Nagercoil. Observations Hazards and consequences
of _____
Date of inspection 03 / 08 / 2015 Control measures
Timescale
Immediate and longer term actions
1, Concrete waste management is followed on site. Separate concrete waste barrow pit/wash facility was provided for concrete vehicles on site.
Good practice is to be maintained.
Monitoring.
2, There is a fire fighting team checking the hydrant to ensure that all are working safely.
Good practice is to be maintained.
Monitoring.
3, Many vehicles turning in the parking Give training and warn the drivers to reduce area with over speed and many the speed while in the parking area. pedestrians passing through the area. This may cause severe accident and Arrange a speed governor and hump to injury. reduce the speed.
Immediate
4, Some of the gypsum board on the ceiling of employees resting room was in a broken condition. There was a chance of fall it from there and it may cause injury to person.
Takeout that gypsum board from the ceiling area.
Immediate
Check the entire ceiling and change all the damaged area with new materials.
One Week
5, An unstable signal tower in a dangerous condition has a probability to fall at any time situated near to employees resting area. This may fall and make major accident and injury.
Isolate that area and arrange suitable way to enter to rest room.
Immediate
Reinforce and erect the tower strongly and appropriately in another location.
One week
6, Workers were using large tube to suck out polycure from drums within chemical storage area. This may cause health effects to the workers.
No more polycure to be issued until funnel is provided.
Immediate
Conduct concern.
Monthly
7, A dumper truck providing backfill materials for an excavation. The truck was reversing within narrow walkway without banks man. This will lead to vehicle fall into excavation and hit.
Provide trained banks man.
Immediate
Training and awareness for operators.
Monthly
awareness
meeting
for
all
One week
8, Waste materials such as bricks, stone, wooden particles, damaged waste tiles were found scattered all over the place. Scaffolding materials not stored properly. This may lead to slip, trip and fall.
9, Oil spilled from external truck on truck path of storage area. Consequence: It may cause skidding of trucks and it may lead to a major accident resulting in equipment damage and injuries to person. 10, The employees engaged into maintenance without any barricading. It may lead to injury accident by mobile equipment or moving vehicles.
Housekeeping to be done on a daily base.
Immediate
Segregate the materials and properly in designated area.
One week
stacked
Internal training on improvement of good housekeeping and stacking of materials to be conducted.
One month
Isolate that area by temporary barricading.
Immediate
Dip dry sand on that area for getting grip.
Immediate
Make aware the drivers about the internal break down.
One week
Isolate that area by temporary barricading. Immediate Provide prohibition signal boards, lock tags and portable barricade.
11, Many Vehicles parked on the Enforce the driver to take out the vehicles emergency assembly point area. This from there. may cause difficulty while having an emergency situation. Assign a watchman to ensure that vehicles are not entering to the area and to guide the vehicles to appropriate parking area. 12, The workers were working at height was not wearing full body safety harness. Area down below was not barricaded. barricaded. Causes such as fall of person and falling object are possible.
13, No first aid facility and first aider to attend the victim in case of any emergency. It may increase the severity of the accident. 14, Person using jack hammer for pile head breaking without using appropriate PPE’s like padded hand gloves and ear muff. He was exposing to excessive noise and vibration.
15, No safety guards were found on wood cutting machine and the area was not isolated. Movement of unauthorised people was observed. It may lead to serious injury to operator or other person those who involved.
One week
Immediate One week
Provide full body safety harness.
One week
Provide barricading.
Immediate
Provide supervision.
As soon possible
Provide first aid kit as per strength. Basic first aid external training can be arranged for selected people. Provide padded hand gloves and ear muff. Regular work break and supervision.
Immediate One week
Immediate On going
Check for the exposure limit and keep record.
Weekly
Stop the work.
Immediate
Provide proper safety guards.
Immediate
Barricade the area.
One week
as
Monthly Training and awareness for all concern. 16, Workers found resting in and around A new designated designated resting room and dining chemical storage area. Existing rest area is to be provided with good ventilation facility is insufficient to accommodate and drinking water facility. present strength. This will lead to serious health problem to workers. 17, Portable electrical hand tool found at site without safety guards and damaged electrical cables. Handles also in broken condition. It may lead to serious injury and electrical shock.
Stop work and replace the electrical tool with good one. Remove all damaged electric cables from the site.
One month
Immediate Immediate Monthly
Provide training, supervision.
awareness
and
18, There is no drinking water facility near Arrange drinking water temporarily in to the working area. Peoples may not bottles. drink sufficient water. This may suffer dehydration and subsequence health Built amenity building with basic facilities disease. such as drinking water facility wash area and toilet near to the working area.
19, Some housekeeping employees cleaning the workplace area with normal footwear. This is a chance of sharp objects in that area and they may make injury to person.
Three Months
Inform the supervisor and change the employees from there and assign employee with safety shoes.
Immediate
Inform the house keeping contractor to give appropriate safety shoes.
One day
Give training to the employees.
20, Most of the employees using emergency exit door while they are going to smoking area. This may cause damage to the doors and cannot use while having a emergency.
Strictly prohibit the unwanted use of the door.
21, It was observed that presence of chemical agents such as fumes and dust due to drilling and sanding activities at site. It will lead to ill health and respiratory problem for workers.
Provide respiratory protective equipment like dust mask.
Relocate the smoking zone to a convenient area and not near to the emergency access.
Replace of substitute the process to avoid dust. Change the location of activity to isolate area.
22, There is no emergency evacuation procedure available at site. Escape route and assembly point are not marked. Workers are not aware of emergency
Immediate
Prepare an emergency procedure and evacuation plan.
Monthly
Immediate One week
Immediate
One month One month
Two weeks
procedure and assembly point. No signs provided. This will lead to serious consequence after a fire or any incident.
Re-induct all workers and staff and cascade the information regarding emergency.
Two weeks
Training and awareness. Monthly 23, The brick making of construction team Stop the work there. is going on there near to the operation administration. This may produce health Arrange to relocate the machineries machineries and risk by cement dust and silica to the facilities to convenient area without making employees. further hazards.
24, Naked electrical cables were found near welding workshop with multiple joints. Also welder was using damaged welding set with damaged cables. It may lead to electrical to electrocution and serious injury to person working with electrical power.
Stop the work and isolate the area and power.
Immediate
One week
Immediate
Before starting he work replace all As soon damaged electrical cables and welding possible equipment. Redesign the workplace with safe electrical connection and incoming power circuit need to be provided with individual ELCB of One week 30mA rating.
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APPENDIX 5
UNIT GC3 – GC3 – THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Candidate report template
Student number 00293879 Location A.V Builders, Nagercoil.
Date of review 04/09/2015 04/09/2015
Introduction including overview of area inspected and activities taking place The health and safety inspection was carried out by me on 3 rd august 2015 between 10am to 12am at the area of work under construction for a mall building by A.V Builders, Nagercoil. During the time of this inspection approximately 300 workers including staffs, supervisors and engineers were inside the site for their job. The following activities were in progress inside the construction are preparation for concreting, shuttering work, steel erection, excavation and backfilling, transportation of concrete and plant and machinery operation. In the construction site concrete waste management is followed. Separate concrete waste barrow pit/wash facility was provided for concrete vehicles. There is a fire fighting team checking the hydrant to ensure that all are working safely in the site. The main goal of the inspection is to find out the hazards in the worksite and to give the appropriate control measures to reduce the hazards in the site. I observed various range of hazards like chemical hazards, vehicle hazards and serious electrical hazards. I also observed the unhygienic condition of the workers and their poor welfare facilities in the same worksite. Informed about this hazard and risk to the management and give valuable recommendation to the management for improving their health and safety culture in the site. The criteria which have been used as reference during the inspection are internationally recognized standards, local legislative requirements, customer safety and operating standards. I have listed my observations together with action.
APPENDIX 5
UNIT GC3 – GC3 – THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Candidate report template
Student number 00293879 Location A.V Builders, Nagercoil.
Date of review 04 /09/2015
Executive Summary
The main objective of this inspection was to identify prevalent HSE hazards which may cause ill health and or human injury. At the time of inspection following job were being undertaken preparation for concreting, shuttering works, stee l erection, excavation and back filling, transportation of concrete and plant and machinery operation. The inspection clearly indicates that there are very serious hazards which are left unattended may results in multiple serious injury or even multiple fatalities. The major area of concern is the 1. Vehicle hazards: The vehicle hazard may occur due to over speed, lack of inspection and lack of supervision. It may lead to injury or e ven death. 2. Chemical hazards: The chemical hazard may occur due to fumes and dust present in the work place. It may lead to chronic effect such as respiratory problems, lung cancer etc. 3. Personal protective equipment: Workers are not aware about Personal protective equipment. Insufficient Personal protective equipment equipment in the workplace. It may lead to severe injury. injury. 4. Welfare facility: Insufficient Insufficient restroom facility for workforce. It may lead to aggression, violence etc. 5. Housekeeping: Poor housekeeping may lead to slip trip and fall. As per the health and safety in construction recommendation 1988 implementation of risk reduction measures is highly recommended in case. I must point out the company has a moral responsibility to put in place, procedure, system, safety guards, training to protect and prevent employee from injury or illness as far as reasonably practical. The company also has a legal obligation to comply with government and industry legislation with regard to occupational health and safety ac ts.
APPENDIX 5
UNIT GC3 – GC3 – THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Candidate report template
Student number 00293879 Location A.V Builders, Nagercoil.
Date of review 04 /09/2015
Main findings of the inspection
Observation 1: Vehicle Hazards Hazards Many vehicles turning in the the parking area with over speed and so many pedestrians passing passing through the area. This is because of the lack of training and warning. This This may cause severe accident and injury. The dumper truck was reve rsing within narrow walkway. This will lead to vehicles fall into excavation or hit. There is a possibility of skidding of trucks and I may lead to a major accident resulting in container damage equipment damage and severe injury to person. Legal breaches are: The motor vehicle act, 1988. Article 30-33, R175 – safety and health in construction recommendation 1988 (No.175) Article 13, C062 – safety provisions (building) convention, 1937 (No.62) Article 16, C167 – safety and health in construction convention, 1988 (No.167) It is recommended that the t he management to give training and warn he drivers to reduce the speed while in parking area. Arrange a speed breaker and hump to reduce the speed. Provide training and banks man reversing he vehicle. Make aware and give training about vehicle hazards. Provide prohibited signal boards for vehicles. The estimated cost for providing a speed breaker and hump and to provide a banks man will br approximately Rs. 65000/-
Observation 2: Chemical hazards Chemical agent such as dust and fumes are found accumulated in the workplace which leads to ill health and respiratory problems to workers. Access to chemical storage in not controlled. Workers are not aware of the c hemical hazards. Instead of using a funnel they were using long tubes to suck the chemical from the drum. The cement dust and silica are also harmful to the workers. They we re not using appropriate PPEs such as rubber hand gloves, chemical aprons, respiratory masks, chemical mask etc. Legal breaches are: Factories act, 1948 – sec 41F C170 – chemical convention 1990 (No.170) It is recommended that he management management should ensure workers are are using respiratory protective equipment and other appropriate PPEs. Awareness training to the workers about the hazards associated with chemical agents is recommended. Many of the chemical substances are in unmarked conditions are therefore cannot be readily identified with there cannot be assessed. The practice of using unmarked containers must be stopped and a designated chemical storage area with lock and key to be provided with good ventilation is recommended. The estimated cost for providing a designated chemical storage and providing respiratory protective equipment and other personal protective equipment will be approximately Rs. 13000/-
Observation 3: Personal protective equipment The workers working at height was not wearing full body safety harness. This may cause hazards such as fall of person from height are possible. Person using jack hammer for pile head breaking was exposed to excessive noise and vibration hazards. He was working without proper personal protective equipment like padded hand gloves, ear muff etc. This may lead to numbness and hearing deficiency. The house keeping employees cleaning the workplace are with normal footwear. This is acj=hance of sharp objects that may make injury to person. Legal breaches are: Article 13, R175 – safety and health construction recommendation 1988 (No.175) C148 working environment pollution ( noise and vibration) convolution 1977 (No.148) It is recommended that the t he management to provide full body safety harness. Regular work break and supervision must be provided to the workers. Have to check the exposure limit and kee p record for it. Provide padded hand gloves and ear muff to the w orkers. Provide safety foot wears for housekeeping while working. Information and training about personal protective equipment to the wo rkers. The estimated cost for providing full body harness, padded hand gloves and ear muff and safety foot wears will be approximately Rs.100000/-
Observation 4: Welfare Workers found in and around the chemical storage area there is a insufficient rest facility to accommodate the present strength. This will lead to serious health problems to workers. There is no first aid facility and first aider to attend the case of any emergency to the workers at the workplace. There is no drinking water facility near to the working area. People may not drink sufficient water and thus they may suffer dehydration and subsequence health disease. Legal breaches are: R102 – welfare facility recommendation 1956 (No.102) The workplace (health, safety and welfare regulation 1999 )Factories act 1948 – sec 18 It is recommended that the t he management to provide a new designated rest room and drinking area is to be provided with good ventilation and drinking water facility. Provide first aid kit as per strength of workers in the construction basic first aid. External training can be arranged for selected peoples. Arrange drinking water temporarily in bottles and built a amenity building with basic facilities such as drinking water facility wash area and toilet near to the working area. The estimated cost for providing rest room w ith dining area and drinking water facility and wash area and toilet and to provide first aid kit will be approximately Rs.327000/-
Observation 5: House keeping The oil spilled area from external truck on truck path of storage area. It I t may cause skidding of vehicles lead to a major accident resulting in equipment damage and severe injury to person. Many vehicles parked on the emergency assembly point area. This may cause difficulty while having a emergency situation. Chemical agent such as fumes and dust found accumulated in the pedestrian path. It will lead to ill health and re spiratory problem for workers. Legal breaches are: R175 – safety and health in construction recommendation 1988 (No.175) Factory act 1948 – sec 40 Factory act 1948 – sec 32 OSHA [29 CFR 1910.22 (a) (2)]; [29 CFR 1910.145 (c) (2)]; [29 CFR 1910.141 (a) (3) (ii)]; [29 CFR 1910.22 (a) (1)]. It is recommended that the management m anagement to barricade the oil spilled area temporarily dip sand on the spillage to get grip. Make awareness to the external drivers. Enforce the drivers to take out the vehicle from the emergency assembly point. Assign a watchman to ensure that vehicles from the emergency assembly point are removed and not entering to t hat area. The estimated cost for barricading the oil spilled area and dip sand o n it and assign a watchman to ensure the vehicle are not entering to the assembly point will be approximately Rs. 16000/ -
APPENDIX 5
UNIT GC3 – GC3 – THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Candidate report template
Student number 00293879 Location A.V Builders, Nagercoil.
Date of review 04 /09/2015
Conclusions
I sincerely thank the management to give the opportunity to inspect the ongoing construction site. The inspection was a part of an ongoing survey of all construction sites across the nagercoil re gion to identify the HSE standards implemented by the companies. The activities on construction site was ongoing here I observed certain level of high risk, more number of medium and few low level hazards. A large number of small faults were combined with some more serious situations. There is no doubt that the current situation needs to be addressed as the company is breaking several safety laws and regulations include Article 30-33, R175 – safety and health in construction recommendation 1988 (No.175), Article 13, C062 – safety provisions (building) convention, 1937 (No.62), Factories act, 1948 – sec 41F, C170 – chemical convention 1990 (No.170), Article 13, R175 – safety and health construction recommendation 1988 (No.175), C148 working environment pollution (noise and vibration) convolution 1977 (No.148), R102 – welfare facility recommendation 1956 (No.102), The workplace (health, safety and welfare regulation 1999)Factories act 1 948 – sec 18, R175 – safety and health in construction recommendation 1988 (No.175), F actory act 1948 – sec 40 and others. Many of breaches seem to be down to lack of training, instruction and supervision. This was lead to an accumulation of defects over a period of time. I would recommend that the management to take immediate step to implement the action which I have listed on the observation sheets as immediate priority. 1, Vehicle hazard: Many vehicles turning in the parking area with over speed and many pedestrians passing through that area. Risk of severe accident and injury is possible. This can be controlled by giving training and warn the drive rs to reduce the speed while w hile driving. 2, Chemical hazards: Chemical agents such as dust and fumes are found accumulated due to grinding and cutting activity. It may cause respiratory problems to the workers. This can be controlled by providing respiratory protective equipment like dust mask to the workers.
3, Personal protective equipment: Workers working at height were not wearing full body safety harness. This may lead to person falling from height. This can be controlled by providing full body safety harness. 4, Welfare: Workers found in and around the chemical storage area because of insufficient rest facility. This will lead to serious health problems to workers. Provide a new designated rest room with drinking water to the workers. 5, Housekeeping: Oil spilled area from external truck on truck path. It may cause skidding of vehicles lead to a major accident. This can be controlled by barricade the oil spilled area and dip sand on the spillage to get grip. The company must consider the financial implementations of health and safety. Failure to comply can result in substacial cost in terms of fines, compensation and legal cost. It may be noticed that cost for mitigating or reducing all the identified HSE issues are very less in comparison to the magnitude of losses they might bring to the company compliance and the establishment of a positive health and safety culture can benefit the or ganization with improved production and profit. It would further recommended that you propose further training and supervision levels to provide a long term solution and change the stack culture which appears to have evolved over a period of time. It is advised to reviewing the r eport in the forth coming HSE management m eeting and makes a tracking system for closing the issues at the earliest.
APPENDIX 5
UNIT GC3 – GC3 – THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Candidate report template
Student number 00293879 Location A.V Builders, Nagercoil.
Date of review 04/09/2015 04/09/2015
Recommendations – Recommendations – include include as a table in the following format: Recommendation Vehicle hazards: Moving of vehicles inside the workplace is in high speed. Drivers are not aware about the consequence of the accident.
Likely resource implications Immediate action: Provide information, instruction, training and supervision by a competent person. Provide sign boards and posters. Estimated cost is Rs. 15000/Long term action: Install speed governors to the vehicles Provide hump on the vehicle path Estimated cost is Rs. 50000/Immediate action: Provide temporary chemical storage area Provide information, instruction, training and supervision by a competent person Estimated cost is Rs.30000/Long term action: Permanent chemical storage is provided Estimated cost is Rs.100000/-
Priority
Target date
Low
04/08/2015
High
High
18/08/2015
Chemical hazards: No designated chemical storage area. Working area not aware about the consequence of chemical hazards.
High 05/08/2015
Low
High
02/09/2015
Personal protective equipment: Workers working at height without full body safety harness. Workers working with jack hammer without any personal protective equipment. Employees cleaning the workplace by wearing normal foot wear. Welfare: Resting, dining is done in chemical storage area. Drinking water not available.
Immediate action: Provide full body safety harness, padded hand gloves, ear muff and safety shoes. Estimated cost is Rs.75000/Long term action: Provide information, instruction, training and supervision by a competent person. Estimated cost is Rs.25000/
High
06/08/2015
Low
10/08/2015
High
10/08/2015
High
03/09/2015
High
04/08/2015
Low
09/08/2015
Immediate action: Provide temporary drinking area and drinking water inside the workplace. Estimated cost is Rs.27000/Long term action: Permanent dining area with comfortable seating arrangement according to the workforce. Drinking water facility to be arranged to all workers. Estimated cost is Rs.300000/Immediate action: Barricade the oil spilled area and clean it. Remove the chemicals from the pedestrians path. Estimated cost is Rs.6000/Long term action: Proper maintenance must be maintained in the workplace. Estimated cost is Rs.10000/
Housekeeping: Spillage of oil from truck. Chemical agents are in pedestrian path.
