APPENDIX 4

GC3 – THE HEALTH AND Candidate’s observation

SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION sheet

Sheet number of _____

Student name ______________________________________ Student number __________________

Place inspected _____________________________________ Date of inspection ___ / _____ / _____

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

Location: Entrance door Relocate the entrance of the Immediate

Hazard: Moving Vehicle
The entry of the workplace is
closest to the traffic route without
any fence that separate the
route. The high probability of
striking with moving vehicles.
Consequences: Cause
collision with fast moving
vehicles and may leads to
serious physical injuries.
workplace by providing access to
building from the back door.
Provision of alternate doors for
the entry and exit from the
Within week
workplace.
of Use of fence that gets workers
safely on the road. Within week
Speed breaker should be build in
front of workplace to slow down
the vehicle speed. Within Week

Location: Working Area

Hazard: Mechanical
The workers working with grinder
without guards in the working
area for making side of the glass Stop the workers from this high Immediate
piece smooth. risk act.
Consequence: The abrasion Provide grinder with adjustable
and cutting of any part of body guard. One week
when it makes contact with
moving part of the machinery.
This may result in loss of part of
the body or disability.

Location: Working area

Hazard: Mechanical
The 2mm and 3mm glass piece
sides were making smooth using
sand disc, without using any Provide new sand disc to the Immediate
glove for hand protection. workers and remove the old one
Consequence: This may cause that creates risk of slip from hand.
injury. Fingers and palms of the
hands can be at the risk of Provide appropriate PPE’s to the One week
serious injury in case of worker such as cut resistant
negligence. glove, full sleeve shirts etc.
Location: Working Area
Hazard: Mechanical
Use of improper tools observed
on the working area. This puts
the glass sheet at risk of
breakage and can even injure
the worker.
Consequence: Hands, feet and
other part of the body may get
injured.
Location: Entrance
Hazard: Electricity
RCD or Circuit Breaker not used
in power connection. Also the
main board located outside
without any protection from rain.
Consequence: This creates the
risk of electrical spark in case of
high voltage and in adverse
weather condition which may
result in electrical shock and/or
damage to electrical equipment.
Location: Outside
Hazard: Electricity
Poor electrical grounding, copper
rod not buried deep as required
for proper grounding.
Consequence: This may cause
fatal electrical shock, dimming
lights and damage equipments.
Location: Working Area
Hazard: Electricity
Different capacity of electrical
cables linked together for the
purpose of using equipment on
various location of the
workplace. The most of the joints
were bad and bare wires were
visible.
Consequences: There is risk of
contact with live wires which may
cause injury due to shock, fire or
electrocution.
Restrict the workers of using Immediate
improper tools on the working
area.
Arrange induction training Within week
programme and provide
information, instruction, training
and supervision to worker.
Enclose the main supplier board Immediate
within wooden box.
Provide Safety devices 5 days
ELCB/RCD in distribution boxes
to control earth leakage and to
avoid electric sparks on the
workplace.
Arrange a competent person for
the correction of the earthing
system. Immediate
Carry out the inspection of the
system at regular interval of time
After one
to ensure that system is in good
year
working condition.
Provide single wire, free of joints, Immediate
for extension of electrical tools.
For joints, provide proper
coupling cords that reduce the Immediate
risk of spark and shock.
Provide electrical sockets on
each corner of the working area One week
to avoid wire extension.
Location: Storage Area
Hazard: Fire Immediate
Strictly prohibited smoking in the
The smoking evidence found in working area.
the working area along with the
combustible materials such as Provide Separate area for One day
papers and wood. smoking with proper signage.
Consequence: Likely to provide Smoking material should be
an ignition source to combustible carefully discarded. Routinely
material and cause fire. It will
destroy the entire building and
cause many live to be destroyed.

Location: Storage Area

Hazard: Fire
Absence of fire detective system
Fixed suitable fire extinguisher at
in the storage area and also the Immediate
an accessible location to workers.
fire extinguisher have not been
identified and fixed. Installation of appropriate fire One week
Consequence: The result would detective system.
be in the huge loss of people,
property and process in case of
any sudden fire.

Location: Storage Area

Hazard: Tripping
The electrical wires, cords, glass
catcher and hand held tools
found on the floor of storage
area.
Consequence: The risk of
tripping and falling from these
objects which may results in
physical injuries such
fractures and sprains.
Take off these objects from the Immediate
floor and put them on a suitable
place.
Provision of housekeeping of the
One week
area to avoid scattering of the
objects on the floor.
as

Location: Storage Area

Hazard: Manual Handling
The workers were handling the Actions to eliminate or reduce the
glazing unit of weight up to 60kg risk must be taken by the Immediate
manually which is unsafe system employer.
of work to lift this glazing unit
manually. Provide pressure plate and cap
Consequence: The weight and for lifting the glazing unit. One week
size of the glazing unit means
that the physical effort may
present a risk, particularly of
back injury.
Location: Working Area
Hazard: Manual Handling
The workers were engaged an Reduce manual handling to avoid Immediate
awkward, constrained posture in bad posture where possible.
order to get a grip of the load. It
is likely that their arms will be Provide health surveillance to Monthly
angled away from the body and workers.
their trunk bent forward during
the manual transfer of the
glazing unit, which will require
them to manoeuvre, lift and carry
the unit into position for placing
in the storage area.
Consequence: Many health
effects occurred due the bad
posture such as low back pain,
headache, muscular pain and
WRULD

Location: Cutting Area

Hazard: Flammable Material Stored petrol and kerosene Immediate
Petrol and kerosene like vessels to a separated location
flammable material were stored away from cutting area.
in the cutting area where power
tools were also operating. Provide gloves, respiratory mask 3 days
Consequence: The inhalation and glasses for the protection
of the vapours of flammable from the exposure during usage
material cause serious health of these materials in cutting.
injuries like such as dizziness,
headache and vomiting.
Repeated skin exposure may
cause dermatitis.

Location: Cutting Area Provide shielding to these pieces Immediate

Hazard: waste and allocate separate place for
The residual part of the glazing the storage.
unit was left unattended under
the cutting table without Make the procedure for removal Every week
covering these small sharp of these pieces from the cutting
pieces of the glass. area.
Consequence: The outcome
may results in serious cuts on
the body.

Location: Hardware Storage

Area
Hazard: Working at Height Replace the wooden ladder with Immediate
The wooden ladder (15 ft) was the step ladder.
being used as a mean of access
for storing materials on the For storing materials on such 2 week
upper boxes of the roof. Which height provide them trestle
creates high risk of falling as it scaffold which may reduce the
support to the wall is not firm risk of falling.
and steady.
Consequence: The result of fall
will be in serious health injury,
fractures, pain or may cause
death.

Location: Storage Area

Hazard: Falling of Material
Many glass sheets have been The number of sheets should be Immediate
tagged with the help of an iron reduced so that the guard is not
guard, whose situation is so at risk of breakage.
critical that it can break at any
time, causing all sheets to Provide stand for storing the 2 days
collapse due to falling on the sheets.
ground.
Consequence: If an accident
happens, it can result in
significant financial loss and loss
of lives of workers.

Location: Hardware storage

Area
Hazard: Falling objects
Unsafe storage of the material in
boxes that have no protection The quantity of material in each Immediate
on their edges to prevent box should be reduced.
material to fall on the ground. Provide protection at an edge to Within week
Consequence: If materials fall it prevent fall.
will hit the person working
underneath it and cause injuries.

Location: Working Area

Hazard: Environment Replace the defected bulbs and Immediate
Overall the light level was well replace them with new ones.
maintained in the working area
but few them was flickering and Replace bulb at regular time. Guarantee
not repaired. Replace them before they burn Period
Consequence: This can cause out and follow manufacture
worker to feel uncomfortable information.
and many negative ill-health
effects such as migraine,
headache, eye strain and
epilepsy.

Location: Working Area

Hazard: Environment
No proper arrangement was Allow workers to take break after Immediate
observed to avoid heat every 2 hours.
especially in extreme hot
weather. Provide insulation of ceilings to One week
Consequence: Dehydration, minimize solar heat transfer.
loss in concentration, dizziness,
and lethargy is the effects of the
extreme hot weather condition.

Location: Working Area

Hazard: Vibration Minimize the time of exposure of Immediate
Risk of health of workers using these workers by providing them
grinder and drilling machine job rotation.
extensively in cutting area.
Consequence: Long term Provision of automated Six month
exposure can cause Vibration machinery which reduce the
White Finger effect (VHF), effect of vibration to a significant
muscle damage and abnormal extent.
growth of the finger.

Location: Working area

Hazard: Dust Provision of respiratory mask for Immediate
Risk of inhalation of dust protection.
produced during grinding and
drilling process of large and
thick glass sheet. The nature of Reduce exposure depending on 3 Hours
the dust produces in silica. the nature of the work.
Consequence: Long term
exposure results in serious ill-
health such as silicosis, Irritant
and corrosive effects.

Location: Workplace
Hazard: First aid Allocate resources for the Immediate
For minor cuts and injuries the provision of first aid treatment.
bandages are available but in
case of serious injury proper first Arrangements for the provision of Two week.
aid treatment does not exist in first aid facilities.
the premises.
Consequence: In serious injury,
the blood will be lost in amount
to react to hospital and resulting
death can also occur.

Location: Workplace
Hazard: Stress
High rate of workload imposed Reduce the workload by giving Immediate
on the workers in order to them sufficient time on
comply with the orders in a short completion of the order.
time.
Consequence: psychologically Consult with workers on regular Timely
worker suffers allot and worker basis on work and shift pattern.
motivation and attitude to the
work change.

Good Practices: None

Basic welfare facilities are
available to the workers such as
food, drinking water,
accommodation and changing
room.
None
Overtime pay to those workers
who work for extra hours.
None
Pay increment system which
helps them to meet their
requirements comfortably.