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Contractor Name: Address: No31 Idoluwo Tel: 08033067997

Ilohtech International Street, Lagos.
E-mail: ilohtec2013@yahoo.com
Co Ltd.
Project Name Power Installation for Utility Building
Description of the Power Installation for Utility Building
Task / Activity
Site Address / APM Terminals   Start Date /
Location: Time:
Finish Date /
Time
Name Role/Trade
Collins Iloh Supervisor
Benard Ezeala Electrical Engineer
Sunday Umeh Electrician
John Nwafor Electrician
Personnel Lekan Adeboye Electrician
Involved
Iluazu Mohamed Electrician
Idowu Olukoya Electrician
Subcontractor
Site Supervisor: Tel:

Safety Officer Tel:

Site Safety
Representative Tel
 Spanners, Screw drivers, Megger Tester, Multimeter,
Key Plant & Tools Shovel, Pickaxe and hacksaw
(Attach
Certification)

Key Materials

Other Essential (i.e. access platforms/winches/ladders, etc)

Equipment:

Specific Identified
Residual Hazards: N/A
(or refer to the
task specific risk
assessment(s))

Classification: Internal
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Specific Staff
Training

1. Mobilize work men, equipment, work tools and other accessories to work location.

2. Made a trench along with cable route and laid 100mm PVC conduit as per requirement.

3. Draw in Power Cables into the 100mm PVC conduit.

4. Megger test Power Cables to ground and phase to phase.

5. Iinstall 2 no’s of 600Amp distribution boards with 7 by 100A out goings on each

Distribution board IP67 to locations as per requirement.

Detailed Step by
Step Sequence of
Operations:
Replace existing 2 by 400A
5.

(include sketches
if required)
breaker in the Sub
Station to 2 by 600A
6. Power Personnel De-energize the DB containing the 2 by 400A breaker in the Sub Station.

7. At point of isolation, Power Personnel lock off and tag out breakers where necessary.

8. Replace existing 2 by 400A breaker in the Sub Station to 2 by 600A.

9. Terminate all Power Cables to the main DB’s and Sub-DB’s.

10. Clean the work environment

(if none, state none)

None
Temporary
Supports and
Props needed to N/A
facilitate the
works:

(i.e. Ladders / MEWPS / Scaffold / Trestles / Step Ladder, etc) Ladders may only be used as a last resort and must be for
short duration only.
2

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Method of
Access and N/A
Egress to the
work area:

(i.e. Guard Rails / Toe Boards/Brick Guard / Safety Harnesses / Exclusion Zones, etc.)
Fall Protection
Measures:
(Where work at height N/A
cannot be eliminated –
consider both
Personnel & Materials)

Hazardous
Substances:
(Attach MSDS if
Very Toxic Harmful/ Corrosive Dangerous Oxidising Highly Explosives
required) Irritant For the flammable
environment
Applicable: No No No No No No No

Aspect Tick Aspect Tick

Waste Handling & No
No Spillage or leakage of hydrocarbons
Disposal
Discharging /Dewatering from excavation / No
Discharges to the Sewer No
site
Noise and Vibration Renewable & Non-renewable Resource No
No
Generation Consumption
Emission to Atmosphere No Transport No
Environmental:
Discovery of Discovery of previously unknown No
No
Archaeological Features contaminated ground
Working on a site of value to Wildlife and No
Litter No
Natural Features
Storage of hazardous
No Contamination from firewater No
resources on site
Odour and Dust No Contractor Activity No

Control Measures:

Storage
Arrangements: To be agreed with the client / site manager. Prior to works

Details of Permits
to Work:

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(Detail any limits on the loadings applicable to temporary plant/equipment or fixed elements
SWL’s: of the structure where the work is taking place)
none
Other:
Required
Personnel 1. Hi - Viz
Protective Equip.:

Safety Boots Hard Hats Hearing 2.

Safety Gloves
Protection Eye Respiratory
Protection Protection 3.
Applicable Y/N: Y Y Y N Y Y Y

Classification: Internal
 Risk Assessments- These are the risk assessments which
are applicable to works onsite.

Risk Definition and Matrix

Probability Categories
Category Definition
1 Practically Impossible
2 Not Likely
3 Possible
4 Likely
5 Very Likely
Consequence Categories (Safety)

Category Definitions
1 First Aid, Near Miss
2 LTA (1 Day), Medical Treatment
3 LTA (3 Day), Dangerous Occurrence
4 Single Fatality
5 Multiple Fatality
Consequence Categories (Environmental)

Category Definitions
1 Release which has only a minor impact
2 Release, which has a moderate (short duration) impact
3 Release, which has a significant impact
4 Major environmental release which has a significant (long term) impact
5 Damage is major and permanent

Risk Matrix

PROBABILITY

1 2 3 4 5
Acceptable level of risk. Risk is
controlled as far as reasonably
5 LOW MED HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW
practicable. Existing Controls to
be continuously monitored.

4 LOW MED HIGH HIGH HIGH

CONSEQUENCE

Should aim to reduce risk

further to As Low As is
3 LOW MED MED HIGH HIGH MED
Reasonably Practicable.
(ALARP)

2 LOW LOW MED MED MED

Unacceptable level of risk.

Hazard MUST be avoided or
1 LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW HIGH level of Risk reduced
significantly & reliably by
controls.

Classification: Internal
 Medium

Medium
Risk
Hazard HAZARD POTENTIAL

High

High
Low

Low
Ref. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND SAFEGUARDS.
Identification AND CONSEQUENCES.
No:

Manual handling/ Personnel can suffer X  Personnel should always observe rest when
repetitive movement hand injury, fatigued and tired. X
MSDs
 2-3-man support should be adopted for tasks
requiring light lifting

 Adequate PPE (hand gloves, high visibility vest,

hard hat, steel toed boot)

Electrical Hazard  contact with live parts X  On-site pre-use inspection to be conducted X
causing shock 
and burns.  Contractor should confirm that the equipment is
dead, locked out and safety grounds is placed to
protect personnel after Power Personnel De-
energized equipment to be worked on.

 Adequate PPE (hard hat, steel toed boot, high

visibility vest, electrical hand gloves etc.) must
be worn by all

Indiscriminate Personnel may be run X All personnel working in the power station must stay X
movement within over by heavy duty within the confinement of their work zone
the facility equipment working in the
yard
Lifting operations Poor lifting plan can X  Adequate lifting plan to be in place. X
result in personnel injury
 All lifting accessories must be inspected and
certified by a competent person

Tightening of bolts Hand injury X  Use of safety hand gloves

and nuts

Cable Installation

Classification: Internal
 Medium

Medium
Risk
Hazard HAZARD POTENTIAL

High

High
Low

Low
Ref. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND SAFEGUARDS.
Identification AND CONSEQUENCES.
No:

- Hand injury X  Use of safety hand gloves

- Unauthorised  Use proper Personal Protective Equipment

work.Electrocution, X when using electric power tools e.g. face
fire. shields, rubber soled shoes.

- Electric shock from

live circuit, shorting  Check with voltmeter that power is off.
sparks wrong X  Switch off power on earth leakage.
connections, wrong
item.

- Electric shock.  Encourage electric hazard spotting among

Property damage. employees such as cracked plug etc and get
Damage to test X them to report fault for remedial action.
equipment

 Always switch off power and pull out the plug

- Electric shock. Fire. X before changing parts on the tool or making
some adjustments.

Classification: Internal
 Medium

Medium
Risk
Hazard HAZARD POTENTIAL

High

High
Low

Low
Ref. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND SAFEGUARDS.
Identification AND CONSEQUENCES.
No:

Exacavation - Damage  Trial pits made to establish services lines

For Cable Trench by Underground facilities X  Use of updated underground facility layout Mark X
Hand Tools can lead to cable / piping routes
Environment /  Use of Hand Tools
Property
Damage

- Excavation close to  Trial pits made to establish services lines

electrical poles can X X
lead to Property
Damage

- Trips, slips falling to X  Proper access/egress to be provided

the excavation can (Ladder/Stair)
lead to Property
Damage, and Injury to
Personnel

- Dust, Heat, noise and X  Proper PPE to be used (safety goggles, dust
vibration can lead to mask, Earplug, Earmuffs)
Injury to personnel

Classification: Internal