RISK ASSESSMENTS

All activities shall have their risk assessed in order to determine actions and conditions to be put in place in order to eliminate or reduce the risk.
The risk assessments shall be passed to the workers doing the work so that they will be familiar with the risks present and what they have to do to reduce them.
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SPORT BOULEVARD PROMENADE 01 JUNE, 2021

EXCAVATION & BACKFILLING QA-MS-CV-002 Jamal

of TRIAL PITS
Project No: 62297 People affected / at risk of being harmed: Al Bawani Workers, Consultant Representative, Concrete Supplier Personnel

MINIMUM PPE TO BE WORN FOR TASK AS WELL AS PER SITE REQUIRMENT PPE

SPORT BOULEVARD PROMENADE - Riyadh, K.S.A.

No Pre Control Risk Rating Post Control Risk Rating
Hazards Required Controls Residual Controls
Possible Affects / Harm High Med Low High Med Low

01 Survey and surface Y Y

preparation
Contact of equipment and Permit to work shall be issued for all excavation Induction of all operatives
Underground services underground services. activities.
Conduct tool box talk
Soil quality Mobile Equipment collapse Ensure underground services are detected by
due to unsuitable surface competent person prior commence of Ensure Supervision
Uneven /unsuitable surface soil excavation.

PPEs Fall of equipment and Check soil quality and suitable surface for
personnel. parking mobile equipment and where required,
ensure shoring prior sending operatives to
Damage due to no excavated area.
personnel protection.
Ensure all operatives, staff and visitora are
wearing mandatory PPEs while entering to
work site.

Bruises, Bone fracture,

organ loss,

Major property damage.

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02 Y Y

Equipment operations Lack of knowledge and Only trained and authorized operatives are Conduct pre start meeting
experience could result in allowed to operate equipment.
Untrained operators failure of Mobile equipment Record findings of
operation. Operators must be trained by 3rd party and equipment
Unauthorized Operators available with competency certificate/License
Collision between mobile PPE to be worn.
Movement of mobile equipment or with All equipment shall be inspected by 3rd party
equipment. personnel. and available with certifications/License. Ensure Supervision.

Loose cloth Provide exclusion for mobile equipment

operations.
Major injuries ( Laceration,
Bone fracture, organ loss, Ensure pedestrian walk way is provided where
permanent disability, fatality) mobile equipment and personnel contact is
possible.
Property damage ( Damage
to equipment) Display sufficient signs at site where equipment
are in operation.

Deploy dedicated signaller with each mobile

equipment

All equipment shall be inspected daily by

authorized operators.

All operatives shall wear body tight clothes .

03 Manual labors work Repetitive work and Y Y

awkward position of manual
Manual handling labors in trenches. Use mechanical means where possible
HSE Monitoring
Inadequate manual tools. Release of heads from Train workers internally on manual handling
Proivde rest shelter
home made manual tools.
Ensure supervision of activity
Conduct Tool box talk
Back pain, ligaments injury
or temporary Give frequent breaks to operatives involved in
musculoskeletal disorder. manual handling.

Laceration due to sharp Ensure manual tools are inspected and color
manual tools. coded . No home made tools are allowed at
site.

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04 Excavation Y Y
Fall of personnel due to no Protect excavated area using solid barriers.
Unprotected excavation protection and inadequate Toolbox talks to be
access. Ensure adequate access and egress to conducted.
Inadequate access excavated area.
Collapse of edge due to soil PPE to be worn.
Soil removal and dumping. dumping. Soil must be dumped minimum 3 meter away
from the excavation. Constant Supervision.
Loose soil and edges Operatives stuck in
excavation due to collapse Make sure a spotter is available to watch Safety Officer to closely
Confined space of edges. excavator and underground services contact. monitor the ongoing
(excavation deeper than excavation
1.2 meter) Lack of oxygen or Provide shoring to excavation where
enrichment of hazardous excavation is deeper than 5 feet. Or as advised
gases in confined space. by competent person.

Confined space protocols shall be followed

where excavation is considered a confined
Bruises, Laceration, Bone space ( gas testing, PTW, Hole watcher,
fracture. Suffocation in emergency response)
confined space.

Property damage ( damage

to mobile equipment)

05 Jack hammering and Y Y

compaction
Excessive use of Jack Conduct pre start meeting prior activity Toolbox talks to be
Noise, Dust and Vibration. hammer and compactor conducted.
could create noise, cause Avoid use of faulty equipment that generate
vibration and emit dusts. noise and vibrations. Regular health checks

Hearing loss/impairment Equipments shall be available with proper PPEs to be worn.

due to noise. casing.

Lungs damage due to Regular rest breaks for the operative involved.
inhalation of silica,
Control dust with regular sprinkling.
hand arm vibration
syndrome due to prolong Health surveillance of operatives are being
exposure to vibration. carried out of operatives involved.

Provision of approved standard PPEs, ear

plug, dust masks, gloves.

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06 Y Y

Adverse weather Flooding and collapse of Weather forecast shall be regularly monitored. Training on heat stress and
Conditions excavation due to rain stroke
Work shall be stopped where weather
Rain Heat stress, Heat exhaustion conditions put workers at risk I.e flood, storms Heat stress campaign
and heat stroke due to work in
Storm , Cold drinking water and rest shelters shall be Daily health checks
high heat index.
provided at work site.
High heat and humidity.
Work will not continue in summer restricted
hours unless proper arrangements are made.

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