NEBOSH International General Certificate

in Occupational Health and Safety

UNIT GC3: HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL

APPLICATION

Student Name: Rajiv Kubal

Student Number: 00324109

Date of Submission: 29/02/2016

GC3 – 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 constitutes
malpractice and may result in my being subject to the penalties set out in the NEBOSH Malpractice policy.

Name (Print) Rajiv Kubal

Signature

Date 29/02/2016

For completion by a course provider representative (e.g. internal practical assessor):

I declare that the work marked is identical to that received from the candidate. I recognise that contravention of
this statement constitutes malpractice and may result in my being subject to the penalties set out in the NEBOSH
Malpractice policy.

Name (Print) _________________________________

Signature _________________________________

Date _________________________________

For completion by the course provider’s internal practical assessor:

I declare that I have marked this work and am both qualified and approved by NEBOSH to do so. I recognise
that contravention of this statement constitutes malpractice and may result in my being subject to the penalties
set out in the NEBOSH Malpractice policy.

Name (Print) _________________________________

Signature _________________________________

Date _________________________________

NB: This declaration must be completed in full submitted and retained with the
candidate’s script. If this declaration is not submitted the candidate’s result may be
declared void.
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Assessor’s marking sheet

GC3 – THE HEALTH AND

SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Date of practical application 29 Feb 2016 Name of assessor

Course provider Course provider

733 Green World Group
number name

Student number 00324109 Student name Rajiv Kubal

NEBOSH
Maximum
Assessor’s moderated
marks
Criteria available
marks awarded marks
(if different)

1 Completion of observation sheets

1.1 Range and outline of hazards and consequences 15

Identification of suitable control measures and

1.2 timescales
15

2 Report - Introduction and Executive Summary

Introduction providing an overview of the chosen

2.1 area
5

2.2 Executive summary 5

3 Report - Main findings of the inspection

3.1 Quality of interpretation of findings 15

Identification of possible breaches of international

3.2 standards
5

3.3 Persuasiveness / conciseness / technical content 10

4 Report - Conclusions and Recommendations

Clear and concise conclusions which are clearly

4.1 related to report findings and are effective in 15
convincing management to take action

Recommendations which present realistic actions to

4.2 improve health and safety in the chosen area
15

TOTAL MARKS 100

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) _____ / _____ / _____

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:

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GC3 – THE HEALTH AND Candidate’s observation

SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION sheet

Sheet number 1 of __10___

Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions
Uncontrolled Observations

1. Fire  Immediately ensure that all the

In the stores there were many empty  Immediate;
flammable material is segregated in
cartons spread over the area and since waste segregation area;
chemicals were also stored adjacent to  The chemical cleaning liquids and
them, the situation poses a real fire hazard  Immediate;
material to be stored separately;
and considered a very unsafe condition. In  The store staff & housekeeping staff to
addition, store staff was found to work  One day;
use PPE like gloves & mask while
without gloves & mask. There may be a working in the store;
major fire in stores which could result in to  Refresher training to store staff and
serious fire burn injuries to the store staff or  One week.
housekeeping staff on fire hazard &
staff dealing with store issue and precautions to avoid accumulation of
management. (Risk- High). flammable material. This is more
important in this area being dry & hot.

2. Electrical Cabling  The cables having joints to be replaced

There was extension of accommodation  One week;
by complete cable, wherever possible,
facilities and electrical cables were alternately joints to be opened & redone
extended to provide power supply, however with standard inline crimping material,
at few places cable joints were observed. keeping all the precautions of lateral
Though insulated there was no record of separation of each joint and insulation.
how the joint was prepared & were the The work should be photographed and
precautions taken while effecting the kept as evidence of standard work
joints? This could result in electrical spark/ practice for any inspection/third party
fire and considering high power electrical audit;
generator source, it could lead to electrical  An internal electrical audit by qualified
burn/shock injuries to workforce as well as  One day;
electrical engineer to be carried out for
damage to the property. (Risk- High) the extension of accommodation and
documented;
 Immediate.
 Frequent inspections of the cabling to be
instituted /undertaken for any
overheating of the cables till
replacement /rework is carried out on the
cables. for all the joints.
3. Kitchen Hygiene
 The water heater to be
The utensils cleaning & general cleaning in  One week;
repaired/replaced to provide warm water
kitchen was observed to be not as per the
for cleaning utensils;
standard, further hot water provided for
cleaning was found to be warm as water  The wooden, metal, stone and plastic
 Routine
heater was found to be not working kitchen equipment and surfaces right
Cleaning;
properly. This could lead to food poisoning after cooking, and by removing harmful
and entire operations could come to halt. microorganisms through periodic
(Risk- High) sanitization. Proper storage of kitchen
equipment can help ensure the
maintenance of a clean, safe kitchen;
 As a daily
 Use of one spoon bleaching powder for
schedule.
one gallon of water to clean the utensils.
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GC3 – THE HEALTH AND Candidate’s observation

SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION sheet

Sheet number 2 of
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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

4. Vehicle
Vehicle maintenance schedule was not  A proper maintenance schedule be  within one
maintained properly and many vehicles worked out for all the hired vehicles and week;
were found overdue for scheduled draw a plan to ensure all the scheduled
inspection. If vehicles are not maintained maintenance is being done for all the
properly they are biggest hazard for the vehicles. Plan to be made by transport
project and maintenance & upkeep of the manager and approved by project
vehicles should always be on hard hold as manager;
any mechanical failure would result into
major road traffic accident and may cause  The vehicle which has completed  Two weeks;
serious injuries to passenger & driver as scheduled maintenance be given a
well as damage to vehicles. In addition, colour tag and the colour tag needs to
each vehicle needs to carry towing rope be changed with different colour when
and shovel for break down requirements in vehicle is approaching scheduled
the field (Risk- Medium). maintenance. Tag system to be
implemented & inspected by HSE;

 Each Vehicle to be provided with towing  Two weeks.

rope & shovel.

5. Biomedical Waste
Bio Medical waste was found to be  As per biomedical waste standard the  One day;
accumulated and was disposed of once a bio medical waste is not to be
week, which is not acceptable and needs to accumulated and either sent for disposal
be done daily. Also sterilization of to an authorised agency or destroyed by
instrument was done though tablets, it disinfecting and burying in the soil on
needs to be done through autoclave. Auto daily basis;
clave was under repair and was not  The medical staff to be made aware of  One day;
positioned for last one month. This may this practice and to be implemented
lead to infection and spreading of diseases forthwith;
in the camp. (Risk- High).  Auto clave to be positioned after  One week.
repair /new autoclave to be purchased to
maintain sterilization of the medical
equipment.
.
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SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION sheet

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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

6. Stress
Battery charging workshop manpower was  Staff to be provided quality respiratory  One day;
observed to be inadequate for the work masks and gloves for handling batteries
load and staff was found to be overworked and charging equipment;
and stressed. Battery charging exposes the  Additional manpower for proper rotation  Two weeks;
staff to chemical hazards and they are be inducted trained & deployed;
required to be rotated for controlling &  Refresher Training regarding battery  Two weeks.
minimising exposure. They were found to charging hazard & risks associated with
be wearing substandard respiratory masks. it be imparted to make the staff aware of
It may lead to chronic respiratory ailments hazard.
to the staff. (Risk- High).

7. House Keeping
Substandard cleaning material being used  Standard cleaning material to be  3 to 4 days;
for housekeeping and clean ship was found procured along with MSDS;
below standard. The crew consists of  Staff to be trained to use material and  One week;
expats and Indian staff. Housekeeping maintain high standard of clean ship;
needs to be of very high standard as it  Standard to be maintained by weekly  As a weekly
could lead to allergic conditions, skin Inspection schedule for monitoring and inspection
diseases, dust related ailments. (Risk- having control over clean ship standard. schedule.
High).

8. Radiation
Non ionized radiation exposure for the  Train radio operator to use mobile  As a routine;
radio operator was found to be substantial judiciously and take rest whenever
as only one radio operator was working in possible by going to bunk whenever low
the radio room throughout the day. Being a intensity activities in the field permit to
remote base camp without any land line, do so;
radio operator is required to monitor all 200  Position & train one more radio operator  Four weeks.
drivers through mobile. In addition, radio to operate on rotation of four to 6 hours.
room having radio antenna and Airtel tower
antenna in proximity, it would in the interest
of workforce to reduce exposure to non-
ionized radiation. Prolong usage of mobile
would have adverse effect like heating of
forehead area which may lead to cataract
as a chronic ailment. (Risk- Medium).
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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

9. Work at Height
While repositioning of recorder, fixing of  Work at height needs to be done with  Immediate;
antenna on top of the recorder was being PTW and PTW process to be put in
done without any protection as working at place for installation of antenna at every
height was done without PTW. The height change of location of recorder;
of recorder being more than 1.8 meters, it’s  Supervisor to be instructed to carry out  At the time of
mandatory to take all the precautions for TBT before starting of the job and issue antenna
work at height. This may result in fall from of PTW; installation;
height as there are no guard rails on the  Fall Arrester equipment to be procured  Two to Three
recorder and could cause a serious head and sliding arrangement to be installed weeks.
injury/ fracture/fatality. (Risk- High) on recorder for engaging hook of the fall
arrester.

10. Confined Space

Tank cleaning was undertaken without  Paramedic to be kept with FEMR (Field  For every
giving sufficient ventilation time and Emergency Medical Response Bag). tank
paramedic was not kept standby for the This requirement is to be included in the cleaning;
operation. The medical support for such PTW;
activities is mandatory & to be provided.
Any failure to do so would lead to delay in  Supervisor, paramedic and working staff  Two Weeks.
administering first aid to worker and may to be given refresher training regarding
result into unconsciousness/fatality. (Risk- hazards associated with confined space
High) working and control measures to be in
place for confines space activity.

11. Excavation  Immediate.

Shoring support was not given for the  Stop work;  Before
excavation of the septic pit, being created  Provide appropriate shoring (metal or starting work;
for additional accommodation. The side wood);  One week.
walls could have caved in giving possibility  Refresher training to be given to
of burying workers under them, injuring supervisor and work force regarding
workers seriously. (Risk- High) hazards associated with excavation and
control measures to be in place.
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SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION sheet

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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

12. PPE
High visibility jacket was not provided to  Provide different colour high visibility  Immediate;
visitors. Its mandatory to safeguard all the vest and different colour helmet to all the
visitors by issuing PPE as they are not visitors;
aware of hazards in work place. The  Refresher training for staff & security  One week;
organization need to ensure safety of personnel for safe access & egress of
visitors. Non recognizing vulnerability of visitors to work place;
visitors could result with serious injury to  Include this requirement for visitor’s  One day.
visitors. (Risk- High). awareness safety induction (short
version) to make visitors aware about
their conduct in work space and PPE to
be warn during walk around.

13. Manual Handling

For the building work for new
 Provision of suitable handling aid  Two days;
accommodation area, carrying of stones
(trolley/dumper) to carry the stones to
manually from dumping point to foundation
minimise manual handling risk;
basement (distance about 20 meters).
 Provision of road facility to dump  Two to three
Thereby increasing risk of manual handling
building stones to the nearest point from days;
which may lead to severe back injury (Risk-
foundation basement to eliminate or
Medium).
reduce manual handling requirement;
 Training on manual handling to  Immediately.
supervisor & workers regarding hazards
& risks in manual handling.
14. Vibration

Jack hammer operator for road preparation  Provide gloves, firm grip safety shoes;
was found to have inadequate PPE and  Immediate;
 Provide adequate manpower to ensure  One week;
rest hours. It may lead to vibration injuries rotation & proper rest to reduce
which are categorised neurological exposure to vibrations;
disorders, vascular and musculoskeletal. It  Training to supervisor regarding hazard
may lead to carpal tunnel syndrome,  One week.
and risk associated to long term HAV
another common neurological vibration effects.
injury. (Risk- Medium).
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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

15. DSE Work Station

Basic ergonomic conditions were not  Repair/replace chair;  One day;
provided for computer work stations. The  Training to staff for awareness of hazard  One week.
wheels of many chairs were not rotating & and risk to spinal cord injury.
were stuck. Adjusting handle of a few
chairs height was found broken. This may
lead to fatigue and chronic back pain and
posture disorder for staff. (Risk-Medium).

16. Heat Stress

Heat Stress conditions were not  Create a system to provide information  3 to 4 days;
communicated to the field and flag of heat stress index to the key personnel
arrangements for heat stress index above in the field;
50 were not made This could result in heat  Red flag to be provided every day and  One day;
exhaustion or heat stroke cases in the field hoisted when heat stress index goes
resulting in worker becoming un above 50 and stop the work in the field;
conscious / coma/death, (Risk- High).  Give refresher training to work force to  One week.
avoid risk from the heat stress conditions
hazard.

17. Legal Compliance

Legal compliance with respect to storage of  Total number of storage of cylinders not  Immediate;
full LPG cylinder was not in place. Without to exceed 5 (about 100 kg);
having gas license as per PESO  Gas rule 2004 to be strictly complied  Immediate;
regulations only 100 Kg gas can be stored. with;
The gas cylinders which come under  A procedure to be established to ensure  One week;
explosive regulations could lead to an quality control & quality assurance with
explosion which could be fatal for regard to complying with these rules to
personnel and could result in heavy be written and get it approved from the
damage to property and serious dent into client and to be implemented in the work
reputation of company. It may lead to place;  Routine
getting enforcement action against  Daily inspection to ensure storage of gas schedule.
company. (Risk- High) cylinder does not exceed 5 in number to
be undertaken & record to be
maintained.
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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

18. Bunding
Generators were installed and bunding was  Bunding to be repaired one by one for all  One week;
found to having deep cracks endangering the generators and proper bunding to be
the secondary containment requirement. provided for secondary containment;
This could result in uncontrolled spillage  Electricians & camp boss to be given  Two weeks.
and serious risk to environment. (Risk- refresher training for ensuring bunding
High) for all fuel storage area (in this case
power generators).

19. Work Place Hazard

Cables were found above ground level in  Cables to be put underground & secured  3 to 4 days;
the camp (in new accommodation area). It properly to avoid trip hazard;
could result in creating trip hazard for work  Safety signage to be provided till work  One day;
place. All electrical cables to be completion;
underground to avoid tripping as well as  Area to be barricaded to the extent  Immediate;
breaking down of the cables and electrical possible to have restricted movement in
spark. (Risk- High) the area;
 Electrical danger sign board to be  One day.
placed. The access & egress to be
monitored.

20. Waste Management

Waste segregation area not properly  Waste segregation area to be  Immediate;
maintained. Waste management needs to maintained properly, provide labelling &
be maintained for hazardous & non- signage in the area. The segregation
hazardous substances. Failing which it area to be barricaded and guarded from
could lead to unhygienic conditions stray animals;
spreading diseases in the camp and  Hazardous material to be stored  One week;
enforcement action will be taken against separately and form 3 & form 13 to be
the company by authorities for improper maintained;
management for non-hazardous waste  Refresher training regarding  One week.
storing & disposal. (Risk-Medium). hazardous/non-hazardous waste
management and disposal.
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SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION sheet

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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

21. Machine Hazard

Wheat flour atta making machine not  Stop usage of atta machine;  Immediate;
having mechanical guard to protect  Provide mechanical guard, alternately  3 to 4 days;
operator. In case of drawing in with the replace atta making machine;
moving parts, catering staff could get  Provide safety gloves to staff operating  One day;
crushing injury which will incapacitate him machine;
from further work. (Risk-High)  Provide training on hazard & risk  One week.
associated with rotating parts of
machinery and injuries due to drawing in
or crushing

22. Electricity distribution

The additional accommodation and offices  Carry out electrical audit and work out  One week;
were provided supply however the load additional electrical load & distribution
distribution and electrical audit not done for from a qualified electrical engineer. Third
additional electrical load & distribution. Any party electrical audit may be considered
electrical load and malfunction could result if necessary;
in electrical fire / explosion considering high  Close out all the action points pointed  Two weeks
power generator source and may result in out by the audit; after audit;
fatality/property damage (Risk- High)  Determine electrical load and prepare a  One week;
load distribution chart for balanced
distribution of three phases.
 Electrical line diagram to be made for  Two weeks.
better appreciation.

23. Notice Board  All irrelevant and outdated information to  Immediate;

Notice boards not maintained properly and be removed from the notice boards;
needs to be updated regularly.
 Notice boards to be updated frequently  Two/three
Dissemination of information is not followed
for current information; days;
up showing lack of commitment from the
 Training to the workforce to use notice  One week.
top management. May lead to deterioration
board for updating & remaining aware
in safety culture. (Risk- Low).
about activities in the work space.
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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions

24. Work Environment

Requirements
Workers have not been provided with  One additional fan for each tent to be  One week;
additional pedestal fans as weather is very procured, positioned & installed to
hot to have proper rest. The area of tent is provide comfortable rest hours for the
considered quite large and one more work force;
pedestal fan is considered mandatory to  In the hot & dry conditions body  One week.
cater for hot conditions, depriving workers temperature to be maintained at
of comfortable rest & recovery from day’s 37degree centigrade. All the measures
hard work. In bunks air conditioners were to ensure that condition to be taken to
not maintained properly This may result in provide required work environment.
fatigue and unsafe acts during work. (Risk-  Maintenance schedule for air  One week
Medium) conditioners to be provided through a
dedicated AC mechanic.

25. Manual Handling

Workers were found bending down and  Training requirement to be included in  Regular
lifting loads. New labour being inducted at training matrix. Manual handling training schedule;
every new base camp, there is a to be provided to all new labour as first
mandatory requirement to train them priority,
repeatedly for manual lifting as they are  After every induction add this  Frequent
habitual of bending & lifting load, which requirement in the training schedule and training.
may cause serious back injury. (Risk- follow it up for regular & repeated
Medium) sessions with the new work force.

26. Welfare Activities

 Provide facilities like team games  Two weeks;
The work force needs to have recreation
volleyball, football;
facilities after a hard day’s work. Some
team games would do a world of good to  Table tennis could be a stress buster for  Two weeks;
the morale and the team spirit within the management level personnel;
work force. Without any recreation it may  Provision of gym could be an ideal  Four weeks;
lead to a build-up of stress which could facility for promoting health and fitness
adversely affect ability of workers to keep which would greatly benefit every
focus on work and maintain safety. (Risk – individual;
Medium)  Rajasthan has a harsh working  Two weeks.
conditions hence training personnel for
the benefits of keeping healthy and fit
would be a right approach. Team games
could prove stress busters and create
team spirit within the work force,
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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Observations Control measures Timescale

Hazards and consequences Immediate and longer term actions
Good Observations

1. Inspection Schedule
 A very well defined inspection schedule  Excellent
A well-defined weekly schedule of
was implemented, controlled &
inspection covering all the project area was
monitored. All the check lists for
in place and well followed up on inspection
inspections were prepared and utilised.
action points,
The filled check list after each inspection
in report format was then scanned and
stored for easy retrieval whenever asked
for.

2. Clinic
A well-established clinic with one doctor &  A well-established clinic (with one doctor  Highly
4 paramedics maintaining good hygienic & 4 paramedic) was established and all satisfactory
standards with medicine stock. The daily & the required medicines were stocked
weekly medical reports were generated and stock was monitored judiciously.
with graphics to visualise trends. First The medical records were kept
aiders were well trained and effective alphabetically in proper order for easy
implementation of doctor’s routine retrieval. The reporting daily & weekly
inspections of kitchen, cold storage. was monitored well and scrutinised at
client level for taking any corrective
actions deemed necessary.

3. Safety Induction Training

A well-defined full safety induction with  A comprehensive induction training  Highly
complete involvement of work force, of 3 which was highlight of the HSE effective and
hours covering all the aspects of training instruments as many slides were visually well executed
matrix and HSE MS & Plans impactful and key messages were activity
conveyed very effectively

4. Motorbike hazard awareness

The ongoing campaign was found to be  A sample campaign was witnessed and  Campaign
undertaken with substantial focus, the focus, execution and reaching out to was highlight
enthusiasm and the outcome was observed work force as well as to the locals was of training
to be very dynamic & effective praiseworthy and consolidated efforts by activities
HSE team were evident
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UNIT GC3 – THE HEALTH AND Candidate report

SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Introduction:

The health & safety inspection was carried out at Barmer, Rajasthan on 29 th February 2016, where
Azimut Energy Services is carrying out 3D land seismic survey activities for their client Cairn India
Limited. A full-fledged base camp has been set up for the work to be undertaken. Operations for 3D
land seismic survey activities are being undertaken on daily basis with a crew strength of about 1000.
The activities start early in the morning at about 04:30 and complete at 19:00 hrs when all the vehicles
are parked safely in the earmarked parking area. The inspection was carried out covering the base
camp. accommodation, catering facilities, clinic, offices, workshops. There are three kitchens being
maintained one for expats, one for senior Indian staff and one for junior Indian staff. The total base
camp area spread is about 800X500 square Meters. Seismic survey equipment like 6 vibro trucks, one
up hole rig, recorder remain in the field. In addition, about 200 vehicles have been hired for crew to be
taken to the field and bring them back. Four generators (3 phase) of 250 KVA ratings are installed and
are being operated 2 at a time for 12 hours each to provide independent power generation & distribution
for the entire base camp. Water supply for the base camp was taken from local source, for the purpose
of washing & bathing. The drinking water being provided through packaged bottling and a standalone
RO plant for base camp drinking & food preparation. The base camp is also well protected by having
fencing all around. A service provider has been entrusted with providing base camp & field security
personnel.

The operations are being carried out by using 80% of labour from local area. The base camp was
shifted three times to cover project area of 2500 square kilometres. A total of 6000 inductions were
carried out at the time of inspection. During inspection the entire day’s activities were covered right from
the first TBT which was conducted at 04:30 Hrs in the morning, till the last vehicle was parked inside the
camp at 19:30 Hrs.

There was a full HSE team led by one lead HSE advisor and 5 HSE supervisors to take care of HSE
related activities and maintain safety culture for the project.
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UNIT GC3 – THE HEALTH AND Candidate report

SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection:29 /02 /2016

Executive Summary

This inspection report carried out on 29th February 2016 outlines & highlights main 6 areas where
management attention and follow up for improvement is required. The observations documented are
events observed during inspection, giving possible consequences and suggested control measures
which could address the risk associated with unsafe conditions or unsafe acts. General training was
observed to be of a very high standard and well imparted for monitoring local labour which was
changed from base camp to base camp in line with CSR requirements of client Cairn India Limited
policy. A detailed coverage, which is an outcome of this inspection, is provided below with
approximate costs and timescales for implementation.

Fire Hazard

The area of operation is having high temperature throughout the year and remains dry most of the time
hence, the risk of fire is very high. Hence, proper waste management, electrical grounding, designated
smoke area, monitoring & supervision of no smoking in the tents & bunks is mandatory. For firefighting
purpose provision of fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, fire station & fire truck was made and facilities
were well maintained and in place, at the time of inspection

Electrical Safety

Four 250 KVA three phase diesel generators were installed for required power generation & distribution.
Satisfactory safe and secure power distribution was in place and all electrical cables were underground
and safety of ELCBs, RCCBs & MCBs were provided at distribution & junction boxes. However, the new
accommodation was not covered by the electrical power & distribution standard wherein there were
number of improvements which were considered mandatory and they were brought out through
observations. A third party electrical audit was undertaken initially when base camp was established,
however not for the additional accommodation.

Machine/Vehicle Safety

Though equipment maintenance and monitoring of operations was in place there was a room for
improvement in transport department specially when about 200 vehicles were being utilised for
transportation of the crew from base camp to field & back.

Legal Compliance

The gas cylinders’ storage requirement not to exceed 100 kg is mandatory and if gas license is not
obtained then the storage limit for full gas cylinders is approximately 5 LPG cylinders (100 Kg), as per
gas rules 2004 (PESO). This legal compliance is strictly to be maintained as per PESO regulations in
India.

Biomedical waste requires to be disposed of as per the bio medical waste disposal rules and autoclave
requirement is mandatory to ensure that,

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Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection:29 /02 /2016

Working Practice

Refresher training & campaigns required to be undertaken as there is a continuous out flow & inflow of
labour work force due to CSR policy of the client Cairn India Limited. The working practices such as
manual handling (as major portion of operation is labour intensive) the work force needs to be well
aware of unsafe conditions & unsafe acts during manual handling.

Work Environment Requirements (Specially for rest considerations)

Ventilation in workshop and air conditioning in some of living accommodations was not sufficient, Air
conditioners’ maintenance requires a special focus and to be undertaken on priority more so with high
temperature prevalent conditions in the local area. Also in new accommodation for the labour work
force in the tents, only one pedestal fan was provided, which is considered to be inadequate. One more
additional pedestal fan in each tent to make things comfortable for the workers inside the tent in hot &
dry conditions, considering occupancy strength & area of each tent.

Welfare

There is noticeable lack of recreation facilities, in the base camp. There is a need to provide sheds,
sport places and restrooms which will help to ensure fatigue management. It will certainly lead to
maintain positive morale of the work force.
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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Main Findings of inspection

Fire Hazard:

During the inspection a number of fire hazards identified as improper waste management, waste
segregation area, batteries charging workshop (overload on work force) and inadequate grounding and
potential static accumulation; the storage of gas cylinders; smoking in not designated places are some
of the factors which need to be monitored & controlled. Overall, the monitoring & control through
inspections is considered satisfactory. The fire drill is conducted with a frequency of once in a month
which is followed up with a drill report to the client and findings & recommendations are taken up by the
responsible persons for closing out, through ATR (Action Tracking Register). However, scrutiny of ATR
reveals that the follow up actions have not been carried out as per the scheduled target dates. There is
a gap in closing out of action points which needs to be addressed by the operational team, is not
complied with as per agreed schedule. The logistic support positioning has inherent delay hence
process of requisition, identification of items to be purchased, placing of order & positioning the material
needs to be expedited and procedure to be put in place for timely completion of outstanding action
points. The IRT (Incident Response Team) is competent to carry out the incident response. The
frequency of the refresher training for IRT may be looked into and streamlined.

Head of battery charging workshop to ensure charging SOP in place, appropriate chargers provided
and keep more focus on personnel to ensure following of company’s policies and best practices.
Additional manpower for battery workshop needs to be inducted, trained & deployed to reduce workload
on battery workshop staff.

Designated smoking areas in camp and field to be identified and communicated to all employees.

Estimated immediate cost to implement these measures is around INR 2,00,000/- & additional
administration cost.

Electrical Safety:

During inspection a few hazards and activities observed where electrical hazard’s controls were
missing. Additional accommodation electrical load & distribution to be worked out and balancing and
safety to be ensured for the camp. Undergrounding of cables is mandatory. Appropriate number of
ELCBs, RCCBs & MCBs to be provided after complete load calculations & distribution for the electrical
power. An electrical audit from a qualified electrical engineer is also mandatory. The IP ratings for all
the electrical equipment which are subjected to outside weather and located outside offices &
accommodation like, distribution panels, pole lights switch, lamps be mentioned and should be available
during inspection.

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Effective bonding and earthing of all metallic equipment also to be checked during weekly inspection as
a measure of defence against lightning strikes. Finally, regular inspection of all bonding and
measurement of earth loop impedance is necessary. With additional cabling for new accommodation
earth point impedance is to be reconfirmed during proposed audit. All joints be re-inspected and redone
with documentation of each stage pictures, as it’s mandatory to establish safety of each joint. Wherever
possible it’s better to avoid joints and may be replaced by continuous cable from point to point.

Estimated immediate cost to implement these measures is around INR 2,50,000/- & additional
administration cost.

Machine/Vehicle/Equipment Safety:

Vehicle is considered to be the biggest hazard for this project hence control measures applied for this
activity have to be suitable & sufficient for maintaining safe outcome. Though the process of vehicle
selection & driver and defensive driving to the drivers is in place, the vehicles being utilised need to be
properly controlled for the scheduled maintenance. It was observed that many vehicles were overdue
for scheduled maintenance and operational pressure was not allowing transport manager to spare
vehicles in time. There was no tagging system to identify whether vehicle is due for servicing or not.
Hence a proper monitoring & identifying system for vehicles to ensure that every vehicle which is due
for maintenance is identified & released for scheduled maintenance work to the authorised service
centre from the OEM. On return all the serviceability checks to be carried out by the transport manager
to ensure that the maintenance work is carried out completely and correctly. A record to be maintained
of these checks and deviation if any to be pointed out and corrective action to be taken for the same. In
addition, all the vehicles are required to carry basic towing equipment and a shovel as accessories to
cater for any breakdown in the field.

As regards to kitchen equipment, it was found to have no mechanical guard for moving parts. The
equipment not to be used till the mechanical guard is provided to avoid direct contact of body with the
moving part of the machinery.

Estimated immediate cost to implement these measures is around INR 1,00,000/- & additional
administration cost.

Legal Compliance

As regards to gas storage, continuing the same practices will lead to violation of the legal requirements
of Indian Gas Cylinders Rules, 2004, which can cause punishment under Indian law. Without having
gas license (which requires an elaborate arrangement such as building a safe storage space as per the
approved engineering drawing from PESO inspector) the maximum number of filled LPG gas cylinders
is restricted to 100 Kg of LPG gas which approximately works out to be 5 LPG gas cylinders. There
needs to be a proper process to ensure this legal requirement and quality control & quality assurance
checks need to be instituted in the procedure to ensure there is no deviation from the process. There
could be an additional check at the gate by security wherein number of trips of vehicle carrying LPG gas
cylinder could be monitored and only 5 LPG cylinders could be allowed by giving gate pass, thus
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avoiding entry of additional gas cylinders inside the camp. The storage place could be checked through
daily inspections to ensure that this legal requirement is strictly complied with.

The other legal compliance is biomedical waste disposal. Due to the size of the camp there is certain
amount of biomedical waste which is generated. The needle (medical sharps) electrical incinerator is in
place but there is no autoclave as the one held earlier is repairable and handed over to service centre
for repair. For last month or so the autoclave has not been brought back after repair. If repair is not
possible then a new suitable autoclave needs to be purchased & positioned in the clinic for sterilization
purpose. The biomedical waste is accumulated for a week and then disposed of through an authorised
disposal agency, which is not an acceptable practice as per the biomedical waste disposal rules.
Priority attention is to be given to both these legal compliance issues and to be resolved at the earliest
opportunity.

Estimated immediate cost to implement these measures is around INR 1,00,000/- & additional
administration cost

Working Practice

There are numerous unsafe behavior/practices observed, including workshop workers showing lack of
using manual handling, safe techniques and not wearing appropriate PPE while handling batteries and
geophones, not using proper secondary containment/drip trays during fuelling. Repair of bunding for the
generators also to be taken up on priority. Manual handling requires special attention as the labour work
force is constantly replaced during the execution of this project over a wide area of entire district of
Barmer, Rajasthan.

Estimated immediate cost to implement these measures is around INR 1,50,000/- & additional
administration cost

Ergonomic

A few ergonomic hazards observed such as an inadequate temperature in living rooms, poor lighting
near workshop area, ventilation in batteries charging room is inadequate. These findings can be
controlled by request to sub-contractor to replace old ACs (Air Conditioners) with new ones as per
subcontract, so there is no additional cost required. Work station chairs were observed to be in
unsatisfactory condition and were not maintained properly. It was causing restriction in posture and
operator was frequently adjusting having continuous avoidable movements which may result in fatigue.
The awkward postures are considered unwarranted and need to be corrected at the earliest
opportunity. These conditions could cause long term effects on body and considered to be dangerous
as they are not appreciable by the operator in a short duration of exposure. There is a requirement to
monitor & control these effects till the time it is done the operator may resort to take frequent short rest
breaks rather than infrequent longer ones. They could avoid sharp increase in work rate. Work load
needs to be gradual enough to ensure that it does not result in excessive fatigue.

Estimated immediate cost to implement these measures is around INR 1,00,000/- & additional
administration cost.
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Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection:29 /02 /2016

Welfare Facilities

The long hours of work routine, harsh environment and continuous production activities mean that work
force is always busy in carrying out assigned tasks. Once they come back to base camp after hard
day’s work, recreational sports are important to the quality of life of local communities. It would certainly
provide benefits to health such as prevention of heart disease & diabetes. It also helps decrease
overweight and obesity numbers with regular physical activity among people and communities. With
hard day’s work it’s important to destress with these activities as they create positive outcomes such as
confidence, self-respect, self-esteem, trust, self-reliance and leadership abilities. For a very long project
spread over an area of 10kmX10km field area and duration of over 2 years, we definitely need to look
into overall development of people which will make lives of labour healthy and it would also be in the
interest of social responsibility.

As regards to workers in camp, the workshop workers have direct exposure to the sun during the day
and have no place to have rest and refresh themselves. Also, there is no recreation facility available in
camp for junior staff to be able to relax after work. These are destressing activities and are mandatory.
Not following up on this matter will lead to low morale in workers. There is an immediate requirement of
organizing recreation facility such as volleyball, gym and table tennis. The team games are ideal for
developing a team work culture and healthy competition within the organization.

Estimated immediate cost to implement these measures is around INR 3,00,000/- & additional
administration cost
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Student name Rajiv Kubal Student number- 00324109

Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Conclusions:

In general, the seismic crew has achieved a good production time having good level of HSE controls in
place for most of the risks. Still there is a room for improvement and controls in terms of fire hazards,
electrical safety, ergonomic, working practice and welfare to be implemented. The major & significant
findings identified in this report can cause legal action by enforcement department and/or accident.
These findings need to be followed up by providing written SOPs (Safe Operation Procedures),
trainings, TBT (tool box talks) and better supervision, which is very effective administration controls with
low cost involvement. The main process of information, instructions, training & supervision needs to be
followed up.

The implementation of recommended improvements will eliminate the possible legal actions which
might be applied to company causing project delays, reputation impact due to breaches of Indian law
and reduce the potential of accident by having appropriate level of controls in place and keep high level
of safety awareness throughout the seismic crew to ensure smooth operations.

Barring from a few mandatory requirements, a number of recommended actions require no financial
cost. The important observations can’t be addressed without additional resources and costs. It is
pertinent to mention at this juncture that the cost of consequences in the event of non-adherence to
these recommendations, is many times more than the financial burden the company would have to bear
with. Moreover, the cost is negligible compare to size and spread of the very big 3D land seismic
project, it would work out to be just 1/3 of daily expenditure being incurred for this project by the
company management
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Place inspected-Azimut Energy Services (Seismic Survey Camp) / Date of inspection: 29 /02 /2016

Recommendations:

Recommendation Likely Resource Priority Target Date

Implication

Fire Hazard, Fire extinguishers, smoke

detectors for additional
accommodation. Segregation area.
INR 2,00,000/- High Two weeks
Hazardous & non-hazardous waste
segregation. Store equipment stacking
and waste disposal for store room.

Electrical Accessories & Electrical

Audit. Electrical cable, ELCB, RCCB,
INR 2,50,000/- High Two Weeks
MCB and bunding repair for
generators.

Vehicle maintenance, tagging system.

Vehicle accessories for any break
INR 1,00,000/- Medium Four week
down and mechanical guard for
kitchen equipment.

Legal compliance towards storage of

LPG gas cylinders and biomedical INR 1,00,000/- High Two weeks
waste disposal.

Work Environment Requirements.

INR 1,50,000/- Medium Four Weeks
Additional pedestal fan for each tent.

Working practice- Work station chairs,

lifting & carrying equipment for manual
INR- 1,00,000/- Medium Four Weeks
handling. Additional manpower for
workshop & jack hammering work.

Welfare- Entertainment, recreation

space for work force, table tennis, INR 3,00,000/- Medium Four Weeks
gymnasium, volleyball football etc.