ACTIVITY RISK ASSESSMENT
Main activity: Use of Tower Cranes and lifting operations
Site: Frederick Bremer School
Level of risk Level of risk after controls
Process Hazards Risk Global Controls to be introduced in order to reduce the risk Effect on Effect on Global
Probability Severity
assessment probability severity assessment
Storage and Workplace
conditions
Stability and good flatness of the ground for storage to be
Formworks, skips or checked prior to stocking; Storage area must be clearly
Instability of the ground on a Serious injury,
materials falling while put on 3 4 12 defined well in advance and ground prepared for stocking -2 4
slope death
the ground and stored (levelling - concreting)
Slippery or wet surface People falling Broken bones, Storage surface conditions to be checked and regularly
conditions for storage area & cuts, medium cleaned; Accesses clearly defined and separate from storage
workplaces (more particularly injury 3 2 6 areas. -2 2
when bad weather)
Obstruction of site accesses. People falling Broken bones, Accesses to be checked and tidy up regularly; Equipment and
3 2 6 -2 2
cuts or medium tools to be stored in proper containers and storage area.
injuries
Formworks, skips, or
materials movement:
installation / removal
Poor standard of lifting Serious bodily Certificate of training is mandatory for crane driver.
operation or poor visibility injury by Banks-man / Signaller must always be in
of driver carrying out the crushing 3 3 9 -2 3
attendance to check and give signals or instructions
lifting to crane driver
- Workers must not be directly beneath the load
at any time
- Use of Walky-Talky to guide the crane driver
- Guiding rods or ropes can be used to guide
the load from distance
- PPE to be worn at all times
All crane operations –
including slinging.
Be careful to the slings arrangement and to the potential wear
Crane movement of Incorrect slinging of loads; Serious bodily
of the slings' links; never use a sling when one of the links is
formworks, equipment and fall of formworks and other injury, crushing, 3 5 15 -2 5
materials loads death damaged. Check the right position of the hook. Skilled banks-
man or slinger to attend and check lifting operations
Check value of maximum load to be lifted; Verify against
crane’s safe lifting capacity; Include load capacity of all lifting
Crane movement of Use of inadequate chain, Serious bodily
accessories; Skilled banks-man / slinger / signaller to attend
formworks, equipment and sling, lifting beams; fall of injury, crushing, 3 5 15 -2 5
materials formworks and other loads death and check lifting operations. Only certified sling to be used,
Slings to be tagged and colour coded, for current months'
inspection.
Crane movement of Serious bodily
Load to be lifted exceeding Check value of maximum load to be lifted; Verify against
formworks, equipment and injury, crushing, 3 5 15 -2 5
crane capacity crane’s safe lifting capacity.
materials death
Incorrect use of crane or
Certificated training is mandatory for operators or signallers of any
poor operating standards
Crane movement of Serious bodily type of crane; Only competent trained banks-men / signallers to
causing loads, materials or
formworks, equipment and
pieces of equipment to fall
injury, crushing, 3 4 12 give signals; Tool-Box Talk. Banks-man and crane operator are to -2 4
materials death be briefed that no loose material can be fitted as part of a bundle or
from formwork while being
standing on a platform
lifted
High speed wind causing Certificate of training is mandatory for crane driver; check weather
Crane movement of Serious physical
loss of control of the load, conditions before lifting; Only competent/trained banks-men /
formworks, equipment and harm to 3 4 12 -2 4
injury to workforce and signallers to give signals to crane driver; Stop work if high winds
materials operatives
damage to building prevail.
Fall of loads,
Interference between two
Crane movement of collapse of Tower cranes fitted with the AC30 Zoning and Anticollision System.
cranes: jib/jib, counter jib/jib,
formworks, equipment and cranes, serious 3 5 15 Crane driver and crane technician to check that anti-collision -2 5
cable/jib, load/jib. Collision
materials bodily injury, system is in a good working order and well set up at all time.
between the two cranes.
crushing, death
Lifting of loads
over persons,
poor stability of
Crane movement of Poor communication
the load while laid Use of hand signals and radio. Banksman or crane coordinator to
formworks, equipment and between crane driver and
onto the the floor,
3 3 9
allow all lifting operations.
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other materials site workers
swinging of loads,
risk of collision
with an obstacle.
Ensure that edge protection is adequate, ensure that the guard
rails are always in upward position; Appropriate PPE must be
worn; Tool-Box Talk on ‘Working at Height.’ While there is a
Broken bones,
Working at height from ladder and rest platform system in the tower of the crane, the
Crane
Potential fall from height serious injury or 3 4 12 -2 4
death
operator must be able to reach this from the ground or from
the new building structure. It is the site's responsibility to
provide this access, and to secure it from unauthorised access
to the crane mast.
Broken bones,
Loose material on platforms
medium or Ensure that all accessible areas of tower cranes should be kept
causing both a trip hazard
serious injury,
3 3 9
clean and free of loose materials at all times.
-2 3
and a falling object hazard
death
Environmental and Public
nuisance
Fall of formworks Setting out of crane in such maner that it can never oversail
Loads to be lifted near or and other loads,
Interface with Network Rail 2 5 10 Network rail area. Banksman to attend all lifting operations. -1 5
over the rails damages, serious
injury or death Tool Box Talk with staff involved in lifting operations
Fall of crane,
Fall of crane due to load
serious body Load restriction fitted to crane; crane capacity down rated by
Interface with Network Rail. over exceeding crane
injuries, crush,
2 5 10 -2 0
capacity. 25% to meet Network Rail Specification.
death.
Noise pollution affecting
operatives and nearby Crane sound signals have to be used only when necessary and
Use of crane horn Public nuisance 2 2 4 -1 2
during normal working hours only (from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm)
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