Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Declaration: by submitting this assessment (Parts 1 – 4) for marking I declare that it is entirely my own work. I understand that falsely claiming that the
work is my own is malpractice and can lead to NEBOSH imposing severe penalties (see the NEBOSH Malpractice Policy for further information).
Part 1: Background
Include in here the organisation’s name* and location* and number of workers. You must then go on to give a description of the main
activities/products/services carried out. You must also describe the area to be risk assessed eg, whole site, and anything else that you
consider relevant (approximately 150 to 200 words):
Ittefaq Sugar Mills Limited was consolidated as a public limited organization in 1982 under the umbrella of Ittefaq Group (Ittefaq Foundries) at
Sahiwal-Pakpattan Road Pakpattan, District Sahiwal. The commercial operations of the factories were begun in 1983. In the year 2015, the unit
was moved to District Bahawalpur because of more noteworthy accessibility of better quality stick and enormous yield size in the Southern Punjab.
Since the time its beginning, Ittefaq Sugar Mills Limited has effectively been creating best quality refined white sugar and other by-products.
The unit is located at Shafiabad-Channi Goth, Tehsil Ahmad Pur East, District Bahawalpur encompassed by territories profoundly well known for
development of best-quality sugarcane crop.
At first the crushing limit of the plants was 4,000 M. Tons sugarcane per day which was later expanded to 6,000 M. Tons per day. The unit is
creating best quality white refined sugar by following Defection Remelt Carbonation/Phosphitation process. The plant is accommodating 400
workers working in 3 different shifts of 8 hours each per day.
I visited plant on 7th of February, 2020 to inspect the safety situation and safety culture of the organization, to check the safe working methods and
safe working systems, staff morale and behaviour towards health and safety. To check the existing controls and suggest the additional control
measures required.
Some areas I visited during my inspection were Sugar Cane Unloading Section, Cane Crushers, Shredders, Testing Laboratory, Juice Clarifier,
Evaporator Section, Crystallization and Centrifugal Separation Section, Water Purification and Utilities Section, Admin Office and Security Offices.
After consulting these links I decided to visit workplace, to evaluate working methods of workers and condition of working equipment’s, also
checked worker’s Training Records, Safe System of Works, Standard Operating Procedures, maintenance activities, Power tools Usage, PPE’s
Compliance, emergency services, waste management system and welfare facilities.
Amongst other things I noticed were documentation about accident reporting, trends and patterns of accidents happened, insurance claims,
turnover ratio, workers sick pays and records of law enforcement actions against the company were some of the main things I noticed in
conducting my risk assessment.
* If you’re worried about confidentiality, you can invent a false name and location for your organisation but, all other information provided must be
factual.
Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? doing? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job
completed title
(within …)
Movement FLT operator and Conducting refresher 1.Stop the fork lift truck. Immediately Supervisor
of people workers bypassing, trainings about defensive Traffic control
property damage. driving for drivers. 2.Arrange a supervisor for Activity
and vehicle 2 hours (1,2,3,4,5)
in workplace monitoring safe vehicle movement.
It was driver was exceeding the Conducting local TBT about
observed that speed limit and was safe movement of vehicles 3.Designate banks men to manage
driver was driving fast with elevated and traffic management. the FLT movement by coordinating 4 hours
exceeding the forks, while delivering with drivers.
speed limit raw chemical drums from
and was storage room to 4. Appoint traffic wardens at
driving fast production area, drums different areas of plant and set
were containing toxic speed limit of vehicles. 3 days
with elevated
forks, while chemicals. Driver was
delivering raw reversing without 5.Develop, implement and
chemical banksman. Serious supervise safe system of work for 1 month
drums from hazard of collapse of FLT vehicle movement
storage room with people and
to production overturning of FLT can
Welfare and Supervisors and workers Health surveillance of workers 1.Inform area supervisor ASAP. Immediately Activity foreman
working working in mill house. on periodic bases. activity(1,2)
environment 2.Install Local lights e.g. spotlights
It was Light level was very low above the machine to ensure better 2 days
observed that in the mill house, some view and ensuring better work.
light level was lights were installed in
very low in the the workplaces but were 3.Perform Risk assessment of the
mill house, not able to light all the area for proper lightening and 1 week
some lights area. High risk of vision avoiding risks. mechanical
were installed problem is there. manager
activity (1,2,3,4,5)
Vibrations Operator and workers Providing health surveillance 1.Provide rest breaks and job rotation Immediate Activity
Extensive constantly working for workers on periodic bases. to minimize exposure time. Supervisor
vibrations around centrifugal activity
Slips and people working and Safety signages about slip trip 1.Barricade area, display warning signs Immediate Activity supervisor
trips passing from storage hazard are placed in workplace. and ban unauthorized entry. activity(1,2,3,4,5)
Leakage of area.
Leakage of Hydrochloric 2.Clean the leakage and floor must be
Hydrochloric adequately cleaned to nullify slipping 3 hours
acid was acid was observed from
hazard.
observed from storage gallon which was
Noise Workers working Production department manager 1.standardized ear muffs or ear plugs Immediate Activity Supervisor
It was continuously around was informed about this unsafe must be provided to workers. activity(1,2,3,4,5)
observed that noisy machinery. noisy situation.
high intensity It was observed that high 2.Establish rest breaks and provide
2 hours
noise was intensity noise was job rotations to workers.
produced produced during the
during the operation of heavy 3.Install sound-proof enclosure,
operation of hydraulic machines like acoustic shielding around the heavy 1 month
heavy roller mills, heavy mixers noisy machinery to reduce noise.
hydraulic and crushers. Workers
machines like were continuously 4.Maintain, inspect and lubricate
roller mills, working without any rest machines on regular bases. 2 weeks
heavy mixers breaks and were not
and crushers. wearing any required 5.Shields and sound absorbing mats
1 month
Workers were PPE’s. must be installed around noise
continuously excessive noise can producing machines.
working cause ringing in ear, ear
without any drum damage and noise
rest breaks induces hearing loss that
and were not can be temporary as well
wearing any as permanent. It can
required cause tinnitus (ringing,
PPE’s. whistling, buzzing or
humming in the ears).
You must pick the three highest priority/most urgent actions and justify your choice. Your justification must include moral, legal and
financial arguments (500 to 700 words); consideration of likelihood and probable severity of injury, ill-health and/or harm (150 to 250 words);
description of how effective each action is likely to be in controlling the risk (250 to 350 words).
Ittefaq Sugar Mills Limited has moral obligation to give secured, safe environment, safe conditions and safe equipment and machinery to
their workers. workers come to industry to work enthusiastically to support their respected families. So a secured area will convince them to
work to their most noteworthy levels. In spite of the fact that in a hazardous and risky condition laborers doesn't have a conviction that all is
good and don't work to their genuine affirmations, it influences their mental and physical health moreover. In like manner risky condition
impacts the soundness of workers on temporary similarly as it has perpetually impacts additionally on a worker's health.
Injured workers compensation when first aid, insurance claims, sick pays, money paid to worker’s relatives in
compensation, lost working hours, loss of competent personals etc.
Equipment’s cost will include repairing of equipment, replacing new parts and others
Cost associated to counter law enforcement actions against the firm, penalties from government, penalties from
regulatory authorities.
organization’s repute and public image.
Production delivery time loss and time taken in countering it.
Cost associated with rehabilitation of injured workers.
cost associated with rehiring and training of new workers.
loss in contracts due to high accident rates.
low morale of workers will affect the quality and efficiency rate of production.
“There shall be supervision at suitable intervals, on conditions and in circumstances determined by the competent
authority, of the health of workers exposed or liable to be exposed to occupational hazards due to air pollution, noise or
vibration in the working environment. Such supervision shall include a pre- assignment medical examination and
periodical examinations, as determined by the competent authority”.
“A safe and suitable scaffold shall be provided and maintained, or other equally safe and suitable provision shall be made where
work cannot safely be done on or from the ground or from part of a building or other permanent structure,”.
“In every factory all floors, stairs, passages and gang ways shall be of sound construction and maintained and where it is necessary to
ensure safety, steps, stairs, ladders ,passages and gang ways shall be provided with substantial handrails, there shall, so far as is
reasonably practicable, be provided and maintained safe means of access to every place at which any person is at any time required to
work, all places of work from which a worker may be liable to fall a distance exceeding three feet and six inches shall be provided with
fencing or other suitable safeguards and adequate provision shall be made for the drainage of floors in wet processes and for the use
of slatted stands and platforms”.
You must now give a review date for your risk assessment and say why you have chosen this date (10 to 50 words).
You must now indicate how the risk assessment findings will be communicated (including who needs to know the information) (100 to 150
words).
I will send my risk assessment appraisal to General administrator, executive managers, HSE manager and financial head as well to check
my recommendations that are required and I have submitted in my assessment. I will send my risk assessment in both soft and printed
versions too to all of them.
I will meet with mechanical managers, HSE officers and mechanical foreman’s to discuss on my examination and to pay emphasis on safe
working methods and safe environment need in gaining prosperity for the organization. I will request the mechanical and safety officials to
spread awareness according to my recommendations at work place to main workforce that are the workers. I will also suggest the authorities
to use more HAZCOM methods to spread awareness.
You must now indicate how you will follow-up on the risk assessment to check that the actions have been carried out (100 to 150 words).
Subsequent to conveying my risk evaluation to all levels starting from higher authorities and ending towards workers that are the main
workforce, I will set an update for myself that will be 20 days before the due recommended times for required actions.
I will review the territory as the objective time will be up. I will check the updates that have been made. I will meet with the workers and
observe their working methods. I will also check the updates on recommended additional control measures.
At last in the event that I found no advancement against my proposed proposals I will meet the most elevated level administration to
illuminate them about the hazards and need of installation of measures required regarding the establishment of safe working environment. I
will inform him about legislative, enforcement actions and other consequences that can happen in case of accident.