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    A worker was injured while manually handling heavy chemical drums due to a lack of safety procedures and lifting equipment. The foreman instructed the workers to manually lift and move 200kg drums without mechanical assistance. During the unloading of the last drum, one worker's fingers were crushed when they were not removed in time from under the drum. The incident was caused by not providing lifting equipment, an unsafe work procedure, lack of communication during the lift, and failure to conduct a risk assessment or follow proper handling of heavy loads. Mitigation measures include following safe work practices, training on hazard identification and safe handling, risk assessments, and providing lifting equipment for heavy objects.

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    A worker was injured while manually handling heavy chemical drums due to a lack of safety procedures and lifting equipment. The foreman instructed the workers to manually lift and move 200kg drums without mechanical assistance. During the unloading of the last drum, one worker's fingers were crushed when they were not removed in time from under the drum. The incident was caused by not providing lifting equipment, an unsafe work procedure, lack of communication during the lift, and failure to conduct a risk assessment or follow proper handling of heavy loads. Mitigation measures include following safe work practices, training on hazard identification and safe handling, risk assessments, and providing lifting equipment for heavy objects.

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    M Bac 000000 GH00 Mem 000046

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    A worker was injured while manually handling heavy chemical drums due to a lack of safety procedures and lifting equipment. The foreman instructed the workers to manually lift and move 200kg drums without mechanical assistance. During the unloading of the last drum, one worker's fingers were crushed when they were not removed in time from under the drum. The incident was caused by not providing lifting equipment, an unsafe work procedure, lack of communication during the lift, and failure to conduct a risk assessment or follow proper handling of heavy loads. Mitigation measures include following safe work practices, training on hazard identification and safe handling, risk assessments, and providing lifting equipment for heavy objects.

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    PROJECT HS&E BULLETIN

    Riyadh Metro Project


    No. 042
    Document No. M-BAC-000000-GH00-MEM-000046 11 January 2015

    Hazards with Manual Handling of Heavy Objects


    On a non-BACS project a group of seven workers were involved in offloading chemical drums (200
    Kg) from a truck. The workers were not provided suitable mechanical lifting equipment for the
    task. The supervising foreman instructed the employees to manually handle the drums from the
    truck to the ground. Four workers were handling the last drum and about to place it on the
    ground. One of the workers did not remove his fingers in time and they were squashed under the
    base rim of the drum.

    Direct and Indirect Causes:


     No lifting equipment provided
     Unsafe work procedure set up by the Foreman
     Fear of reporting the unsafe practice and resulting consequences by the
    workers
     Lack of communication between workers while handling the drum
     Poor manual handling and no appreciation of the ‘safe’ load to lift,
    double the 25kg limit.
     Lack of other options explored by the Foreman, e.g. rolling the barrels
    with rope restraints
     Lack of hazard awareness by the foreman
     Lack of Safety culture on the site
     No STARRT card used
     No risk assessment conducted

    Mitigating Measures:
     Site supervision must know and follow safe work practices; e.g. Construction HS&E Toolkit.
     Proper training on hazard identification to be given to the workers, safe material handling.
     Risk assessment for unloading barrels to be conducted and method
    statement used.
     Lifting equipment to be provided when the task requires it to avoid
    manual handling of heavy objects.
     Work Zone Managers to reinforce the Safety culture.
     Section Heads and Site Engineers shall ensure that all work groups
    under their supervision are equipped and perform their duties in a safe
    manner.

    Procedure Reference:
    M-BCW-000000-GH00-PRO-000009, Manual Material Handling

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