Unit IG2: Risk assessment

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).

Important note: You must refer to the document ‘Unit IG2: risk assessment – Guidance and information for learners and Learning Partners’ while
completing all parts of this assessment. Your Learning Partner should provide you with a copy, but it can also be downloaded from the relevant
resources section for this qualification on the NEBOSH website.

Part 1: Background

You should aim to complete this section in 150 - 200 words.

Topic Comments
Name of organisation* I am working in South Refinery company and was established in 1970
Site location* Shuaiba Street / Basra / Iraq
The Total number of employees in the company is 1700 workers distributed as follows ( 1
General Director , 150 Manager , 50 Site Manager , 500 employee as administrative and
Number of workers
accountant , 350 as drivers , 150 engineer , 100 supervisor , 500 worker in site distributed
on more 25 sites .
SRC Is large company specialized in the field of oil refining and its various derivatives
Where this company receives crude oil through tanker pipelines to pass through many
stages, where it enters the refining unit, then the hydrogenation unit, and then the
improvement unit to produce fuel with good specifications, as well as the production of
General description of the organisation other fuel derivatives. This type of work includes many different activities such as
maintenance work, entry into narrow and confined spaces, work at heights, welding work,
and others. The nature of work and the number of working hours are divided into (morning
with daily work and 8 hours per day), As for the workers who work in the operating sites,
their work is on a shift system every 24 hours for three groups.
Description of the area to be included in the
The area in which a risk assessment is crude oil refining unit that contains towers, furnaces,
risk assessment
pumps, air compressor, equipment maintenance tools, scaffolding, a large building
containing two floors for workers and administrators, sanitary facilities, a kitchen, as well
as a store for chemicals that are used in the operation process. And there are many hazard

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Any other relevant information
* 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.
You should aim to complete this section in 100 - 200 words.
Note: this section can be completed after you have competed your risk assessment.
Outline how the risk assessment was
carried out this should include:
• sources of information consulted;
• who you spoke to; and
• how you identified:
- the hazards;
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in this region, such as the hazard of noise, work at heights, fires, and others as a result of
the activities that exist in the region
Responsible for occupational safety and health within the site is a team consisting of a
safety manager, 4 safety engineers and 6 supervisors .
When I conducted the risk assessment, it relied on a lot of information that was taken
from the following sources:
1- Internal sources ;- Initially, I reviewed the policy of the Occupational Safety and
Health Department implemented in the company, reviewing many previous JSA
reports, reviewing accident reports, first aid records, monthly safety meeting reports,
periodic maintenance records, as well as reviewing employee periodic inspection
records, as well as noting special training records With workers.
2- External sources :- By referring to the equipment manuals and MSDS of chemicals,
as well as reviewing the legislation on occupational health and safety and the Iraqi
Labor Law No. (37) in 2015 published on the Iraqi Gazette No. 4386 on 9/11/2015,
and the Labor Organization International ILO Nos. C155 and R164 for Occupational
Health and Safety .
• In the beginning, a closed meeting was held between the members of the safety
team present at the site to develop an integrated plan and identify the groups that
will be spoken with and benefit from them in determining the risks and then go to the
site and hold mini-meetings with experienced workers, site engineers and
maintenance workers And supervisors to know the work mechanism and what are
the potential risks that may occur or that have occurred previously .
- The hazard were identified by conducting field tours at the work site, talking with
experienced workers, and using risk assessment reports similar to the work whose
risks are to be determined, as well as making use of the site’s operating engineers
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 to know the mechanics of the work of such equipment and studying each work and
the risks it may contain.

- what is already being done; and By going to the site and watching the applied procedure myself, using work permits to
confirm the action taken, as well as reviewing the previous risk assessment .

- any additional controls/actions By holding a meeting with the operational engineers and the safety team at the site to
that may be required. develop additional procedures based on ILO and refer to ISO 45001, NEBOSH, OSHA
and the Iraqi labor law to choose the most effective and appropriate measure to control
the risk

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 Part 2: Risk Assessment

Organisation name: South Refineries company

Date of assessment: 28 / 1 / 2022
Scope of risk assessment: The first gasoline refinery and improvement unit

Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
1- Working at -All workers who work 1- Do not place heavy 1- Provide safety nets around 1- Within 2 HSE manager
Hight / on scaffolds, whose loads on the scaffold the scaffold week and financial
Working on number is (30 worker), platform. manager
scaffold and -by climbing on the 2- Putting a handrail that
falling off it scaffold to disassemble bears the numbers of
and material or install parts of the workers and suits their
fall used machines, and movements.
because of the heavy 3- Physical protections, 2- Provide an appropriate 2- Within 2 day HSE
and large size of these such as toe boards and connection of the scaffold supervisor
iron parts, and because brick guards, should with the building near the
of the unsafe practices be used to prevent scaffold or with the tower
of workers on the objects from falling..
scaffold, it may lead to 4- Inspect the scaffold
the scaffold falling or before using it
collapsing or Not tying 5- Training workers on 3- Contracting with a company 3- Within 3 HSE manager
the scaffold near the how to use scaffolding specialized in erecting week and
building or next to the correctly, knowing scaffolding contracting
machine (tower) , what are safe manager
Hence the fall of the scaffolding practices,
workers, and identifying unsafe
- Which may lead to practices 4- provide body harness every 4- Within 1 HSE manager
serious injuries to worker week and financial
workers such as . manager

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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
fractures ( break in leag
or arm) or lead to death.

2- Confined -All maintenance 1- Complete isolation of 1- Install hoods or fans for Within 3 week HSE
space / workers and welders the area to work in disposal from fumes and Supervisor
Exposure to and supervisors, gasses and Operation
hazard fumes whose number is (15) - 2- Conduct a gas engineer and
or gasses by entering those tanks inspection to ensure financial
to perform welding that the area is free of manager
work, which will be flammable gases 2- The use of EX-type tools
exposed to many of and equipment that are used Within 1 week HSE manager
risk such as fire and 3- Provide AGT in an explosive atmosphere and financial
explosion or manager
asphyxiation from gas 4- Hot work permit work
, fumes vapor
-which will lead to 5- Wear all personal 3- Training workers before HSE
serious injuries such as protective equipment they enter confined spaces Within 1 week Supervisor
loss consciousness, and HR
burns , choking and
consequently to Death
3- Slips and -All the workers on the 1- Reasonable disposal of 1- Spill control and good Within 10 day HSE Manager
Trips / site, supervisors, those spills drainage and site
Oil spills on engineers, 2- Cleaning the floor on a engineer
the ground maintenance workers regular basis is
and people passing by, necessary to maintain a
whose number is safe walking space. 2- Providing information, Within 1 week HSE
approximately (200). 3- Proper housekeeping training and effective Supervisor
procedure shall be supervision and HR

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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing?
and hazard harmed and how?
-By passing through
those oil spills, which
leads to them slipping
and falling on the
ground,
- which may lead to
moderate injuries such
as trauma, wounds or
fractures, or may lead
to death.
4-Fire / -All workers on the
welding and site, including
cutting near maintenance workers,
flammable welders , supervisors,
liquid site visitors and people
passing by, which is
estimated at
approximately (100)
-What happens when
there are leaks in the
conveying pipes or
tanks, and because of
the high heat in the
summer will lead to
the oxidation of oil or
solvents, or when
(welders) do welding
or maintenance is
carried out for
machines or pumps, so
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What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
4- Lighting that is
adequate.
5- A discussion about
appropriate
housekeeping will be
held in the toolbox.
6- providing signs and
PPE
1- Putting up barriers and 1- Provide fire system Within 3 months HSE manager
warning signs and financial
2- Remove the object to manager and
be welded from the site engineer
vicinity of any objects
that could explode, 2- Drain system to solvent or
combust, or ignite if oil remaining in the pipe or Within 3 day HSE engineer
exposed to the heat machine before carrying out and HSE
generated by the any maintenance work supervisor
welding process. and site
3- People who weld things engineer
that can't be moved
should put devices that
protect them from open 3- Provide of tools and
flames, sparks, or hot equipment that do not Within 1 week HSE manager
slag in places where generate sparks during the and financial
they can't be moved. maintenance process or manager
during friction operations
4- Use a hot work permit
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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
the residue comes out 5- Providing fire
and spills on the extinguishers
ground, and because of
the friction of the work 6- Wearing PPE
tools, fuel -will ignite
and when there is any
source The ignition
could lead to serious
burns or death to
workers
5-Electricity/ -Maintenance workers, 1- Electrical equipment 1- Use of double insulation Within 1 week HSE manager
Burns and electrical engineers, must be chosen equipment and financial
Electroshock and all those carefully and ensure manager
authorized to work in that it is suitable for the
electricity, whose electrical system
number is 2- Performing a non-
approximately (200). voltage test before HSE
-And by conducting an beginning any repair is 2- The use of the safe work Within 2 day supervisor
examination or test of recommended. system (SSW) and HSE
cables and electrical 3- Make sure that the officer
equipment or equipment isn't turned
conducting periodic on again by using some
maintenance, and kind of lockout and tag 3- All electrical installations, HSE
because of the lack of procedure. equipment and appliances Within 2 week supervisor
adequate insulation of 4- Keep a safe distance shall be subject to checks , and electrical
the source of from parts that are formal visual inspections engineer
electricity, or because plugged in. and combined inspection
of weather conditions and testing to ensure
such as humidity or 5- To work only with electrical safety .
rain, highly qualified people

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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
-they will be exposed
to fatal shocks or very 6- Provide suitable
severe burns. personal protective
equipment to work with
electricity
6-Noise / The workers on the 1- Conducting noise 1- Reducing the noise at Within 1 week HSE Teem
High levels site, the operators, the recording and source through Use and
of noise from engineers, the evaluation before insulation to separate the mechanical
operating supervisors, and all starting work noise source from the rest of and operation
pumps ( those close to the site, 2- Provision and the space. engineering
pump room ) whose number is imposition of hearing
and other approximately (500). protection equipment
equipment By working near such 3- Providing information Within 3 months HSE Manager
equipment for long and training for and
periods of time ( above workers in places with supervisor
90 dB ), you will high noise 2- Adequate isolation between and site
expose them to workers and equipment with engineer
hearing impairment ( high noise
Tinnitus ) and loss of
hearing Within 3 day HSE manager
and officer

3- Divide the work into more

than one routine to reduce
long exposure to noise
7-Confined space Maintenance workers 1- Providing a work 1- Provide continuous Within 1 week HSE manager
/ who will enter the permit for confined ventilation, whether and financial
lack of tanks or conveying spaces mechanical or natural manager
oxygen vessels to perform ventilation
maintenance or clean

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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
these tanks, whose 2- Carry out a check for
number is (30) toxic gases and check
And due to the for oxygen gas 2- Providing oxygen HSE manager
presence of gases and respirators for people who and financial
vapors, the remaining 3- Training workers on will enter those places Within 1 week manager
liquids will lead to a how to enter those
lack of oxygen and places
thus expose workers to
suffocation, poisoning, 4- Provide PPE
loss of consciousness
and death.
8-Hazardous Workers who work on 1- Selection of workers 1- Providing low-risk Within 3 week HSE manager
substances / preparing and mixing with good experience chemicals instead of high- and financial
Exposure to chemicals to be added in dealing with risk materials manager
chemicals, later to fuel refining chemicals
solvents, and oils
and improvement 2- All-around dilution and
processes, whose ventilation
number may be (12)
When they prepare 3- Minimize the use of 2- Providing MSDS for all Within 5 day HSE manager
and mix these chemicals as much as chemicals used and making and financial
materials, they will be possible them available to everyone manager
exposed to inhaling And HSE
vapors and flying 4- Rotate the jobs you do. officer
mists, which will lead Workers should change
to suffocation and their work schedules so they
poisoning of workers don't get too much of a
or the occurrence of dangerous chemical.
asthma, or it may spill
on the skin and cause 5- Provide appropriate
skin burns or some personal protective Within 1 week

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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
drops may fall in the equipment with the 3- Providing appropriate and HSE
eyes risks of chemicals special training on how to Supervisor
deal with chemicals and HR

9-Work Workers who enter the 1- Turning off equipment 1- Providing covers for all Within 1 week HSE manager
equipment and towers for periodic during maintenance equipment that contains and financial
machinery / maintenance or while operations rotating parts manager
Trap and working near cooling 2- Using only guards that
entanglement fans or rotating parts, require a special tool to
whose number is remove or modify them
approximately (20), if it isn't possible to 2- Provide sufficient distances HSE
when they enter, parts permanently secure the between these rotating parts Within 4 day supervisor
of their bodies will get guard or interlock the and workers and site
stuck between those guard. This is a type of engineer
parts, leading to severe administrative control.
injuries such as 3- Provide lock-out tag-
cutting, amputation out
and crushing, and may 3- Put warning signs around Within 4 day HSE
reach to death 4- Safe work system these places supervisor
implementation

10-Hazardous All workers present at
substances / the work site,
Exposure to H2S including supervisors,
gas operators, engineers,
and even people
passing by, and even
5- Create a emergency
plan
1- Placement of hydrogen 1- Source control through Within 1 day HSE Manager
sulfide gas sensors on continuous maintenance of and operation
site pipes and machines to engineer
ensure that they are free of
leaks

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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing?
and hazard harmed and how?
those present and close
to the site, whose
number is
approximately (500)
When crude oil is
converted into fuel and
its other derivatives, it
will pass through
many stages, which
will separate the sulfur
from the crude oil,
which will combine
with hydrogen to form
toxic hydrogen sulfide
gas, which will be
released in large
quantities, leading to
suffocation for
workers. When
inhaled in high
quantities and
concentrations, this
will lead to loss of
consciousness and
rapid death
11-Health, -All workers on the
welfare and work site who are in direct
environment / contact with the heat
of the sun, especially
in the summer, as
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What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
2- Conducting a periodic
check for the presence
of gas during work 2- Disposing of gas in safe
ways, either by setting up Within 4 months HSE manager
3- It is not allowed to gas treatment plants and and financial
enter the site without making use of the resulting manager
an entry permit with all gases as fuel, or burning
personal protective quantities that cannot be
equipment related to controlled by a flare
this gas
4- Wear PPE
3- Training of employees on HSE
dealing with gas in Within 1 week supervisor
emergency situations and HR
1- Provide adequate 1- Create umbrellas near Within 2 week HSE manager
amounts of drinking workers to block out the and financial
water bright sun manager
2- provide regular breaks
for your workforce.
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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
Exposure to maintenance workers 3- Increasing rest periods 2- Forming alternating teams Within 3 day HSE manager
high require their stay for for workers to reduce to reduce heat stress and HR
temperatures long periods in open heat stress
sites to work under the
heat of the sun, which 3- Training employees on how Within 1 week HSE
will be exposed to 4- Providing work suits to work safely in hot supervisor
dehydration, heat made of cotton to weather and HR
stroke and skin burns reduce heat
12-manual -All workers who lift 1- Reducing manual 1- provide of mechanical Within 2 week HSE manager
handling; load heavy weights as parts handling work and equipment to lift loads and financial
handling of equipment during using it in very rare or manager
equipment / maintenance work or urgent cases
Manual some boxes and
lifting of containers of 2- Provide appropriate
heavy tools chemicals rest times with the
and materials - during the process of nature of work 2- Providing appropriate Within 1 week HSE
mixing them to be training on how to supervisor
used in the process of 3- Dividing the load into implement safe work and HR
oil filtering, and their multiple parts that are procedures
number is easy to lift safely
approximately (30),
when they are lifted in 4- Make sure that people
the wrong way or the have protective gear
weight of the load is (e.g. gloves, foot
too large, protection, non-slip
-which leads Back footwear)
injuries or torn
ligaments or arms

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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
13-movement of -Workers who unload 1- The processes of 1- Separate carrying vehicles Within 3 months HSE
people and the load, workers who unloading materials and other cars (with management
vehicles in the support the team, inside the site must be concrete barriers) in a and
workplace/ supervisors and organized and in designated place as far as supervisor
Collisions workers who pass several stages and not possible from the movement
between from the work site, in one stage to prevent of workers and people
workers, which number crowding between passing by.
cargo approximately (40), - workers and vehicles
vehicles and when the place 2- Make certain that the
small designated for road surfaces are firm
vehicles unloading chemicals and clean. 2- Placing an audible and Within 1 week HSE manager
or other work 3- When at all possible, visual warning sign for all and financial
materials and tools avoid reversing. vehicles when the vehicle is manager
that take place during reversed
maintenance periods 4- Provide adequate night
and the presence of lighting on the site
cars is crowded. Small
spaces for the same 5- Provide DDT to all 3- Monitoring, whether
place will create an drivers through HSE manager
atmosphere of chaos, and financial
and because of the • surveillance cameras • Within 2 manager
frequent and rapid or week
movement of workers • supervisors, to regulate the • Within 3
and loss of movement of workers and day
concentration among the movement of cars while
workers and drivers of entering and leaving the site
vehicles, high speed
for drivers and lack of
appropriate viewing
angle

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Hazard category Who might be What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
and hazard harmed and how? required? further actions person’s job
to be completed title
(within …)
-will lead to accidents
and injuries such as
wounds , fractures,
jams, or even lead to
death
14-Radiation/ -Workers who work in 1- Isolate the welding area 1- Conducting an assessment Within 1 week HSE
Exposure welding and people from people passing by of the radiation doses supervisor
high dose close to welding generated and exposed to and Radiation
from operations, such as workers for :- specialist
radiation supervisors, engineers 2- Wear eye protection
while arc- and people passing by, goggles
welding their number is HSE
approximately (25). 3- Wear a welding suit to A- Exposure time control Within 3 day supervisor
-When welders protect the skin and Radiation
perform welding specialist
operations for tanks,
pipes, or vessels
during maintenance B- safety distance control within 3 day HSE
operations, the supervisor
welding will emit high and Radiation
radiation, specialist
-which may affect the
eyes or the skin,
causing skin burns. 2- Training workers on safety HSE
in welding operations within 1 week supervisor
and HR

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Part 3: Prioritise 3 actions with justification for the selection
Suggested word counts
Moral and financial arguments for all actions: 300 to 350 words
For EACH action:
Specific legal arguments: 100 to 150 words
Likelihood AND severity: 75 to 150 words
How effective the action is likely to be in controlling the risk: 100 to 150 words

Moral and financial arguments for ALL actions

Moral, general legal and financial
arguments
There are many reasons that made the South Refineries Company to implement the
occupational safety and health system and to preserve the lives and safety of workers, and
among these arguments are:
• Moral arguments / The South Refineries Company is morally committed to
protecting all employees of the company from risks, injuries and accidents that arise
from the danger of work, and it is working hard to provide an appropriate and safe
work environment for workers because it is not moral that the worker leaves his home
safe Saying goodbye to his family in order to go to his place of work and source of
livelihood and not to find safety, the company is committed to physical and moral
support for all workers in order to raise the morale of workers.
• Legal arguments / The South Refineries Company considers the legal aspect to be
the most important issue in achieving occupational safety and health and has made it
at the forefront of work procedures because of its significant consequences in the
future, and among these consequences are fines, imprisonment and closing the
workplace and because of its bad reputation for the company, which It will lose all its
customers in the event of many lawsuits against the company. And here the company
must abide by the local laws set by the government, which clarified all the instructions
that must be submitted by the company or even the workers according to the Iraqi
Labor Law No. (37) for the year 2015 and the international laws ILO and OSHA .

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Justification for action 1
Action
Specific legal arguments
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
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• Financial arguments / The financial arguments in the occupational health and
safety management system are related to the financial costs, whether these costs are
direct or indirect, and these occur after the occurrence of accidents by providing health
insurance for the injured worker and giving him a break while continuing to pay his
salary and train another worker in his place or file a lawsuit against The company to
compensate, the delay in production and the bad reputation are all factors in the latter
that affect the financial side of the company
1.1- Use safety nets around the scaffold
- ILO R175 – Safety and Health in Construction Recommendation, 1988 (No. 175).
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (1926.105(a) )
- International Labor Organization c120 Health Convention No. 120 of 1964
- International Labor Organization R120 - Health Recommendations No. 120 of 1964
- The International Labor Organization states c167 - Health and Safety Agreement for
Construction No. 167 of 1998,
- International Labor Organization R167 - Health and Safety Recommendations for
Construction No. 167 of 1988
- International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety ( RRC Study
Text ) Unit IG2 : Risk Assessment / NEBOSH .
- The German Occupational Safety and Healthy Act (ArbSchG) constitutes the legal
framework for health and safety at work. This act is, in turn, shaped by accident
prevention regulations. The use of safety nets is specified DGUV safety net
information sheet no. 101-011. The product standard for safety nets is the European
Standard EN 1263-1.
- Iraqi Labor Law No. 37 of 2015
The danger of workers falling from the scaffold and at a high height
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 likelihood / probability of workers falling from the scaffold is certain because the scaffold
height is very high, the movement of workers is large and their numbers are large on the
scaffold platform
Severity / severity of injury to workers who will fall from the scaffold is catastrophic because
the fall distance is very large and because the floor on which the scaffold rests is concrete,
and the injury is fatal or physical disability.
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
• the intended impact of the action;
• The desired effect of using the safety net is to prevent the worker from colliding, who
• justification for the timescale that you will fall from the scaffold on the ground, and thus prevent the worker from dying or
indicated in your risk assessment; being injured.
and • justification for the timescale / a sufficient period of time has been determined for two
• whether you think the action will fully weeks. During this period, the HSE manager will coordinate with the financial manager
control the risk. to select the best offers and the best specifications for purchasing the safety net.
• The additional measure that was used will not completely eliminate the danger, but
rather will reduce the risk of the worker hitting the ground, as this measure works to
make the severity of exposure from catastrophic to minor

Justification for action 2

Action 2.1 - Install hoods or fans for disposal from fumes and gasses

Specific legal arguments - ILO C155 – Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155).
- ILO R164 – Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 1981 (No. 164).
- For construction sites:
- ILO C167 – Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167).
- ILO R175 – Safety and Health in Construction Recommendation, 1988 (No. 175).
- The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 – ILO
- C152 - Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152)

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 - International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety ( RRC Study
Text ) Unit IG2 : Risk Assessment / NEBOSH
- 1910.146 - Permit-required confined spaces – OSHA
- ANSI/ASSP Z117.1 covers the safety requirements that employees should use
when entering, exiting and working in confined spaces at normal atmospheric
pressure.
- Iraqi Labor Law No. 37 of 2015- Which provides for an appropriate work
environment for all employees .

Consideration of likelihood AND severity likelihood / The likelihood of workers being exposed to the risk of burns and asphyxiation
is certain due to the presence of flammable liquids such as oil and other chemicals, or
gasses and fumes that lead to lack oxygen causes asphyxiation or when presence of sparks
resulting from the welding process, which increases the risk of ignition .

Severity / The severity of the injury is catastrophic due to the presence of liquid fumes and
sparks flying from the welding process and because the place is closed and it is not possible
to escape quickly in the event of any emergency, which leads to ignition or explosion of the
place leading to fatal burns or loss consciousness due asphyxiation
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
• the intended impact of the action;
• The desired effect of a complete emptying of flammable liquids and conducting
ventilation to get rid of the vapors of these liquids is to break the fuel rib of the ignition
pyramid, and therefore the conditions that help in the occurrence of a fire are not
• justification for the timescale that you available also provide pure oxygen to help workers on respirate to prevent their loss
indicated in your risk assessment; consciousness
and • Three weeks have been set for coordination between the safety manager and the
financial manager for the purchase of suction hoods or fans , and limited the number
• whether you think the action will fully required to be equipped from outside the company.
control the risk. • The additional measures that have been taken do not completely eliminate the
danger, but rather will reduce the likelihood of asphyxiation , a fire or explosive
occurring from a certain to a possible.

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Justification for action 3
Action
Specific legal arguments
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
• the intended impact of the action;
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3.1 - Spill control and good drainage
- ILO C155 – Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155).
- ILO R164 – Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 1981 (No. 164).
- ILO Toolkit Control Sheet 300 Control approach 3 - https://www.ilo.org › documents ›
wcms_101011
- Slips and trips (Labour administration and inspection) – ILO
- C062 - Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62)
- 29 CFR 1910.22-.30 Walking/working surfaces / OSHA
- International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety ( RRC Study Text
) Unit IG2 : Risk Assessment / NEBOSH .
- Iraqi Labor Law No. 37 of 2015 - Which provides for the provision of an appropriate
working environment and the control of surfaces that cause tripping and slipping
through source control
Likelihood / The Likelihood is certain because of the large amount of liquid spilled on the
ground, either because there are large numbers of leaks, whether from pipes, flanges, or
equipment, and because of the large numbers of workers working near those spills,
especially in maintenance work, and as a result of the many movements, it will be a likelihood
slipping and tripping are too great .
Severity / The severity of the injury is major because the floor is of a very hard type
(concrete) and the presence of oil spills in large quantities and as a result of the many
movement will make the severity of the injury great, which requires medical intervention such
as fractures and others
• The desired effect of the spill control is to prevent the leakage of liquids from the
source through frequent maintenance and effective supervision to identify all sources
of such spills and prevent their spillage on the floors on which workers work, or by
providing controlled good drainage away from the floors and workplaces of worker .
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 • justification for the timescale that you
indicated in your risk assessment;
and
• whether you think the action will fully
control the risk.
Part 4: Review, communicate and check
Suggested word counts for each section:
• Planned review date or period and reasoning for this: 50 - 100 words
• How the risk assessment findings will be communicated and who needs to know the information: 100 - 150 words
• Follow up on the risk assessment: 100 - 150 words.
Planned review date/period with
reasoning
How the risk assessment findings will be
communicated AND who you need to tell
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• The time scale that has been determined is ten days, during which all sources of those
spills will be searched to be treated or rerouted away from the movement of workers.
• The measure taken will not eliminate the risk completely, but will significantly reduce
the likelihood of danger, that is, by reducing the amount of ground spills, it will turn the
probability from the sure to unlikely, and therefore the severity of the injury will also
be minor .
The risk assessment will be reviewed according to the company’s system and procedures.
As for the South Refineries Company, a risk assessment review is conducted every 6 months
from 1/1/2022 to 1/7/2022 , but this procedure is not a fixed matter because some risk
assessment is reviewed when changing work, introducing a new activity, changing the work
team, or when something happens An emergency such as an injury, accident or specific
defect.
After completing the risk assessment, this assessment will then be communicated to all
workers (engineers, supervisors, managers, maintenance workers, operators, all people
around those risks). Which may be either by making a clear summary and in the simplest
terms so that it is understood by the simplest workers and clarifying all the risks and the time
period that must be adhered to implement the procedure and who are responsible for
implementing those procedures. Or by conducting educational seminars to raise the
awareness of workers and raise their morale, or by including them in a training program for
workers to train them on how to find and control risks.
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 How you will follow up on the risk
assessment to check that the actions
have been carried out
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In order to verify and ensure the implementation of all procedures, a meeting will be held
during which a follow-up team will be formed, whose main tasks are to ensure that the
implementing agency adheres to the time scale that was specified in the risk assessment.
This team goes directly to the work site to see the procedure and the stages of its
implementation, to speak with the site administrator, and to know all the things that hinder
the progress of work, and finding appropriate solutions to prevent any delay in the time scale
that has been set .
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