Company: Mmolawa Investments Workplace: Thekwane

Activity Description: Drift Crossing

Assessment Team: N Xaba Assessment Date: 18/03/2023

Use the Standard Risk Matrix to determine the Raw and Residual Risk Ratings

Raw Risk Ranting

Control Measure
Hazards

SHEQ Category

Consequence

Consequence
Task /Aspects / Potential Responsible Person

Residual Risk
# Task Description Impacts Risks/Impacts Mitigation /Control Measures

Likelihood

Likelihood

Rating
Site Establishment & Preparation of excavation.

Obtaining permit Unauthorized Underground ENV/ C 3 13(M)  Obtain excavations permit from H/S B 1 2(L) Site Agent
to excavate drift excavations (No service damage. H/S engineer before starting with Foreman
crossing. permit in place.) Employees excavation of drift crossing. Surveyor
Damage to sustaining injuries.  Foreman to read and assess
underground Motorist causing drawings before excavating drift
services. traffic/accidents crossing.
due to drift  Site Agent to send notice to
excavation without affected motorist using road of
notice. alternative route.
Employees Employees Employees H/S D 2 12(M)  Employees to do medical H/S C 2 8(M) Safety Officer
attending site working collapsing or falling certificate before commence with
specific induction. without doing extremely sick while project.
medicals. working.  Employees to be provided with
Employees Employee not full PPE (reflective vest, overalls,
working visibility while safety boots, gloves and googles)
without PPE. working. Operators to be provide kidney
Employees Employees working belt.
working without being  Employees to attend site specific
without site aware of the induction before working on
induction. project risks and project.
hazards.
 Plant arriving on Plant inspection Plant with H/S C 3 13(M)  Competent person to inspect all H/S A 2 3(L) Safety Officer
site. not done before deviations unable plant on arrival at site camp. Foreman
using it. to complete task.  Time stamped photos to be
( TLB, Tipper Incompetent Incompetent taken for plant register.
Truck, Roller operator. operator running  Pre-use checklist to be utilized by
compactor) Site specific over employees
operator before using plant.
induction not causing multiple
 Operator to submit to the safety
conducted by injuries.
operator. Incompetent office with the following
Plant without operator causing documents:
pre-use property damage. -Valid Competency Certificate.
checklist. Operators and -Valid Medical (baseline).
Plant with oil employees working - Plant maintenance schedule
and petrol unaware of risk,  Plant operator to wear PPE as its
spillages. hazards and scope mandatory on site.
of work.  Operator to undergo:
Plant operators
- Site Specific Safety and
unable to identify
Environmental Induction (Including
deviations on plant.
Plant with oil and No Go Zones)/ Personal Particulars
petrol leaks causing to be completed/ Lockout procedure
soil contamination. to be signed and placed on
operators file together with the
plant photos and Inspection.
 Appointment to be completed
and filed accordingly.
 Alcohol testing to be done
regularly on all operators before
using plant.
 Place drip tray to contain leakage
and discontinue using it by
reporting immediately to
foreman.
Excavation of drift crossing.

Traffic Motorist Traffic signs not H/S D 3 17(H)  Traffic accommodation to be done H/S C 2 Safety Officer
Accommodation. colliding causing placed along before drift crossing excavation 8(M) She Rep
accidents. excavation drift commences in the morning. Foreman
Employee(s) run crossing.  Employees to attend toolbox talk
 over by vehicle Employees working before working and foremen to
sustaining without doing DSTI complete DSTI before
injuries. and not attending commencing with task.
Motorist toolbox talk.  Flag person(s) to attend training
unaware of Flag person(s) not before doing site traffic
road re-routing trained on traffic accommodation.
causing traffic accommodation  Community to be notified of drift
congestion. Motorist using road crossing works and duration of
Incompetent heading to drift project.
flag person(s) crossing which is  Flag person(s) to report to
confusing closed for drift Foreman and ask for relieve from
motorist crossing work. post before leaving.
causing Flag person(s)
accidents / leaving post
traffic delays. unattended.

Using plant to Employees Employees to using H/S D 2 12(M)  Use the correct tool to compete H/S C 1 4(L) Site Agent
remove drainage sustaining hand incorrect tool to ENV to remove rubble. Safety Officer
steel grates and injuries while clean rubble.  Employees to wear gloves while She Rep
concrete slab. removing Employees not using tools. Foreman
rubble from wearing gloves  Use Pre-use hand tool before
existing while using tools using tools to list out any
drainage grates. causing self-harm deviations.
TLB breakdown on hands sustaining  TLB Operator to use pre-use
causing clear injuries. checklist before using TLB.
and grubbing TLB Operator  All rubble removed to be loaded
delays. working without on Tipper truck and disposed at
Clearing and using pre-use waste facility.
grubbing not checklist.  Employees to ensure that
barricaded. Rubble removed housekeeping is done properly
All rubble from existing drift after TLB had removed rubble of
removed not not properly concrete slab and drainage grates.
disposed disposed left lying  TLB to be used to load all the
correctly. next to excavation. concrete slab and drainage grate
removed.
Excavating drift Dust fumes. Dust fumes causing H/S E 3 20(H)  Dust suppression to be done H/S C 2 8(M) Foreman
crossing. Excavation left poor visibility to ENV before excavating and ensure ENV Safety Officer
open without employees. ground is saturated.
barricade. Dust affecting  Employees to wear dust masks
Damaging employees causing while working near excavation.
underground lung infection and  Excavations to be barricaded with
services. breathing snow netting and labelled
Insufficient road discomfort. accordingly.
signs. Foreman to ensure  Excavation checklist to be utilized
Excavations not that employees before employees enter
labelled with barricade excavation.
warning signs. excavations at the  Barricading checklist to be used at
Excavation end of the day. the end of shift and filed in the
checklist not Foreman to assess close out report.
used before drift before  All signs to be placed and flag
entering excavating to check person(s) to do proper traffic
excavations. of any existing accommodation.
Tipper truck services.  Flag person(s) to use checklist for
reversing into Proper road sings to traffic accommodation after
excavations be placed with placing signs along the road.
while TLB is traffic cones to  Spotter will be used when TLB is
loading soil and guide motorists. loading on Tipper truck and safe
concrete rubble Excavations to be distance will kept before plant
removed. labelled and and excavation.
responsible person  Housekeeping to be done on daily
to be place on basis and foreman to assign two
excavations. people to do housekeeping and
Excavation to be file checklist completed for
checked every housekeeping.
morning before
entering by safety
officer, foreman
and she rep.
Spotter to direct
Tipper truck when
loading all rubble
from excavations.
 Constructing drift Compacting Compact roller with H/S D 2 12(M)  Foreman to do inspection on H/S C 1 4(L) Foreman
crossing. excavation mechanical faults delivery and conduct a test before Safety Officer
bedding. losing control proceeding to excavation site. She Rep
Installing mesh causing injuries to  Do checklist of pre-use on Site Agent
wires on the operator. compact roller.
excavation. Dust fumes and Ear  Do dust suppression before
Pouring irritation/discomfor compacting on the bedding
concrete into t while operating excavation.
the mesh wire compact roller.  Employees must wear dust mask
installed. Employees and ear plugs to reduce noise
Shaping sustaining hand exposure and dust inhalation.
concrete injuries.  Employees to use SLAM while
poured on drift. Trip and fall while laying mesh wire and ensure that
laying mesh wire in they always wear gloves.
excavation trench.  Employees will be remind to be
Mixing concrete cautious during DSTI and will
manual and causing assess the tripping hazards.
cement spillages.  Lay damp proof to contain
Employee spillages and use buddy system
experiencing back when mixing concrete.
pains and  Foreman to assign teams to shape
discomfort. the cement poured and ensure
that in between breaks are taken.
De-establishment

Housekeeping for Neglecting Engineer will not be H/S E 1 11I(M)  Foreman to ensure proper S B 1 2(L)
inspection and housekeeping able to approve ENV housekeeping is done and ENV
Handover. and drift not drift crossing if not handover drift to Site Manager
Inspection of drift presented well. well presented.  Safety officer to do close out and
integrity by Engineer not Community not handover project to Site manager
engineer. doing notified of drift with the safety report.
Handover report. inspection of accessibility and  Drift to be handover to all
Plant off-hired. drift before safe usage. relevant stakeholder’s of the
handing over to No handover report community.
community. compiled regarding  Foreman to of all plant that will
Improper the drift project. no longer to be used and has
handover and Plant in risk of theft finished its mandatory task on
motorist u sure and financial site.
to use the drift constraints to
crossing road company.
 intersection.
All plant kept on
site and no
longer used.

Complied by: _________________________________

Approved by: _________________________________

Effective as of 21/08/2023