ASHTAR SAFETY

CONSULTENCY
 RISK ASSESSMENT OF
FORKLIFT INSPECTION

ASHTAR SAFETY CONSULTENCY Prepared By Engg- Sudeepa

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 CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
DIFERENCE BETWEEN RISK AND HAZARDS
FIVE STEPS TO RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK ASSESSMENT OF FORKLIFT

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 INTODUCTION
• Hazard
Is something that can cause harm, e.g. electricity,
chemicals, working up a ladder, noise, a keyboard, a bully at
work, stress, etc.
• Risk
Is the chance, high or low, that any hazard will actually
cause somebody harm.
• Control measure :
Any action or activities that are taken to
prevent ,eliminate or reduce the occurrence of a hazards that you
have to identifies

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 Hazards

Hazard
Damaged wire
Risk
Electric shock or fire
Control measure : Proper insulations
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 RISK ASSESSMENT
Risk assessment is a term used to describe the
overall process or method where you:
• Identify hazards and risk factors that have the
potential to cause harm (hazard identification).
• Analyze and evaluate the risk associated with
that hazard (risk analysis, and risk evaluation).
• Determine appropriate ways to eliminate the
hazard, or control the risk when the hazard
cannot be eliminated
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 FIVE STEPS TO RISK
ASSESSMENT

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 Step 1: Identification of hazard

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 Step 1: Identify hazards,
i.e. anything that may cause harm.
People must systematically check for possible physical, mental,
chemical and biological hazards.
This is one common classification of hazards:
• Physical: e.g. lifting, awkward postures, slips and trips, noise, dust,
machinery, computer equipment, etc.
• Mental: e.g. excess workload, long hours, working with high-need
clients, bullying, etc. These are also called 'psychosocial' hazards,
affecting mental health and occurring within working relationships.
• Chemical: e.g. asbestos, cleaning fluids, aerosols, etc.
• Biological: including tuberculosis, hepatitis and other infectious
diseases faced by healthcare workers, home care staff and other
healthcare professionals.

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Step 2: Decide who may be harmed,
and how.

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Step 2: Decide who may be harmed, and how
Identifying who is at risk starts
For example:
 Home care supervisors must take due account of their client's
personal safety in the home, and ensure safe working and
lifting arrangements for their own home care staff.
 In a supermarket, hazards are found in the repetitive tasks at
the checkout, in lifting loads, and in slips and trips from
spillages and obstacles in the shop and storerooms. Staff face
the risk of violence from customers and intruders, especially
in the evenings.
 In call centers, workstation equipment (i.e. desk, screen,
keyboard and chair) must be adjusted to suit each employee.
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 Step 3: Assess the risks and take action.
• This means employers must consider how
likely it is that each hazard could cause harm.
This will determine whether or not your
employer should reduce the level of risk. Even
after all precautions have been taken, some
risk usually remains. Employers must decide
for each remaining hazard whether the risk
remains high, medium or low.

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 Step 3: Assess the risks and take action

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 Step 4: Make a record of the findings.
• Employers with five or more staff are required to
record in writing the main findings of the risk
assessment. This record should include details of
any hazards noted in the risk assessment, and
action taken to reduce or eliminate risk.
• This record provides proof that the assessment was
carried out, and is used as the basis for a later
review of working practices. The risk assessment is a
working document. You should be able to read it. It
should not be locked away in a cupboard.
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Step 4: Make a record of the findings.

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 Step 5: Review the risk assessment.
• A risk assessment must be kept under review in
order to:
• ensure that agreed safe working practices
continue to be applied (e.g. that management's
safety instructions are respected by supervisors
and line managers); and
• take account of any new working practices, new
machinery or more demanding work targets.

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 RISK ASSESSMENT OF MEWP INSPECTION

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 No barication

• Hazards : Vehicles and pedestrians

• Risk: inspector, pedestrian or equipment may get accident
• Who may be harmed: inspector,pedestrians,mewp or other
vehicle
• Control Measures: protect the inspection area with barication
and usage of proper sign board
• Assistance from banks man

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 Hyper Tension wire

• Hazards : Electric wire

• Risk: shock by radiation or by conduction , fire
• Who may be harmed: inspector, operator,
• Control Measures: Maintain minimum 3 meter clearance or
change the inspection location,

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 Tidy and Slippery
surface

• Hazards : Uneven, slippery floor

• Risk: forklift may slip, may effects on stability of forklift ,
inspector may slip down,
• Who may be harmed: inspector, forklift, operator
• Control Measures: change the inspection location ,
assistance from banks man

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 • Hazards : Falling from height
• Risk: Inspector , operator and inspection tools may fall down
from platform
• Who may be harmed: inspector, operator , inspection tools
• Control Measures:
a) Use proper full body harness with double lanyards
b) secure inspection tools properly while inspecting platform
unit
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 • Hazards : Standing under fork
• Risk: Physical injury from mechanical failure or falling objects
• Who may be harmed: inspector,
• Control Measures:
No one can be allowed to stand or pass under the lift portion of any
forklift, whether loaded or empty

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• Hazards : Usage of camera or mobile flash ,while checking fuel
tank
• Risk: intensity of heat of flash coming out from mobile or camera
may leads fire in low flash and fire point fluid
• Who may be harmed: inspector, forklift, operator, assets
• Control Measures: don’t use camera or mobile flash while
checking fuel tank

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 • Hazards : Improper PPE
• Risk: Usage of improper PPE may cause major injuries to
inspector during inspection
• Who may be harmed: inspector
• Control Measures: proper usage of PPE

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• Hazards : Missing 3 point contact
• Risk: inspector may fall down
• Who may be harmed: inspector
• Control Measures: always maintain minimum 3 point contact or
wear safety harness if possible

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 • Hazards : Operator don’t wear the safety belt
• Risk: Operator may fall down
• Who may be harmed: operator
• Control Measures: Aware the operator about usage of safety belt

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• Hazards : Operator don’t have clear vision
• Risk: Accident with pedestrian or other vehicle
• Who may be harmed: operator ,other vehicle, pedestrian
• Control Measures: Stop the operator , don’t allow them to
operate without proper vision during load test

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 • Hazards : Poor lighting
• Risk: Poor lighting is likely to result in higher levels of work error
and accidents
• Who may be harmed: Operator ,inspector
• Control Measures: conduct the inspection under proper light

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• Hazards : Loose clothing,
• Risk: Loose clothing, and other material may become entangled
in moving parts of the forklift (e.g. chain mast)
• Who may be harmed: Inspector
• Control Measures:Ensure clothing, gloves, hair or other such items
are kept clear of moving parts of the forklift when inspecting
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 Hazards

• Hazards : Constrained space

• Risk: During, functional and load test fork may hit the obstruction
or load fall down
• Who may be harmed: Operator , Forklift
• Control Measures: conduct the inspection in proper place where
Free lift of fork does not have any obstruction

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 Other Hazards
 Selection of wrong type of tire
 Excessive wind
 Fire
 Electric shock while checking battery
 Under trained operator
 Checking of fuel, especially diesel ,under hot temperature
 Insufficient hydraulic oil
Control measure
 Proper PPE
 Fire extinguisher
 Before inspection check the competency level of operator
 If hydraulic oil is below the minimum requirement don’t conduct load
test
 While doing inspection consider environmental hazards also
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