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Disclaimer: - This risk assessment will guide you that how to prepare NEBOSH IG2 Risk assessment, please don’t copy and
paste the material from this assessment to your NEBOSH risk assessment.
To complete NEBOSH Risk assessment you need to mention 10 different hazards from 5 different hazards category which
are mentioned in NEBOSH IG2 Unit Book.
Note: - In this format only five hazards and two actions are justified.
Before you start preparing risk assessment you must know about following terms.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Hazard – anything which has potential to cause harm.
Risk – Probability of being harm from a hazard.
Control measures – Steps to control a hazard.
Hazard Categories – Noise, Vibration, Radiation, Mental ill health, Violence at work, Substance abuse at work,
Ergonomics, Manual handling, Hazardous substances, Welfare, Environment, Work at height, Confined space, Lone
working, Slips and trips, Vehicle & Public movement, Driving, Equipment & machinery, Fire & Electricity.
5. Hierarchy of Risk control –
a. Elimination
b. Substitution
c. Engineering control
d. Administrative control
e. PPEs
6. ILO Code of Practice
7. ILO Recommendation
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8. ILO Convention
Risk Assessment can be completed in four steps.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write about the organization (Company)
Risk Assessment
Priorities 3 action with justification
Write about Review and check
NOTE: - This format of risk assessment isn’t NEBOSH official Risk Assessment Format, but in this format all required
content of risk assessment is available.
Section A: - Complete in 150-200 words.
Name of your Company: -
Safety Ltd.
Location of your company: -
(Mention Country and Sate)
No of Employees: -
1000
About your Company: - Safety Ltd is a company who provides services of metal structure fabrication and their erection in the
construction of Oil and Gas refinery.
Safety Ltd have their own fabrication yard where structures fabricated by performing hot work like Welding, grinding, gas cutting, after
fabrication erection of structure by crane, during erection scaffolding being used as a temporary platform.
Working hours divided into three shift i.e. 8 hours for each shift, and Sunday considered as holiday.
Area covered in risk assessment: - Fabrication yard and structure erection area.
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Other reinvent information: - Safety Ltd Have Dedicated safety department for day to day monitoring of safety matters. Safety officers
directly report to MD.
Section B: - Complete in 100-200 words.
Mention how you
Before started the risk assessment, I visited ILO Code of practice. I also looked in previous risk assessment, safe
completed the risk
operating procedure and company HSE policy.
assessment: I spoke to Project manager and site in-charge.
 Information
Collected from
After looking to all available information, documents I visited work site, I talked with many workers, operators
 Who You
& supervisors who were involved in different activities, I noticed many risks which needed to minimise with
discussed to
suitable/practicable means.
 How you
Further I discussed with Project manager on existing control measure were I got to know that, proper training
identified
was provided to workers, but by reviewing sickness and absenteeism rate which was high, I suggested various
a. Hazard
further control measures to control the risk and I also referred to the ILO Code of practice on safety
b. Applied
and health in construction.
control
measures
c. Additional
control
measures
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Section C: - Risk Assessment
Si
Hazard category Who might be
& Hazard
harmed & how?
1. Noise (Category)
Hazard Excessive noise
i.e. more than 85
dB being
produced from
grinding machine
and workers are
not using hearing
protection.
All workmen and
visitors.
Existing control
measures.
Additional control
measures.
1. Grinding machine
being sent to service
centre after every 6
months for
maintenance work.
1. Purchase grinding
machine which
produce low noise i.e.
bellow 85 db.
As the noise
produced from
grinding machine
is above 85db and 2. All grinders are trained
workers are not
and induction training
using hearing
provided to visitors.
protection i.e. ear
plug or ear muff,
3. Ear plug and ear muff
this may lead to
provided to all
NIHL (Noise induce
workmen and visitors
Hearing).
before entering in
fabrication yard.
Timescale for
additional
control
measures.
3 days
2. Provide Acoustic
Grinding machine
soundproof chambers.
2 months
3. Display warning sign at
work site related to
excessive noise.
2 week
4. Increase the frequency
of machines
maintenance.
1 months
5. Provide PPEs safety
training.
Responsible
person.
Purchase/store
department
(Action 1, 2)
P&M/Maintena
nce department
(Action 4)
Site in-charge
(3)
4 days
Safety
department (5)
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2. Work equipment
and machinery.
All workmen
(grinder)
(category)
As grinding
Hazard machine is
Unguarded
unguarded there is
Grinding
change of contact
machine, most of with rotating part
the workers
of during grinding
involved in
work, it can result
grinding work are in lacerations,
using unguarded abrasions even
grinding machine. fatal accidents
1. Workmen are
competent & trained
to use grinding
machine.
1. Replace the unguarded 3 days
grinding machine.
purchase grinding
machine with
preinstalled guards.
2. Protective guard to be
installed on all
unguarded grinding
machine.
4 months
3. Provide proper
supervision and
instruction during the
work.
1 months
4. Provide PPEs such as
face shield, safety
spectacles and hard
hat.
2 days
Purchase/store
department
(Action 1, 4)
Site in-charge
(Action3)
P&M
department.
(Action 2)
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3 Work at height.
Workers who are
(category)
working on
scaffold.
Hazard - Workers Workers can fall
are working on a down while
fixed scaffold
working at the
height more than edge of scaffold,
15 meter where
because top rail &
top rail and mid
mid rail are
rail are not
missing, which can
provided/availabl result in, Likely
e.
injuries include
fractures, strains
or serious injury
e.g. fatal
Full body harness
provided and lifeline
installed.
Instruction and training
provided to workers for
work at height.
1. Provide edge
protection - top rail
and mid rail on
scaffold.
2. Installed safety net
across the working
scaffold platform.
2 months
2 months
3. Deploy a competent
person to inspect
2 months
scaffold at least once in
a week and verify that
the scaffold is safe for
use.
4. Deploy an experienced
supervisor to monitor
work at height.
2 months
Site in-charge
(Action 1,2,3
&4)
Purchase/store
department
(Action 2)
HR Admin
(Action 3 & 4)
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4
Vibration
(category)
Hazard: - During
grinding activity
especially using
faulty hand tools.
Mainly the
workers who are
using grinders and
faulty hand tools.
1. Vibrating equipment
sent for maintenance
to service centre at
every six months.
1. Replace all faulty
3 days
vibrating hand tools
and purchase new one.
Purchase/Store
department
(Action 1,5)
2. Increase the frequency
of maintenance of
tools.
Site in-charge
(Action 2,3)
Due to using
2. All workers who
grinder and faulty
operate vibrating hand
hand tools for
tools are trained to use
longer period of
vibrating hand tools.
3. Establish proper
time lead to handmonitoring system to
arm-vibration
ensure, that vibrating
(HMV) condition
hand tools not been
such as loss of
used for long period.
sensation in
fingers, loss of grip
4. Organise a health
strength, lower
surveillance
back pain.
programme for all
affected workers.
2 months
HR Admin
(Action 4)
1 months
1 months
1 months
5. Provide anti vibration
hand gloves to all
workers to operate
vibrating hand tools.
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5
Electricity
(category)
Hazard: Operating
portable
electrical
equipment,
especially using
faulty equipment
such as portable
electrical tools
with damaged
electrical cable
damage plugs
and electrical
switch board.
Workers using
faulty portable
electrical
equipment.
By using faulty
electrical
equipment
workers will
exposed to live
electricity and can
got electric shock
resulting serious
injury, such as
burns,
electrocution and
even death.
1. All portable electrical
1. All faulty electrical
3 days
equipment inspected
equipment must be
by competent person 1
replaced.
years ago.
2. Electrical equipment to 1 months
2. Workers are trained on
be inspected by
using portable
competent person at
electrical equipment.
least once in 6 months.
3. Workers are using
portable electrical
equipment in
supervision of site
supervisor.
3. ELCB to be installed to
prevent from electric
shock when any
current leak through
any damage part of
equipment.
2 months
4. Purchase low voltage
electrical equipment
and use where
possible.
4 days
5. Provide Electrical PPEs
3 days
Purchase/store
department
(Action 1,2,4 &
5)
Electrical
department/site
in-charge
(Action 2,3)
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Section D: - Mention Moral, Legal & Financial argument for all actions – 300-350 words
Moral: - Based on humanitarian ground, its moral duty of SAFETY limited to take care of their employee and provide safe
workplace and equipment, no workers should be harm and suffer from work related illness due to unsafe workplace and
equipment provided by the organisation. It is the right of all workers that as they have come to work safely in the company, they
should return to their home also safely. Due to unsafe equipment and workplace accidents can occur which results lowering moral
of workmen, if workers’ moral will down the work efficiency will also reduce
Legal: - Company should follow all legal argument as per ILO C155 - Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155),
article 16. if employer failed to comply H&S rules in organisation, various legal action can be taken by enforcement agency such as,
enforcement agency may serve Improvement notice or Prohibition notice, withdrawing approvals (Licence cancelation), can
impose Fines/Penalties/Punishment from the enforcement agency, Prosecution on criminal court, Legal actions against the
employee or employer (Banned from the business)
Financial: - Due to unsafe workplace and by not implementing H&S in organisation, if accident happens at work place, company
will face direct and indirect financial losses because of, low profitability due to accident cost, low production efficiency, high
insurance premium, high absenteeism at workplace
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Section E: -Justification for any three actions.
Action 1: - Protective guard to be installed on all unguarded grinding machine. (Work equipment and machinery)
Specific legal arguments (100-150 words): As per ILO Convention C119 safety and health in convention, 1963 Article 11, all machinery to be guarded properly. No worker shall
use unguarded machinery to prevent serious injury.
As per ILO Recommendation R118 – 1963, the use of machinery with any dangerous part which can expose to user and without
guard should be prohibited by national low or regulations.
As per ILO code of practice on safety and health in construction, section 7.1.1 (e), to minimise the risk of injury from unguarded
machinery and equipment all plants, machinery and equipment including hand tools be provided with protective guards, shields or
other devices as required by national low of regulation.
Likelihood & severity (75-150 words): - (also mention no of workmen and duration of being affected)
Likelihood of harm due to using unguarded grinding machine is very likely because 10 workers are engaged in grinding of metal pipe
with unguarded grinding machine which possess a high chance of injury because workers can get exposed to rotating wheel of
grinding machine. This activity has been carrying out daily for more than 6 hours. So there is maximum chance that workers will
exposed to rotating part of machine and got injured.
The severity of the hazard to be considered as catastrophic because it is very significant that if any worker exposed to unguarded
rotating part of grinding machine can result in serious injury like cuts, abrasion, permanent disability and fatality.
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How effective the action is likely to be in controlling the risk. This should include:
 The intended impact of the action;
 justification for the timescale that you indicated in your risk assessment; and
Whether you think the action will fully control the risk.
The guard on grinding machine will work as a protective guard which prevent and restrict workers who are using machine to get
exposed to rotating wheel of grinding machine.
Timescale of 4 months given to complete the preventive action because, it needs the management approval to purchase the
protective guards, after that it will be issued to P&M department on request, after that guards will be installed on unguarded
grinding machine by competent person from P&M department and before sending equipment back to work all equipment will be
inspected by competent person.
Yes, the action will fully control the risk as protective guard restrict the workers to get exposed to rotating part, also face shield to
be used as additional control measures.
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Action 2: - Provide edge protection on existing scaffold, by providing top rail and mid rail on scaffold. (Work at height)
Specific legal arguments (100-150 words): As per ILO Convention C167, safety and health in convention, 1988, Article 18(1), preventive measures shall be taken against fall of
workers, if workers are working on the height where structure or its slope exceeds that prescribed by national lows and regulation.
I.e. if the height of a platform is more than 2-meter guard rail, top tail and toe guard must be provided as a fall protection.
As per ILO Recommendation R053, safety provision (Building) Recommendation, 1937 regulation 18. 11 (a & b). Every working
platform including scaffold which exceeds the height prescribed by national lows and regulation and from where there is chance of
fall of person must be provided with adequate fall protection system i.e. top-rail, mid-rail and toe guard.
As per ILO code of practice on safety and health in construction, section 4.3.12, as far as practicable, to work at height more than 2
meter, every part of working platform, gangway or stairway of a scaffold form which workers can fall or as prescribed by national
laws or regulations, should be provided with guard rail and toe guard
Likelihood & severity (75-150 words): - (also mention no of workmen and duration of being affected)
The likelihood of fall of workers from scaffold is very likely because 4 workers are engaged at 15 meter on an unguarded scaffold
platform. During work if any workers come accidently at the edge of scaffold they can fall down because there is no guard rail and
toe guard provided. Work at height is the routine activities which carried for more than 5 hours on daily basis.
The rating of severity of the hazard is Catastrophic, because workers are working at 15 metre height if any workers fall from that
height it will result in serious injury e.g. multiple bone fracture, permanent disability and even fatal.
The severity of the hazard to be considered as catastrophic because it is very significant that if any worker exposed to unguarded
rotating part of grinding machine can result in serious injury like cuts, abrasion, permanent disability and fatality.
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How effective the action is likely to be in controlling the risk. This should include:
 The intended impact of the action;
 justification for the timescale that you indicated in your risk assessment; and
Whether you think the action will fully control the risk.
For work at height guard rails act as a support system so by providing edge protection like top-rail, mid-rail and toe guard risk of fall
will be reduced, because if any worker comes at the edge of scaffold guard rails will restrict the workers to fall.
I have given a timescale of 2 months to provide edge protection because, for this work company have to hire trained scaffolding
gang and a scaffolding supervisor for proper supervision and inspection of scaffold.
Yes, this action will prevent workers to fall from height during working on scaffold, except edge protection proper supervision to be
provided to look after workers that they are anchoring their harness in life line during work.
Section F: - Review, communicate and check
Planned review date with reasoning – 50-100 words: As per the company policy, Risk assessment has to be reviewed at least every 12 months. Risk assessment will also be reviewed
before the decided date if any changes in work process adopted.
How the risk assessment will be communicated AND who you need to tell 100-150 words: -?
I will arrange a safety meeting with project manager, HR Admin, Site-In-charge and purchase department to go through the actions
in risk assessment and agree with the actions and the timescale for each action.
The site Supervisors and Engineers will be also involved in the meeting.
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Engineers and supervisors will be asked to conduct Tool box talk with workers to disclose all the risks and action that is mentioned in
the risk assessment. In tool box talk worker’s feedback will be noted if there need to be add any action it will be added.
How you will follow up on the risk assessment to check that the actions have been carried out: After the given timescale for each action I will communicate to responsible person and Site in-charge and also visit worksite to check
whether the action mentioned in risk assessment have actually implemented at workplace or not.
If any action has not completed on given timescale I will remind responsible person through Email and if the action being postpone
from more than 2 week of given timescale I will remind and inform to project manager and call him for a formal meeting.
Mention rest of five hazards and Justification for one action.
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