RISK ASSESSMENT FOR RIGHT OF WAY

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR RIGHT OF WAY

This document, uploaded by HSE Documents, assesses risks associated with acquiring rights-of-way. It identifies potential hazards during the process, analyzes their likelihood and severity, and recommends control measures to mitigate them. By proactively addressing these risks, you can ensure a safer and more efficient right-of-way acquisition process.

Job Steps

• Location of existing buried services - Survey.
• Plant Machinery Operations.
• Excavations.
• Use of Chainsaws.
• Manual Handling.
• Walking on site.
• Excavating in the presence of Archaeologist/ Ecologist.
• Working at or adjacent to public roads.
• Working close to the heavy plant.
• Working adjacent to rivers and streams.
• Driving of posts/stakes for fencing.
• Clearing and Grading with loader, and grader.

Hazard

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• Broken or cracked pipes resulting in a substance leak. (Specify the substance if known, e.g., water leak, gas leak).
• Toxic or flammable gases from a damaged sewer pipe.
• Electric shock from contact with electric cables.
• Contact with severed fibre optic cables.

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• Collisions with another plant on site. Contact with moving machinery. Overturning.
• Contact with overhead or underground services.
• Construction equipment exiting the factory collides with cars on the busy highway"

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• Fall of person or material into the excavation.
• Underground services - gas, electricity or water

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• Body contact with the cutting blade of the chain saw.
• Moving and handling equipment

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• Moving and handling equipment Slewing loads
• Pinch points

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• Slips Trips and fall

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• Contact with moving plant & machinery
• Contact with slewing excavator falling objects

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• Live Traffic

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• Moving Plant and Machinery

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• Snake bits. Spider puncture.
• Falls of persons into water.

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• Contact between hand and machine bucket.

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• Explosive remnants of war (ERW) and mine.

Consequences

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• Flood, gas leak, explosion or fire.

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• Groundworkers being struck by heavy plants causing crush injury or fatality or Ground workers being struck by material being lifted by machinery causing major injuries.
• Asset damage. Fire.
• Electrocution.

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• Crush Injuries
• 4-Serious cuts/wounds to body parts Back strain/injury
• Slips/trips and falls

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• Musculoskeletal injuries: This includes strains, sprains, and pain in the back, neck, and shoulders.
• Cuts and punctures: These can occur from sharp tools or materials.
• Fractures: Broken bones can happen from falls, crushing injuries, or repetitive stress.
• Repetitive strain injuries (RSI): These are caused by repeated motions that can damage muscles, tendons, and nerves.
• Arthritis: This is a condition that causes pain and stiffness in joints.
• Degenerative disc injuries: These occur when the discs between the vertebrae in your spine break down.
• Soft tissue injuries: This includes damage to muscles, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage.
• Reduced mobility: Injuries can limit your ability to move around freely.

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• Instead of just "personal injury," you could specify the cause of the injury. For example, "Injuries from accidents including hand injuries, facial injuries, broken/dislocated bones, cuts/bruises/lacerations

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• Serious eye injuries from mud or ground impacts

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• Moving public vehicles poses a serious crushing hazard to ground workers.
• Groundworkers risk severe, potentially fatal injuries from moving public vehicles.

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• Physical injury, death

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• Severe sickness. Leptospirosis.
• Drowning.
• Physical effects of swallowing polluted or contaminated water.

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• Physical injury.

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• Explosion and fire.

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