PARKWAY INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTING

Park Point Project 5AB

Risk assessment

Risk Assessment
Training
 Introduction

What is Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment is a systematic approach to identify
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hazards, evaluate risk and incorporate appropriate

measures to manage and mitigate risk for any work
process or activity.
 Introduction

Why we need to do RA?

Risk assessment

Protect Ourselves
• RA is key to prevention of accident
• Everyone deserve to go home safely at the
end of the day

Elevate safety awareness & ownership

• Aware of hazards, risks and controls and
practicing safe science

Compliance with Regulations

 Introduction

Definition Hazard
Risk assessment

“Source or situation or act with a potential for harm in

terms of human injury or ill health or a combination of
both”

Hazard is something that cause you harm or injury to

you.

e.g. - Toxic or flammable substances, electric energy,

working at heights etc.

It may be acute (immediate effect) or chronic

(long effect) Ex, Cut injury or WRULD.
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Definition Risk
Risk assessment

“A risk is the chance, high or low, that any hazard will

actually cause somebody harm”

L(likelihood) +S(severity) = Risk

e.g. – Worker permitted to work in incomplete scaffold

which is high risk of person fall from height.
 Conseq
uence
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Example working at height

25 meter 15 meter 12 5m 1m
meter
Risk Assessment Consequence

25 meter
Example:
Working at Height

15 meter

10 meter

5 meter

2m
 5 Steps of RA
Assessment
Risk Assessment
(1) Identify
Hazards

(2) Who How

Harmed

(3) Evaluate
Risks Revise
Current Precautions More
Adequate Needed

(4) Record Findings

(5) Review
 Mange risk

Risk concept
Risk assessment

What can go Wrong

How likely is it? What are the Impacts

Risk Level

MANAGE RISK

Risk management also includes control and monitoring of

risks, as well as communicating these risks…
 Risk assessment template

Risk assessment template

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 Risk matrix

Risk Matrix
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 Why manage risk

There are three main

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reasons for managing risk

Moral

Legal Economic
 Legal requirement

Legal requirement
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DM Code of construction and safety practice

It requires every person at the workplace to take

“reasonable practicable” steps to ensure the safety
and health of every workplace and worker.
Blood money
According to Monday’s judgment, the court
fined each of the defendants Dh2,000 and
ordered them to jointly pay Dh200,000 in
blood money to the victim’s family.
Risk Assessment Moral Reasons

• The health and safety at work etc. Act

requires employers to carry out “suitable
and sufficient” risk assessment of all
work place activities.
Risk Assessment More reasons

• In 2010, there were 101 deaths due to

occupational injuries or road injuries related to
work, according to statistics released by the
Health Authority - Abu Dhabi. 
• It is every employee right , and the right of
others, to go home from work in the same
mental and physical condition to that which
they arrived at work.
Risk Assessment Economic Reasons

• Accidents are very

costly

 stakeholders accountable for

managing the risks they create and
reduce the risk at source.
Risk Assessment Every Employer

Must carry out a Suitable and Sufficient

assessment of risks to protect-
• their own employees,
• temporary workers,
• visiting workers,
• contractors, and the public.
Risk Assessment Assessors

• Project / Site engineer

• Foreman / Supervisors
• Operators
• Advisors (support)
• Competent Person
Risk Assessment Identifying Hazards

Assessors are expected to refer to

• HSE guidance
• Supplier manuals
• Accident record
• Near miss report
• Experience of themselves and others
 Risk assessment process

Risk assessment process

Risk assessment

• Identify the hazards

• Identify the people who may at risk.
• Evaluate the risk
Assess the risk and available control measure.
Manage and control of risk through implementation
of appropriate control measures.
Monitor the control to evaluate their effectiveness.

• Record the finding

Communication of Risks & Controls to
work force.

• Review when required.

 Risk assessment process

What are the hazards in

MEP activities
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• Height • Slip & Trip

• Fire • Falling hazards
• Electrical • Ergonomics
• Biological • Noise & Dust
• Physical • Vibration
• Environmental • Vehicle
Maneuvering
etc…
Risk Assessment Consequence

• How many people could be affected ?

• Could any of them be from more
vulnerable groups ?
 Young people
 Lone workers
 Disabled
Risk Assessment Probability

• How likely it is that in the reality the

hazards would cause harm ?
 Rare
 Possible
 likely
 Often
 Frequent
Risk Assessment Consequence

 If harm was occur due to the hazards

identified,
• How serious would it be ?
 Insignificant
 Minor
 Moderate
 Major
 Catastrophic
 Risk
Severity
Risk Assessment
Consequence
Probability (1) Insignificant (2) Minor (3) Moderate (4) Major (5) Catastrophic

(1) Rare

(2) Possible
Likelihood

(3) Likely

(4) Often

(5)Frequent
 Risk
Rankin
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• Severity- g • Likelihood-
– 4 Catastrophic – 5 Frequent
– 4 Major – 4 Often
– 3 Moderate – 3 Likely.
– 2 Minor – 2 Possible
– 1 Insignificant – 1 . Rare.

Risk = Severity x Likelihood

 Remedial
Action Priority
Risk Matrix (Severity = Probability X Consequence)
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Severity CONSEQUENCE (Potential severity of consequences of injury or damage)
PROBABILITY
(LIKELIHOOD ) (5)
(likelihood of failure of (1) Insignificant (2) Minor (3) Moderate (4) Major Catastrophic
control measures)

(1) Rare -
1 2 3 4 5
Never occurred
(2) Possible
2 4 6 8 10
Has occurred
(3) Likely
3 6 9 12 15
Occurred more than once
(4) Often
4 8 12 16 20
Occurs several times / year
(5) Frequent
5 12 15 20 25
Occurs frequently

Risk Legend
1-3 Low No action required, unless escalation of risk is possible.

4-6 Moderate Activity or industry can operate subject to management and /or modification
Activity or industry should be modified to include remedial planning and action and be
8-12 High
subject to detailed EHS assessment.
15-25 Extreme Activity or industry should not proceed in current form.
 Risk Control

 Using Hierarchy of Controls to reduce the risk

 Using the concept of As Low As Reasonably Practicable
(ALARP)
 Risk control process

Hierarchy of risk control

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 Risk control process

Hierarchy of risk control

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 SUMMARY OF THE RISK
 ASSESSMENT
Risk assessmentPROCESS
is a useful management
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tool.
 Risk assessment is not difficult.
 Effective risk assessments can prevent
accidents.
 The best risk assessments are those
carried out using a systematic approach.
 Record Keeping

1. Risk Assessment record has to be kept for at least 3 years as per

legal requirement.
2. Recommended to keep record as long as the site/project is still
exist.
3. Record shall be required by authority during inspection at site or
might be required for legal cases.
 Records of risk assessment

Risk assessment review

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How often must the risk assessment be reviewed ?

• At least once every 6 month;(based on work)

• After an accident;
• When there is significant change in work
processes, introduction of new machinery or
chemicals;
• Information on safety technology or requirement
made known.
 Implementation & Review
1. Project manager / director will need to approve the implementation of
control measures.
2. Monitoring of the process or activity has to be carried to ensure that
there is no residual risk or additional risk arising from the control
measures.
3. Risk assessors have to check or monitor the new implementation of
control measures and to communicate with respective engineer.
4. Review on Risk Assessment to be carried on the following basis:
- At lease once every three years base on legislative requirements
- After an accident/incident occurrence
- Any change in process or activity