Risk Assessment for Cable Laying

TASK DESCRIPTION

EXACAVATION FOR CABLE LAYING

PROJECT LOCATION

S.No

1

Activity

Hazards Involved

Exacavation For Cable Trench by Hand Tools

-

Damage Underground facilities

DATE

TRANSCO LDC

Consequences

Environment / Property Damage

REF NO

Probaility

Risk Rating

M

H

-

-

Excavation close to electrical poles

Trips, slips falling to the excavation

Dust, Heat, noise and vibration

Property Damage

M

H

Property, and Personnel

M

M

Injury to personnel

M

M

TRA 03

Control Measures

Residual risk

Reasponsible Person

L

Supervisor

Trial pits made to establish services lines

L

Supervisor

Proper access/egress to be provided(Ladder/Stair)

L

Supervisor

Proper PPE to be used (safety goggles, dust mask, car plug)

L

Supervisor

-

Trial pits made to establish services lines Cable detector Use of updated underground facility layout Mark cable / piping routes -

-

06/06/2012

Use of Hand Tools

TASK DESCRIPTION

EXACAVATION FOR CABLE LAYING

PROJECT LOCATION

S.No

Activity

2

Cable Installation

Hazards Involved

Consequences

-

Unauthorised work.Electrocut ion, fire.

-

Electric Fire.

shock.

Electric shockfrom livecircuit,shorting sparkswrong connections,wrong item.

Electric shock. Property damage. Damage to test equipment

TRANSCO LDC

DATE REF NO

06/06/2012 TRA 03

Probaility

Risk Rating

Control Measures

Environment / Property Damage

M

H

Use proper Personal Protective Equipment when using electric power tools e.g face shields, rubber soled shoes

Property Damage

M

H

Property, and Personnel, depth

M

M

M

M

Injury to personnel Property, and Personnel, death

Residual risk

L

Reasponsible Person

Supervisor

Always switch off power and pull out the plug before changing parts on the tool or making some adjustments.

L

Supervisor

Check with voltmeter that power is off. Switch off power on earth leakage.

L

Supervisor

Encourage electric hazard spotting among employees such as cracked plug etc and get them to report fault for remedial action.

L

Supervisor

TASK DESCRIPTION

EXACAVATION FOR CABLE LAYING

PROJECT LOCATION

S.No

3

Activity

Backfilling Using Hand tools

Hazards Involved

Consequences

Employees working too close to each other with hand tools

TRANSCO LDC

DATE REF NO

06/06/2012 TRA 03

Probaility

Risk Rating

Control Measures

Residual risk

Reasponsible Person

Environment / Property Damage

M

H

employees will be informed through Tool box talks to work too close to each other and working task to be identified for each

L

Supervisor

Dust and heat Environmental Condition

Property Damage

M

H

Proper PPE to be used and Welfare facilities, cold water, shaded area, adequate rest period regularly Stand by vehicle should be available at site all time

L

Employees working too close to each other with hand tools

Property, and Personnel

M

M

Employees should not work not too close to each other and working task to be identified for each

L

Improper tools

Injury to personnel

M

M

Use the right tools for the right job

L

use

of

Hand tools should check and provide proper sticker to ensure the safety of the workers Foreman to check if back fill procedure is being complied

Supervisor

Supervisor

Supervisor

TASK DESCRIPTION PROJECT LOCATION

EXACAVATION FOR CABLE LAYING TRANSCO LDC

LIKELIHOOD

DATE

06/06/2012

REF NO

TRA 03

CONSEQUENCES Insignificant

Minor

Moderate (Significant

Major (operations

Catastrophic

(Minor Problem Easily Handled by Normal Day to Day Processes)

(Some Disruption Possible)

Almost Certain (e.g, ˃90% chance)

High

High

Extreme

Extreme

Extreme

Likely

Moderate

High

High

Extreme

Extreme

Low

Moderate

High

Extreme

Extreme

Low

Low

Moderate

High

Extreme

(e.g, Between 50% and 90% chance)

Moderate

(e.g., Between 10 % and 50% chance)

Time/Resources severely damaged) Required)

(Business Survival Is At Risk Damage)

Unlikely

(e.g., Between 3% and 10% chance)

TASK DESCRIPTION PROJECT LOCATION

EXACAVATION FOR CABLE LAYING TRANSCO LDC

DATE

06/06/2012

REF NO

TRA 03

Rare (e.g.,