INTERNATIONAL GENERAL

CERTIFICATE
Candidates observation
IGC3 THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name: Randy Estacio Rivera

Place inspected: Borouge 3 Project & Workshops Area.

Student number _________________

Date of inspection: 20 September 2013

Observations

Control measures

Timescale

Hazards and Consequences

1. Over speed of vehicles entering
the premises of Borouge 3.

Immediate and Longer-term actions

Safety speed limit must implement inside
premises by displaying the appropriate
speed for light vehicles and for buses/trucks
and heavy equipments.

Risk of vehicular accident which may

result serious injury or damage to
property or may result early death.

Giving of training and awareness for safe

driving to all sub-contractor drivers.

1 day

Regular maintenance conducted by a

competent person and third party must
approved.

Weekly

Immediate

weekly
Valid drivers license with authorisation of
Borouge 3 and UAE Transportations.

2. Uncontrolled waste such as

papers, plastics, pieces of woods
and other combustible materials are
accumulated around premises of
Borouge 3.
Risk of biological hazards on
handling waste that may lead illhealth.

3. Fire exit, Access and egress have

been obstructed. Due to poor
housekeeping and poor stacking of

Segregation of vehicular and pedestrian

routes must in place.

Immediate

Giving training and awareness on handling a

proper disposal of waste and may be recycle
process may applicable to develop wider
environment.

1 day

Upon handling of garbage attendant must

wear suitable PPE such as gloves (rubber),
respiratory and proper hand wash of
workers after handling of waste may
introduce to prevent ingestion from the
waste.
Remove or clear all materials to ensure
access/egress are free from obstruction to
avoid trip, slip and fall of the operatives.

Daily

Immediate

INTERNATIONAL GENERAL
CERTIFICATE
Candidates observation
IGC3 THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name: Randy Estacio Rivera

Place inspected: Borouge 3 Project & Workshops Area.

Student number _________________

Date of inspection: 20 September 2013

materials. i.e. pipes, debris, etc. near

the assembly point.
Supervisor review the working area to
ensure redundant materials are promptly
removed or must stack in the designated
stacking area only.

1 week

Educate operatives through Tool Box talk on

housekeeping in the work place.

1 month

4. Unsafe condition on the lifting

gear (chain sling) the hook latches
were missing.

Instructed to remove the chain sling from

service.
Instructed to have a thorough inspection
carries out in all the lifting gear prior to use.

Immediate

Unsafe lifting operation. Foreman in

charge assigned incompetent banks
man to sling loads.

Training plan for the month this is to include

banks man training, hence to ensure that
the Lifting activities should be carried out
only under the supervision of competent
supervisor and banks man.

1 month

Monthly colour code inspection of

the sling has not implemented.

This is to ensure that all lifting accessories

are thoroughly examined by a competent
person every 6 months. All lifting accessories
that have been thoroughly examined by a
competent person.
All hazardous substances which are pose a
risk to workers health( i.e. skin and eye
irritation, etc.) must have a manufacturers
safety data sheets (MSDS) available to be
used as a guide in conducting risk
assessment and to ensure Appropriate PPE,
proper storage of the substance, etc.

6 months

5. Lack of information on the

hazardous substance (Diesel Oil)
used in carpentry area.

1 week

INTERNATIONAL GENERAL
CERTIFICATE
Candidates observation
IGC3 THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name: Randy Estacio Rivera

Place inspected: Borouge 3 Project & Workshops Area.

The copy of Material Safety Data

sheets (MSDS) on the Hazardous
substance is not available in the site
safety office, site nurse office,
Supervisor &operatives.

6. Overloaded dump trucks carrying

sand and soil which may cause
falling of rocks from the load and
may hitting other vehicles nearby.
Risk of vehicular accident/incident
due to over loading.

Student number _________________

Date of inspection: 20 September 2013

MSDS should be known and maintained a

copy to Safety officer, Supervisor, Site Nurse
and Operatives.
Carry out COSHH Risk assessment of the
chemical.

1 week

Management should plan a COSHH Training

to be attended by Foreman and operatives.
The training is to Highlights the acute and
chronic adverse effects of the all hazardous
substances.

Immediate

Safety net to cover the load for dumps truck

to prevent hitting other vehicles.

Immediate

Training and awareness on loading and

unloading of loads.

1 day

Traffic enforcer inside the site must visible

and monitor the outgoing and incoming of
vehicles and must follow safety speed limit.

Daily

INTERNATIONAL GENERAL
CERTIFICATE
Candidates observation
IGC3 THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name: Randy Estacio Rivera

Place inspected: Borouge 3 Project & Workshops Area.

7. Hand tools inspection is not in

place. Since we found unsafe hand
tools (loose hammer head, chisel
with a mushroom head and
makeshift hand tools at the
carpentry area).

Student number _________________

Date of inspection: 20 September 2013

Remove defective and fabricated tools from

service.

Immediate

Daily inspection of hand tools prior to use.

Continuous

Weekly tool box talk regarding hand tools on

how they will use safely.
Monthly inspection to be carried out at the
designated quarantine area by competent
person. This is to ensure only safe hand tools
to be issued in the work place.

Weekly

Enable to work with circular saw machine

push stick should be provided.

Immediate

Highlights in the Tool box talk regarding the

importance of push stick whilst working with
the machine.
8. Wearing of loose cloths and
jewellerys while using portable
tools such as grinder.
Risk of entanglement at drawing in
to rotating nip point which may
cause cutting of fingers.

Daily

Giving training and awareness on how to

handle portable tools.

1 day

Adequate supervision is necessary.

Continuous

Routine inspection to all (PAT) portable

power tools and put colour coding sticker as
indication of inspection.

Continuous

Using of adequate PPE such as respiratory

(dust), gloves (cotton), hearing defender
(ear plug), goggles (clear).

Continuous

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IGC3 THE HEALTH AND
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Student name: Randy Estacio Rivera

Place inspected: Borouge 3 Project & Workshops Area.

9. Open trenches alongside the road

of workshop.
Risk of falling of person which may
result fracture of bone after being
fall and risk of vehicular accident.

10. Overloaded outlet as main

sources of electricity supply.
Risk of electrocution may cause of
short circuit and may result fire and
early death.

Student number _________________

Date of inspection: 20 September 2013

Permit to work must imply.

in every shift

Giving training and awareness with regards

on excavation preparation such as access
egress, caution signs (deep excavation) to
warn people, hard barricade and competent
person.

1 day

Segregation of vehicles and pedestrian

routes.

Immediate

Assign stationary traffic man to guide vehicle

and people.

Immediate

Emergency arrangement should in place.

Immediate

Provision of Permit to work must imply.

Immediate

Fire drill may introduce to familiar route and

emergency procedure.

1 day

Training and awareness and LOTO must

require.

1 day

Using of RCD for PAT to reduce the flow of

Continuous

electricity in the body after any short circuit occur

or accident.
Isolation of the area to prevent person by coming
into contact with it.
Supervision is necessary.

11. Unprotected temporary electrical

distribution boards and without warning
sign at the engineers office.

Monthly Testing and maintenance of the

distribution boards can only be undertaken by
competent electrician.

Immediate

Continuous
1 week

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IGC3 THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name: Randy Estacio Rivera

Place inspected: Borouge 3 Project & Workshops Area.

12. Lack of adequate illumination in the

Student number _________________

Date of inspection: 20 September 2013

Provide sufficient lighting in the room.

3 weeks

Train and educate every one regarding the

insufficient light effects in work environment.

Immediate

store room.

13. Equipment daily and monthly

inspection records are outdated.

14. PPE such as hard hat, hand gloves,

eye protection are not stored
appropriately in the safe storage room
found laying in the ground elsewhere in
the site office

Management in charge in maintenance of the

office compound should review all defective
lighting features in the office, store room and in
the work place.

1 week

Trained and educate operatives who are involved

in refuelling of plants/equipment and
machineries.

Immediate

Responsible person must Review records of PPE.

Replacement of defective PPE should be done as
per company policy.

Immediate

Continuous

Risk of falling from height due to

defective fall arrest system issued to
worker.

Recorded equipment daily inspection report by

operator prior to operate equipment and workers
should report any damages or tampered PPEs
issued by the company or using of their coworker.

15. One generator set behind the site

Remove contaminated soil immediately.

Immediate

Construct adequate containment wall underneath

the generator to avoid soil contamination in the
ground.

1 month

Trained and educate operatives who are involved

in refuelling of plants/equipment and
machineries.

Immediate

Implement no smoking inside premises to prevent

fire.

Immediate

office without proper containment wall.

16. Smoking of workers at designated

smoking area without the presence of
fire extinguisher.

Implement penalty system so that workers

INTERNATIONAL GENERAL
CERTIFICATE
Candidates observation
IGC3 THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name: Randy Estacio Rivera

Place inspected: Borouge 3 Project & Workshops Area.

Student number _________________

Date of inspection: 20 September 2013

Risk of fire of any combustible materials

around the place which may cause early
death and damage to property.

17. Demolition of temporary office

of sub-contractor and warehouses
inside the borouge 3 premises.

Giving training and awareness to educate

operatives on handling equipment using in
demolition.

Immediate

Risk of premature collapse of

structure, falling object, noise, dust
and the presence of flammable
substances of hazardous material.

Demolition permit must approved by the

relevant authority/government.

immediate

Avoid of using explosive material to prevent

damages of other facilities nearby.

never

All workers must wearing their personal

protective equipment such as hearing
defender (muffs or plug), respirator for dust,
fitted jacket or cover all, PFAS or personal
fall arrest system, hard hat, gloves, goggles.
Giving awareness to educate operatives with
regards good housekeeping and neatly
workplace to prevent trips and slips.

Continuous

18. Improperly arrange or not well

organized equipments inside the
warehouse.
Risk of tripping with the unfolded
cords of equipments that may cause
scratches or serious personal injury
may occur.

Regular lubrication and check up of

equipment must in place to prevent sparks.

19. Unventilated buses assigned as

workers service for coming in and
outgoing from work.

Provision of good ventilation to all

transportation service of workers and would
be better air-conditioned to prevent
discomfort, heat stress and stroke.

Risk of heat stroke or heat stress

and discomfort may occur.

Organized of equipment to a place away

from walkways and vehicles route.

Giving awareness on dealing with the hot or

INTERNATIONAL GENERAL
CERTIFICATE
Candidates observation
IGC3 THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student name: Randy Estacio Rivera

Place inspected: Borouge 3 Project & Workshops Area.

Student number _________________

Date of inspection: 20 September 2013

heat weather.
Advice workers must sleep atleast 8 hours
every night and also by adding more salt to
their food to avoid muscle crumps.
Conduct regular check up to workers to
identify illnesses.
20. Risk of fall from height when
workers dismantling of scaffolding.

Permit to work must imply.

Barricade the area to prevent unauthorised
person by coming in.
Caution sign must in place to warn people.
Weather condition must observe.
PPE must be wearing during work such as
hard hat, cover all uniform, goggles, harness
and gloves.
Adequate supervision.