Standardized WHS Hazard/Risk Levels

STANDARDIZED WHS HAZARD / RISK LEVELS
STANDARDIZED WHS HAZARD / RISK LEVELS
Riad Al-Alami

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INTRODUCTION:
Construction work can be defined as any work that is carried out involving construction,
maintenance, demolition, renovation, dismantling conversion and fitting-out of any structure1.
WHS define structure as anything made by construction which can be fixed or movable,
temporary or permanent such as building, towers and much more. Due to conducting a work that
involves heavy elements and work pressure it is considered as a high risk profession2. Therefore,
it is the responsibility of the site owner and the construction company working on the site. The
report provides a standardized WHS hazards and the risk associated with it. The report can be
used as a guideline by any company to standardize activity risk levels across its core business.
1 Fauzey, Ily Hanisah Mohd, Fatemeh Nateghi, Farahbod Mohammadi, and Faridah Ismail. "Emergent occupational
safety & health and environmental issues of demolition work: Towards public environment." Procedia-Social and
Behavioral Sciences 168 (2015): 41-51.
2 Kim, Jeong Tai, and Chuck WF Yu. "Hazardous materials in buildings." Indoor and Built Environment 23, no. 1
(2014): 44-61.

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Hazard identification:
Potential
cause
Hazard task Impact Likeliness
1. General Hoarding The temporary wooden
fence around a building is
important. It is important
to use hoardings to
barricade the worksite in
order to maintain safety. It
is not only to protect the
public from danger but
also from dangers that
occurs in the site. The
hoardings should not be
less than 1800mm in
height. It should be
designed accordingly.
 Injuries
 Deaths
 Accidents
 Minor
physical
injuries
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Overhead
Protection
Falling objects which will
be used in the overhead
protection. Since there are
open structures that are
present in the working
 Accidents
 Minor and
major
physical
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site, tools and materials
may fall accidently. This
may cause great hazards
which can be protected by
using overhead protection.
injuries
 Deaths
Public
safety
Adequate health and
safety precautions are
important or they put
employees, workers and
pubic at risk. Employers
must ensure by the section
3 of health and safety at
work Act 1974 to maintain
safety at the workplace.
Work area
separation
Providing appropriate
signage and site separation
around the work area.
Physical injury or
loss of lives
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2. General Work
Area
Leads It is a very crucial problem
if the chemical problems
are not taken care. They
are found in form of dusts,
fumes and fibers.
Therefore, they are acutely
Health related
problem
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minor yet can cause
serious harm
Safety Gear Safety glasses or face
shield are manily worn
during the work operation
that may cause any
unwanted object to get in
the eye. It is specially eyes
and face protectors that are
most vital along with other
protectors.
 Loss of
eyesight
 eye
disease
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Rubbish Rubbish includes various
things however they are
only the wastages that are
taken out from the
construction site. Treated
wood, glass, plastics that
contains dangerous
subtances. This are waste
yet can cause of hazards as
they also include metals
containing dangerous
substances.
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Materials Asbestos, material and
manual handling, hand
arm vibration syndrome,
moving object and many
more fall under this
category. It is not
specifically the materials
but the type of materials
that are harmful and are
able to cause dangerous
accidents.
3. Scaffolding Frames Frames are used to reach
the height of the
construction project. The
frame accidents can cause
death as well. It is
important for the
employers to ensure
frames are tightly fixed.
Physical injury or
loss of lives
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Kwikstage The potential hazards that
can be caused by
Kwikstage are fall (from
height), collapse of trench
Physical injury
and loss of lives
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