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Issue:
Date:

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June 2005

Network Rail
Work Activity Risk Assessment
Work Activity
Assessed:
Function:

OTP Lifting Operations

Ref. No.

NR/L3/MTC/WARA/MP9

Maintenance

Discipline or
Department:

All maintenance disciplines and departments

Location/site of
work activity:

Generic

Date Assessment
carried out:

Groups at risk:

All maintenance disciplines and departments

Previous
assessments
superseded:

Name:
Persons carrying
out assessment:

Bryan Smith

Positions:
Operations & Standards Engineer, OTP. NST,
Maintenance.

Reviewed and
Approved by:

Robert Staughton

Safety Procedures Engineer

Date of acceptance
and publication:

Ron Cameron
10/01/2008

Head of Maintenance Workforce Safety

Planned review
10/01/2010
date:

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Network Rail
Work Activity Risk Assessment
Ref. No. MP09
1
Component
of Activity

2
Hazards

3
Consequences

4
Existing Controls

5
S

Lifting (Single
Lift).
Moving with
suspended
load.

OTP turns
over.
Collapse of
load.
Lifting
equipment
fails.

Fatality.
Major injury.
Foul adjacent
line.
Damage to
infrastructure.

Lifting Plan (authorised)

Method Statement
LOLER
Supervision
Crane Controller
Communication

On or about
the track .

Being Struck
by Train

Major or fatal
Injury

See GH1
Rule Book Module T3
Railway Communication
Protocol

Working at
night or in
tunnels
On or about
the track .
General
activity with
the OTP.

Darkness

See GH3

Underfoot
Conditions
Overhead AC
or Third Rail
DC Electrified
Lines

See GH2

See GH6 / GA20

6
L

7
R

8
Additional Controls

9
S

10
L

11
R

12
Specialised
Risk
Assessment

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1
Component
of Activity

2
Hazards

3
Consequences

4
Existing Controls

5
S

6
L

7
R

Operation.

Machine
failure

Major injury

Machine
Operator
Machine or
Controller
activities.

Disregard for
own safety
(disobeying
the rules)

Major or fatal
injury

Pre-use checks
Valid plant worthiness
certificate
Maintenance
Selection of staff
Briefing and adherence to
method Statement
Possession Checks

Lack of local
knowledge
and being
struck by train

Major or Fatal
Injury

Pre-site planning
Pre-work briefing by
PICOP/ES/COSS
Sectional Appendix and
Hazard Directory
Weekly Operating Notice
Line Diagrams
Local H&S Policy

8
Additional Controls

9
S

10
L

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11
R

12
Specialised
Risk
Assessment

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Date:

1
Component
of Activity

2
Hazards

3
Consequences

4
Existing Controls

5
S

6
L

7
R

Passing
instructions
or
information.

Communication
failure resulting
in staff being
struck by train

Major of fatal
injury

Adverse
weather
conditions
Young Persons
(16-18 years
old)
Lone Workers
New and
Expectant
Mothers

Selection of staff for

Machine Controller Duties
Training and competence
assessment, including
railway communication
training
Engineering Supervisors
Certificate RT3199
PICOP Form RT3198
COSS Briefing Form
Record of movements
within an absolute
possession
Back-to-back radios
Monitoring by possession
checks
Discipline and re-training
Use of phonetic alphabet
and railway
communication protocol
See GH5

See GA42

See GA10
See GA43

8
Additional Controls

9
S

10
L

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11
R

12
Specialised
Risk
Assessment

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June 2005

Network Rail

Work Activity Risk Assessment

Ref. No. MP09
Additional
local
condition
factors that
should be
considered

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Manual Handling Operations Risk Assessment Filter

Work Activity Risk Assessment Reference No. ..
Activity Assessed Assessed by ..
Component of
Activity
1

WARA risk
classification
3
Further controls identified
(carry back to WARA)

4
Specialist
MHO risk
assessment
required

Y/N

Y/N

Weight outside guidelines

according to body zone?

Y/N

Y/N

Repetitive lifting/lowering -more

than twice per minute?

Y/N

Y/N

Twisting motion more than 45 degrees?

Y/N

Y/N

Load supported some distance

away from the body?

Y/N

Y/N

Load carried more than 10m

distance?
Hands below knuckle height or
above elbow height when
carrying/lifting.?

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Lifting and Lowering

Carrying

Pushing and Pulling

Excessive force required to move
load?
Excessive force required to keep
load in motion?

Refer to Appendix D of NR/SP/OHS/00102 for guidance on completing this form

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Noise Risk Assessment Filter

Work Activity Risk Assessment Reference No. ..
Activity Assessed . Assessed by ..
1

Component(s) of Activity

WARA risk classification

Manufacturers/Measurement
Data (where available)
3

Name of
Tool/Equipment/Noise source

Suppliers/Manufacturers/
Measurement Information
available Y/N
Continuous Noise Level dBA.

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Impact Noise Level dB(C)

(if applicable)
Listening Checks (where
manufacturers/measurement
data is not available)
7

Difficulty being heard at 2m

(85dB(A))

Difficulty being heard at 1m

(90dB(A))

Estimation of Noise Exposure

9

Estimated usage time (hrs.)

10

Noise exposure points (from

Table 1)

11

Total noise exposure points

12

Estimated Noise Exposure

(dB) (from Table 2)

Refer to Appendix D of NR/SP/OHS/00102 for guidance on completing this form

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Hand-Arm Vibration Risk Assessment Filter

Work Activity Risk Assessment Reference No. ..
Activity Assessed . Assessed by ..
1

Component(s) of Activity

WARA risk classification

Manufacturers/Measurement
Data (where available)
3

Name of
Tool/Equipment/Vibration
source

Suppliers/Manufacturers/
Field Measurement
Information available Y/N
Vibration Level
(m/s2) from available
information

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Y/N

Source of information

Estimation of Hand-Arm
Vibration Exposure
7

Estimated usage time (hrs.)

HAV exposure points (from

Table 1)

Total HAV exposure points

10

Estimated HAV Exposure

(m/s2 A(8)) (from Table 2)

Refer to Appendix D of NR/SP/OHS/00102 for guidance on completing this form

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