Unit IG2: Risk assessment

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Important note: You must refer to the document ‘Unit IG2: risk assessment – Guidance and information for learners and Learning Partners’ while
completing all parts of this assessment. Your Learning Partner should provide you with a copy, but it can also be downloaded from the relevant
resources section for this qualification on the NEBOSH website.

Part 1: Background

You should aim to complete this section in 150 - 200 words.

Topic Comments
Name of organisation* Etisalat Misr
Site location* New Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Number of workers 6000 Employees
Etisalat Misr is a Multi-National large sized company, it is a subsidiary of the international Etisalat United
Arab Emirates Telecommunications service provider. Etisalat Misr was introduced to Egypt in 2007 and has
been operating as a cellular service provider.

General description of the organisation
Description of the area to be included in the
risk assessment
The company management is all located at the New Cairo building Head Quarters (HQ). The operating
hours in all administration buildings are typically from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Any large maintenance or other
external contractor related services are carried out after 6 p.m. during weekdays and all-day during
weekends. There are cleaning and maintenance teams inside the buildings and they operate 24/7
depending on the business need.
The building is owned by Etisalat Misr and accommodates 1500 employees inside. There are regular
visitors and contractors at the headquarters when there is normal operation. The building consists of 7
floors and a roof.
The risk assessment will be performed on the roof of the New Cairo Administration building. The roof
includes a smoking area on the right hand side.
On the left hand side there is a services area that includes electrical panels, cabling, building local exhaust
ventilation equipment, a window cleaning suspended scaffold and other roof services that require
maintenance.

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 The Health and Safety and the facilities management are sub-departments from the administration
Any other relevant information department.
* If you’re worried about confidentiality, you can invent a false name and location for your organisation but, all other information provided must be
factual.

You should aim to complete this section in 100 - 200 words.

Note: this section can be completed after you have competed your risk assessment.
Outline how the risk assessment was
carried out this should include:
 sources of information consulted;
 who you spoke to; and
 how you identified:
- the hazards;
- what is already being done; and
- any additional controls/actions
that may be required.
The first step was notifying (Via Email) the Facility Maintenance Manager, the Facility Services Manager
and the Security Manager, that I will be conducting a site inspection visit to identify the hazards on the roof
and create a risk assessment.
I also informed them that I will require representatives from each of their side to be available during the
inspection, as they are the area owners and their expertise is required.
Before starting the roof inspection, I reviewed the Health and Safety Action tracker to evaluate previous roof
findings and actions, the roof maintenance logs and the incident log for any previous roof incidents.
Prior to the roof inspection, I sat down with the 4 maintenance technicians and foreman, to discuss the
hazards that are on the roof and controls in place.
During the inspection I discussed the hazards with the representatives assigned from each department,
what control are available and what further controls can be added to mitigate the hazards.
I also discussed with them how the maintenance tasks are done and what problems they face.
The representatives were cooperative and had additions to the solutions I proposed and also explained that
very little changes were done on the roof since the opening in 2007.

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Part 2: Risk Assessment
Organisation name: Etisalat Misr
Date of assessment: 9th December 2021
Scope of risk assessment: New Cairo Headquarters Building Roof
Hazard Who might be harmed
category and and how?
hazard
The services area can be
accessed from the left
hand side of the roof.
Any Personnel including
maintenance technicians,
health and safety
technicians, security staff,
that have access to the
services area have to pass
1. Slips and over a series of 5 wide
Trips cable trays that are
positioned on the floor.
Personnel
tripping over the The cable trays can trip
cable trays. personnel that are not
paying attention whilst
walking. There is limited
lighting at night.
Tripping over such hazard
can cause deep cuts,
bruising, fractured or
broken bones,
dislocations, severe head
What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
doing? required? further actions Responsible
to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
 There is very limited access 1. Create a purchase order for a 3rd 1. 2 Months 1. Facility
to the servicing area at the party contractor to come in and Maintenance
roof. customize a stairs platform that Manager
The access is controlled by passes over the cable trays.
the security personnel on
site. 2. Place warning signs at the entrance 2. 1 Day 2. Health and
 Area can only be accessed of the servicing area to indicate and Safety Foreman
with supervision and by warn from the tripping hazard.
technical matters experts
that have a job to complete. 3. Cover the cable trays with 3. 1 Week 3. Facility
 There are regular toolbox fluorescent stickers to make them Maintenance
talks and training for stand out even at night. Foreman.
maintenance personnel.
 All contractors receive an 4. Install light fixtures to provide 4. 1 Month 4. Facility
induction and a tool box talk adequate lighting for personnel. Maintenance
before starting work. Manager
 Safety shoes are worn by
personnel accessing this 5. Install a gate at the entrance of the 5. Facility
5. 2 Months
area. services area to prevent any Maintenance
 Trained First Aid team unauthorized access. Manager
available on site.
 Regular training and
discussion on the emergency
response plan and
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Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? doing? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
or neck injuries and torn procedures with the
ligaments. Employees.

All personnel (employees,
Contractors, Visitors) that
enter the roof pass by the
electrical panels, even
when there are
maintenance activities.
Maintenance technicians,
contractor and engineers
that perform maintenance
activities inside the
2. Electricity electrical panels.
Maintenance for Such hazard can result in
electrical panels electrocution, skin burns,
placed at the fatality, severe injuries due
roof entrance. to falls, Internal body organ
burns, neurological
damage.
 All electrical panels are
locked and checked.
 The electrical panels are
inspected by the Health and
safety technicians and
maintenance team on a daily
basis to make sure they are
closed.
 Work permit system is in
place to ensure all
maintenance activities are
performed on the electrical
panels.
 Safety tool box talks are
performed prior to any
electrical activities.
 Electrical visual warning
signs are placed on the
panel and at the area, to
warn personnel of the
electrical hazards.
 Lock out, tag out system is
implemented to prevent any
live electrical maintenance
and secure personnel.
 Special electrical gloves,
1. All maintenance personnel to 1. 2 Weeks 1. Health and
receive electricity health and safety Safety Manager
training and a refresher training to
be implemented every 6 months.
2. Electrical maintenance technicians 2. 3 Months 2. Facility
and their supervisors that are in Maintenance
direct contact with electricity shall manager
receive Electricity Safety
Certification 3rd party training.
3. Send email to Facility maintenance 3. 1 Day 3. Facility
manager that only emergency Maintenance
maintenance activities can be manager and
performed during the building Health and
working hours and the roof has to Safety Manager
be closed, to prevent any personnel
that are reaching the smoking area
to come in contact with electrical
hazards.
4. Safe systems of work documents to
4. 2 Weeks 4. Facility
be created for all panel
Maintenance
maintenance tasks.
manager/Health
and Safety
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Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? doing? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
safety boots are mandatory Manager
to be worn while working on
the panels.

Maintenance technicians
and 3rd party contractors.
Falling from that height (7
level building) will lead to
immediate death or
disabilities. The height is
approximately 30 Meters.
3. Working at
Height
Dropped person or object
from a 30-meter height can
Working on the cause serious injuries to 
roof edge for pedestrians like broken
maintenance bones, fractures, spinal
activities, while
injuries and even death.
risking dropped
 The street area below the
objects on
pedestrians and
people falling
from heights.
 There is guarding wall
surrounding the roof
preventing unauthorized
access. There is a gate in
the wall only open for certain
controlled activities.
 All maintenance activities on
the edge to be carried out
after working hours, when
there are no employees and
limited people in the streets.
Only 3rd Party certified
personnel can carry out the
roof edge maintenance
activities.
roof working area is cleared
and sealed off with caution
tape and cones, when there
are maintenance activities.
 There are 2 copies of the
gate key, one with the
facilities maintenance
manager and the other with
the security manager.
 All work done is controlled by
a permit to work system.
1. An RFID (Radio Frequency 1. 2 Weeks 1. Security Manager
Identification) reader access system
and CCTV to be installed on the
gate, to prevent any human error or
tampering with the lock.
2. Send an email to the facilities 2. 2 Days 2. Health and
maintenance manager to ensure the Safety Manager
whole roof to be closed off when
and Facility
there is edge maintenance activities
Maintenance
and announced to all company Manager
employees.
3. Special working at height tools
3. Facility
3. 1 Month
secured with secondary retention Maintenance
wires will be bought for use when Manager
working at the edge.
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Hazard Who might be harmed
category and and how?
hazard
Mechanical maintenance
technicians.
4. Work
The main air duct is not
Equipment
covered with mesh wiring
and
and is connected to the
Machinery
floors below. Risk of
someone falling inside the
Maintenance on air duct and injured.
Local Exhaust
Ventilation main
The fall can lead to broken
air duct.
bones, fractures, spinal
injuries, deep cuts,
bruising and dislocations.
What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
doing? required? further actions Responsible
to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
 Facilities maintenance
manager or his deputy must
supervise the job.
 Warning signs for working at
heights.
 There is a safe systems of
work documentations for all
rood edge activities.
 Personal protective
equipment such as full body
harness, safety lanyard,
Safety boots, Safety gloves,
Safety helmets with chin
straps are mandatory.
 A rescue at heights kit is
available on site, both a
rescue at height plan and
team are also alerted during
the job.
 Only trained and competent 1. All air ducts to be regularly 1. 1 Week 1. Facility
mechanical workers can inspected and included in the Maintenance
work on the local exhaust weekly maintenance schedule. Manager
ventilation system.
Confined Spaces training for 2. Wire mesh guarding to be installed 2. 2 Weeks 2. Facility
mechanical workers. on the ducts to prevent any Maintenance
Machine hazard training for personnel from falling inside. Manager
mechanical workers.
 Tool box talks are carried out
prior to jobs.
 Safe systems of work are
created for each task and
discussed before work.
 Work permit system is
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Hazard Who might be harmed
category and and how?
hazard
Mechanical maintenance
technicians.
Oils and grease can cause
skin cancer and dermatitis
5. Hazardous
Substances
when used over long
periods of time with no
protection.
Using special oil
The technicians wear vinyl
and grease to
lubricate the
gloves but sometimes take
them off when applying to
electric motors
tight areas.
and pulleys.
They can also cause
severe eye irritation if
spilled and come in contact
with the eyes.
6. Slips and Maintenance technicians,  Personnel accessing this
Trips health and safety
technicians and any  Mechanical maintenance
Oil and grease person that has access to
left on the the roof services area.
ground after
performing Slipping over this oil or
lubrication jobs, grease can cause deep
causing a cuts, bruising, fractured or
slipping hazard. broken bones,
What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
doing? required? further actions Responsible
to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
implemented.
 All maintenance activities to
be carried out in teams, no
individual to carry out
maintenance alone.
 Material Safety Data Sheet 1. Purchase new hand operated oil 1. 1 Month 1. Facility
for each of the used lubrication guns. Maintenance
lubricants is placed on the Manager
substances for everyone to 2. Purchase new hand operated 2. 1 Month 2. Facility
read and review. grease guns. Maintenance
 Technicians wear oil/grease Manager
vinyl protective gloves and 3. Prepare a safe system of work 3. 1 Week 3. Health and
safety glasses while document with the technicians, in Safety
Supervisor and
performing the job. order to identify all hazards and
 Mechanical technicians are keep them informed. Maintenance
trained on chemical and technicians.
hazardous substances and
their safe disposal.
1. Buy spill kits and place them at area 1. 1 Month 1. Health and
area wear safety shoes. that are prone to spill hazards. Safety Manager.
technicians perform good 2. Train all required personnel on the 2. 1 Month 2. Health and
housekeeping after each job, use of spill kits, after they arrive. Safety
as per the safe systems of Supervisor.
work.
 Regular area inspection from
the health and safety
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Hazard Who might be harmed
category and and how?
hazard
dislocations, severe head
or neck injuries and torn
ligaments.
3rd Party special cleaning
crew.
Depending on the
suspended height, falling
from height while using the
window cleaning scaffold
can lead to death, broken
bones, fractures, serious
7. Working at wounds, bone dislocations
Height and torn ligaments.
Using the Dropped cleaning
Window equipment from height can
cleaning cause serious injuries like
suspended broken bones, fractures
scaffold and spinal injuries or can
even cause death to
nearby pedestrians
walking in the street.
What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
doing? required? further actions Responsible
to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
technicians is carried out.
 Only a specialized cleaning 1. Communicate using email with the 1. 1 Day 1. Facility Services
crew is hired to carry out the 3rd party cleaning company that Manager
job. their crew must use special secured
 All 3rd party crew are certified tools while cleaning, to avoid any
(Competent) to clean at dropped objects.
height and their certificates
are checked prior to doing 2. Install a fall arrestor system at the 2. 2 Months 2. Facility
the job. top of the building to secure the Maintenance
 A permit to work is issued cleaning crew while carrying out Manager
prior to the job. their job.
 Tool box talks are carried out
before starting the job.
 All window cleaning tasks
are carried out early in the
morning at first light.
 The area below the windows
is secured and closed with
caution tape to prevent any
pedestrians from passing
below the scaffold.
 The crew wear adequate
personal protective
equipment; full body
harnesses, safety lanyards,
safety shoes and safety
helmets with chin straps.
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Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? doing? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
 The suspended scaffold is
inspected every 6 months
according to national safety
inspection regulations.
 Rescue at height kit is
available on site.
 Rescue at height plan and
procedures are available on
site for emergencies.
Mechanical and electrical  Only competent technicians 1. Install a fixed machine guard on the 1. 2 Weeks 1. Facility
maintenance technicians. are allowed to maintain motors conveyor system to cover it Maintenance
them. completely and ensure it can only Manager
Driving belt, motor shaft,  A machine hazard training be removed with special tools.
sprocket wheel and gear was provided for all
can cause crushing of technicians to raise their 2. Post machine hazard warning signs 2. 2 Days 2. Health and
fingers or hands, awareness. to indicate the dangers. Safety Foreman
8. Work amputation of fingers, skin  A lockout/tagout system is
Equipment abrasions, scrapes, broken used to stop motors and
and bones and burns. work on them safely. 3. Conduct a machine hazard 3. 1 Month 3. Health and
Machinery
 Permit to work system is refresher training for all technicians. Safety
There are also implemented on site and a Supervisor
Mechanical entanglement hazards permit is opened prior to any
hazards from from the rotating gear and maintenance job on the
belt conveyor belt, which could lead to motors.
and motor other injuries such as  Regular daily health and
system. broken bones, fractured safety inspections are
bones, dislocations and carried out.
hand injuries.  A Safe systems of work
documentation is used for
this job.
 Technicians wear impact
safety gloves when

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Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? doing? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
maintaining the motors.

Maintenance technicians,  All electrical panels are 1. Post warning signs at areas with 1. 2 Days 1. Health and
health and safety equipped with residual electrical hazards. Safety Foreman
technicians and any current devices.
person that has access to  Only trained electricians are 2. Hold a meeting with the facility 2. 1 Week 2. Health and
the services area. allowed to perform cabling maintenance manager, to discuss Safety Manager,
maintenance tasks. the possibility of bringing in a 3rd Facility
Damaged cables with live  There is an earthing system party electrical inspection company Maintenance
9. Electricity electricity can lead to installed in the whole to inspect all the cabling. Manager
electrocution, skin burns, building and is checked by a
Damaged fatality, severe injuries due 3rd party company every year
cables that are to falls, Internal body organ for certification. 3. Tendering and hiring a 3rd party 3. 2 Months 3. Facility
not completely burns, neurological  Regular and random electrical cabling inspection Maintenance
covered and damage, when a person inspections from competent company. Manager
have live comes in contact. electricians are carried out.
electricity.  There is planned
preventative maintenance for
all electrical cabling every
month.
 Electrical safety gloves and
safety boots are worn.
 Lock out/tag out system in
place.

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Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? doing? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job title
completed
(within …)
Any personnel on the roof  There is a fire detection and 1. Send out a communication email to 1. 1 Month 1. Health and
at the smoking area, all alarm system installed at the all employees to increase their fire Safety
employees and personnel smoking area. safety awareness. Supervisor
inside the building if the  Fire extinguishers placed at
fire is not contained. the smoking area and 2. Carry out training for all 3rd party 2. 2 Months 2. Health and
around it. physical security personnel that are Safety
Fires can lead to skin  There is a firefighting team positioned at the roof to ensure they Manager/Security
10. Fire burns, suffocations from on site. can deal with a fire. (There are Manager
smoke and death.  There are weekly inspections always security personnel stationed
Fire at the and maintenance for the fire at the roof.) Training will be carried
smoking area. alarm and detection out at the national firefighting
systems. academy.
 Applicable ashtrays with
sand are placed for smokers
to put out their cigarettes in.
 Regular fire drills are
planned and executed for the
building on a yearly basis.

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Part 3: Prioritise 3 actions with justification for the selection
Suggested word counts
Moral, general legal and financial arguments for all actions: 300 to 350 words
For EACH action:
Specific legal arguments: 100 to 150 words
Likelihood AND severity: 75 to 150 words
How effective the action is likely to be in controlling the risk: 100 to 150 words

Moral, general legal and financial arguments for ALL actions

Moral, general legal and financial
arguments
Etisalat Misr has been operating in Egypt since 2007, the company has grown exponentially and now plays a
major role in the Egyptian telecommunications industry. Etisalat Misr is widely known to each and every
individual living in Egypt.
Employees’ and peoples’ physical and mental health is of upmost importance to this organization’s success.
Any hazards that aren’t mitigated propose a great risk either short term affecting employees’ safety and
mental health or long term leading to illnesses and other health issues. Any failure to manage health and
safety in the workplace will breach the responsibility of Etisalat Misr towards the employees and people.
In accordance, the company is basically under the public eyes in the market and is expected to manage the
Health and Safety of people and employees responsibly in order to fulfil public expectations, country legal
requirements and international laws and legislations.
To satisfy Article 16 of the ILO C155 - Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the
employer has to manage health and safety as the article has stated the duties of the employers towards the
employees in the workplace. Furthermore, if the organization fails to comply with these requirements it will
result in legal actions such as law suits, enforcement warnings, penalties, fines and in the end can lead to
imprisonment.
Another argument to the importance of managing health and safety inside an organization will relate directly
to the financial arguments. Any failure to manage health and safety can result in accidents that will lead to
work interruptions. These interruptions will cost Etisalat Misr more money on the long run, than managing
health and safety properly from the start. Accidents can also result in legal costs and fines that won’t be
covered by the insurance companies and in the end it will cause a great deal of damage to the company’s
reputation inside the Egyptian market.

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Justification for action 1
Action
Specific legal arguments
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
The Egyptian Market is very vigorous and it will be very hard for Etisalat Misr to recover from any reputational
damage. A similar case with another telecommunication company was seen a couple of years ago and they
are still struggling to recover.
Create a purchase order for a 3rd party contractor to come in and customize a stairs platform that passes over
the cable trays.
(Hazard Category: Slips and Trips)
ILO C155 - Occupational Safety and Health Convention, Article 16 (point 1) states that:
“Employers shall be required to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the workplaces, machinery,
equipment and processes under their control are safe and without risk to health.”
And based on ILO recommendation R164, Part IV (a), which is a supplementary of ILO Convention C155
states that the employer needs:
“To provide and maintain workplaces, machinery and equipment, and use work methods, which are as safe
and without risk to health as is reasonably practicable”
The above statements show that the employer has the duty to provide a safe working place for the
employees, thus including the mitigation of any hazards and maintain the workplaces.
ILO C062 - Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 (No. 62), Article 8:
1. Working platforms, gangways and stairways shall--
(b) be so constructed and maintained, having regard to the prevailing conditions, as to reduce as far as
practicable risks of persons tripping or slipping; and
Firstly, when discussing severity, I arranged severity in 5 different categories:
1- Negligible (No injuries or treatments required – No damages to assets)
2- Minor (Slight injuries, only first aid is required – Minor damages occurred on at the work place assets)
3- Major (Major injuries, where medical treatment and hospitalization is applicable – considerable asset
damages)
4- Extensive (Permanent disabilities or fatality – Loss of less than 50% of company assets)
5- Catastrophic (Multiple fatalities – Loss of more than 50% of company assets)
I then arranged the likelihood in 5 different categories:
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How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
 the intended impact of the action;
 justification for the timescale that you
indicated in your risk assessment;
and
 whether you think the action will fully
control the risk.
Justification for action 2
Action
Specific legal arguments
1- Rare (Can occur but no evidence that it has occurred in any organization)
2- Unlikely (Never occurred in the company, but has occurred before in other organizations)
3- Likely (Occurred before in the company and other organizations)
4- Very Likely (Has occurred recently over the past years in the company and other organizations)
5- Certain (Occurs annually in company and other organizations)
The likelihood of an incident to occur from this slips and trips hazard from the cable trays placed on the roof
floor is very likely. The likelihood was defined as Very Likely as slipping and tripping hazards are widely
common in our industry and based on company previous incidents. Severity of this hazard is considered from
Minor to Extensive as the cable trays tripping hazard can result in first aid or medical treatment,
hospitalization and can lead to death in some cases. There is no other route to the services area, but this
one. So in order for anyone to reach this area, they have to pass over the cable trays, it has led to previous
injuries and an engineering control is imminent.
As discussed above, there are previous tripping incidents in our company from the cable trays. Completing
this action will help lower the slips and trips incidents that occur inside Etisalat Misr.
The timescale to complete this action is 2 months. This platform will require 1.5 months to tender for a 3rd
party contractor to fabricate and special approvals from the administration director will require 2 weeks as
there will be a noticeable change on the roof.
Customizing a stair platform to pass over the cable trays will not fully control the risk, but will greatly minimize
it as there will still be access to this area and also human error to account for when people don’t follow the
rules. Personnel will use the stairs platform to reach the services area, the cable trays will only be accessed
when there is desirable maintenance for them, visual inspections will be carried out from the platform also.
An RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader access system and CCTV to be installed on the gate, to
prevent any human error or tampering with the lock.
(Hazard Category: Working at Heights)
ILO C167 - Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167)
Article 18, point 1 states “Where necessary to guard against danger, or where the height of a structure or its
slope exceeds that prescribed by national laws or regulations, preventive measures shall be taken against the
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Consideration of likelihood AND severity
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
 the intended impact of the action;
 justification for the timescale that you
indicated in your risk assessment;
and
 whether you think the action will fully
control the risk.
Justification for action 3
Action
fall of workers and tools or other objects or materials”
The C167 convention has made it clear that employer is obliged to provide adequate guarding against any
falling from height and roof work hazards.
And based on ILO recommendation R164, Part IV(a), which is a supplementary of ILO Convention C155
states that the employer needs:
“To provide and maintain workplaces, machinery and equipment, and use work methods, which are as safe
and without risk to health as is reasonably practicable”
The employer must ensure a safe work place for people, in this case it will be the building roof.
(Please refer to Justification 1 for Likelihood and severity classifications)
Falling from height due to an uncontrolled roof edge access is unlikely to happen, as there are controls
already in place. But the severity of this hazard is Extensive, as any personnel falling from this height will
instantly die. So human error should be minimized as much as possible when discussing this working at
heights hazard.
The severity can also be considered to be from extensive to catastrophic as multiple fatalities can be a result
of this roof edge hazard. More than one person can fall from this height and a falling person could land on a
nearby pedestrian, causing also his death.
Installing an RFID reader system and CCTV (Closed circuit television) camera will automate the roof edge
access and will control only the entrance of certain personnel, with no tampering or anyone else gaining
unauthorized access.
The installation will require 2 Weeks to complete, as there will not be any purchases or procurement involved.
There is already a supply of RFID readers and CCTV cameras available on site, for such activities. The 2
weeks’ timescale is set based on the IT activities required for connecting the solutions with the company
network.
This system will ensure there is no unauthorized access to the roof edge. This will fully control the risk of any
unauthorized person entering the rood edge, with no protection or competency, but will not fully control the
risk of people falling from height while working on the edge.
Install a fall arrestor system at the top of the building to secure the cleaning crew while carrying out their job.
(Hazard Category: Working at Heights)
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Specific legal arguments
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
 the intended impact of the action;
 justification for the timescale that you
indicated in your risk assessment;
and
 whether you think the action will fully
control the risk.
ILO C167 - Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167)
Article 15 – Lifting appliances and gear
States that “Every lifting appliance and item of lifting gear, including their constituent elements, attachments,
anchorages and supports, shall- (b) be properly installed and used”
Article 15 informs us that proper lifting equipment should be installed for proper use during work, to make
sure that adequate safety measures for the people are available.
And based on ILO recommendation R164, Part IV(a), which is a supplementary of ILO Convention C155
states that the employer needs:
“To provide and maintain workplaces, machinery and equipment, and use work methods, which are as safe
and without risk to health as is reasonably practicable”
The employer must ensure a safe work place for people and this will be achieved using the suitable lifting
safety equipment.
(Please refer to Justification 1 for Likelihood and severity classifications)
Falling from heights while using a suspended mechanical scaffold is unlikely to occur, as there are safety
controls in the scaffolds placed and personnel are competent and wearing their safety gear, but if the scaffold
failed in anyway which is a possibility, the personnel that are secured to it using the safety lanyards attached
to their full safety harnesses will fall with it.
Depending on the suspended height, falling from the suspended scaffold has a severity rating from Major to
catastrophic as there are usually 2 cleaners on the suspended scaffold. It can lead to major injuries, disabling
injuries, death or multiple deaths.
The action at hand to install the fall arrestors to secure the cleaners will act as further safety control measure
to protect them if the suspended cleaning scaffold fails in any way. They then can be rescued from heights.
To completely install the fall arrestors, it will require 2 months, as it will need time for the facility maintenance
manager to acquire the necessary approvals from the civil department (1 Week). He will place a requisition
with the procurement department that usually takes 1.5 months to fulfil and 1 week to install and test.
There is always the imminent risk of falling from height, no matter how many controls are placed, the only way
to fully control this risk is to not carry out the job. By installing the fall arrestors, they will provide very good
control of this hazard and ensure the safety of the window cleaner, even in case of failure of the suspended
scaffold.
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Part 4: Review, communicate and check
Suggested word counts for each section:
 Planned review date or period and reasoning for this: 50 - 100 words
 How the risk assessment findings will be communicated and who needs to know the information: 100 - 150 words
 Follow up on the risk assessment: 100 - 150 words.

Planned review date/period with
reasoning
How the risk assessment findings will be
communicated AND who you need to tell
Etisalat Misr’s Policy and procedures states that all policies, guides, procedures are to be reviewed every
year, this includes the risk assessments.
I plan to review this risk assessment on 11th December 2022, but this review date will not be applicable if any
of the below conditions arise:
- If the policy will be no longer valid due to a major accident, organizational widespread work illnesses
or repeated accidents that were not controlled.
- When there are audit or governing parties that recommend to review the policy ahead of its regular
review date, due to its invalidity.
- When there are major company changes that affect the policy directly including major organizational
restructures, the appointment of a new CEO or new major work processes that require reviewing the
policy.
Another meeting invitation will be sent out to the Facility Maintenance Manager, Health and Safety Manager,
Security Manager and the Facility Services Manager. The department director will also be included in the
meeting invitation as optional and to keep him in the loop. During the meeting I will explain that there are
important risk assessment findings that have to be attended to, in order to place adequate controls to the
hazards at hand. A site tour will follow the meeting and I will explain all the risks on the roof and show them
the controls we have and thoroughly explain to them the further controls that need to implemented.
Following the meeting and safety tour, I will prepare meeting minutes and send them out with the risk
assessment findings to ensure everyone is on the same page.
Furthermore, a meeting with the maintenance technicians, the health and safety technicians/foreman will be
held, the hazards will be explained with images and what are the controls that we currently have in place. I
will then discuss with them the further controls that I plan to put in place and ask them for their feedback.
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How you will follow up on the risk
assessment to check that the actions
have been carried out
I will use Microsoft outlook calendar and insert the agreed task deadlines with reminders prior to them.
I will follow up with each manager on their assigned tasks and set up further meetings if there are any issues
that are delaying the actions from being completed.
A new action tracker will be created and will include all the risk assessment findings. This action tracker will
be discussed during the weekly meetings on Sunday and each manager will update it accordingly. Any
completed actions will firstly be inspected on the roof and accordingly will also be presented in the weekly
meeting to show the progress,
Actions that are 3 months overdue (As per company policy) will be escalated to the department director, for
his action.
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