Risk Assessment
Sheet 1 of 2
Title:
Construction Resource:
Prepared By:
Activity /Area. Aerial
Aerial cable placing along
pole route.
The environment is
ever changing along this
route. The foreman in
charge shall ensure that all
employees conduct all
works safely during the
course of work. Location :
Along Sargeant , Wilkinson
and Gouveia Street In El
Dorado.
OP Engineer: Signature: Date:
Julio Mc Vorran 28th October 2015
Feeder 'E' cable and Cabinet replacement along Wilkinson Street. R.O. # 233953 CO
Suroogelal Ramkissoon Date of Assessment:
28th October 2015
Julio Mc Vorran Reviewed With: Suroogelal Ramkissoon
Who might be harmed Probability of Who needs implement
Risk Identified Impact Mitigation Strategy Additional Measures Due Date
and how? Occurrence mitigation strategy?
Working aloft next Employees and High All workers must have an (1) Employee to make tool and safety
to electrically Pedestrians. approved TSTT Orientation
check before leaving for the job site. (2)
charged cables. One Burns & death by Card on them at all times.
Employees shall thoroughly understand
could be Risk of electrocution. Thoroughly survey the pole
the work to be done and the safety rules
electrocuted causing electrocution. line before starting the work &
that apply. (3) The employee in charge
burns or death. medium Electrical outages. satisfy oneself that the workshall conduct a job briefing and risk
can be performed safely.
assessment with the employees involved
every day, before the start of the job and
document via a J.H.A. form . (4) Crew
members must be competent to do the
job. (5) Full P.P.E. to be worn on the job
Employees and High A clear and adequate site. (6) Employee shall not work on a
road users. communication system be pole or structure without first securing
It hampers safety. established to enable to themselves with an approved safety
Not understanding Creates errors communicate between all strap. (7) All tools and materials must be
Lack of clear workmen and the foreman in passed to a linesman working upon a
the safety rules and Medium with the potential charge. The contractor shall
Communication. pole by means of hand lines.
to cause injury or implement the safety
instructions can measures recommended and Before the job is
death. maintain the effective started and during
cause injury or death the job.
operation of such measures in
to themselves & others. the course of work.
Injury to the public Pedestrians. Medium Cordon off the work area with
and other road Road users safety cones, caution tape and
users. Pedestrians can men at work signs.
Medium
entering the Job site. be injured or can
die.
Emergency Plan. Employees. Medium Crew must have a First Aid Kit
Risk of body injury, Damage due to and crew members must be
damage to health or Lack of prompt trained First Aiders.
hazard to health. falls and pole first Aid may TSTT emergency
planting by hand. Medium cause Ambulance # 800-0688
permanent
injury or death.
Reviewed By: Signature: Date:
 Risk Assessment
Sheet 2 of 2
Title: Feeder 'E' cable and Cabinet replacement along Wilkinson Street. R.O. # 233953 CO

Construction Resource:
Suroogelal Ramkissoon Date of Assessment:
28th October 2015
Prepared By: Julio Mc Vorran Reviewed With: Suroogelal Ramkissoon

Activity /Area. Who might be harmed Probability of Who needs implement

Risk Identified Impact Mitigation Strategy Additional Measures Due Date
Underground. and how? Occurrence mitigation strategy?

Underground cable placing Working in confined Members of the High All workers must have an (1) Conduct a risk assessment. (2) Only
along roadways, grass underground approved TSTT Orientation use picks, manhole hooks or manhole
verge and customer spaces. crew. Injury or death. Card on them at all times. keys to open manhole covers. (3) Use an
compound. The Over come by Employees must be free of approved gas detector to test for harmful
underground locations are prohibited substances such as gasses before going into a confined
manholes joint boxes and harmful gases. Cocaine / Alcohol / space. (4) Fresh air blower ventilation
cable vaults. Location : Slips and falls. medium Marijuana / Amphetamines system shall be set up and in operation
Along The Priority Bus ect. The area must have before and during all works. (5) Remove
Route and Gouveia Street restricted entry and exit to all water and sludge beforehand to
in El Dorado. active underground areas. prevent any toxic gases being released in
the course of work. (6) Use ladders to
access manholes and do not hand carry
tools and /or equipment while climbing
Open manholes. (1) (1) Before allowing any up or down ladders to enter or exit a
Suffocation due to personnel inside a confined confined space. (7) No person shall enter
a confined space such as a manhole, to The contractor shall
Toxic gases. (2) space , test the atmospheric implement the safety
Slips and fall conditions. (2) Open manholes retrieve someone who is unconscious Before the job is
without having additional trained measures recommended and started and during
hazards. must be promptly guarded by maintain the effective
a railing or other temporary personnel above ground to assist. the job.
operation of such measures in
barriers such as safety cones the course of work.
and caution tape.

Lack of Employees Medium At least one person shall be

Communications stationed above ground for
while working in Not understanding The team must be support and to be enable to
confined space. the safety rules and kept informed communicate to the people
Medium inside the confined space.
instructions can of what is
cause injury or death happening to do
to themselves & others. the work safely.

OP Engineer: Signature: Date:

Julio Mc Vorran 28th October 2015 Reviewed By: Signature: Date: