Unit IG2: Risk assessment

Declaration: by submitting this assessment (Parts 1 – 4) for marking I declare that it is entirely my own work. I understand that falsely claiming that the
work is my own is malpractice and can lead to NEBOSH imposing severe penalties (see the NEBOSH Malpractice Policy for further information).

Part 1: Background

Include in here the organisation’s name* and location* and number of workers. You must then go on to give a description of the main
activities/products/services carried out. You must also describe the area to be risk assessed eg, whole site, and anything else that you
consider relevant (approximately 150 to 200 words):

My organization is Parklane Construction Limited, which is licenced to undertake projects of any magnitude in Kenya and is based in the Kenyan
capital Nairobi.

Parklane Construction Limited specializes in construction activities including construction of multi-story buildings, yards, playing grounds,
renovation works and other civil works. The recent projects that the company has taken include construction of multi-story buildings, renovation
works for office premises, playing grounds and parking yards. The company has an elite team of employees that supervise construction activities to
ensure delivery of quality work that exceeds the expectations of the client. The typical activities involved at construction sites include loading and
offloading materials, concrete works, masonry, plumbing, scaffolding, painting, installation of electrical appliances, finishing works among others.

This risk assessment will cover the construction site at the Cooperative University of Kenya, where I work for Parklane Construction Limited as a
project manager. The main project is the construction of a four-story library block, pavements and landscaping works for the playing field. Workers
report to the site at 7.30 am and work for eight hours a day with a lunch break of one hour from 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm. The site did not have risk
assessment area and the company does not have health and safety personnel on site.

You must now give a brief outline on how you completed the risk assessment (approximately 200 words):

The National Construction Authority (NCA) stipulates that health and safety precautions have to be adhered to at any construction
site. Despite this, most companies have not fully implemented the health and safety precautions on construction sites and the
government has not come out to enforce these rules. It is thus the duty of workers and personnel on site to take safety precautions
while on site.

In undertaking this risk assessment, I referred to the Safety and Health in the Construction Site catalogue from NCA which stipulates
that safety precautions to be observed at construction sites. The catalogue can be accessed from www.nca.go.ke and describes

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 different types of hazards, accident measurement approaches and the importance of improving health and safety at the construction
site.

After going through the catalogue, I assessed the working conditions at the construction site where I work and tried to correlate if the
working conditions were meeting the guidelines. I also interviewed some of my workers to find out if they were contented with the
working conditions.

I also reviewed several articles related to health and safety in construction sites including studies from the Institute of Engineers of
Kenya, the American Journal of Construction and Building Materials, the Health Safety Environment (HSE) East Africa and The
Journal for Employee Protection . The review provided more information about the occurrence of accidents at construction sites and,
the current trends, mitigation measures taken by the relevant authorities and the measures that need to be taken.

* 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.

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 Part 2: Risk Assessment

Organisation name: Parklane Construction Limited

Date of assessment:
Scope of risk assessment: Construction Site Health and Safety.

Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job
completed title
(within …)
Movement of Students, university staff, Erection of warning signs denoting 1. Hiring and assigning workers to 2 weeks Human
people, vehicles people visiting the the presence of a constriction site, direct drivers to parking areas or resource
and plant. institution and falling objects, turning vehicles where to deliver materials. manager
construction workers. and plant to warn people moving (action 1)
Commotion around the site to be cautious. 2. Fencing the construction site to 1 weeks. Should
around the site restrict unnecessary movements of have been the Site agent
as the university The university is first priority before (action 2)
people around the site.
is congested characterized by frequent the works began.
which can lead movement of people in
to accidents. and out including
students, lecturers, 3. Mounting more warning signs at 2 weeks Site agent
university subordinate areas around the site to caution (action 3)
staff, visitors and the students and university staff from
construction workers. unnecessary movements near the
Movement of people site.
around the institution
4. a) Relocating the material delivery 1 month. After the Project
exposed them to risks of current batches Manager
site for sand, ballast and cement
being hit by falling are used up. (actions 4a and
store to a place where there is less
objects. movement of people. 4b)

Vehicles moving in and b) Relocation for the equipment 1 month

out of the institution also store to a place where there is
posed risks to people less movement of people.
around the construction
sites with likeliness of

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 Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job
completed title
(within …)
accidents occurring.
Vehicles which delivered
materials for the
construction works also
posed a risk to people
within the institution of
nocking them down as
there was a lot of
commotion especially in
the morning, during the
lunch hour and in the
evening.
Working at a Construction workers and Erection of scaffold with 1. Issuing of safety belts for workers to 1 month (before Site agent
height other people on the working platforms for workers fasten and anchor themselves on the the main building (action 1)
ground to step on and place materials. scaffold while working at heights. reaches the third
People floor)
2. Implementing training and safe Project
working at the Workers on the scaffold Erection of signs denoting
working practices. manager
upper floors are exposed to multiple falling objects to caution people (holding
on the scaffold risks of restricted moving around. As soon as training
tripping and accessibility and mobility possible sessions on
falling to the that is common at Ensuring people on the ground site at least
ground. heights. wear safety hard hats to protect once per week)
their heads in case they are hit
Human error can lead to by falling objects.
falls as workers may loss
concentration while doing Encouraging and ensuring workers
work and fall to the use and maintain well their
ground, leading to injuries Personal Protective Equipment
or death. (PPE).

Falling objects such as

construction materials

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 Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for
category and and how? required? further actions Responsible
hazard to be person’s job
completed title
(within …)
may also fall to the
ground with impact and
cause panic or injure
those on the ground.
Work-Related
neck and
upper limb
disorders
(WRULDs)

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

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

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 Part 3: Prioritise three actions and justification for the selection

You must pick the three highest priority/most urgent actions and justify your choice. Your justification must include moral, legal and
financial arguments (500 to 700 words); consideration of likelihood and probable severity of injury, ill-health and/or harm (150 to 250 words);
description of how effective each action is likely to be in controlling the risk (250 to 350 words).

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 Part 4: Review, communicate and check

You must now give a review date for your risk assessment and say why you have chosen this date (10 to 50 words).

You must now indicate how the risk assessment findings will be communicated (including who needs to know the information) (100 to 150
words).

You must now indicate how you will follow-up on the risk assessment to check that the actions have been carried out (100 to 150 words).

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