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330 - Element 5.02 Using of Stanley Knife (EPCM)
330 - Element 5.02 Using of Stanley Knife (EPCM)
Title/Appointment
Client representative
COMMENTS:
Vaughan Swart Safety Co-Ordinator
Discipline Co-Ordinator
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REQUIRED AND EXISTING CONTROL MEASURES: (SUBMIT AND ATTACH TO RISK ASSESSMENT)
Frequent Occurrence/ daily (3) Catastrophic (Many Fatalities />10 Million damage) (8)
Has happened before (3)
It has happened/ Monthly (2) Disaster (Fatal injury / >1 Million damage ) (7)
Quite possible (2)
Could occur/ Yearly (1) Very Serious (Reportable Accident/ >R 100,000 damage (6)
Serious ( Disability Injury (LTI) />R10000 damage (5) Unusual but possible (1)
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RISK ASSESSMENT
N LIST TASK WITH ALL POTENTIAL AND EXISTING PROB SEV OF FREQ SCORE RISK PREVENTATIVE MEASURES PERSON RESPONSIBLE
O TASK STEPS HAZARDS OF OCCUR OF TOTAL RANK / AND CONTROLS RESPONSIBLE TO PERSON’S
(WHO WILL DO WHAT, INJURY OCCUR 3/4/5/6/7/8 OCCUR PXSXF PRIORITY ELIMINATE RISK ENSURE SIGNATURE ON
WHERE AND WHEN) 1/2/3 1/2/3 FACTOR PREVENTATIVE COMPLETION
HEALTH CONTROL AT SOURCE MEASURES AND DATE
PROCESS PUT/FOLLOW PROCEDURE CONTROLS ARE IN
MATERIAL PROVIDE PPE PLACE
ENVIRONMENT
1. Responsible CR Tools and 3 8 3 72 AA All equipment that are
6.1 to ensure all equipment will not going to be used with
tools and be identified their registers shall be
equipment numbered and checked by the site’s
(Personal inspected and responsible person and
protective couldn’t comply signed off before work
equipment etc) to with legal shall commence
be used are requirements/site (Electrical Machinery
identified standards which Reg.9+10 & driven
numbered can result in legal Machinery Reg 20
inspected and on liability claims. /General Safety Reg 14a
register (5)(b)
Possible Health
related issues will not
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N LIST TASK WITH ALL POTENTIAL AND EXISTING PROB SEV OF FREQ SCORE RISK PREVENTATIVE MEASURES PERSON RESPONSIBLE
O TASK STEPS HAZARDS OF OCCUR OF TOTAL RANK / AND CONTROLS RESPONSIBLE TO PERSON’S
(WHO WILL DO WHAT, INJURY OCCUR 3/4/5/6/7/8 OCCUR PXSXF PRIORITY ELIMINATE RISK ENSURE SIGNATURE ON
WHERE AND WHEN) 1/2/3 1/2/3 FACTOR PREVENTATIVE COMPLETION
HEALTH CONTROL AT SOURCE MEASURES AND DATE
PROCESS PUT/FOLLOW PROCEDURE CONTROLS ARE IN
MATERIAL PROVIDE PPE PLACE
ENVIRONMENT
be identified that
could result in injury
or legal liability claims
3. Responsible CR Exposures to 3 8 3 72 AA Responsible CR6.1 to
6.1 will ensure that unknown hazards ensure no job will
all relevant permits commence before all
and clearance to Exposure to legal necessary permits are
work will be liability obtained and clearance to
obtained before work has been given by
the work will Possible process the responsible person of
commence interruptions the section work is to be
performed (Occ H&S Act
Const Reg 7 )
4. Responsible 16.2 to Exposures to unknown 3 8 3 72 AA All workers to sign the
ensure risk hazards workman’ s declaration.
assessment is Working on wrong
discussed; equipment and
understood and machinery
signed prior to work
is commenced People can be exposed
to Injury
5. Doing a visual Ensure that the body of 2 7 2 28 C Supervisors to enforce the
inspection of the the knife is properly wearing of leather gloves
Stanley knife closed preventing spare and proof of operators
blades protruding trained to use, maintain the
causing lacerations to knife correctly
the hand when cutting.
6. Testing retractable When the retraction does 2 7 2 28 C Operator to ensure that the
mechanism and not work it can cause blade is properly installed
blade inspection laceration to the hands and ret traction is working,
when removing from numbered and written in the
hand tool container. hand tool register
7. Securing material If material is not properly 3 7 2 42 B Supervisor to ensure that the
before the cutting secured it can slip and operator secures material
process slide thus causing lack of before the cutting process
control in the cutting starts
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N LIST TASK WITH ALL POTENTIAL AND EXISTING PROB SEV OF FREQ SCORE RISK PREVENTATIVE MEASURES PERSON RESPONSIBLE
O TASK STEPS HAZARDS OF OCCUR OF TOTAL RANK / AND CONTROLS RESPONSIBLE TO PERSON’S
(WHO WILL DO WHAT, INJURY OCCUR 3/4/5/6/7/8 OCCUR PXSXF PRIORITY ELIMINATE RISK ENSURE SIGNATURE ON
WHERE AND WHEN) 1/2/3 1/2/3 FACTOR PREVENTATIVE COMPLETION
HEALTH CONTROL AT SOURCE MEASURES AND DATE
PROCESS PUT/FOLLOW PROCEDURE CONTROLS ARE IN
MATERIAL PROVIDE PPE PLACE
ENVIRONMENT
process causing
lacerations, amputations
and damage to material.
8. Cutting of material Operator to ensure that 3 7 2 42 B Supervisor to ensure that the
the materiel is so operator has the correct
orientated that he cuts P.P.E. on i.e. Dust mask,
away from his body Safety Glasses and Leather
minimizing the possibility Gloves
of lacerations and
amputations.
9. Removal of blade If blade is not removed 2 7 2 28 C Operator to ensure that the
and placing back and only retracted the blade is physically removed
into handle blade can slide out while and not only retracted
manhandling the knife
causing lacerations.
10. Handing knife back Ensure that the body of 2 7 2 28 C If any damage caused, the
to the store man the knife is properly operator must report it to the
closed preventing spare store man when handing it
blades protruding back so that the store man
causing lacerations to can attend to the deviation.
the hand when cutting
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I have after consultation with my employees as far as reasonably practicable identified and recorded all the significant hazards and
risks associated with the task that I am to perform with regards to this Risk Assessment
I have determined all measures that needs to be in place for this task, including changing the organization of work and design of safe
systems of work, necessary to eliminate, control, minimise, or where the risk still remains provided the necessary personal protective
equipment, and implemented them.
I undertake to periodically review the hazards identified and the risk assessed, to determine whether further elimination, control and
minimization of risk is possible
I have provided every employee as part of this risk assessment with the necessary training, information, instruction or supervision to
enable them to perform their work without risk to his/her Safety and Health.
I / we the undersigned hereby declare that the Responsible person in charge has made us familiar with the work-related hazards and risk and
the measures that must be taken to eliminate, control and minimise those hazards and risks:
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