Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment
To enable the identification of hazards at work, and the risk assessment of those hazards are key to a
successful occupational health and safety management system. The risk assessment procedure is the
opportunity to be proactive and to identify those situations in the workplace that might cause illness or
injury; and to address these situations before their consequences happen.
The purpose of this procedure is to define the requirements for Risk Assessments to be conducted and
approved, thereby enabling safety standards within Marafiq to be improved, periodically reviewed and
maintained.
2. SCOPE
The scope of this procedure includes all Marafiq controlled locations & activities requiring PTW for
execution involving employees or / and contractors.
3.1 Acronyms
APR – Authorized Permit Receiver
MS – Method Statement
RA – Risk Assessment
SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
3.2 Definitions
Risk Assessment – The evaluation of possible harm (consequence), together with the likelihood
that the harm will be realized, in order to determine necessary control measures.
Hazard – Something with the potential to cause harm. This can be a substance, plant, process,
or environment; and be physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, or combinations of these.
Risk – The chance of something happening, usually measured in terms of the likelihood of harm
from a hazard being realized combined with the consequences of that harm.
Control Measures – Items (Physical or Procedural) used to eliminate, reduce or control the risk.
Method Statement – A documented plan of work identifying all key steps, the significant
hazards that may result from not adhering to the agreed plan and the control measures that will
be implemented to avoid those hazards
Team Leader – the risk assessor responsible for leading a team of employees for a particular
risk assessment.
4. RESPONSIBILITIES
Department Managers
Department Managers will ensure that
Risk Assessments are in place for locations, activities, substances and roles where significant
risks are present within their departments.
Risk Assessments, SOPs and method statements are documented
Risk Assessments, and the SOPs associated with them, are timely reviewed to ensure their
continued relevance.
there are a sufficient number of trained and experienced employees within their department to
conduct the risk assessments required and to produce the SOPs and methods statements
SOPs and method statements are being communicated to employees and others who may be
affected by them.
OHS Section
The OHS Section will
Advice the Central Safety Committee, and guide all departments in the preparation of risk
assessment and method Statements.
Review dynamic risk assessments in line with method Statements.
OHS Section reserves the right to be involved in the carrying out of any risk assessment, to
review the risk assessments and require improvement, where required.
Ensure that OE Department has scheduled the required training in their yearly training calendar.
.Employees
Employees will ensure that they understand the SOPs and method statements relevant to their work
and will work in accordance with the control measures described within them. They will communicate
to their line-managers any hazards not adequately controlled or any shortcomings in the proposed
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control measures. Employees will participate in hazard identification and risk assessment activities
when requested.
Team Leaders
Team Leaders will ensure that their team (i.e. Two other members preferably APR, Supervisor, work
crew or safety officer / OHS Champion) conducts risk assessments that are thorough, proportionate to
the level of risk and that the significant findings of the risk assessments are recorded. They will ensure
that SOPs or method statements are produced that capture the control measures identified by the risk
assessments and that any additional control measures required are communicated to the appropriate
manager for implementation.
Team Members
Team Members will assist Team Leaders in the risk assessment process and will use their technical or
operational expertise, experience and knowledge to ensure the suitability and sufficiency of risk
assessments. They will assist in the production of practical SOPs and method statements. Contactor
RA Team shall mandatorily include their Safety Officer as member.
5. FLOWCHARTS
6. RELATED DOCUMENTS
Procedure – Control of Contractors
Form – Static Risk Assessment
Form – Dynamic Risk Assessment
7. GUIDANCE
For the static risk assessments, these tasks will be repeated and will remain reasonably consistent over
a period of time. If the hazards change with every occurrence, use the dynamic risk assessment
approach.
Note:
SRA is not applicable to the activities that are mentioned in PTWC procedure section 3.2.14
potentially high risk jobs. DRA shall be used.
SRA is not applicable to the jobs that require isolation certificates. DRA is required.
Method statement is not required for jobs requiring SRA.
SRA will be managed by the concerned Marafiq department; to be prepared at foremen level,
reviewed by supervisor and approved by the superintendent or lead engineer level personnel.
For all contractor jobs, the DRA shall only be used .
Next, a risk assessment team is formed and they start by identifying the hazards associated with the
subject of the assessment. This may be facilitated by using observation, reviewing records of accidents
and incidents, reviewing incidents outside Marafiq, interviewing individuals and records of audits and
inspections.
The risk assessment team will review the existing control measures and consider their effectiveness in
light of the occurrence of incidents and potential loss-events in the preceding period. In considering
how effective the control measures are and how likely the threat is to occur they will form an opinion of
the level of risk to the organization and whether more needs to be done. The level of risk may be
expressed as:
Acceptable – the risk from the threat is controlled. There is no immediate need for further control
measures but opportunities to reduce the risk further may be considered.
Tolerable – while the risk may be controlled, serious consequences are possible that can be
accommodated but would still be damaging. Further controls should be considered to reduce the
risk further.
Unacceptable – the potential severity and likelihood of the consequences being realized are too
great for the current situation to continue. Urgent action is needed to reduce the level of risk.
Step 7 – Implementation
The proposed additional control measures will be implemented in line with the Department or Section
OHS Improvement Plan and tracked to completion.
A multidisciplinary risk assessment team is formed with minimum 3 members including team leader.
The Team Leader will ensure that a method statement is prepared by the execution team. A method
statement should communicate, as a minimum:
The team then starts identifying the hazards associated with each job step as listed in Method
statement. Hazard identification may be facilitated by using observation, reviewing records of accidents
and incidents, reviewing incidents outside Marafiq, interviewing individuals and records of audits and
inspections.
Step 8 – Changes
If the activity, location, substances, types of hazard encountered or equipment change significantly, it is
possible that the risks may not be controlled adequately. A minor change such as a slight difference in
location, sequence or equipment may not have any impact on the risk. If the change is significant, the
work associated with the change should be paused while the risks are re-assessed and new control
measures identified and communicated. Marafiq OHS section is entitled to demand for the review of
the DRA.