Risk Assessments for ACTIVITY BASED

7/30/2019 Risk Assessments for ACTIVITY BASED

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Responding to Emergencies - arriving and getting to work Getting to work Operational imperative

The uncontrolled situation

Manual handling

Remote locations2 2 4 Dynamic risk management procedure

Effective command and control systems Provision

Responding to Emergencies - arriving and getting towork Getting to work Operational imperative

The uncontrolled situation

Manual handling

Remote locations2 2 4 Dynamic risk management procedure Effective command and control systems Provision


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Exposure

ActivityHazard

IdentifiedRisk

Persons who may

be Exposed:Likelihood Severity

Overall

Risk

Rating

Likelihood Severity

Overall

Risk

Rating

Approaching

chemical

incidents

Contamination

windborne

contamination

Struck by

vehicular traffic

Disease and

infection

Wholetime Retained

Volunteer/Civil

Defence

Non

ServicePersonnel

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A safety officer will be appointed

All personnel receive information

and instruction on underfoot

conditions to be encountered in

such areas.

All personnel to don suitablePPE to include hard hat, gloves,

non slip footwear.

BA and CPS or gas tight suits to

be worn if required.

All personnel not suitably

protected positioned upwind of

incident.

All personnel under full

supervision

Gardai in attendance to control

traffic - set up first aid point.

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Climbing

vertical

ladders,gantries and

working on

platforms

Falls from

height

Being struck by

falling

equipment.

Wholetime

Retained

Volunteer/Civil

Defence

Non

ServicePersonnel

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Personnel working above

ground level to be kept to a

minimum.

Personnel working in exposed

areas to be secured by a fall

arrest system.

Equipment not in use returned to

ground level as soon as

practicable. The OIC will ensure that area

below is kept clear at all times.

All personnel to don appropriate

level of PPE

All personnel under full

supervision

Aerial ladder may be requested

to attend

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Location: Letterkenny FS - DL11

Generic Hazards - Chemical

Chemical

Assessment By:

Responsible

Person

Countersigned:

Existing

Controls

Risk Rating

Proposed Actions/Controls

(Long/medium/short term)

After Risk Reduction

Assessment Date: REF NO: G03


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Exposure

ActivityHazard

IdentifiedRisk

Persons who may


Overall

Risk

Rating

Likelihood Severity

Overall

Risk

Rating



Assessment By:

Responsible

Person

Countersigned:

Existing

Controls

Risk Rating





Firefighting and

rescues from

chemical

incidents

Fire, explosion

Chemical burns

Toxicity and

radiation

Boil over, slop

over, BLEVE

and pressure

and temperature

extremes.

Electrostatic

generation

Electricity

Wholetime

Retained

Volunteer/Civil

Defence2 3 6

and information on the hazards to

be encountered with chemical

incidents.

All personnel under strict

supervision

Establish inner and outer cordon All personnel to don suitable

PPE to include hard hat, gloves

and non-slip footwear.

BA and CPS or Gas Tight suits

to be worn if required.

All personnel not suitably

protected positioned upwind of

incident.

Safety officers to be appointed

A senior officer will attend

Gardai and ambulance inattendance

Specialist advice

All personnel aware of

evacuation procedures

Aerial ladder or specialist

appliances maybe requested if

not including an initial PDA

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Same as

aboveSame as above

Use intrinsically safe

communications and equipment

Consider firefighting operationsbehind cover or use of fixed

installations or monitors

Fire-fighters should not be

allowed on tank roofs unless

absolutely necessary and never

on partially empty tanks which are

on fire

Fire-fighters should not enter

bund areas unless authorised and

under supervision

Chemical


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Exposure

ActivityHazard

IdentifiedRisk

Persons who may


Overall

Risk

Rating

Likelihood Severity

Overall

Risk

Rating



Assessment By:

Responsible

Person

Countersigned:

Existing

Controls

Risk Rating





Chemical

Chemical

incidents

involving road

traffic accidents

Rail incidents,

aircraft,

incidents at

docksides and

sea

Fire, explosion

Chemical burns

Toxicity and

radiation

Boil over, slop

over, BLEVE

and pressure

and temperature

extremes.

Electrostatic

generation.

Electricity

Wholetime Retained

Volunteer/Civil

Defence

Non

ServicePersonnel

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Fall arrest system to be attached

to personnel committed inside or

on top of tanks

Seek or obtain advice from

information retrieval systems e.g.

Hazchem, ADR, Chemdata,

Tremcards etc.

Consider public evacuation

Exercise care of run off from

jets/sprays drains and water

courses

Recording of exposure and

health surveillance if required

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