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Job Safety Analysis -

INSTALLATION OF SITE COMPOUND & OFFICES

Name of organisation completing the work: KQC

Job name:

Task:

JSA Number:

INSTALLATION OF SITE COMPOUND & OFFICES

Principal contractor:

Kettaneh Construction W.L.L

Qatalum Cast-House and Anode Bake-House Project

KCQ 001 - QA - WMS

Job location: Site Compound

Date the JSA was prepared:

Number of pages in this JSA:

This JSA prepared by: Wayne M Sundborg

New:

Normal Approvals:

Name:

Signature:

Project Manager:

Ibrahim Nemer

Construction Manager:

Chawki Bou Khalil

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Pages
Revised:

Date:

Team Members

Job Supervisor:
Fire: 00974 477 1999

Ambulance: 00974 477 2155

Clinic:

Additional Approvals (Determined by Senior HSE Manager and Project Manager)

Pre-Start Tool Box Talk and Task Briefing including Emergency Procedures.
General Job Requirements
Prior Inspection of tools and equipment by team.
Supervisors familiar with EHS Procedures
COMMON PPE
HARD HAT- OVERALLS HI-VIS GLOVES GLASSES/GOGGLES/SHIELDS* SAFETY FOOTWEAR
NB:* Eye Protection Clear/Dark dependant on time of day.
Type = Task
CHANGING CONDITIONS & EMERGENCY PROCEDURES: Stop Work, Switch Off Equipment, Supervisor Directs Personnel to Nearest & Safest Muster Point Considering Wind Direction.
Supervisor accounts for ALL Workers.
Item
Work activity
Hazard
Control Measures
Persons
Number

Break the job down into steps

What could harm someone?

Access to Workplace
Collision with Plant Vehicles

What can be done to make the job Safe

responsible

Tool Box Talks and Task Briefings conducted Daily

All workers will have undergone Kettaneh Induction

Managers

A high level of personal awareness is required from all employees Supervisors

whilst transiting around site. Where possible personnel are to
adhere to designated walkways. In addition to the above, all
Engineers
personnel will be issued with and wear Hi-Viz jackets or
waistcoats, as a part of the Mandatory Site PPE Requirements
Safety Officers
Trip Hazards

Foremen
All personnel are to maintain a high degree of vigilance whilst
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moving around site. All Kettaneh work areas are required to be
kept free, as far is reasonably practicable, of trailing cables,
timber packing etc. and all tools, equipment and waste cleared
away as soon as possible.

Gang Leaders
Operatives

All personnel are to maintain a safe working distance from others

working overhead. Personnel are not to work under suspended
loads. If working at height all tools and equipment are to be
secured from displacement.

Falling Materials

A high level of personal awareness is required from all employees

whilst transiting around site. Where possible personnel are to
Personnel Injury, Slips, Trips & Falls
adhere to designated walkways.
Managers
Damage to underground utilities

No underground utilities are established at this time.

Supervisors
Provision of sufficient cool drinking water and sunshades.
Frequent breaks during Hot Weather

Site Preparation

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Excavation
Foundation Works

Engineers

Heat Stress/ Heat Stress

Management

All equipment checked daily, mobile compressors and generators Safety Officers
shall have drip trays located below.
Foremen
Plant to be turned off during refuelling
Gang Leaders
Daily Housekeeping conducted in work areas
Environmental Damage: Spillage
Operatives
Storage of flammable materials shall be properly contained and
disposal of waste will be done so in accordance with MIC
guidelines to avoid fire hazards.
Fire Fighting Media and Signage to be present.
PPE as per site requirements
Personnel Injury: Slips, Trips & Falls Hazard Warning Lights on vehicles, Signs and Barricades to be
Struck by moving plant/equipment provided throughout the operation.
All moving Plant shall have a dedicated banksman when
traversing/moving.
All mobile Plant shall have warning lights/ Reversing indicator
and horns in working condition.
All Rebar (Protruding) Shall be capped/covered in accordance
with Kettaneh Common Practice Note No: 10
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Supervisors
Engineers
Safety Officers
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Concrete Pump Overturning Hazard

All Power tools to be physically checked prior to use and/or

removed from service if found to be in a state of disrepair.
Good Housekeeping and Cable Management should be
maintained.
Excavations will be provided with proper means of access.
Vibrators: Personnel will be rotated periodically to avoid
VWF/WBV and or RSI.
Timber walkways shall be arranged on all rebar cages (600mm)
width.
All Formwork shall be denailed.
Concrete pump shall be positioned on firm solid ground
Outriggers will be fully extended and resting on correct pads.

Falls into Excavation

Vehicle Movement Restrictions

Concrete

Manual handling

Gang Leaders
Operatives

Excavations shall be sloped stepped, battered or shored to avoid

collapse.
Excavated earth will be stock piled away from the immediate area
to avoid falls.
All excavated works will be adequately barriered and sufficient
signage will be in place. Flashing lights will be positioned where
required.
Vehicles shall have restricted access into this area and will only
be controlled by a competent banksman
Training in safe manual handling techniques.
Provision of clear access routes to work areas.
Provision of points of attachment on all plant to facilitate
mechanical handling.

Managers
Supervisors
Engineers
Safety Officers

Consider pumping or conveyors for placing concrete.

Foremen
Heat stress from wearing protective Provision of drinking water, knowledge of and monitoring of heat
equipment in hot weather;
stress symptoms.

Gang Leaders
Operatives

Electrocution

Suitably protected CTE Approved Electrical supplies and frequent

portable appliance testing.
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All machinery movements to be under the control of a qualified
Contact with moving machinery or banksman/slinger.
vehicles
Wearing of high visibility clothing.
Minimise reversing movements, plant fitted with flashing beacons,
reversing alarms and CCTV.
Follow site traffic arrangements in health and safety plan.
Contact with cleaning swabs

Controlled and restricted area for discharging pump cleaning

swabs.
Awareness of the risk.

Dermatitis and concrete burns and Provide suitable gloves and protective clothing and barrier cream.
cement contact with eyes
Provide suitable washing facilities
.
Provide eye wash stations close to the work area.
Collision with plant during
mechanical handling

Specific site rules to identify where men are to take refuge during
mechanical handling operations.
Use qualified banksman/slinger.
Provide toeboard or brickguard with edge protection.
Minimise the number of people in the placing area.

Noise

Use approved lifting points on falsework components.

Careful siting and use of sound insulation for continuously
running plant.
Provision and enforced wearing of high quality ear defenders.
Suitable fencing.

Unauthorised access until concrete Consider use of supervision at other times.

has hardened
Plan that lifting shall not involve materials being moved over
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people.
Fall of materials, and plant

Tested equipment, inspected on the day, under the control and

operation of competent people.
Appropriate lifting accessories for handling mesh and
reinforcement.
Provide system for monitoring health of operatives.

Vibration White Finger (VWF)

Use equipment selected for low vibration characteristics, well

maintained, keep hands warm, avoid smoking.
Adequate numbers of skilled staff to share the poker work.
Provide safe access routes.

Slips, trips and falls

Good housekeeping.
Edge protection where there is a risk of falls at edges or
openings.

Collapse of structure
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Blockwork

Manual handling;

Training in safe manual handling techniques.

Provide well maintained wheelbarrows, minimise distance from
material offloading areas.

Managers
Supervisors
Engineers

slips, trips and falls

Provide clear access routes to work areas

Safety Officers
Ergonomic arrangement of spots and block stacks.
Foremen

Heat stress/risk of melanoma from Provision of drinking water, knowledge of and monitoring of heat
sun
stress symptoms and rules against wearing insufficient clothing.
Programming to avoid hottest part of the day.
Provision of protective clothing.
Provision of shelter close to the work area
Collapse of unset masonry or stacks Limit the heights of fresh walling and storage of materials.
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of bricks or blocks

Monitor the weather.

Provide temporary support and use special cements or additives
to achieve high early strength.
Suitably protected CTE Certified Electrical supplies and frequent
Portable Appliance Testing.

Electrocution

Provide suitable gloves and barrier cream, and education about

the risks including health surveillance (checking hands for signs
of dermatitis).

Dermatitis

Provide suitable washing facilities and skin conditioning creams.

Splashes in the eye; particularly
from lime
Contact with moving machinery or
vehicles

Provide safety glasses and eye wash station.

Training in acting as a banksman for forklift operations.
Wearing of high visibility clothing.
Separation of vehicles and pedestrians.

Falls from small trestles, hop ups etc

Arrange for scaffolders to erect trestles and provide level or

suitably stepped area to erect trestles.
Provision of trestles incorporating patented handrails.
Regular inspection of trestles.

Dust
Use of hand tools
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Struck by Vehicle (Personnel)
Erection:

Provison of FFP2 face masks, water fed dust suppression to

Petrol Disc cutters or provide and use bench cutters
Provision of appropriate shears or safety knives to cut strapping
to Brick Packs
All drivers will have Qatari Drivers License
TPI Certification as required.
Seat Belts must be worn at all times on Site.
Operators MUST not use Mobile Phones, Walkmans, MP3
Players etc when operating vehicles.
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Supervisors
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MIC and Site Traffic Regulations to be adhered to.
All vehicles to be in roadworthy condition and drivers to have
correct PPE as per site requirements.
Vehicles to be fitted with revering signaller, Lights, Main and
Hazard to be operational.
Dedicated banksman where required.
Vehicles to follow dedicated traffic route to laydown area.
Vehicles shall adhere to the 20 KPH maximum speed limit on
site.
Vehicles travelling through site to have hazard warning lights
operating.
Materials arriving to site will be checked to ensure load is secure
before being allowed on site this will be undertaken by KCQ
Safety and Site Security.

Falling Loads
Transportation of Materials
to Site
Personnel Injury:

Safety Officers
Foremen
Gang Leaders
Operatives

PPE as per Site requirements.

Tool Box Talks and Task Briefings Daily.
Moving Parts will be covered with correct guards
Hand Tools to be physically checked before use.
Ensure adequate barricading and signage.
Ensure good housekeeping practices daily
Good Cable Management
MSDS available for all Hazardous materials
Bitumen stored, used, applied and disposed of in accordance
with MSDS CoSHH requirements
Managers
All operatives will receive basic training in Manual Handling and
Correct Lifting Procedures. Where possible Manual Handling will
Back Pain
be removed and will be undertaken by Mechanical means
Musculoskeletal Disease (MSDs)
(Crane) However there will be Manual Handling activities
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Supervisors
Engineers
Safety Officers

Manual Handling
Hand Injuries & Pinch Points

PPE: Correct Gloves for the task will assist in avoiding hand
injuries as well as instruction information and training. Operatives
are made aware of the causation of hand injuries and pinch
points during inductions.

Foremen
Gang Leaders
Operatives

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All lifting Operations will be controlled under The Lifting
Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998.
Lifts will be Controlled by Certified Rigger, identifiable by Red
Hard Hat.

Managers
Supervisors
Engineers

Falling Materials
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Lifting Operations

Failure of Lifting Equipment

All Lifting Equipment will be checked by independent 3 rd party

and certified prior to use. Colour Code for all lifting equipment
July December YELLOW.
Daily Inspection Regime will be carried out on any lifting
equipment

Safety Officers
Foremen
Gang Leaders

Collision with other Plant

and or Objects

Installation of
Facilities

Rigger and Crane Operator will plan lifts before lifting materials.
Rigger will warn operatives in area by means of Whistle to allow
persons to move out of area of lift.
All lifts will be controlled with tag
lines,(where possible 2 lines) will be attached

Falls from Height: Structure

NB: CRANE OPERATOR WILL HAVE FINAL SAY ON ANY LIFT.

Workers shall wear correctly fitted safety harness and be 100%
tie off.
All workers at height will have undertaken work at height training
and be trained in the correct use of safety harnesses PFPE.

Operatives

Managers
Supervisors
Engineers

Struck by Slewing Loads

TPI Certified Scaffolders shall be used to erect approved scaffold

materials and platforms.
Minimum 2 tag lines to be attached to all loads as per lifting
operations
Personnel shall not walk directly below or in the path of slewing
loads.
Barricades, Signs and Riggers will be in place to avoid
unauthorised entry into craneage areas
PPE as per site requirements.
Sharp edges to be covered to prevent damage to webbing slings
Suitable Access Egress to be maintained in all areas and in
particular on Scaffold Platforms.
All Completed Scaffolds to be tagged and inspected weekly By
TPI certified Supervisor/Inspector.
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Foremen
Gang Leaders
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Loose Items shall not be left/kept on Scaffold Platforms or High
Structures.

Electric Shock/Unconsciousness

Contact with Rotating Disc

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Grinding and Cutting

Uncontained Sparks
Entanglement

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Welding Operations

Only correct voltage CTE equipment will used. All portable

electrical equipment is to be within its current Portable Appliance
Test period.
All grinders will have serviceable guards correctly fitted prior to
use.
The use of fire retardant screens / fire blanket sheeting is to be
considered to protect personnel / plant. Extinguishers will be prepositioned prior to commencement of work. Fire attendant will
inspect area during and after operation. When all work complete
he will carry out final inspection and sign off Hot Work Permit.

Managers
Supervisors
Engineers
Safety Officers
Foremen
Gang Leaders

Ensure no loose clothing

Operatives

Training in safe manual handling techniques.

Managers

Manual handling
Provide clear access routes to work areas.
Provide mechanical handling.

Supervisors
Engineers

Restricted Access

Provide sack trucks or assistance for moving equipment and

materials.
Use smallest bottle size suitable or use a manifold system.
Special safe system of work with permit to enter system where
any area is considered to be Restricted or Confined

Safety Officers
Foremen
Gang Leaders

Radiation

Electrocution

Welding shield with filter.

Cotton or flame-retardant overalls (ie not synthetic).
Welding curtains or screens and signs and fences.
Establish and police exclusion zones.
Remove jewellery.
Wear gloves and boots.
Inspected and maintained earth and other connections including
insulated electrode holder.
Appropriate use of an earth lead in addition to the welding return
lead where necessary.
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Awareness of the risk associated with the material welded
(COSHH assessment).
Consider health surveillance.
Improve the working practises (position of worker outside the
vertical plume of fume).
Provide portable local exhaust ventilation or on gun extraction
wherever possible.
Monitor exposure levels if exposure is frequent.
Provide soap, nailbrushes, warm water and towels and rest room.
Provide suitable face mask.
Prohibit eating, drinking or smoking in the work area.
No worker to be under 18

Dust/fumes/gases

Fire/explosion/burn injuries

Noise

Spatter
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Work at Height

Personnel Injury: falls

Safe storage of gas secured from falling in the vertical plane

in a well ventilated area.
Locked against unauthorised use
Operation of a hot works permit.
Ventilate voids that could contain gases.
Gas monitoring.
Gas equipment to include non return valves and flashback
arrestors and valves that are maintained.
Remove bottles at night.
Awareness of the risks associated with flashback.
Provision of and training related to fire extinguishers and means
of raising the alarm.
Warning signs and contact with the fire brigade.
Provide advice and hearing protection if necessary.
Move the work away from other people.
Screens to protect other workers.
Trained user.
Use of low spatter rods.
Safety eye and skin protection.
During the connecting of service parts at height ensure that
100 % Tie Off at all times during this operation.
Provision of TPI Man Basket where no other alternative means
are available, i.e. MEWP (Cherry Picker)

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Correct PPE an Personal Fall Protection Equipment (PFPE)
Tool Box Talks and Daily Task Briefings.
Any Lifting Equipment shall be protected against welding/ cutting
spatter by means of Fire Blanket
If use of man basket is the only means of carrying out the works
then tag lines to be present. SWL to be displayed.
Monitoring of wind speed shall be undertaken during this
operation
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Electrical Installation

Manual handling

Engineers
Safety Officers
Foremen
Gang Leaders
Operatives

Training in safe manual handling techniques.

Managers

Provide clear access routes to work areas.

Provide mechanical handling and positioning

Supervisors

Contact with machinery

Engineers
Mechanical means of isolation and locking off barriers, guards.
Accompaniment by machinery supervisor.
Safety Officers
Programming the electrical work to take place during machinery
shut down.
Foremen
Physical disconnection or scotching of drive mechanisms.
Eye injury
Provide eye wash stations close to the work area.
Gang Leaders
Eye protection.
Programme work for close down or provide physical barriers, face
Operatives
(dust/fume/splashing/extremes of masks and other PPE as described in maintenance and COSHH
temperature)
assessment.
Fall of material/fall from height
Portable hand tools
Fire

Noise induced hearing loss

Vibration

Portable appliance testing and use of safety extra low voltage

(SELV) as appropriate.
Careful siting of leads, preference given to battery tools, circuits
protected by RCDs.
Site fire safety plan, training.
Fire risk assessment.
Specific safe system of work where oil-filled equipment or
hazardous atmosphere present.
Job rotation for noisy operations and provision of suitable hearing
protection and selection of low noise equipment.
Carry out work in a separate area to other workers.
Provide system for monitoring health of operatives.
Use modern low vibration, well-maintained equipment, keep
hands warm, avoid smoking, rotate work among several workers.

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Nails

Removal of protruding nails.

Safety footwear with midsoles.
Specialist removal in consultation with facilities or project
Electrocution/electric shock/
manager prior to electrical work.
burns/copper poisoning
Electricians qualified in the particular type of work, and under
adequate supervision.
Good lighting.
Use of permits to work, barriers and signs.
Working live only under a specific method statement when
justified.
Insulated tools and where necessary rubber mats to BS921.
Calibrated test equipment.
Use of buried cable detection equipment.
Adequate first-aid provision.
Inspection of load carrying capacity of existing supports.
Not wearing rings, watches, etc.
Facilities for locking off and isolation.
Signs and barriers to prevent unauthorised access.
Appropriate supervision of the work and liaison with other
workers.
Test and inspection at appropriate stages of the work including
providing information and explanations to customer.
Provision of waste skips and responsibility for daily cleaning.
Use of purpose made hop-ups or access equipment.
Good lighting.
Non slip safety footwear.
Slips, trips and falls
Designated pedestrian routes 900 wide.
Client's traffic management plan.
Workplace transport
Wearing hi vis clothing.
Barriers and signs around work area.
Ergonomics
Careful design of task and selection of PPE, eg bump caps.
Off site fabrication where practicable.
Dust
Provision of suitable tooling, eg side angle drills, specialist cutters
for knocking out boxes.
Work with adhesives
Face mask.
Building ventilation or use of dustless tools.
Heat stress from wearing protective Wearing safety glasses and hand protection.
equipment in hot weather.
COSHH information.
Provision of drinking water, knowledge of and monitoring of heat
stress symptoms.
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Shortened shifts.
Provision of shelter close to the work area

Cable/ Wire/ Pipe Cut Offs

Used Oils and Grease (if any)
Rags and Plastics
Waste Produced from
Installation Work
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Environmental Protection &
Waste Management

Domestic Waste
Bitumen Waste

Fuel Oil Spillage

Fire Hazards
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Spills
Fuel
&

Fire

Refuelling
Contact Dermatitis

All Waste from electrical & plumbing works to be disposed of in

designated skips/bins.
Any waste oils and grease will be collected and contained in
sealed drums and stored at designated area until collection under
local controlled waste regulations.
Rags/ plastics and domestic waste to be disposed of in
designated skip/bin and removed by approved authorised waste
contractor.

Managers
Supervisors
Engineers

Bitumen Waste shall be stored according to MSDS requirements

Safety Officers
and any MIC regulation.
Drip trays to be used with generators and other plant where there
may be a likelihood of accidental spillage.
Spillages contaminating land shall be disposed of in accordance
with local Environmental Laws and under advise from
Environmental team.

Foremen
Gang Leaders
Operatives

Combustible and flammable materials to be stored in accordance

with CoSHH/MSDS requirements, and local regulations.
Fire Extinguishers strategically placed, adjacent to generators
and mobile plant.
No Smoking except in designated smoking areas
Fuel shall be stored in a fully bunded propriety storage tank of
Managers
5000 gallons.
Suitable Fire Extinguishing media shall be in place, namely 9Kg
Supervisors
ABC Dry Powder .
Suitable Spill response material shall be available in case of any
Engineers
type of spillage.
Safety warning signage shall be in the area.
Safety Officers
Proper housekeeping will be maintained ensuring that no
combustible materials are stored in the area.
Foremen
Suitable Personal Protective Equipment will be provided to avoid
skin contact.
Gang Leaders
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Refuelling will be undertaken by a trained and competent person.
No refuelling will be undertaken into plastic containers. Correct
procedures shall be followed

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Hot Weather Working

Dehydration
Heat stress
Sun Stroke

Operatives are instructed to take regular breaks as per the

Kettaneh Heat Stress Index.
AWARENESS
BREAKS
WATER

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