14 Use of Plant- Graders and road rollers Risk Assessment Templates Grader /Roller checks on arrival to site PRIOR TO SITE ACCESS • Use of heavy plant • Unauthorized operation of the plant resulting in incident; • Failure due to use of un-certificated plant; Grader and Roller operation (Plant Operator) • Operator competency; • Plant / pedestrian interaction; • Operator visibility; • Incident due to use of defective plant or associated equipment; • Plant reversing – risk of serious injury to pedestrians; • Unauthorized use of plant by untrained personnel; • Collision with plant and live traffic within site boundary; • Workers struck by working plant, very high risk of fatality; Plant operation supervision • Plant operations around workers; • Workers in plant operating radius; • Reversing vehicles; • Worker struck by vehicle; • Plant operator unable to see task – screen covered; •

1. HEALTH SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT Author: Approved:
RISK ASSESSMENT: ACT/HSE/RA 001 USE OF PLANT- GRADERS AND ROAD ROLLERS
Issued: Rev. Date:
Revision: 0
Page 1 of 1 HSEQ -Rev-01(Aug-2018)
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Specific Task Step
(In sequence of
works)
Hazard Details Consequence/Risk
Initial Risk
Rating Control Measures Residual Risks
Additional Control
Measures
RR
P S RR
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Grader /Roller checks
on arrival to site
PRIOR TO SITE
ACCESS
 Use of heavy plant
 Unauthorized operation ofthe plant
resulting in incident;
 Failure due to use of un-certificated
plant;
3 4
12
HIGH
i. All plantto be Third Party Certificated by a DM approved inspector,
documentation available on arrival to site;
ii. Operators to have in-date Third Party certificate by approved body,
available for review on arrival to site;
iii. Visual inspection of plantundertaken by competentperson;
Documentation
unavailable for
review
Plant quarantined until
evidence provided
Low
2
Grader and Roller
operation
(Plant Operator)
 Operator competency;
 Plant / pedestrian
interaction;
 Operator visibility;
 Incidentdue to use of defective plant
or associated equipment;
 Plant reversing – risk of serious
injury to pedestrians;
 Unauthorized use of plantby
untrained personnel;
 Collision with plantand live traffic
within site boundary;
 Workers struck by working plant,
very high risk of fatality;
4 5
20
HIGH
i. Method statements and risk assessments to be submitted and adhered to;
ii. All operators to follow designated traffic routes;
iii. Worker pedestrian routes to be designed and implemented with clear
signage to provide segregation;
iv. Instruction to workers at induction on use of access routes on the project;
v. Flagmen to be used to control Plant and truck movements.Where
practicable areas to be designated no pedestrians,with flagmen stationed
clear of plantmovements in clear view;
vi. The Logistics plan shall clearlyillustrate plantaccess and egress points;
vii. No reversing at any time without banksman;
viii.Keys removed from plant when parked,brake on. Plantnever left running
unattended;
ix. Daily inspections ofhoses, tyres,connections etc.prior to use.Damaged
equipmentimmediatelyremoved from service;
x. Plant operators wear seatbelts atall times;
xi. Flashing light fitted to cab and used at all times,reversing horn fitted and
working;
xii. No shades to be fitted to glass to hinder operator vision;
Workers not
complying with
flagmen
Machine
breakdown
Hydraulic fluid spill
Regular topic in TBT’s
Machine isolated and
quarantined until repaired.
Spoil removed and treated as
hazardous waste
Low
5
Plant operation
supervision
 Plant operations
around workers;
 Workers in plant
operating radius;
 Reversing vehicles;
 Worker struck by vehicle;
 Plant operator unable to see task –
screen covered;

3 5
15
High
i. Plant Supervision to undertake visual inspection ofall plantand
equipmentdaily;
ii. Flagmen controlling plantmovements,standing in safe area in view of
operator;
iii. Spotters to direct plantoperators at high level in clear view at all times;
iv. Supervision to control workers in working area of plant;
v. All workers notassociated with task removed from the area;
Incident
Work stopped,area cleared
and full investigation
undertaken
Low
Project Name: xxx
RA Ref No.: xxx
RA compilation
Date:
Review date:
Date:
Compiled by:
Reviewed by:
Approved by:
Overall Task Details
Use of plant – Graders and Road Rollers
Relevant Applicable MAS:
 010407 – Traffic controls;
 00940 – PlantOperators;
Additional Training required: NOC’s Required for task:
RISK SCORE CALCULATOR
Use the Risk Score Calculator to Determine the Level of Risk of each Hazard
What would be the
CONSEQUENCE
of an occurrence be?
What is the LIKELIHOOD of an occurrence? Hierarchy of Controls
Frequent/Almost certain (5)
Continuous or will happen
frequently
Often (4)
6 to 12 times a year
Likely (3)
1 to 5 times a year
Possible (2)
Once every 5 years
Rarely (1)
Less than once every 5
years
Can the hazard be Eliminated or removed
from the w ork place?
Catastrophic (5)
Multiple Fatalities
High 25 High 20 High 15 Medium 10 Medium 5
Can the product or process be substitutedfor
a less hazardous alternative?
Serious (4)
Class 1 single fatality
High 20 High 16 High 12 Medium 8 Low 4
Can the hazard be engineered aw ay w ith
guards or barriers?
Moderate (3)
Class2 (AWI or LTI) or Class 1
Permanently disabling effects
High 15 High 12 Medium 9 Medium 6 Low 3
Can Administration Controls be adopted
I.e. procedures, job rotation etc.
Minor (2)
Medical attention needed, no work
restrictions. MTI
Medium10 Medium 8 Medium 6 Low 4 Low 2 Can Personal Protective Equipment &
Clothing be w orn to safe guard against
hazards?Insignificant (1)
FAI
Medium10 Medium 4 Low 3 Low 2 Low 1