TASK – DEMOLITION WORK RISK ASSESSMENT and RATING FORM

CONTRACT NAME: KHUBA SECONDARY SCHOOL WRITTEN BY REVIEWED BY APPROVED BY

LOCATION: NKANDLA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, KING
NAME: ROWEN CHETTY NAME: NAME: VESH BAGHWANDIN
CETSHWAYO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, KZN
DATE WRITTEN: 15/05/2024 SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE:
REVIEW DATE: DATE: 15/05/2024 DATE: DATE: 15/05/2024
REVISION No.:

A INJURY SEVERITY B FREQUENCY of OCCURENCE RATING

0 No injury 0 Has not occurred in last two years RISK CLASSIFICATION RISK VALUE
2 Minor laceration, wound (first aid case) 2 Occurs very seldom LOW 0---6
4 More severe injury medical attention 4 Occurs occasionally MEDIUM 6---16
8 Serious injuries, broken bones, amputation etc 8 Occurs often HIGH 16---32
10 Loss of life / fatality 10 Could / has happened CRITICAL 32---40
C POTENTIAL DAMAGE / LOSS D ENVIRONMENT ACTION REQUIRED
Supervision, training, certification, method/risk assessments, safe work
0 No damage, minimal costs R10 – 100 0 No effect LOW procedures training, toolbox talks.
Good instruction.
Spillage,
noise, water, Competent supervision, training certification, method/risk assessments, safe
2 Minor damage, small costs R100 – 1000 2 Minor effect
dust /
MEDIUM work procedures training, toolbox talks.
Change method, mitigate
vapours/ Competent supervision, training certification, method/risk assessments, safe
4 Med damage, stoppage (On site repair) medium cost R1000 – 5000 4 Serious effect (Short term)
fauna and HIGH work procedures training, toolbox talks.
Change method, mitigate.
8 More serious damage / / loss / delay < R5000 - + 8 Very serious effect (Long Term) flora Close competent supervision, training certification, method/risk assessments, Intolerable, change method,
10 Severe damage, long term stoppage, high costs 10 Catastrophic effect
CRITICAL safe work procedures, PTO’s, work permits, training, toolbox talks. transfer risk.

RISK EVALUATION RESPONSIBLE RISK EVALUATION

ACTIVITY POTENTIAL HAZARD POSSIBLE RESULT PREVENTATIVE MEASURES
A B C D R PERSON A B C D R
 Employees to be inducted in
 Not wearing the use of PPE and its
Personal protective equipment to be  Multiple Injuries
personal maintenance.
worn.  Dust inhalation.
protective  Toolbox talks on PPE
equipment.  Eye injury importance. Safety officer
1.1 Safety boots. 4 4 4 4 16 2 2 0 2 6
1.2 Hardhat.
 Flying objects  Loss of  All PPE must be SABS Supervisor
 Employees not production/ approved.
1.3 Gloves.
issued PPE downtime  Use, maintenance & disposal of
1.4 Dust mask.
 Substandard PPE PPE procedure communicated
to all employees

 Loss of
 Safety officer & supervisor
production
must ensure all documents are
 No appointments  Injuries
in place before works start.
 No certificates  Accidents & Safety officer
Ensure all documents are in place 10 2 10 10 32  Appointment letters 2 2 2 2 8
 No registers breakdowns Supervisor
 Training certificates
 No medicals  Unknown
 Inspection registers
medical
 Medical certificates
conditions

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 Workers to concentrate to task at

hand don’t rush and get a proper
overview of area before entering,
Identify tripping hazards.
 Familiarisation of terrain before work
commence i.e., steep slopes and
 Employees uneven terrain as well as possible
could get bee nests identify and report.
 Employees  Get overview from cleared area to
seriously injured
tripping and minimise possible interaction with
e.g. sprained
falling. snakes and bees.
ankle or broken
 Exposure to  Interact with other people working in
hand.
snakes the area. Safety officer
Inspect area  Employees 10 4 8 4 26 2 2 2 2 8
 Community  Community clearance to be arranged Supervisor
could get bitten
disruption and schedule, Meeting to be held with
by snakes or
 Live electrical CLO and lease agreement to be
stung by bees.
wires & active signed.
 Strikes/
services  Snake bite procedure to be
downtime
 Fatality. communicated to all employees.
 Toolbox talks
 Employees to report any suspected
electrical or unidentified services to
the supervisor.
 Work areas shall be made safe prior
to work commence.

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 Registered asbestos removal

contractor to be appointed and
notification of asbestos work to the
provincial director is in place prior to
commencement of any asbestos
operation.
 Construction manager to ensure to
appoint a competent demolition
supervisor.
 Fines  Competent appointed supervisor to
 Lack of  Production loss/ ensure safe operation is carried out.
information and downtime  Competent appointed safety officer to
training leads to  Imprisonment ensure induction training pertaining
wrong decision  Structural task associated risks and reasonably
Unauthorised and unindicted persons Safety officer
making accidental 10 4 8 8 32 practicably control measure is 2 2 2 2 8
entering on site Supervisor
 Not following collapse conducted and persons are declared
proper procedure  Injuries medically fit by the occupational
for controlling  Fatality health practitioner to conduct the
measures  Property operation.
damage  Site management to provide the
separate storage facility for asbestos
users and its kept in tidy condition.
 Site management to designate and
restrict the required facility i.e.
smoking, eating, and drinking.
 No persons to smoke, eat, drink, keep
food or beverages in undesignated
area.

Disconnection to be
done only by
 Electrical competent persons
shock (appointed electrical
 Fire engineers)
Disconnect existing electrical  Electrical  Property  Lockout procedure to be Safety officer
damage 8 4 10 10 32 2 2 2 2 8
services hazards Supervisor
adhered to at all times.
 Loss of
production/  Electrician to switch off the
downtime circuit breaker for the section to
be demolished before work
commence.

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 Employees to be issued
with personal protective
equipment (hand gloves)
 Nip and and used.
pinch points.  Housekeeping to be
 Tripping complied with to
Stripping and removal of timber hazards eliminate tripping
doors, steel doors, glazed steel  Sharp  Multiple injuries 8 4 10 8 30 hazards. Safety officer
2 2 2 2 8
edges from to employees.  Employees to wear gloves Supervisor
windows, shopfronts
glass and safety goggles for
protection against broken
 Unsecured doors glasses.
 Doors and frames to be secure
during stripping to prevent them
from falling.
 Multiple injuries Employees to be issued with
to employees. personal protective equipment
(hand gloves) and used.
 Nip and Housekeeping to be complied
pinch points.  Eye injuries.
Stripping and removal of vinyl tile with to eliminate tripping
 Tripping hazards.
floor, carpet tile floor, high access  Leg injuries Safety officer
hazards 8 4 8 4 24 Protruding nails to be removed/ 2 2 2 2 8
flooring, vinyl carpets, skating, sheets (Puncture Supervisor
 Dust exposure flattened from timber, all timber
and wallpapers wounds)
 Protruding nails to be removed from walkways.
from timber
 Lung  Employees to wear gloves and safety
goggles for protection against broken
 disease/ infection. glasses.
 Employees to be issued
with personal protective
equipment (hand gloves)
and used.
 Housekeeping to be
complied with to
 Multiple eliminate t ripping
 Nip and injuries to hazards.
pinch points. employees.  Area where stripping and
Taking down ceiling gypsum  Tripping  Eye injuries. removal of ceilings activities
plasterboard ceilings, acoustic tile hazards  Leg injuries are done shall be Safety officer
8 4 10 8 30 2 2 2 2 8
suspended ceilings, timber ceiling,  Falling objects. (Puncture demarcated to restrict Supervisor
drywall and partition  Dust exposure. wounds) unauthorized personnel in
 Protruding nails
from timber  Lung disease/

the area.
Protruding nails to be
infection.
removed/ flattened from
timber, all timber to be
removed from walkways.
 Employees to wear gloves and
safety goggles for protection
against broken glasses.

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 Body positioning to be adhered

to
 Assistant to help when lifting
heavy material.
 Employees to wear glasses.
 Work to be done under
supervision.
 Area to be barricaded/
 Ergonomics – demarcated to warn
Awkward posture employees.
 Projectile  All tools to be inspected
 Back injuries and defective tools to be
objects
 Eye and bodily removed off site.
(Employee
injuries  Correct tools to be provided
Demolition manually using hammers struck by flying Safety officer
 Hand injuries 8 4 10 8 30 2 2 2 2 8
and chisels particles) and used. Supervisor
 Lung
 Manual  Manual SWP to be available
inhalation
handling and discussed with
 Eye contact
Dust exposure. employees
Using hand tools (Nip  Windows to be opened to
& pinch points) minimize dust inside the
buildings.
 Water to be routinely
applied to the surfaces
to control dust.
 Employees to wear dust
masks at all times when
exposed to dust.
 Supervisor to enforce the use
of PPE at times.

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 Only competent
employees to use the
electrical jack hammer.
 Faulty equipment must
not be used and to be
reported to supervisor.
 Work to be done under
supervisions.
 Risk assessment to be
discussed to all employees.
 Untrained  Noise zone to be clearly
employees using  Injuries demarcated.
equipment.  Property
damage  Employees around to use ear
 Noise exposure
 Electrical shock plugs.
Demolition by using and electrical  Projectile objects Safety officer
 Hearing loss 8 4 10 4 26  Supervisors to enforce use of 2 2 2 2 8
jackhammer (Employee struck Supervisor
 Eye and bodily ear plugs at all times.
by particles)
 Poor injurie s  Employees to wear safety
housekeeping  Trippi ng and glasses.
 falling
 Supervisor to be at the area all
the time.
 Area to be barricaded.
 Housekeeping to be done
and maintained during
activities to prevent tripping
and falling.
 Rubble generated during
demolition to be removed and
put into waste skips for
disposal
 Plant must be inspected
before use and findings
recorded on a checklist.
 Only appointed/
 Injury to employees/ competent operator to
 No Pre-work operate plant.
members of  Fire extinguisher must be
checklist
 Not competent public visible, accessible and
operator  Dust inhalation. functional.
Demolition with Plant/ TLB/ Excavator 10 4 10 4  Plant must position at a
 Defective plant  Noise exposure.
 Incorrect safe distance away from
 Eye injury falling wall.
procedures
 No Supervision  Damage to property.  Push with extended
 fire backhoe of the T.L.B, do
not pull wall towards
plant.
 No person to be between
wall & plant.

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 Assistant to hold a ladder for

person working on a ladder.
 Person working at height to
Working on a ladder  Person falling
 Bodily injuries 8 4 8 8 28
be trained on working at
height and must have a
Safety officer
2 2 2 2 8
from heights Supervisor
medical fitness certificate.
 Ladder to be inspected and
colour coded.

 Employees working at
height must be trained for
working at heights.
 Employees working at height
Working at height (Scaffolding)  Person falling  Bodily injuries
10 4 10 8 32 
must have medicals fitness.
Employees to be
Safety officer
2 2 2 2 8
from heights  Fatality Supervisor
trained on working at
heights procedure.
 Safety harnesses shall be worn
and hooked on at all times.
 Work must be restricted to
short duration.
 Use self-dampening tools
where available.
 Correct PPE to be used
 Noise induced including safety boots, gloves, Safety officer
Noise  Damage to ears 8 2 10 4 24 2 2 2 2 8
hearing loss ear protect, eye protection, Supervisor
overalls, reflector vest.
 Noise monitoring to be carried
out for tasks and equipment
that fall outside the scope of
short duration
 All rubble and offcut bricks to
be removed to a certified
hazardous waste disposal site.
 Production loss
 Slip, trips & falls.  Supervisor to ensure all
 Injuries
 Inhaling of dust concrete spills are cleaned up Safety officer
Housekeeping  Lung disease 8 4 10 4 26 2 2 2 0 6
 Unsafe storage of and safe disposal certificates to Supervisor
 Environmental
materials be acquired for all disposals.
contamination
 Safe working procedure for the
disposal of waste must be
communicated to all employees

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 Operational area will be made

clean and safe before
employees leave.
 Rubble left at
 Employees  Foreman to conduct an
work area after
could trip and inspection of the site to ensure
shift.
fall. that all housekeeping has been Safety Officer
Close out task  Tools and 8 4 8 4 24 2 2 2 0 6
 Possible theft. done. Supervisor
equipment left at
 Environmental  All tools and equipment will be
the work area
contamination packed away after every shift.
after shift
 Housekeeping inspections will
be done before, during and
after each shift.

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