ECONPILE (M) SDN BHD

HAZARD IDENTIFICATION RISK ASSESSMENT RISK CONTROL

REVISION / DATE : 001 / 16TH DECEMBER 2010 FILE REFFERENCE : EPSB/HSSE/HIRARC/001

Construction is an industry known for its hazards and lot accidents and incidents are it major or minor
have taken place. Sad to say but it’s a fact that all this untoward incidents could have been avoided if
there was a system in place to identify the hazards prevalent in the task undertaken and ways of
eliminating if not controlling them.

With that in mind a Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) is carried
out on the various job scope in the industry, in particular jobs that is considered to be of high risk.

The main objective of HIRARC is to act as a prevention tool against harm to; people, facilities,
materials, equipments and tools, company reputation and the general public. It is a procedure which
helps to integrate accepted safety and health principles and practices into a particular task by
identifying potential hazards and recommending safe ways of doing the job. This is done by using Job
Safety Analysis (JSA). In JSA we list done the job scope and identify the potential hazards associated
with the job, establish control measures by doing a Risk Assessment and state who should be
responsible in ensuring things are carried out as per the JSA.

In determining the control measures in HIRARC five principal measures are used. They are listed in
order of preference as below:
 Eliminate the hazard
 Contain the hazard
 Revise work procedures
 Reduce the exposure
 Usage of Personal Protective Equipments.

HIRARC is also intended to serve as a teaching aid for initial job training or pre task planning tool,
tool box talk and as a standard for Environmental Safety and Health audits.

TABLE 1

LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURANCE

Occurance Score Suggested Criteria

Risk is known to be a common repeating occurrence (has happened
Extremely High 5
more than once in 3 years)
High 4 Risk is known to occur (has happened more than once in 3 years)
Possible 3 Risk could occur (Heard of happening in other companies)
Unlikely 2 Risk not likely to occur (not happened before)
Risk is practically impossible to occur (not even heard of happening in
Rare 1
other companies)

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TABLE 2

SEVERITY OF CONSEQUENCE

Severity Score Human injury/ill Health Damage of property and

financial loss
Catastrophic 5 Death/occupational disease/severely life Virtually complete loss of
shortening diseases/acutely fatal diseases property, plant/system
(>RM1million)
Major 4 Extensive injuries (major Extensive damage to
fracture,amputation,multiple property/plant/system
entries)/deafness/dermatitis/asthma/work (>RM100,001.00 –
related upper limb disorders RM1million)
Moderate 3 Medical treatment required, lacerations, Significant damage to property,
burns, serious sprains, concussions, plant, system (RM5001.00 –
fractures, ill health leading to temporary RM100,000.00)
discomfort
Minor 2 First aid treatment required, superficial Minor damage to property
injuries, minor cuts and bruises, eye plant, system (<RM5,000.00)
irritation from dust, nuisance and irritation
i.e. headaches, stomach ache
Insignificant 1 Near misses with no first aid treatment Negligible
required.

TABLE 3

RISK RATING

LIKELIHOOD
CONSEQUENCES EXTREMELY
High (4) Possible (3) Unlikely (2) Rare (1)
High (5)
Catastrophic(5) 25 20 15 10 5
Major (4) 20 16 12 8 4
Moderate (3) 15 12 9 6 3
Minor (2) 10 8 6 4 2
Insignificant (1) 5 4 3 2 1

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TABLE 4

RISK CONTROL ACTION AND TIME SCALE CHART

LEVEL TOTAL TOLERABILITY

ACTION TO BE TAKEN
OF RISK SCORE OF RISK
Elimination
Temporary stop work / process until elimination is
completed
Extremely
>20 Not tolerable Immediate attention by Project Manager
High
Immediate action taken to eliminate detailed survey or
management planning by PM and HSE Manager, SHO
taking into consideration hierarchy of risk control
Reduction and elimination
Manage, monitoring, response procedure or programs
with responsibilities specified
High 13-19 Not tolerable
Immediate action taken to eliminate detailed survey or
management planning by PM and HSE Manager, SHO
taking into consideration hierarchy of risk control
Maintenance and reduction
Required monitoring to ensure that existing risk
control measures are maintained
Moderate 6-12 Tolerable
Manage by additional control measures, monitoring
response procedure or programs with responsibilities
specified
Maintenance
No additional risk control measures required
Low 1-5 Tolerable
Required monitoring to ensure that existing risk
control measures are maintained

Shahrulnizal – Safety Manager

Prepared By :
Mohamed Nizam – Safety Officer

Reviewed By : Amrick Singh – General Manager

Approved By : The Cheng Eng – Managing Director

HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT

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