Operational Level Audit

Site Safety Seminar7 November 2018

Alvin YU

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Safety Alerts

Month Cases

September 2

August 2

July 2

June 1

May 1

April 3

March 3

February 1

January 12

Case Study 1While a leveller was climbing along a bamboo scaffold inside a liftshaft of a building under construction after ink marking work to return to the landing on 7/F, he suddenly lost his balance and plunged to the bottom of the liftshaft. He sustained severe head injury and was certified dead on spot.

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Case Study 2A loader under repair at a machinery depot was raised at the front by pressing its bucket against the ground. A maintenance worker undertaking the repair work was somehow trapped between the lifting arm of the bucket and a front wheel of the loader. He was certified dead later on the same day.

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Case Study 3A worker while performing pre-use check of a permanent suspended working platform installed on the upper roof of a residential building, fell about 8 metresfrom an unfenced edge of the upper roof to the roof below. He sustained serious injury and passed away on the same day. 5

Section 10 OSH Ordinance, Cap. 509Commissioner May Serve Suspension Notice

The commissioner may serve a suspension notice on an employer who is responsible for, or on an occupier of, premises where a workplace is located, if of the opinion that because of—

(a) an activity undertaken on the premises; or

(b) the condition or use of the premises or of any plant or substance located on the premises,

there is an imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury.6

An Imminent Risk of Activity Undertaken on Premises

Source:https://m.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170710/s00001/1499677348926

Source:http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20110709/00407_006.html

Source:http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20150908/mobile/odn-20150908-0908_00176_038.html

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An Imminent Risk of a Condition on Use of Premises/Plant/Substance

Source: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20151027/bkn-20151027153702046-1027_00822_001.html

Source: http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20121215/00407_012.html

http://hd.stheadline.com/news/daily/hk/593192/

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If Imminent Risk is not Controlled

• An accident

• Damage to property

• Injury to person

• Issuance of suspension notice

• Disruption of process

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Section 10 OSH Ordinance, Cap. 509Commissioner May Serve Suspension Notice

(4) Where a suspension notice is in force in relation to an activity, premises, plant or a substance, the commissioner must, by notice in writing served on the employer or occupier concerned, revoke the suspension notice on being satisfied that—

(a) the undertaking of the activity on the premises; or

(b) the condition or use of the premises, or of any plant or substance located on the premises ,

no longer creates, and is no longer likely to create, an imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury. 10

no longer creates / no longer likely to createAn Imminent Risk

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• A safe system of work is defined as a process to identify all the hazards through systematic examination of a task and defines safe methods to ensure that risks are eliminated or minimized.

• It encompasses the all-round method of carrying out the operation that includes

• The lay-out of the job, • The methods of using machinery and equipment, • The supply of suitable appliances and human resources, • The provision of proper instructions, • Warnings and notices as to the operation.

Safe System of Work

• Development of job inventory

• Identification of critical processes

• Task analysis

• Identification of hazards

• Definition of safety controls

• Documentation of safe work procedures

• Auditing of system arrangements

• Monitoring for review

Identification

Assessment

Controls

Monitoring

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Auditing of System ArrangementsA formal examination of documents on the arrangements and implementation of a safety management system:

• To assess the degree of controls conforming to company standards

• To check for implementation of system arrangements are taken place

• To check for understanding of system requirements by involved personnel

• To identify system deficiencies and make recommendations for improvement

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Levels of Auditing

1. Strategic auditing

2. System auditing

3. Operational auditing

Corporate Policy and Strategy

Project Management system

Local work procedures

Corporate level Auditing

Project level Auditing

Operational level Auditing14

Operational AuditingAddressing adequacy of local procedures on:

1. How well do people understand local procedures?

2. How well are company standards applied to local procedures?

3. How well are arrangements prepared to suit local procedures?

4. How relevant are local circumstances with local procedures?

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Local Procedures• Ways of how task to be accomplished at a specific location

• Involves sequence of how work is to be done

• A defined safe work procedures.

• E.g. Case study 2

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Case Study 2

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Company Standards• Legal standards no longer defines fully

• Setting own company standards so far as is reasonably practicable

• Adherence to hierarchy of control

• E.g. case study 1 & 2

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Case Study 1

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Case Study 2

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Local Circumstances• Physical condition

• Terrain

• Constraints at workplace

• E.g. case study 3Source:http://std.stheadline.com/instant/articles/detail/450205

Source:https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/lippo-centre-in-hong-kong/

Source:https://topick.hket.com/article/1554164/

Source: https://www.forocoches.com/foro/showthread.php?t=3222830&page=3

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Case Study 3

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Local Arrangements• Proper examination of plant/equipment

• Sitting of lifting appliances

• Appropriate certificated personnel

• Training of working team on local procedures

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Application of Operational Audit A work task or procedures

An operation of plant or installation

To identify the deficiencies in control and put up recommendations before the work is start

A supplement to project management audit

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Thank you

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