Worker caught between machinery and Bin in Construction Site

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Worker Caught Between Machinery & Bin In Construction Site

Recommendations :

Industry stakeholders undertaking similar work activities must consider the following measures:

• Practice good housekeeping at the construction site and implement a traffic management plan to control and separate vehicular traffic from human traffic.
• Conduct risk assessment to identify residual danger zones at the construction site (including the area around each boring rig) prior to work commencement.
• Install warning signs and clearly demarcate all danger zones with physical barriers and / or red-white tape.
• Highlight to workers the location of the danger zones during safety briefings and site walk-around, emphasizing the hazards associated with working in-between objects and the need to stay clear of these areas.
• Strictly enforce and provide on-site supervision to ensure no entry (including no entry by authorized personnel) into cordoned-off areas when any machine with unguarded moving parts is in operation.
• Review the work method on the need to open the bottom flap from inside the danger zone of the boring rig. Explore the possibility of opening the bottom flap from outside the danger zone.
• Ensure that the boring bucket does not come into contact with the skip bin (as well as the contents of the skip bin) while it is rotating as this may cause the bin to twist / skid.
• Document the safe work method and include into the training programme for workers.
• Work with the equipment manufacturer in reviewing the design of the boring rig to reduce human-machine interaction, for example, by installing devices to facilitate automatic opening or remote opening of the bottom flap by the boring rig operator or supervisor from a safe location.
• Provide workers with a means to communicate effectively in a high noise work environment, for example, through the use of walkie-talkie headsets with suitable noise reduction rating.
• Provide sufficient illumination for work at night or in dark areas. In particular, proper lighting must be provided for all work within a danger zone.