Slips, and falls in the construction site
One of the risk types which have been selected is the operational risk. This implies the kind of risks which do result from the inadequate or failed procedures for the human resource within the construction site, thereby resulting in injuries to the workers. This disrupts the construction work. Slips and falls in the construction site are some of the common risks which have been selected has most of the workers have been injured by the falling objects, slipping while at work due to lack of enough safety measures set by the organization.
Question 1
I the course of performing the assigned task by the project manager, there are falling objects from the rooftop due to the roofing work. Therefore due to such falling objects from the rooftop, most of the jobs working under the roof have been reportedly injured by such objects. Slipping on the recently cemented floor has also resulted in injuries to most of the site’s workers.
The outcomes of this event will affect both the workers on the construction site and the construction organization, too. The construction process will have to stop for some time as the injured individuals will be taken to the hospital. Pieces of iron sheets from the roof will result in injuries as they are continually falling from the roof due to roofing’s fixing process.
Question 2
The identified risk parameters are:
- Probability of risk
- Exposure of risk
- Frequency of risk
- Likely worst outcome
The likely worst outcome and the exposure of risk parameters are some of the risk parameters which I have considered in the scenario. The reason for considering such parameters is that the risk exposure will help the organization measure the future loss caused by the risk; hence, it will help the management to effectively design risk treatment and control measures to reduce the predicted future loss.
The likely of the outcome is one of the parameters for measuring the degree of the uncertain events upon the occurrence; therefore, it will help the risk manager within the construction site to predict the outcome or the consequences of the identified risk to the operational activities of the organization thus finding the best course of action in minimizing its impacts.
The probability of risk has not been considered since it is used to calculate risk from past experiences and not to reduce risk. The risk parameters considered above are aimed at reducing risks, which is a limiting factor for risk probability.
The frequency of risk has been omitted since it only applies when there is a risk diagram so as to identify the frequency of the occurrence of the identified risks; hence it is limited to the risk diagram in which is lacking in our case.
Question 3
The chosen parameters were likely of worst outcome and the exposure of the risk; hence the nominal nd ordinal scales are presented in the table as follows.
Threat type
Description
Ordinal scale
Nominal scale
Force of gravity
Falling due to gravitational attraction
5
Very high
Falling due to the fixing work at the rooftop
3
High
Slippery floor
2
Medium
Question 4
Weather condition: due to the high wind speed in the region, iron sheets were continually falling off as the workers were fixing them—the issue of the top speed of the wind as influenced many buildings due to the height of such structures.
The force of gravity: since gravitational force tends to pull objects down to earth, iron sheets and other construction objects used by the workers on the rooftop were likely to fall due to the force’s impacts.
Corrosion: The structures which are onshore can easily corrode more metallic objects. The corrosion of the structure can be easily damaged within a short period and causes the falling off iron sheet pieces. These issues are related to the fabric which is exposed nearly to the seashore.
Question 5
The nominal and ordinal scales for the risk factors that I have been chosen are:
Description of risk
Ordinal scale
Nominal scale
Probability
Risk factor score
Falling due to gravitational attraction
5
Very high
0.3
2
Falling due to the fixing work at roof top
3
high
0.2
1.5
Slippery floor
2
Medium
0.1
0.7
Question 6
a risk matrix is the two variable form that is the typical likelihood and the consequences which are subsequently similar. It implies that a risk matrix is just the valuation of one variable to another without the application of arithmetic concepts.
The risk matrix for the exposure is:
Very infrequent: This implies that the cause for the uncertain occurrence of the event, which is not common, would come under this category. The cause which could be unpredictable, like in the case of weather conditions would fall into this category.
Infrequent causes the occurrence of the risk, which is infrequent, such as corrosion, will be categorized in this particular group.
Frequent: The cause for the uncertain occurrence of the event, which is common such as gravitational force, falls under this particular groupings.
Very frequent: The cause for the occurrence of the risk, which is very common such as carelessness of handling the objects while fixing the iron sheets at the rooftop in our case, comes into this category.
Regular: The cause for the uncertain occurrence of such events, which are common such as gravitational impacts in our case, are grouped into this category.
The risk matrix for the likely worst consequence is:
Negligible: The falling objects from the rooftop, which cause absolutely no harm to the workforce within site such as scratches in the field, comes under this category.
Slightly: The fling of the objects from the roof, which causes less harm or minor injuries to the workforce, is grouped into this category.
Medium: The falling objects cause normal injuries to the workforce, thus resulting in temporary illness to such people come under this category.
High: The falling objects and slipping, which cause major injuries to the workforce, thus resulting in serious illness to such people come under this category.
Very high: The fallings of roofing materials, which cause a fatality to the people working under the roof, comes under this category.
Assignment 2
MECHANISM ANALYSIS
The mechanism analysis logic diagram has been applied to identify the possible causes for a particular event. The discussion has been centered on the collapse of construction crane by using the mechanism analysis, thus following the rising case of construction cranes collapsing at the site, leaving dozens of users injured and dead. It is possible that these construction cranes can reduce the workload and boost the work progress. The possibility can be achieved only through proper handling of the equipment and recruiting qualified and skilled staff to operate such machines in order to progress the work smoothly; if not, it will result in serious damage and critical injuries. Due to the heavyweight of the crane, any in-balance between the two sides, while lifting will automatically lead to the collapse of the crane as in the scenario above, removal of holding pins has caused the in-balance, thus causing the crane to collapse. The mechanism analysis diagram has been presented as follows;
Outcome Analysis
The outcome analysis process has been applied to access the consequences of the event; that is the falling of the crane qt the construction site. The analysis only provides information related to the outcome of the event, which already happened. It is evidenced that several outcomes may possible in a different manner, depending on the consequences of an event. Below we draw all possible outcomes that are possible after the tilt of crane.
Assignment 3
Risk management
Since risk is inevitable, a proper management plan is necessary for both profit-making and non-profitable firms. Risk management is one of the roles performed by the risk managers within the organization. It entails identification, evaluation, and prioritization of the related risk. After that, they have to design coordinated and economic measures to minimize the impacts of the risk on the operational activities of the organization. The aim of risk management by risk managers within various organizations is to minimize the adverse effects of the identified risk as one cannot prevent risk from occurring but can only minimize its effects through risk treatment strategies.
For effective management of the risk that is uncertain occurrence to the operational activities of the organization, risk managers should, therefore, consider the following risk management steps that are the identification of the related risk to the activities of the organization, analysis of the identified risks, evaluation or ranking process of the identified risk, application of various risk treatment strategies and lastly is to monitor and review the entire activities of the risk management process. By considering the management as mentioned above plan, risk managers will be able to successfully control and treat the associated risks with the activities of the organization, thus upon the occurrence of the identified risks. The organization will not suffer the abrupt impacts or effects of the events as the organization has set possible treatment and control plan.
After identification of the associated risks with operational activities of the organization, risk managers should, therefore, consider the implementation of the risk management strategies which has been identified as the risk avoidance, reduction, risk transfer, and risk acceptance in that in time of uncertain occurrence, the organization will comfortably manage such risks without causing more damage or harm to the organization. In order to effectively implement the strategies as mentioned above in risk control and treatment, the risk manager is expected to identify the required resources to implement the identified treatment strategies. For instance, the management body should provide financial resources, one of the most required resources for implementing the identified strategies.
One of the risk management approaches is to understand the impact of risk on the organization’s operational activities in terms of social, commercial, legal, economic, and political events. After that, design the best treatment plan based on the mentioned factors. During the implementation of the risk management plan, every member of the organization should be consulted and be informed on the risk control measures the organization has the design in order to ensure compliance from the employees’ side as they are the most vulnerable population within the organization in case of the uncertain occurrence. For instance, in management of the risk within the construction firm, safety and precaution measures set by the risk manager should be made available to all employees within the organization since they are more exposed to the identified risks like falling, tips, or sliding as the construction work is in process.
Risk management has positively impacted my understanding of the various risk management aspects such as the cultural, technical, and possible conflicts with productivity and management systems as all the identified aspects come under the risk control standards to minimize the risk within the organization. Out of the above-identified risk management aspects, the cultural aspect of the risk management plan has positively impacted my understanding of the risk control measures, thus based on the set risk control standards by the management body of the organization.
Risk culture can be defined as the systems of values and behaviors present within the organization that influences decisions made on the risk management process and its relationship with the employees. Risk culture is a common understanding of the organization and its business purpose on risk management and control measures. Cultural aspects in risk management plan advocate for open communication, transparency from the management body, and taking responsibility for risk control and treatment plan by the risk manager. In consideration of technical aspects of risk management, risk identification, response, and control activities by the management of the organization will influence the risk control and treatment plan implemented by the risk manager since it considers specific, predictable process which gives rise to the Damage and Loss and can implement the threat management standards.
The topic to be bolded was the organizations’ risk management practices since the identified risk management practices will directly impact the risk management plan or safety response the organization has set to correspond to the quality standards which are recognized and approved by the international standards in terms of safety management of an organization. By corresponding to such standards, the organization will minimize government intervention into risk management practices in case of an uncertain occurrence. For instance, in case one of the employees has been harmed by the falling objects, the government will seek to identify so of the control and safety measures set by the organization in control of risk and check on the quality based on the international standards.
Risk assessment should be therefore conducted by every member of the organization, depending on their area of specialization and later report the identified or potential risk to the organization or employees to the risk manager. This will enable the risk manager to understand the identified risk and bring forth the best conclusion on how to avoid such risks. In risk assessment, the negligence factor will come when the management has taken no control measures in treating or preventing the identified risk from the occurrence.
The risk management mechanism could be an advantageous aspect for every organization in evaluating the organization’s risk factors. Through evaluation, there will be a clear graphical understanding of the risk event which might occur. Depending upon the situation, the mechanism diagram can be used to estimate the various risk factors which are involved in particular development and can categorize the risk events.