Fatal Risk - Fall of Ground - Underground

• Site conducted

  Select

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Is a contractor being audited?

  YES

  NO

• Which contractor company?

  Select

• Foundational aspects applicable to all Fatal Risks that address: housekeeping, workplace exams, FLRA, training confirmation, and emergency protocols.

• Is the work area housekeeping in good order? (i.e., clear walkways and organized tools/materials)

  Yes

  No

• Has a workplace exam been conducted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have all hazards been identified, corrected, or communicated?

  Yes

  No

• Has the employee conducted a Field Level Risk Assessment (FLRA) or Team Risk Assessment (TRA)?

  Yes

  No

• Has the employee received training? (i.e., task training, procedure or guidelines)

  Yes

  No

• Can the employee explain the proper emergency shut down, summoning for help and evacuation procedures? 

  Yes

  No

• Critical Controls: Actions and conditions that must be in place and functioning 100% of the time, without fail, to protect people when working in potentially significant risk situations.
  
  Instructions: For each critical control, select Controlled, AtRisk, or NA (Not Applicable or not observed). See Assessment below for definitions. If something is marked AtRisk, immediately Pause the work until the missing protections are put in place. Write the corrective action taken in the notes box below

Competency

• Has the worker been trained and authorized, and does the worker understand the components of Fall of Ground activity?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Is the worker familiar with the FRA and critical controls?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

Ground Control

• Have identified ground control hazards and mitigations been communicated from geotechnical to supervisors and frontline operations in between shifts?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Is an adequate length scaling bar immediately available to workers?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Does it appear that scaling/sounding has been conducted in the active work area?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Is there a barrier in place to stop people and occupied mobile equipment from entering areas where ground fall hazards exist?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Are employees working in supported ground?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

Barriers/Barricades and Exclusion Zones

• Are restricted areas demarcated and signed?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Are employees not entering equipment blind spots unless positive communication is established, equipment is shut down, brake set and any blades/buckets/etc. are lowered to the ground?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Is there a barrier or barricade and sign in place to prevent employees from entering areas where material can fall?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

Engineered Support System

• Has the correct ground support been installed per the site’s Ground Control Management Plan?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Is shotcrete/paste/backfill being installed in compliance with the Ground Control Management Plan?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• Is there a ground support testing program in place and to standard? (e.g., pull testing)

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

Geotechnical Inspection and Monitoring Systems

• Is the work being performed within the design limits? (e.g., cut sheets)

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

• If design variances are noted, have controls been implemented to mitigate the hazard?

  Controlled

  At Risk

  N/A

Emergency Procedures

• Do the employees understand the emergency procedures? (e.g., seismic, primary/secondary escape, and refuge locations)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are up-to-date escape and evacuation maps available and communicated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• When was the last drill and what had we learn from it?

• CONTROLLED The presence of this control is verified and effective

• ATRISK This control is missing or ineffective

• NA / NO Not Applicable to this exposure situation or Not Observed