Hazard report

The report

Unprotected penetration in the level 2 slab near grid B4 — services crew removed the covers this morning and they haven't been replaced. Roughly 450mm square, drop of about 3 metres to level 1.

Location:

Level 2, grid B4

Immediate action:

Area taped off and a sheet of form ply weighted over the hole.

Attachments:

photo-slab-penetration.jpg, services-rough-in-SWMS.pdf — photos are shrunk automatically on the phone and stored privately per company.

Avert’s AI advisor

1. This is reported well, and High is the right call — an unprotected penetration with a 3 m fall is exactly the kind of hazard that becomes a notifiable incident if someone steps through it. 2. What good control looks like: - Reinstate engineered penetration covers, fixed down so they cannot be slid or lifted by hand, and marked "DANGER — PENETRATION BELOW". Ply weighted down is a stop-gap, not a control: it relies on nobody moving it. Supervisor to verify fixing before the area reopens. - If the services crew need the penetration open to work, the opening needs edge protection or a cover with a hatch, and the crew controlling it — not an open hole between trades. - Put penetration covers on the daily pre-start walk checklist for level 2 until services rough-in is complete, with the supervisor signing off each day. 3. Do this next: find out which crew removed the covers and why — if they needed access, agree the hand-back rule (whoever opens it, closes it and tells the supervisor). Falls from height work above 2 m here means your SWMS for the services rough-in must cover penetrations; check it does and that the crew signed onto it. 4. Nobody has fallen, so this is a hazard report, not a notifiable incident — but treat a near miss at this opening as potentially notifiable and preserve the scene if one occurs.

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