IMPORTANT NOTICE / HEALTH RISK WARNING – ANY PERSON AT RISK MUST BE NOTIFIED OF THE DANGERS DETAILED BELOW BEFORE STARTING ANY SCREED PUMPING WORK
It Is The Responsibility Of The Hirer/Site Manager To Ensure That All Site Workers Are Aware That No One Should Position Themselves In Front Of The Delivery Hose While The Pump Is In Operation Due To High Pressures Used – HIGH RISK
Basic Operation of Screed Pump: Truck Mixer Driver to fill hopper, Pump Operator to operate pump & guide delivery hose – LOW RISK OF SPLASHBACK
| Type of Injury and Cause | Who is at Risk | Risk | Severity of Injury | How to Prevent |
| Screed splashing into eyes from the end hose | Screed Installers | H | Low | Goggles must be worn |
| Screed burns to hands and feet | Screed Instasllers | L | Medium to Severe | Gloves, safety Wellingtons and barrier cream must be worn |
Falls or injury to hands, arms, ankles, legs etc. from falling on mesh |
Screed Installer/Pump Operator | M | Medium to Severe | Plywood sheets must be provided on mesh in the laying area |
| Back injury due to moving ground pipes | Screed Installer/Pump Operator | M | Medium to Severe | Use of ropes and good manual handling practices to be adopted |
| High pressure screed and aggregate going into eyes, face or any exposed skin due to standing or working in front of end hose, or opening up pipe joints when pumping |
Screed Installer Persons working around screeding area/ General Public |
M/H | Severe – can result in loss of sight | Screed Installer should wear safety footwear, impervious glove/gauntlets, high impact goggles and high visibility clothing. Until screed is flowing smoothly out of the end of the delivery hose, or when a blockage occurs in the pipeline, all personnel should remain clear of the delivery hose. Under no circumstances should any unauthorised personnel attempt to open the pipeline. All unnecessary personnel including the general public should be kept well away from the screeding area including lower floors and staircases |
| Broken limbs, severe injury caused by whiplash of placing hoses | Screed Installer | L | Severe or Death | Do not kink placing hoses in the ground line.
Do not attempt to pump very old screed or other than a liquid screed mix. The danger zone is the area around the end hose in which it can strike out.
The diameter of the zone is twice the length of the end hose.
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| Injury from splash due to blow back from screed pump hopper | Truck Mixer Drivers | L | Eye Injuries possible | Keep hopper full and inform mixer driver of risk |
| Crushing when mixer lorry is backing onto the pump hopper | Person backing truck mixer into pump hopper | L | Severe or Death | High visibility clothing must be worn and do not back truck on out of view of mixer driver who will be reversing using mirrors. Keep site personnel out of reversing area |
