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Central ABC Public Safety ASSESSMENT Conducted By ABC Waters Safety Committee (Chairman) Nikki (SM) Hong Ching (E) Wing Ken (TO) Shawn (SO) Dennis Page 1
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Central ABC
Public Safety ASSESSMENT
Conducted By
ABC Waters Safety Committee
(Chairman) Nikki(SM) Hong Ching
(E) Wing Ken (TO) Shawn (SO) Dennis
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Assessment Conducted on 22nd, 23rd & September 2014
Project : Central Catchment ABC site Date : 22.09.2014 @ 1530hrs
Subject : EHS Assessment
No Location/Findings Improvement/ Rectification Action1
Sg. Whampoa @ St George’s Lane
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Information/warning/prohibitory signage displayed on prominent locations to provide information to visitors of and to warn them of any dangers and prohibit them from certain areas.
2Sg. Whampoa @ St George’s Lane
Decking and guardrails at lookout deck was well maintained.
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3Sg. Whampoa @ St George’s Lane
Lifebuoy was provided with housing to prevent environmental effects such as fading of colour and wearing out of tagline. Absence of seal was observed on one of the housing shows that it had been tampered with.
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4Sg. Whampoa @ St George’s Lane
A section of guardrail was not aligned to due to concrete base that was cracked on both sides.
5 Sg. Whampoa @ St George’s Lane
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Poor upkeep of lifebuoys; one of the tagline was tangled up and left on the decking.
Life-saving equipment must always be in operational-ready condition.Such entanglement affects the response time of rescuing a drowning person, which is very crucial.
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6 Sg. Whampoa @ St George’s Lane
A continuous guardrail ensures the safety of public by preventing them to fall into the canal. It would be better to have railings fitted with swing gates to provide safe access for contractors doing maintenance.
7 Sg. Whampoa @ St George’s Lane
Acceptable material used for tagline, which is nylon. Although nylon has similar properties to polypropylene such as durability and resistant to environmental effects, it doesn’t float unlike polypropylene
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Project : Central Catchment ABC site Date : 23.09.2014 @ 8AM
Subject : EHS AssessmentNo Location/Findings Improvement/ Rectification Action
1 Bishan Park 1
Information/warning/prohibitory signage displayed on prominent locations to provide information to visitors of and to warn them of any dangers and prohibit them from certain areas.
Suggestion:It would be best if PUB or Nparks can provide signs that shows the nearest rain shelter or the nearest safe assembly point during an emergency
Nylon should be considered; as such material is weather resistant.
2 Bishan Park 1
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Plants obstructed prohibitory signboard near shown lamppost.
3 Bishan Park 1
Benches were positioned away (>1.5m) to prevent.
4 Bishan Park 1
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Provision of warning signboards before the path of sloped stone pavers to warn of its slipperiness when wet. A chain was also in place for security to cordon off the area during a downpour.
5 Bishan Park 1
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All lifebuoys were kept in a housing with a security seal as deterrent against misuse and to tell that the housing has been opened.
6 Bishan Park 1
Plants with sharp leaves along the stretch of pavement shown above. May injure anyone who touches it while walking along the pavement
To remove or replace is not practical due to its large number but I can suggest that warning signs (preferably those graphic types) can be put up to warn the public about the sharp leaves.
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7 Bishan Park 1
Every lookout decks were provided with lifebuoy.
8 Bishan Park 1
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Wire meshes basket for gabion walls in good condition to prevent any failure that may cause the stones to fall apart and endanger contractor carrying out maintenance.
9 Bishan Park 1
Timber decking shows no signs of unevenness that may cause any trip and fall.
Guardrails are fitted with wire mesh infill to Page 13
maximize the beautiful view of the river plains.
The wire mesh have small openings to keep children from climbing the railing
10 Bishan Park 1
Information/warning/prohibitory signage displayed on prominent locations to provide information to visitors.
11 Bishan Park 1
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Due to slight elevation of ground level, portion of the guardrail shown was not conforming to the standard requirement (1.1m).
12 Bishan Park 1
Red river depth markers installed at necessary locations where there’s heavy human traffic.
13 Bishan Park 1
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Yellow strips of paint to demarcate edges peeled off. Although the colour is still visible, it won’t be long till it’s completely faded off due to exposure to the sun and rain.
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Project : Central Catchment ABC site Date : 23.09.2014 @ 1020Hrs
Subject : EHS Assessment
No Location/Findings Improvement/ Rectification Action1
Alexandra Canal
Trench covers with drop in handles are fully slotted in to eliminate any trip and fall due to stumbling upon protruding parts.
2 Alexandra Canal
Provision of textural change and good colour contrast for changes in the level of path to prevent trip and fall due to misstep.
3 Alexandra Canal
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Corners at the edge of pavers are round type instead of pointy types to prevent injuries.
4 Alexandra Canal
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Stepping-stones with gaps in between that may have chances of anyone accidentally slip his foot into the gap. I understand that it serves an aesthetic purpose but the least we could provide is warning signs like “watch your step” or “mind the gap”. This is useful especially at night when the gaps are less visible.
5 Alexandra Canal
A swing gate with a ladder among to provide means of safe access for maintenance work so that contractors need not climb over the guardrails for access.
6 Alexandra Canal
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Edges of steps were clearly demarcated with bright strips of different contract or yellow colour paint strips.
7 Alexandra Canal
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Information/warning/prohibitory signage displayed on prominent locations to provide information to visitors of and to warn them of any dangers and prohibit them from certain areas.All were well maintained.
8 Alexandra Canal
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Access to the park connector not limited to the wheelchair bound. Ramp access with gradient of no steeper than 1:12 (BCA Guideline).
9 Alexandra Canal
Missing lifebuoy.
Provide a new lifebuoy.
10 Alexandra Canal
Apply anti-corrosion coating of paint to all brackets.
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Rusty lifebuoy bracket due to environmental effect.
11 Alexandra Canal
Lifebuoy with missing reflective Tape on 3 sides.
Damaged benches; missing timber planks.
12 Alexandra Canal
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Lifebuoy showed signs of misuse. It was left on the grass patch for quite a while.
13 Alexandra Canal
With reference to the ABC inspection checklist, triple yellow lines should be painted with bollards to mark to end of footpaths that leads to the road. But how are we sure that all pedestrians / cyclists using the footpath understand what the triple lines mean?Suggestion:Warning signage such as “approaching road” or “look out for on-coming vehicles” should be painted along with the triple yellow lines or on signboard as a additional control measure.
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14 Alexandra Canal
Damaged decking that can cause trip and fall.
To replace damaged decking.
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Project : Central Catchment ABC site Date : 23.09.2014 @ 1020Hrs
Subject : EHS AssessmentNo Location/Findings Improvement/ Rectification Action
1 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista
Information/warning/prohibitory signage displayed on prominent locations to provide information to visitors of and to warn them of any dangers and prohibit them from certain areas.
2 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista
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Railings along the whole stretch (as shown) were well maintained; no deformation or any cracks on its concrete base and paintwork not faded.
3 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista
A swing gate among the railings to provide means of safe access for maintenance work rather than having maintenance contractor climbing over the railing that could endanger them. It must always be locked to prevent trespassing as shown in the photo.
4 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista
Repairing of benches required.
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Damaged benches; missing timber planks.
5 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista
Edges of steps were clearly demarcated with bright strips of yellow colour paint.
6 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista
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Lifebuoys without any tagline and “Emergency use only” displayed on it.
Top photo showed that it’s missing the Self Adhesive reflective Tape on 4 sides of the lifebuoy.
7 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista
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Decking shows no signs of unevenness and with anti-slip threads that may cause any trip and fall.
8 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista
Water stagnation due to choked drain from accumulation of dry leaves.
To communicate this issue to party responsible (Town Council?).
9 Sg Kallang RC31 @ River Vista.
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Decking shows no signs of unevenness that may cause any trip and fall.
Changes in the level on the path that is not easy to see (e.g. small slope) must always be demarcated by applying strips of contrasting eye-catching colour paint (anti-slip type).
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