RISK ASSESSMENT: Risk assessment in special operations becomes necessary because of unforeseen incidents like the case of Ebeano Supermarket. There are many classes of risks as well as various risk assessments appropriate for each unique case.
A CASE OF EBEANO SUPERMARKET: The risks associated with Ebeano Supermarket include: legal risk, financial, operational risk, stakeholders risk (client, shareholders, creditors, authorities having jurisdiction, insurers, employees), and environmental risk.
A 9-year-old girl was seen in surveillance camera footage released by the security officials. The minor walked to the display of gas cylinders and walked away after some time before the fire incident started.
The case of legal risk investigating a minor and litigation as a result of the involvement of a minor if proof that the minor actually propagated the fire. Also, the legal aspect of insurance litigation is based on the operational safety level by the business and facility owner. Stakeholders such as shareholders and authorities having jurisdiction, employees in forms generally by loss of business downtown, loss of full remunerations, loss of dividends, loss of jobs, loss of capital for running business depending on the outcome of insurance claims, and financial loss incurred on legal damages by various affected stakeholders, loss of asset, injury and possible loss of life.
What is involved?
Scoping: In scoping risk, what is at risk has to be considered. As a result of this, the risk may be a financial risk, operational risk, client and legal risk in nature. Considering the case of Ebeano Supermarket, a huge sum of financial loss is involved, there was the loss of property, risk of losing life, and loss of downtown due to business continuity. These could lead to legal litigation processes with insurance underwriters and clients if the. The risk management workflow to be followed is thus stated below.
- RISK MANAGEMENT WORKFLOW
- Risk Identification.
- Risk Assessment.
- Risk Evaluation.
- Risk Monitoring and Review.
- Risk Communication and Consultation.
- SPECIAL HAZARD RISKS: Risks of special nature, especially associated with operational hazards. Unique kinds of hazards associated with trade shows or exhibitions may be propagated by:
- Occupancy Loading.
- Class of Fire.
- Level of Operational Risk.
- Type of Materials in Spaces.
- Operational Area of Coverage.
- Means of Access and Egress.
- Material of Construction.
WHAT WAS NEEDED IN THE CASE OF EBEANO SUPERMARKET?
- Isolation of trade display products.
- Display of such materials at a safe height.
- Provision of barriers to prevent unauthorized access and tampering.
- Facility-wide provision of passive fire safety engineering solutions to curtail the spread of fire.
- Provision of skilled operators to carry out demos for prospective customers.
- Provision of adequate fire detection systems facility-wide.
- Provision of adequate fire suppression systems in case of fire incidents.
- Engagement of trained fire fighting personnel for hazards associated with special operations.
- Carrying out a fire risk assessment for special kinds of events like trade shows and trade exhibitions.
- Carrying out annual fire risk assessment and re-certification for compliance with the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) like Lagos State Fire Service (LASFS).
- Control of movement in critical hazard areas by use of tagin and Tagout measure.
- Specialist RISK ENGINEERS carries out specialized systems and services risk assessment and provides specialized risk reduction solutions after risk evaluation. When the fire risk performance of a property is improved upon, it is leveraged to achieve a highly optimized engineering with risk reduced As Low As Reasonably Practicable
REFERENCE
Statistical Analysis of Fire Outbreaks in Homes and Public Buildings in Nigeria: A Case Study of Lagos State by Adebayo Adekunle et al.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327017484
Daily Post: July 28, 2021: Ebeano Arsonist: Experts speak on the fate of a 9-year-old suspect by Abdul Seye.
https://dailypost.ng/2021/07/28/ebeano-arsonist-experts-speak-on-fate-of-9-year-old-suspect/
Thisday Newspaper: July 29, 2021; The Tragedy at Ebeano Supermarket – The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi.
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/07/29/the-tragedy-at-ebeano-supermarket/
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- FINANCIAL LOSS AND BUSINESS INTERRUPTION DUE TO FAILURE IN ENGINEERING RISK CONTROL – THE EBEANO CASE
- LE CAS DUN GESTIONNAIRE DE RISQUES LE SUPERMARCHE EBEANO
- A RISK MANAGER CASE OF EBEANO SUPERMARKET
