Ensure your workplace remains safe and compliant with our versatile risk assessment templates, designed to meet Australia’s Work Health and Safety (WHS) standards. These professionally crafted documents follow a consistent, structured approach that can be adapted for any industry or task.
Key Features:
• Uniform Structure: Each template includes clearly defined sections for job steps, potential hazards, risk matrices, control measures, and emergency procedures.
• Comprehensive Hazard Identification: Systematically record foreseeable hazards at every stage of your work process—from preparation and equipment checks to final debriefing.
• Customisable Details: Easily insert your organisation’s information, project specifics, and relevant legislative references, ensuring the document meets your unique operational needs.
• Regulatory Compliance: Built to align with Australia’s WHS legislation and Codes of Practice, these templates include guidance notes and reference links to help you stay compliant.
• Emergency Preparedness & Documentation: Integrated sections for emergency response planning and thorough documentation review ensure all critical safety information is captured and easily accessible.
Whether you’re managing a construction site, operating machinery, or overseeing any other workplace activity, our generic risk assessment templates provide a robust framework for identifying risks, implementing effective control measures, and maintaining a safe working environment. Download today to streamline your risk management processes and promote a culture of safety in your organisation.
The Adapting To Changing Work Processes Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Muscle strains from lifting heavy items
- 2. Assessing work area
- Falling objects
- Electrical hazards
- 3. Setting up equipment
- Machinery malfunction
- Incorrect use of tools
- 4. Commencing work
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Chemical exposure
- 5. Material handling
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 6. Machine operation
- Noise
- Equipment malfunction
- 7. Housekeeping
- Tripping over loose objects
- Slippery floors
- 8. Breaks and rest periods
- Poor ergonomics
- Fatigue
- 9. Maintenance works
- Machinery mishaps
- Electrical shocks
- 10. Dealing with changes
- Miscommunication
- Unfamiliar process risks
- 11. Shutting down operations
- Rushing
- Inadequate training leading to incorrect shutdown
- 12. Reporting and documentation
- Incorrect data entry
- Miscommunication
- 13. Transporting equipment
- Motor mishaps
- Manual handling injuries
- 14. Barrier removal
- Struck by moving machinery
- Falling debris
- 15. Debriefing and feedback
- Negative interactions with peers
- Miscommunication
- 16. Incident response
- Slow reaction time
- Panic-induced mistakes
- 17. Adapting to new processes
- Unfamiliarity
- Confusion to new rules and regulations
- 18. Equipment testing
- Malfunction
- Exposure to chemicals
- 19. Worksite clean-up
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- Manual handling injuries
- 20. Post-work step: reviewing work
- Missed issues
- Inadequate review procedures