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 Safety While Working During Extreme Weather Conditions Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Extreme weather conditions
- insufficient personal protective equipment
- 2. Heavy lifting
- Heat exhaustion
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- 3. Machine Maintenance
- Electric shock
- noise pollution
- 4. Working with chemicals
- Inappropriate storage of hazardous materials
- chemical spills
- 5. Use of Tools and Equipment
- Faulty or unguarded equipment
- improper use of tools
- 6. Working at Height
- Falls
- unstable working platforms
- 7. Waste Management
- Chemical exposure
- biohazards
- 8. Electrical Tasks
- Electrocution
- defective equipment
- 9. Driving and transportation
- Vehicle collisions
- load slippage
- 10. Night shift work
- Reduced visibility
- fatigue
- 11. Excavation work
- Structural collapse
- falling objects
- 12. Kitchen tasks (if applicable)
- Sharp object cut
- fires
- 13. Personal hygiene measures
- Diseases spread
- lack of clean water and supplies
- 14. Emergency Measures
- Unpreparedness
- lack of knowledge on first aid
- 15. Coffee Break and Debriefing
- Slip trash and waste items
- food safety issues
- 16. Cleaning Up
- Ineffective cleanup procedures
- chemical exposure