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 Site Assessment And Soil Identification Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards due to equipment
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 2. Initial Site Assessment
- Slips and falls from uneven terrain
- Inadequate PPE usage
- 3. Soil Sampling
- Sharp objects
- Heavy lifting
- Hazardous biologic agents in the soil
- 4. Transporting Samples
- Manual handling injuries
- Vehicle related hazards
- 5. Labelling Samples
- Misidentification hazard
- Sharp object injuries
- 6. Sending For Testing
- Handling chemical hazards
- Miscommunication
- 7. Waiting For Results
- Psychological stress
- 8. Interpreting Results
- Extracting incorrect data
- Miscommunication
- 9. Write Report
- Incorrect analysis
- Ergonomic hazards
- 10. Discuss Findings
- Emotional distress if results are negative
- Wrong interpretation
- 11. Plan for Further Action
- Miscommunication leading to poor planning
- 12. Implementing methods
- Improper use of equipment
- exposure to harmful materials
- 13. Monitoring Process
- Fatigue
- Inaction in case of deviation
- 14. Documenting Procedure
- Calculative error
- Occurrence of repetitive strain injury
- 15. Review and Update Procedures
- Resistance to change
- Sustaining old hazards
- 16. Safety Training
- Inadequate understanding of safety procedures
- Emotional discomfort during training
- 17. Regular Maintenance Checks
- Improper maintenance
- overlooking minor errors
- manual handling injuries
- 18. Disposing Wastes
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- Improper disposal methods
- 19. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate knowledge on emergency procedures
- Panic during emergencies
- 20. Review and Feedback
- Overlooking feedbacks
- Resistance to improvement of safety procedures