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.
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The Sutton Finisher Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping
- Incorrect lifting techniques
- 2. Pre-operational checks
- Equipment failure
- Electric shock
- 3. Site set up
- Falling objects
- Tripping over tools
- 4. Operating the finisher
- Noise exposure
- Inhalation of dust
- 5. Routine maintenance
- Exposure to sharp objects
- Slipping on oil spills
- 6. Loading material
- Machinery entrapment
- Heavy lifting injuries
- 7. Unloading finished product
- Injury from falling object
- Strains from incorrect lifting
- 8. Clean up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Cuts from sharp edges
- 9. Emergency shut down
- Panic induced accidents
- Electrical Shock
- 10. Breakdown and packing
- Falls from height
- Heavy lifting injuries
- 11. Transporting equipment
- Vehicle accident
- Loading/unloading injuries
- 12. Storing equipment
- Falling objects
- Tripping on stored items
- 13. Decommissioning equipment
- Electric shock
- Exposure to Hazardous chemicals
- 14. End of day procedures
- Fatigue related incidents
- Failure to secure site
- 15. Record keeping and reporting
- Data breach
- Incorrect entries leading to potential risks
- 16. Debriefing and evaluation
- Psycho-social stressors
- Miscommunications resulting in misunderstanding
- 17. Waste disposal
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Cuts from sharp edges
- 18. Safety and quality checks
- Faulty equipment undetected
- Breach in safety protocols
- 19. Recovery after breakdown or incident
- Panic induced incidents
- Emergency management failure
- 20. Site handover
- Unsafe conditions left for next users
- Miscommunications to new site operatives