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 Working In Exposure To Elements Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- Unclear communication
- 2. Equipment Check
- Faulty equipment
- Lack of protective gear
- 3. Worksite Analysis
- Unidentified hazards
- Weather-related risks
- 4. Material Handling
- Manual handling injuries
- exposure to harmful substances
- 5. Commencement of Work
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- Falling objects
- 6. Working at Heights
- Risk of falling
- Faulty safety harnesses
- 7. Electrical Safety
- Electrocution
- Electrical fire
- 8. Weather Monitoring
- Heat stroke
- Hypothermia
- Wind-related risks
- 9. Noise Control
- Hearing damage
- Distraction leading to accidents
- 10. Maintenance of Tools
- Injury from sharp edges
- Electric shocks from power tools
- 11. Hygiene Practices
- Exposure to germs/bacteria
- Skin irritation/allergies due to cleaning agents
- 12. Storage & Disposal
- Incorrect storage of hazardous substances
- Inadequate waste disposal
- 13. Review Procedures
- Inadequate review protocol
- missed hazard identification
- 14. Communication & Reporting
- Unclear instruction
- inaccurate report system can cause potential risks
- 15. Emergency Response Plan
- Delay in emergency response
- ineffective emergency measures
- 16. End of Work
- Incorrect tool shutdown procedure
- Mismanaged closing checks
- 17. Clean up Worksite
- Contact with hazardous waste
- Slips
- trips due to poor housekeeping
- 18. Transporting Workers/Equipment
- Vehicle accidents
- Inadequate securing of load
- 19. Regular Audit & Review
- Missing routine checkups can lead to unidentified risks
- 20. Working in Confined Spaces
- Suffocation
- absence of emergency exit
- Poor ventilation