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 Near Open Holes Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Exposure to hazardous gases or dusts
- 2. Equipment Check
- Malfunctioning equipment
- Electric shock
- 3. Area Inspection
- Fall from height
- Drowning (if water is present)
- 4. Setting up Barricades
- Struck by moving vehicle
- Falling objects
- 5. Signage Placement
- Physical strain
- Interference with vehicular traffic
- 6. Using Ladders
- Falls from height
- Trips due to clutter
- 7. Hole Covering/Blocking
- Entrapment
- Bodily injury from tools
- 8. Safety Harness Use
- Injury from improper fitting
- Damage from faulty harnesses
- 9. Material / Load Handling
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Getting caught between materials
- 10. Regular Review of Safety Measures
- Complacency leading to accidents
- Misunderstanding safety protocol
- 11. End Day Clean Up
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Chemical exposure
- 12. Documentation & Reporting
- Ergonomics
- Eye strain
- 13. Emergency Response Plans
- Inadequate knowledge of emergency protocol
- Panic during emergency
- 14. Tool Maintenance
- Tool malfunction
- Accidental tool activation
- 15. Equipment Shutdown
- Burns and shocks
- Unexpected machine startup
- 16. Site Security Check
- Unauthorized access
- Vandalism/security breaches
- 17. Periodic Inspection & Repair
- Inadequate maintenance
- Missed defects
- 18. Environmental Monitoring
- Exposure to hazardous gases or dust
- Noise-induced hearing loss
- 19. Training Safety Personnel
- Insufficient training
- Miscommunication of safety protocols
- 20. Safety Gear Review
- Damaged gear going unnoticed
- Ill-fitting safety equipment