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.
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• 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 Working On Busy Construction Site Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unsecure site
- tripping hazards
- lack of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 2. Site Survey
- Inadequate lighting
- exposure to extreme weather conditions
- 3. Construction Equipment Setup
- Incorrectly handled/setup machinery
- lack of operator training
- 4. Material Handling
- Overexertion
- improper lifting techniques
- 5. Machine Operation
- Improper use or failure of safety devices
- unforeseen machine failures
- 6. Working at Heights
- Falls from heights
- usage of faulty equipment
- 7. Excavation Work
- Cave-ins
- falling loads
- hazardous atmospheres
- 8. Heavy Vehicle Operation
- Vehicle collisions
- unsafe load movement
- 9. Concrete Pouring
- Unexpected contact with concrete
- chemical burns
- 10. Electrical Work
- Electrical shock
- fire hazards
- inadequate grounding
- 11. Welding Operations
- Eye injuries
- exposure to harmful gases and fumes
- 12. Plumbing Installation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- eye injuries from piping work
- 13. Clean Up and Waste Disposal
- Improper disposal of hazardous materials
- cuts or puncture wounds
- 14. Inspection and Quality Checks
- Usage of faulty equipment
- trips and falls
- 15. Demobilisation
- Lifting injuries
- slips
- trips
- and falls
- 16. Emergency Response Process
- Not being able to access exit routes
- inadequate training given
- 17. Confined Spaces Work
- Lack of oxygen
- hazardous substances
- 18. Fire Prevention Measures
- Inadequate fire fighting training
- blocked fire exits
- 19. Noise Control Measures
- Potential hearing loss
- other physical stress injuries
- 20. End Of Day Procedures
- Fatigue
- lack of focus due to long working hours