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Amusement Ride Maintenance Risk Assessment

This risk assessment covers maintenance activities on amusement rides, from pre-maintenance planning and isolation through to testing and return to service.

Activities covered include

  • Review maintenance scope, ride condition, available information, testing needs and communication arrangements
  • Manage electrical inspection, fault finding and testing hazards
  • Check that tools, people, guards, interlocks and safety devices are appropriately managed before functional testing and handback

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Product Overview

This risk assessment covers maintenance activities on amusement rides, from pre-maintenance planning and isolation through to testing and return to service. It supports identifying energy, access, moving-part, lifting, electrical, public-interface and emergency hazards throughout the work.

Activities & Risks Covered

This assessment addresses activities and risks including:

  • Review maintenance scope, ride condition, available information, testing needs and communication arrangements
  • Isolate ride systems and control electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and gravity energy
  • Establish exclusion zones and separate maintenance work from the public and nearby activity
  • Manage access to elevated components, including fall risks, dropped objects and rescue considerations
  • Control exposure to moving parts, sharp edges, damaged components and removed guards
  • Manage electrical inspection, fault finding and testing hazards
  • Plan lifting, rigging, removal and refitting of heavy ride components
  • Manage hazards in pits, voids and other confined or restricted-access areas
  • Control exposure to oils, greases, cleaning chemicals, heat, pressure, fumes and noise
  • Check that tools, people, guards, interlocks and safety devices are appropriately managed before functional testing and handback

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out amusement ride maintenance activities.

Activities & Hazards Covered

Activity Potential Hazards
Planning and pre-maintenance checks
  • Incorrect maintenance scope or unsafe assumptions about ride condition
  • Unidentified defects, modified components or overdue inspections
  • Workers starting without current manuals, test requirements or communication arrangements
  • Unclear public interface creating exposure to workers or bystanders
Isolation and lockout of ride systems
  • Unexpected start-up or stored energy release
  • Exposure to electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical or gravity energy
  • Workers removing guards or entering danger zones before plant is made safe
  • Inadvertent re-energisation during testing or handover
Exclusion zones and public separation
  • Members of the public entering the maintenance area
  • Workers struck by moving plant, tools or materials
  • Unauthorised access to elevated or restricted ride areas
  • Poor coordination with nearby ride operations, deliveries or contractors
Access, work at height and elevated components
  • Falls from platforms, ladders, ride structures or EWPs
  • Dropped tools or parts striking persons below
  • Unstable access equipment or unsuitable anchor points
  • Rescue delays after a fall or suspension event
Mechanical components, guarding and moving parts
  • Entanglement, crushing, shearing or trapping in moving parts
  • Contact with sharp edges, worn components or ejected parts
  • Failure of restraints, pins, linkages, chains or bearings during maintenance
  • Guard removal exposing workers to danger zones
Electrical inspection, fault finding and testing
  • Electric shock, arc flash or burns
  • Incorrect isolation or backfeed from control systems
  • Testing on live circuits exposing workers to energised parts
  • Damaged leads, tools or electrical enclosures
Lifting, rigging and component handling
  • Dropped loads or uncontrolled movement of parts
  • Crush injuries during removal or refitting of heavy components
  • Incorrect slinging, overloading or unsuitable lifting points
  • Workers positioned under suspended loads
Confined spaces, pits and restricted access areas
  • Oxygen deficiency or hazardous atmosphere in pits, voids or enclosed spaces
  • Entrapment, poor access or delayed rescue
  • Ingress of services, fluids or energy into the space
  • Poor visibility and communication
Hazardous substances, heat, pressure and noise
  • Exposure to oils, greases, cleaning chemicals, fumes or battery hazards
  • Burns from hot surfaces, welding, braking components or hydraulic systems
  • Injection injuries or release from pressurised lines
  • Noise affecting communication or hearing
Recommissioning, functional testing and return to service
  • Ride restarted with tools, persons or temporary restraints still in place
  • Safety devices, guards or interlocks not restored
  • Unexpected movement during testing
  • Faults missed during handback leading to harm to workers or patrons

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Legislation & References

The template records model guidance used to inform the documented controls. Applicable WHS/OHS laws and adopted Codes vary by state or territory, so confirm the current local requirements when tailoring the assessment:

  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace — Assessing plant risks — work practices and procedures; p. 20.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities — 2. The work environment; p. 13.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Confined spaces — 3.4 Assessing the risks; p. 24.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing electrical risks in the workplace — 2.1 Identifying the hazards; p. 14.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls at workplaces — 3.2 Identifying the hazards; p. 16.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work — 5. Controlling the risks; p. 29.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Welding processes — 1.3 What is involved in managing risks associated with welding processes?; p. 10.
Standard Risk Assessment Features (Click to Expand)
  • Activity-specific hazard identification and control measures
  • Initial and residual risk ratings
  • Assigned responsible persons for each activity
  • Risk matrix and assessment classification
  • Review, monitoring and sign-off fields
  • Site-specific customisation before use

Suitable for Industries

Manufacturing and ProductionElectrical and SolarHospitality and Events

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