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Confined Spaces Risk Assessment

This Confined Spaces Risk Assessment covers planning, entry, internal work, rescue and completion activities for confined spaces.

Activities covered include

  • Plan the work scope and assess whether entry is necessary
  • Manage entry, exit and internal work conditions
  • Complete the work, exit the space and reinstate the area

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Confined Spaces Risk Assessment
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Product Overview

This Confined Spaces Risk Assessment covers planning, entry, internal work, rescue and completion activities for confined spaces. It supports identifying hazards and planning controls for atmospheric conditions, access, isolation, communication and emergency response.

Activities & Risks Covered

This assessment addresses activities and risks including:

  • Plan the work scope and assess whether entry is necessary
  • Set up access control, signage and exclusion arrangements
  • Isolate connected plant, services and stored energy
  • Assess atmospheric contamination and oxygen levels
  • Manage entry, exit and internal work conditions
  • Maintain communication, standby arrangements and supervision
  • Control tools, electrical equipment and ignition sources
  • Plan rescue and emergency response arrangements
  • Complete the work, exit the space and reinstate the area

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out confined space work.

Activities & Hazards Covered

Activity Potential Hazards
Planning and scope of work
  • Entering a space that should not be entered because the task could be done externally
  • Inadequate hazard identification for atmosphere, residues, engulfment, access, lighting or nearby plant
  • Unclear job scope, changed conditions or overlapping work creating uncontrolled risks
Access control, signage and exclusion zone
  • Unauthorised entry into the confined space
  • Workers or mobile plant interfering with entry points, hoses, cables or rescue equipment
  • Public or other work groups entering the area and being exposed to hazardous atmosphere or plant movement
Isolation of plant, services and stored energy
  • Unexpected start-up of plant connected to the space
  • Release of electricity, gas, steam, chemicals, pressure, liquids or solids into the space
  • Entanglement, crushing, burning or drowning due to unisolated equipment or services
Atmospheric contamination and oxygen levels
  • Oxygen-deficient or oxygen-enriched atmosphere
  • Toxic gases, vapours, fumes, dusts or residues
  • Flammable atmosphere leading to fire or explosion
Entry, exit and internal work environment
  • Restricted access or difficult egress delaying escape or rescue
  • Slips, trips and falls on ladders, wet surfaces, uneven flooring or poor access openings
  • Heat, humidity, poor lighting or awkward postures causing fatigue, errors or injury
Communication, standby and supervision
  • Loss of contact with workers inside the space
  • Delayed recognition of distress, contamination, collapse or changing conditions
  • Work continuing without effective oversight or permit compliance
Tools, electrical equipment and ignition sources
  • Electric shock from damaged leads, wet conditions or unsuitable equipment
  • Ignition of flammable atmosphere by hot work, sparks, static, lighting or electrical tools
  • Injury from tool failure, poor housekeeping or dropped objects in a restricted space
Rescue and emergency response
  • Collapse, unconsciousness or entrapment without timely rescue
  • Standby person or other workers entering for an improvised rescue and becoming casualties
  • Emergency services delayed due to poor access, unclear location or missing rescue equipment
Completion, exit and reinstatement
  • Worker left in the space after work is believed complete
  • Premature removal of controls or reinstatement of plant while people are still at risk
  • Residual contamination, tools or waste left behind creating later exposure or plant damage

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Acceptance Guaranteed: If your client or principal requests changes during document review, BlueSafe will help revise the document at no extra cost and support resubmission until it is accepted.

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: Confined spaces — 3.4 Assessing the risks; p. 24.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities — 2. The work environment; p. 13.
  • 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: How to manage work health and safety risks — 5. Step 4 — How to review controls; p. 27.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: First aid in the workplace — 3. First aid equipment, facilities and training; p. 12.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks — 4.1 The hierarchy of control measures; p. 31.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work — Provide sufficient breaks while at work; p. 30.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace — Plant hazard identification — Traffic movements in the workplace; p. 17.
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

Building and ConstructionTransport and LogisticsManufacturing and ProductionWarehousing and DistributionCivil Construction and EarthworksMining and ResourcesPlumbing and Gasfitting

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