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 Fetch Keys From High Places Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping over objects
- improper storage of tools
- 2. Ladder Selection
- Using incorrect ladder for the task
- ladder instability
- 3. Ladder Inspection
- Illegal operation
- lack of awareness about inspection requirements
- 4. Ladder Set Up
- Slip or trip hazard
- incorrect angle set up
- 5. Ascending and Descending
- Wrong footing
- carrying heavy burden while ascending/descending
- 6. Working at Height
- Fall from height
- improper use of fall protection
- 7. Fetching Keys
- Strains due to reaching
- dropped objects
- 8. Descending with Keys
- Trip hazards while descending
- handling issues due to distraction
- 9. Key Handling
- Injury due to improper key handling
- 10. Ladder Dismantling
- Improper method of dismantling
- not using PPE
- 11. Post Task Cleanup
- Slips and trips due to cleaning chemicals
- mishandling of waste materials
- 12. Equipment Storage
- Incorrectly stored equipment causing hazards
- inadequate space for storing
- 13. Record and Report
- Poor record keeping leading to lack of hazard tracking
- misinterpretation of data
- 14. Incident Response
- Poor incident response leading to increased severity of incidents
- improper first aid provision
- 15. Review & Improvements
- Not addressing identified risks appropriately
- lack of continuous improvement in SWMS