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 Harbor Clearance Diving Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping over diving gear
- Inadequate training for personnel
- 2. Safety Briefing
- Miscommunication
- Lack of understanding
- 3. Gear Check
- Faulty equipment
- Diving gear not fit-for-use
- 4. Dive Preparation
- Incorrect dive site preparation
- Poor weather conditions
- 5. Enter Water
- Risk of drowning
- Slip or fall hazard
- 6. Underwater Navigation
- Poor visibility
- Encountering dangerous marine life
- 7. Clearance Work
- Unexpected obstruction
- Engulfment hazard
- Explosive material risk
- 8. Surface Communication
- Communication failure
- Incorrect signalling
- 9. Emergency protocols
- Inadequacy of emergency procedures
- Panic or distress situation handling
- 10. Exit Water
- Rapid ascent risk
- Slip or fall hazard
- 11. Post Dive Checks
- Inadequate decompression
- Dive injury unnoticed
- 12. Equipment Maintenance
- Improper maintenance
- Missed damage or wear in gear
- 13. Reporting
- Missed incident reporting
- Inadequate data recording
- 14. Debriefing
- Miscommunication
- Lack of understanding
- 15. Rest and Recuperation
- Insufficient rest
- Fatigue
- 16. Health Checks
- Undiagnosed medical condition
- Physical strain from diving
- 17. Training and Updating skills
- Inadequate ongoing training
- skills not up-to-date
- 18. Preparing for next dive
- Complacency
- Inadequate preparation for changing conditions
- 19. Risk assessment for new conditions
- Overlooked hazards
- Inadequate risk control measures
- 20. Continuous Monitoring of Operations
- Lack of constant vigilance
- Missed changes in conditions