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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.
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The Hazardous Area Certified Works Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Contact with harmful substances
- 2. Inspection of work area
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- Exposure to radiant heat
- 3. Setup equipment
- Crushing injuries from equipment
- Electrical shocks
- 4. Operation commencement
- Accidents due to lack of training
- Burns from hot surfaces
- 5. Regular monitoring
- Mental stress from long hours
- Repetitive strain injury
- 6. Maintenance works
- Inhalation of toxic fumes
- Cuts from sharp tools
- 7. Breakdown management
- Injuries due to panic or confusion
- Accidental activation of machinery
- 8. QHSE procedures follow-ups
- Non-compliance risks
- incorrectly reporting incidents
- 9. Shutdown procedure
- Noise exposure
- Crush injuries from de-energising machinery
- 10. Clean-up procedure
- Exposure to chemicals
- Slips on wet floors
- 11. Waste Management
- Contact with hazardous waste
- Inaccurate labeling of waste
- 12. Restocking supplies
- Injury from lifting heavy objects
- Falls from height
- 13. Regular training
- Lack of participation
- Inadequate understanding of safety measures
- 14. Emergency procedures practises
- Incorrect following of procedures
- Panic during drills
- 15. End of shift checklists
- Omission of any steps
- unsafe security measures during closing
- 16. Daily reporting
- Data insecurity and breach risks
- Mistakes in data entry
- 17. Equipment checks
- Faults not identified
- Injuries from faulty equipment
- 18. Technical assessment
- Misinterpretation of technical documents
- Improper testing procedures
- 19. Regular scrubbing & sanitation
- Inadequate disposal of cleaning materials
- bleach burns
- 20. Backup procedure check
- Mismanagement of backup resources
- non-availability of key supplies