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 Irrigation Repairs Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Equipment Check
- Equipment malfunction
- Electrical hazards
- 3. Transport to Site
- Traffic accidents
- Load security
- 4. Site Set-Up
- Inadequate space
- Incorrect setup
- 5. Identify Repair Needs
- Drowning hazard (open water)
- Sun burn
- 6. Fetching Tools
- Incidental contact with sharp objects
- Overexertion
- 7. Digging Around Pipes
- Struck by moving object
- cuts from sharp objects
- 8. Pipe Inspection
- Contact with hazardous substances
- Biological hazards
- 9. Pipe Removal
- Exposure to buried services
- Flying debris
- 10. New Pipe Installation
- Heavy lifting
- Noise hazards
- 11. Testing New Installation
- Water pressure surges
- Slips/trips on wet surfaces
- 12. Backfilling & Compact
- Finger/hand pinch points
- Dust inhalation
- 13. Site Cleaning
- Hazards related to waste disposal
- Sharps Injury
- 14. Equipment Return
- Trip and fall hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- 15. Documentation Completion
- Repetitive strain injury
- Poor ergonomics
- 16. Post-Job Briefing
- Attention errors due to fatigue
- Miscommunication
- 17. Travel Back to Depot
- Traffic accidents
- Load security
- 18. Equipment Maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- Equipment malfunction
- 19. Report Writing
- Repetitive strain injury
- Eye strain
- 20. End of Shift
- Fatigue
- Stress related to job conclusion