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 Public Ground Work Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to chemicals
- 2. Site Assessment
- Slipping/tripping hazards
- Injury from moving objects
- 3. Loading Equipment
- Falling from height
- Being struck by moving objects
- 4. Travelling to Site
- Traffic accidents
- Breakdowns/emergencies
- 5. Unloading Equipment
- Injuries from heavy lifting
- Falling from height
- 6. Site Set Up
- Electrical hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- 7. Excavation Process
- Cave-ins or collapses
- Falling into excavations
- 8. Material Handling
- Struck by flying/falling object
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- 9. Machinery Use
- Contact with moving parts
- Electrical hazards
- 10. Power Tool Use
- Noise
- vibration
- dust
- 11. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- Manual handling injuries
- 12. Inspections
- Incorrect assessments
- Exposure to unsafe conditions
- 13. Incident Reporting
- Non-compliance
- Delay in response
- 14. Breakdown/Clean up
- Manual handling injuries
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 15. Return Travel
- Traffic accident
- Vehicle breakdown
- 16. Un-gearing
- Injuries from heavy lifting
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 17. Equipment Maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- Chemical exposures
- 18. Reporting & Recording
- Non-compliance
- Incorrect recording
- 19. Contingency Planning
- Unknown hazards/climate changes
- Ignoring safety procedures
- 20. Conclusion/Review
- Not addressing improvements
- Ignoring feedback