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 Road Header Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Lack of safety briefings
- shared workspaces
- 2. Route Setting
- Poor visibility
- traffic hazards
- 3. Excavation
- Mistakes in operation
- unmarked utilities
- 4. Spoil Handling
- Manual handling injuries
- vehicular movement
- 5. Bolt Installation
- Falling objects
- equipment failure
- 6. Scaling
- Loose rocks
- working at height risks
- 7. Meshing
- Cutting hazards
- over-exertion
- 8. Shotcreting
- Dust exposure
- wet environments
- 9. Cleaning
- Slippery surfaces
- incorrect manual handling
- 10. Maintenance
- Equipment failure
- electrical hazards
- 11. Demobilisation
- Lifting heavy items
- trip hazards
- 12. Reporting
- Inadequate reporting
- misunderstood communications
- 13. Power Down
- Contact with live wire
- improper shutdown
- 14. Inspections
- Overlooking faults
- inadequate inspections
- 15. Final Clean-up
- Disposal of waste
- environmental impact
- 16. Record Keeping
- Incorrect data entry
- privacy breach
- 17. Material Handover
- Miscommunication
- incorrect documentation
- 18. Stock Check
- Inaccurate inventory count
- misplaced materials
- 19. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate training
- panic amongst workers
- 20. Site Shutdown
- Rushed procedures
- trip and fall hazards