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 Shopping Trolley Collection Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Trolley collection area assessment
- Struck by moving vehicles
- Exposure to weather conditions
- 3. Setting up PPE
- Incorrect PPE usage
- Allergic reactions
- 4. Identifying loose trolleys
- Collision with pedestrians
- Struck by runaway trolleys
- 5. Moving individual trolleys to collection point
- Manual handling injuries
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 6. Assembling trolley train
- Pinch points
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- 7. Attaching towing equipment
- Equipment malfunction
- Caught in or between objects
- 8. Towing trolley train to storage area
- Collision with obstacles
- Poor visibility
- 9. Navigating through car park
- Struck by moving vehicles
- Collision with parked cars
- 10. Entering/leaving lifts and ramps
- Fall from height
- Collision with lift doors
- 11. Maneuvering around corners and pillars
- Impact injuries
- Damage to property
- 12. Detaching towing equipment
- Pinch points
- Equipment malfunction
- 13. Disassembling trolley train
- Pinch points
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- 14. Returning trolleys to designated areas
- Manual handling injuries
- Impact with store fixtures
- 15. Reporting damaged trolleys
- Cut
- punctured
- or scratched by sharp edges
- Hazardous materials exposure
- 16. Cleanup of work area
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 17. Maintenance checks on towing equipment
- Equipment failure
- Electrical hazards