Site Cleaning Housekeeping and Waste Management Risk Assessment

Product Overview

This risk assessment covers site cleaning, housekeeping and waste management activities across work areas, accessways and waste storage locations. It supports planning and managing hazards associated with cleaning, waste handling, chemicals, shared areas and end-of-task checks.

Activities & Risks Covered

This assessment addresses activities and risks including:

• Set up work areas, warning arrangements and waste storage locations before cleaning starts.
• Clean floors, walkways and work areas while managing wet surfaces, accessways and shared-area movement.
• Collect, contain and segregate waste to manage cuts, contamination and disposal hazards.
• Move bins, bags and cleaning equipment across ramps, thresholds and uneven ground.
• Use cleaning chemicals while managing splashes, vapours, incompatible products and spills.
• Clean up dust, dry waste and airborne contaminants in work areas.
• Manage bin compounds and waste storage areas to reduce overflow, odours, access and hygiene issues.
• Coordinate waste collection activities around vehicles, plant and pedestrians.
• Use powered cleaning equipment and electrical leads in work areas.
• Respond to spills and incidents, then check that chemicals, equipment and residual hazards are managed at task completion.

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out site cleaning, housekeeping and waste management activities.

Activities & Hazards Covered

Legislation & References

The template records model guidance used to inform the documented controls. Applicable WHS/OHS laws and adopted Codes vary by state or territory, so confirm the current local requirements when tailoring the assessment:

• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities — 1.2 Managing risks associated with the work environment and facilities; p. 12.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks — 4.1 The hierarchy of control measures; p. 31.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace — Plant hazard identification — Traffic movements in the workplace; p. 17.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace — 2.1 How to identify which chemicals are hazardous; p. 15.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: First aid in the workplace — 3. First aid equipment, facilities and training; p. 12.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work — Provide sufficient breaks while at work; p. 30.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work — 5. Controlling the risks; p. 29.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks — 3. Step 2 — How to assess risks; p. 15.

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Standard Risk Assessment Features (Click to Expand)

• Activity-specific hazard identification and control measures
• Initial and residual risk ratings
• Assigned responsible persons for each activity
• Risk matrix and assessment classification
• Review, monitoring and sign-off fields
• Site-specific customisation before use