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 Underpinning Existing Structures Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Traffic hazards
- Manual handling risks
- 2. Document Review
- Inaccurate information
- Lack of understanding
- 3. Site Inspection
- Risks from existing structures
- Fall hazards
- 4. Equipment Gathering
- Incorrect tools and equipment
- Injury from lifting heavy items
- 5. Briefing Team
- Miscommunication
- Failure to understand instructions
- 6. Marking Out Area
- Wrong dimensions
- Slips and trips
- 7. Setting Up Supports
- Collapse of structure
- Working at height risks
- 8. Underpinning Works
- Structural instability
- Accidental damage to property
- 9. Loading and Unloading materials
- Manual handling injuries
- Forklift operations
- 10. Excavation
- Mudslides
- Collapse of sides
- Striking utility services
- 11. Installing Temporary Supports
- Failure of supports
- Falling objects
- 12. Concrete Pour
- Chemical Burns
- Dust Inhalation
- 13. Inspecting Work
- Working at height
- Faulty equipment
- 14. Clean-Up Process
- Tripping over debris
- Cutting or piercing injuries
- 15. Demobilisation Process
- Traffic hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- 16. Documentation and Reporting
- Lost files
- Incorrect document usage
- 17. Final Inspection
- Risk from uncured concrete
- Risk from incomplete works
- 18. Decommission and pack up
- Manual handling risks
- Traffic hazards
- 19. Reviewing Work Process
- Incomplete assessment
- Overlooking minor details
- 20. Curing Concrete
- Chemical burns
- Inadequate curing conditions