Risk Assessment Part A Generic Hazards – Activity: Working at Heights Trestles and Staging – Client: Site: Date of Assessment: Risk - Risk prior Persons Control Hazards Harm to Control Required Control Measures Records/Actions at Risk Measures Measures Applied Incorrect selection Serious Injury S=4 Operatives/ Trestles, staging, ladders and stepladder will only be used Planning, Method S=3 of work method from fall L=3 Persons if there is no safer alternative available. Trestles and Statement, training, L=1 R= High adjacent staging will be used for short duration work only supervision R=Low Equipment Serious Injury S=4 Operatives/ Only authorised personnel will erect, modify or dismantle Training, supervision S=3 Failure/ incorrect from L=3 Persons staging and trestles L=1 assembly fall/collapse, R= High adjacent R=Low items falling Manual Handling MSD, back S=4 Operatives Manual Handling and regular refresher training to be Inspection, training and S=3 When carrying injury L=2 provided supervision L=1 and erecting R= Medium R=Low Defective Serious Injury S=4 Operatives Pre-use inspection, regular inspections Inspection, training and S=3 Equipment from L=3 supervision L=1 fall/collapse, R= High R=Low Fall of tools/ Injuries to S=4 Persons Adequate edge protection together with hand and Training, supervision S=1 equipment persons under L=3 adjacent intermediate must be incorporated into the L=2 R= High staging/trestle R= Low Fall from heights Serious Injury S=4 Operative Both feet will be kept on the working platform at all times. Training, supervision S=1 from fall L=3 Harnesses will be used if the required (assessment to be L=2 R= High carried out on the ground conditions prior to work R= Low commencing).
Risk Assessment Part A – Generic Hazards Activity: Working at Heights – Trestles and Staging Client: Site: Date of Assessment: Hazards Harm Risk prior to Control Measures Persons at Risk Required Control Measures Records/Actions Risk - Control Measures Applied Incorrect selection of work method Equipment Failure/ incorrect assembly Manual Handling When carrying and erecting Defective Equipment Fall of tools/ equipment Fall from heights Serious Injury from fall Serious Injury from fall/collapse, items falling MSD, back injury Serious Injury from fall/collapse, Injuries to persons under Serious Injury from fall S=4 L=3 R= High S=4 L=3 R= High S=4 L=2 R= Medium S=4 L=3 R= High S=4 L=3 R= High S=4 L=3 R= High Operatives/ Persons adjacent Operatives/ Persons adjacent Operatives Operatives Persons adjacent Operative Trestles, staging, ladders and stepladder will only be used if there is no safer alternative available. Trestles and staging will be used for short duration work only Only authorised personnel will erect, modify or dismantle staging and trestles Manual Handling and regular refresher training to be provided Pre-use inspection, regular inspections Adequate edge protection together with hand and intermediate must be incorporated into the staging/trestle Both feet will be kept on the working platform at all times. Harnesses will be used if the required (assessment to be carried out on the ground conditions prior to work commencing). Planning, Method Statement, training, supervision Training, supervision Inspection, training and supervision Inspection, training and supervision Training, supervision Training, supervision S=3 L=1 R=Low S=3 L=1 R=Low S=3 L=1 R=Low S=3 L=1 R=Low S=1 L=2 R= Low S=1 L=2 R= Low