anyone know where I can get a decent free template for Risk and Method Statement , first time ive been asked for one !
Thanks in advance
Thanks very much apreciate thatIf you let me know your email address , I can send over some generic ones we use .
They cover most things , and they are word docs from memory so you can add to them if you want.
One of the main things we put in the RAMS is that we need a clear area, with no one working underneath . Yet it's their guys who stroll around under the baskets and the loads, with nothing but a high viz to protect them .
Maybe but it keeps you out of jail if one of your guys forks up. Everyone should have RAMS even if they are incredibly basic. Beats standing in the dock coz someone's dead and you got no way of proving you got your bit right.
its only fitting Handrails up a staircase ,8 flights , been told the stairs will be off limits for the whole Office Block
and I have to weld where the top two rails fix on to steel uprights , so a small weld on site ! I will have a go at writing something out tomorrow night got to email it in for wed morning!
A single pager would cover that. A couple of lines to outline the procedure and a risk-assessment to identify hazards and outline what you're doing about them to reduce the risk level. The key phrase is 'as far as is reasonably practical'.
So, your key risks would seem to be:
Falls from height (industry's no1 killer)
Falling materials
Hot works
Manual handling
Electrocution
Falls from height you have temporary barriers/edge protection or as a last resort, fall restraint. If you use fall restraint you need a rescue plan.
Falling materials is easy - solid barriers (not tape, considered inadequate) to form an exclusion zone below. With signage.
Hot works - permit, fire extinguishers (2of them nowadays to comply with ACOP) 1hr fire watch after works finish
Manual handling - assessment of load size shape and access.
Electrocution - 110v tools, inspected and PAT tested.
Other than that you need to identify who is at risk (operatives, public, other trades etc) and who is resoonsible for communicating the risk assessment.
A single pager would cover that. A couple of lines to outline the procedure and a risk-assessment to identify hazards and outline what you're doing about them to reduce the risk level. The key phrase is 'as far as is reasonably practical'.
So, your key risks would seem to be:
Falls from height (industry's no1 killer)
Falling materials
Hot works
Manual handling
Electrocution
Falls from height you have temporary barriers/edge protection or as a last resort, fall restraint. If you use fall restraint you need a rescue plan.
Falling materials is easy - solid barriers (not tape, considered inadequate) to form an exclusion zone below. With signage.
Hot works - permit, fire extinguishers (2of them nowadays to comply with ACOP) 1hr fire watch after works finish
Manual handling - assessment of load size shape and access.
Electrocution - 110v tools, inspected and PAT tested.
Other than that you need to identify who is at risk (operatives, public, other trades etc) and who is resoonsible for communicating the risk assessment.