EXAMPLE 1 - RISK ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET

Carried out by:

Joe Bloggs

Date:

6th 9th November 2008

Details of activity: Estates Maintenance staff changing University Office car park street lamps using a Mobile Elevating Working Platform (MEWP)

Staff/contractors involved in activity: Joe Bloggs (supervisor), John Smith, Peter Wilson and James Reid
HAZARD

RISK

WHO IS AT RISK?

ACTIVITIES WHERE
RISK MAY BE
ENCOUNTERED

CONTROL MEASURES
IN PLACE

FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED

Work at height.

Falling from height

Maintenance
staff

Lifting light fittings

off/onto top of
lighting posts.

Hard hats worn by

Estates staff working
on the ground.

Pedestrians

Using hand tools

whilst working from
MEWP basket.

Standby man working

on ground to prevent
pedestrians walking
under the MEWP.

Harness with work restraint

lanyard to be worn.
Note: the work restraint must
be the correct length to
prevent those in the basket
leaning out of it.

Dropping objects
from height.

Staff working
below the MEWP.
Operating mobile
elevating working
platform.

Overturning the
MEWP

Maintenance
staff

Colliding with
buildings, vehicles
or other structures
(e.g. lampposts)

Pedestrians

Moving the MEWP

along roads.

Staff working
below the MEWP

MEWP breaking
down and staff
being left stranded
in the basket.

Example 1 - Risk assessment worksheet completed example

Location where
MEWP sited to be
checked beforehand
to ensure ground will
provide a stable base
(e.g. no manholes,
soft ground etc)

Barriers to be put up around

base of MEWP, standby man
to stay outside of these.
Only staff holding an
International Powered Access
Federation (IPAF)
qualification will be
permitted to operate the
MEWP and act as a standby
man.

Staff to be given a
toolbox talk on the
safe use of MEWPs.

Check that MEWP has

received an inspection by a
competent person within the
last 6 months.

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HAZARD

RISK

WHO IS AT RISK?

ACTIVITIES WHERE
RISK MAY BE
ENCOUNTERED

CONTROL MEASURES
IN PLACE

FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED

Working with
electricity

Electrocution

Maintenance
staff

Removing and
replacing light fitting.

Staff will use

insulated tools when
carrying out work.

Power supplies to lighting to

be isolated, proved dead and
locked off (padlocks of all
those carrying out electrical
works to be applied).
Override time clock for lights
(so that they should be on).
After the power supplies
have been isolated go round
each of the lights to be
worked on to check that they
are off.

Traffic

Risk of
maintenance staff
being hit by
moving vehicles.

Maintenance
staff

Moving and working

with MEWP in car
park and main access
road.

Risk of damaging
parked vehicles.

Example 1 - Risk assessment worksheet completed example

Staff will wear high

vis-vests.

Fuses to be pulled from base

of lampposts then kept in
toolbox. If any of the work
team have to leave the work
area before the work is
complete, they must check
that the fuses have not been
replaced during their
absence before they start
work again.
Areas where MEWPs to be
used to be cordoned off with
cones and barrier tape to
prevent cars parking near
work area.

No lighting in car
park

Risk of trips and

slips when it is
dark.
Increased security
risk.

Pedestrians
Staff and
students

Example 1 - Risk assessment worksheet completed example

Walking across car

parks when it is dark.

Temporary lighting to be
installed before the works
are carried out.
Ensure that the new lamps
are working at the end of the
job before removing the
temporary lighting.