Roofing risk assessment checklist
Working at height assessment checklist
What does this form include?
This form contains 9 sections:
General Hazards
- Do you ensure that there are no trip hazards to the general public presented by trailing cables/equipment by cordoning off and displaying signs
- Do you ensure that there are no slip hazard presented from wet pathways/walkway to general public by cordon and signage
- Do you ensure that the operators are wearing PPE
- Do you ensure there is no electrocution hazard from working near to power sources
Equipment
- When choosing equipment do you consider the duration and extent of work
- When choosing equipment do you consider the height and conditions at which work has to be done
Maintenance
- Do you carry out a pre-use visual inspection - obvious defects in equipment
- Do you have regular documented management inspections that takes into account the degree of use of equipment. In practise six monthly inspections are recommended
- Do you have procedures in place for handling any defects found that would include repair or replacement
Roof Work
- Is there edge protection to stop people or materials falling
- Have you identified fragile materials such as cement sheets and roof lights
- Have you taken precautions to stop people falling through fragile materials when working on the roof, eg by providing barriers, covers or working platforms
- Are people kept away from the area below the roof work? If this is not possible, have additional precautions been taken to stop debris falling onto them
Tools & Machinery
- Are the right tools or machinery being use for the job and all in good repair and operating correctly
- Are all operators trained and competent
Hazardous Substances
- Have you identified all harmful substances and materials, such as asbestos, lead, solvents, paints
- Do you ensure the chemicals/solvents that are used are safe for the operator and do not prevent a risk to the environment
- Do you ensure the cleaning chemicals that are used are safe for the operator
- Have you controlled exposure to hazardous substances by doing the work in a different way, to remove the risk entirely
- Have you controlled exposure to hazardous substances by using a less hazardous material
- Do you ensure that the work area is well ventilated when mixing cement materials
- Do you provide suitable respiratory protection against dust
Protecting the Public
- Is the work fenced off from the public
- Are the public protected from falling material
- When work has stopped for the day is the boundary secure and undamaged and all ladders removed
- When work has stopped for the day is all plant immobilised to prevent unauthorised use
- When work has stopped for the day are chemicals or dangerous substances locked away in secure storage places
Hot Works Permit
- Has a risk assessment been carried out
- Are operatives trained in use of equipment
- Is area clear of all combustible materials
- Will a firewatcher be necessary & provided
- Have the correct type of fire extinguishers been provided and are fully charged and inspected
- Are flashback arresters fitted to gas cylinders
Any Additional Precautions
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