Arboriculture Site Specific Risk Assessment - Emergency Work Tree Work Operations - out of hours

• INSPECTED BY

• Date

  Date
• Site Location and Postcode
  Address

• Client & Contact Number

• Emergency Priority

  Select Level 1 low priority no immediate danger. Can be coned off/barrier tape used and done in daylight? Level 2 medium priority attend when available. Can be coned off/barrier tape used and done in daylight? Level 3 high priority immediate action required. Danger to life.

  • Level 1 low priority no immediate danger. Can be coned off/barrier tape used and done in daylight?
  • Level 2 medium priority attend when available. Can be coned off/barrier tape used and done in daylight?
  • Level 3 high priority immediate action required. Danger to life.

• Wind speed, is the wind speed high enough or the site exposed enough to cause nearby trees to fall or branches and debris fall or cause injury?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• STOP all work and make the site safe and wait until conditions improve

• Do you have necessary equipment available to carry out the work safely? Consider winch, tractor etc

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Can the tree be made safe until the correct equipment is available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Barrier and use signs to keep public away from work site and locate correct equipment.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Tree number

• Species

• Work required

• TPO/Conservation Area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Permission Granted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Wildlife Assessment

• Wildlife Assessment. Is wildlife such as bats or nesting birds present?

  Select Yes No N/A

  • Yes
  • No
  • N/A

• Identify wildlife. How does this affect your work and the control measures required? Use a separate wildlife form if needed. Always check the tree/worksite at point of work.

WAH ASSESSMENT-refer to ICOP for guidance

• Work from ground (Low Risk) can the work be safely carried out from the ground?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Is work from a MEWP appropriate? If not why not?

• Inadequate access/road width?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Unstable/soft ground conditions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Inappropriate for task?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Services close/present?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Insufficient working space aerial or ground?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Disproportionate cost?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Ropes and Harness access (High Risk)

• Is the tree safe to climb?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

BIOSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT

• Is a concerning P&D present or suspected on or adjacent to the site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• How does this affect your work and what are the control measures required? Refer to FC guidance. Is a statutory Plant Health Notice in place? Always take routine biosecurity control measures.

• DISPOSAL OF ARISINGS/SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

• Yes

  No

  N/A

EXTRA EQUIPMENT NEEDED-IN ADDITION TO STANDARD ISSUE

• Large saws

• Winch

• Brushcutter/clearing saws

• Traffic control

• Rigging/lowering kit

• Stump grinder

• Hedge trimmer

• Chipper

• Chemicals

• Tractor

• Other equipment

• OPERATIVES COMPETANT TO USE EQUIPMENT/CARRY OUT OPERATION SPECIFIED?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

EMERGENCY CONTINGENCIES/PLANNING

• Mobile Phone Signal Strength 1-10

• Nearest A&E including postcode

  Select Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh EH16 4SA Borders General Hospital TD6 9BS St John’s Hospital, Livingston, EH54 6PP

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh EH16 4SA
  • Borders General Hospital TD6 9BS
  • St John’s Hospital, Livingston, EH54 6PP
• Site Postcode/Grid Reference
  Address

• Designated Rescuer

• IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY

SITE-SPECIFIC RISK ASSESSMENT Hazard and control. Hazard example,passing pedestrians being injured by falling branches? Control example, Worksite signed, coned & barriered to form exclusion zone.

Generic Rick Assessments (insert references to all relevant GRAs)

Risk Assessment Completed by: (Signed by Safety Co-ordinator)

• Print name:

• Team Leader Sign:

  Sign

• Team Members; I confirm that I have been briefed and understood and/ or contributed to this site specific risk assessment and will carry out works accordingly taking into consideration the appropriate control measures identified on this document and the associated risk assessments and method statements.

• Team Members Sign:

  Sign