Hard Hat Requirement Risk Assessment

• Hard Hat Risk Assessment

• Site Assessed

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

Overview

• This risk assessment evaluates the potential for head injuries from falling objects, walking into protruding objects and falls from height, as well as other factors such as history of head injuries on other similar sites, to assess the requirement for Hard hats on the listed site.

Risk Matrix and Hierarchy of Controls

• Risk Matrix Reference:

• Hierarchy of Controls Reference:

Hazard Register

Hazard

• Assess the presence of the following

• Areas where falling or dropped objects could be encountered. Look for employees who work below other workers who use tools and materials that could fall; work around or under conveyor belts that carry parts or materials; or work below machinery or processes that might cause material or objects to fall.

• Is the risk present on this site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Flying objects that could strike workers in the head.

• Is the risk present on this site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Low clearances that could expose workers to head injuries.

• Is the risk present on this site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Objects protruding at head height that can hurt workers such as reinforcing, steel work, scaffold, formwork, other structures that are not designed for human habitation.

• Is the risk present on this site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Electrical hazards. Look for employees who work on exposed energized conductors. Note: Hard hats to be compliant with Electrical standard for hard hats.

• Is the risk present on this site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has there been head injuries in the past on this site or similar sites that could have been avoided through wearing a helmet/ near misses where a helmet has saved the person from injury?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Risk Rating

• Consequences

  Fatality

  Major Injuries

  Minor Injuries

  Negligible Injuries

• Likelihood

  Very Likely

  Likely

  Unlikely

  Highly Unlikely

• Risk Rating (refer risk matrix above)

  High

  Medium

  Low

• Comments/ observations

Completion

• Recommendations

  Hard Hat Required

  Hard Hat Not Required

• PLEASE ENSURE ALL SIGNAGE WITH HELMETS IS COVERED AND A NOTIFICATION TO ALL PERSONNEL ONSITE IS SENT TO WORKERS THROUGH PROJECT SIMPEL ADVISING THEM THAT HARD HATS ARE NO LONGER MANDATORY ON THIS SITE

• Notes

• Signature

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