Information

  • Document No.

  • Manufacturer

  • Model

  • Equipment Type

  • Asset/ Serial Number

  • Bay and location

  • Date of assesment

  • Assessor

Plant Risk Assessment

Physical hazards

  • Drawn in or Entrapment - Is there any risk of a person becoming trapped and/or crushed by the machine or any moving part/s of the machine?

  • Impact / Struck - Does any machine part move in such a way that it could strike the operator or anyone in the vicinity?

  • Crushing / Pinching - Is there any risk of a person becoming trapped and/or crushed by the machine or any moving part/s of the machine not guarded?

  • Shearing / Severing - Are there any areas within the operator’s reach where a shear hazard is created between parts of the machine or between the machine and work piece?

  • Parts Ejected / Pressure - Could work pieces, parts of the machine be ejected? Is there a potential hazard present relating to Release of stored energy?

  • Entanglement - Is there any potential for parts of the body, hair or clothing to become entangled in the plant?

  • Friction or Abrasion - Is there any potential for the operator to be exposed to height/low temperatures?

  • Cutting - Are there any parts of the machine that could cause a cutting or puncture injury?

  • Stabbing / Puncturing - Could the sharp objects puncture or stab the operator?

  • Unstable, movement - Can the machine become unstable or rosk when operated? i.e. is it bolted down?

  • Electrical / Static contact - Is there a potential for the operator to contact live electrical contactors? Either by exposed cables or damaged protected

  • High/Low Temps - Is there a potential hazard present relating to excessively high or low temperature?

  • Noise and Vibration - Is there a potential hazard present relating to noise or vibration?

  • Radiation - Is there a potential hazard present relating to radiation (x-ray, laser, microwave, EMF)?

  • Slip , Trip or Fall - Is there a risk of slips, trips falls around the machine?

  • Fire or explosion hazard - Any dusts, vapours, gases that could cause an explosion?

Chemicals and Biological hazards

  • Harmful gases, mists, fumes - Is there a potential hazard present from harmful substances - gas, fume, mist, vapour if inhaled?

  • Biological hazards - Is there a potential hazard present from biological infections, bacteria, fungus?

  • Fluid/air/gas injection hazard - Is there a potential hazard from injection? i.e. liquid, air or gas

  • Ergonomics - Is there a potential for long term upper or lower limb disorders due to poor ergonomics?

Behaviours

  • Are peoples hands in a safe place when operating the machine?

  • Is the method they are using to preform the task, safe?

  • Are they wearing correct PPE? Gloves as per glove charts, Glasses, mask, hearing protection?

  • Are they sat/stood in a safe/good position?

Hazard controls

  • Fixed Guards in place? If yes - Take photo

  • Interlocked guards in place? If yes - Take photo

  • Light guards/Sensors in place? If yes - Take photo

  • Lockable Isolator in place? If yes - Take photo

  • Are there isolators for each energy source?

  • Extraction in place? If Yes take photo

  • Signs and labels in place & legible? Take photo

  • Is there a SSW, Work Instruction for the machine? Check Q Pulse.

  • Is the person trained to the document? Check Q Pulse.

  • Is first line maintenance completed?

Frequency & likelihood

  • How many hours per day is the machines used?

  • How many people use the machine?

  • Based on 5 x 5 matrix image, score this machine and operation based on Low to High risk. 1 being low to 10 being high

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