Location Date of Assessment 13/01/23 Date of Expiry 13/01/22

Job Number N/A Assessors Name

Activity/Situation Approved By

Person Affected Employee X Public Contractor X Visitor Young Person New/Expectant Mothers
Substantial Risk - 7 to 12: - Further Controls Required. Work should Intolerable Risk - 13 to 25: - STOP – DO NOT Continue.
Tolerable Risk - 1 to 6: - Work can proceed. Monitoring is
not be started unless the risk is reduced by the implementation of Work shall not be started or continue until the risk has been
required to ensure that controls are maintained and are
further controls to reduce the risks to ALARP. Where the risk involves reduced to an acceptable level by the introduction of
effective
work in progress, urgent action shall be taken. additional controls

Ratings Key S = Severity L = Likelihood R = Risk Rating

Ratings Ratings
Who / What may be harmed,
Without With Site Implementation of
Hazard and how might the hazard be Controls Controls
Generic Controls
Generic Controls
realised S L R S L R
Incorrect installation of the racking 3 3 9 3 2 6 Racking installed on level Operative to check stability
and shelves could cause the surface and secured via of racking and shelves
system to collapse leading to interlocking bolts before loading
operative injury and asset damage Shelves secured to racking Annual inspection of
via spacing clips and bolts racking by a competent
person
Overloading of Overloading of the shelves could 3 2 6 3 2 6 Shelves are of a size as not Operative to ensure
shelves lead to falling objects and possibly to allow large items for shelves are not
overall collapse of the system storage overloaded
leading to operative injury and Ensure items are stored Awareness briefing to be
asset damage within shelves and not provided for operatives
protruding outside

Loose items stored Storage of loose items i.e. not
on shelves bagged or in containers could have
the potential to fall injuring the
operative and to cause asset
damage from falling objects
3 2 6 3 2 6 Loose items to be bagged or Operative to ensure loose
stored in containers items are bagged /
Loose items that cannot be contained or stored flat on
bagged to be stored on a flat the shelf.
side / edge i.e. valves, boxed Awareness briefing to be
equipment etc. provided for operatives

Items stored on top
of racking outwith
the shelves
Storage of items on top of the 3 3 9 3 2 6 No items to be stored on top Operative to ensure no
racking could have the potential to of the racking items are stored on top of
fall injuring the operative and to All items to be stored within the racking
cause asset damage from falling the shelving Awareness briefing to be
objects provided for operatives

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Risk Rating Matrix

Severity
Risk Assessment Rating Table
Fatality / catastrophic damage / highly noticeable
5 5 5 10 15 20 25
effect upon the environment
Major harm / disability / major damage / noticeable 4 4 8 12 16 20
4
effect upon the environment
Harm (requiring medical attention from Doctor or 3 3 6 9 12 15
3
Hospital) / known effect upon the environment
2 2 4 6 8 10
Harm (requiring First Aid / minor treatment

Severity
2 required) / damage / limited effect upon the 1 1 2 3 4 5
environment
No harm or minor harm (no first aid) / minor 1 2 3 4 5
1
damage / no noticeable effect upon the environment
Likelihood
Likelihood

5 Certain

4 Probable
3 Occasional
2 Remote
1 Improbable

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