The following documents for the risk assessment "Storage And Manoeuvring Of Materials And Equipment" are uploaded for our visitors in an editable and ready-to-use format. Click on the download link given at the end of these points.
Hazards
- Unloading / Loading of materials or equipment
- Transporting and handling materials /equipment to work areas around the site
Consequences
- Operatives manual handling goods or being hit via other site traffic.
- Persons falling from delivery vehicles
- Operatives and other site users – contact with load slips, trips, and falls
- contact with substances overloading work area
Control Measures
- Check the existing environment and route before materials are transported/moved/handled.
- Ensure adequate lighting, safe surfaces, adequate width & height, temporary site services, etc.
- Co-ordinate planned activities with the Client / Principal
- Contractor.
- Restrict others not involved in the process from the immediate route/area.
- Transport materials along the safest route by mechanical means when possible:
- Handle and store products following the COSHH
- assessment and safety data product sheet/s.
- Agree and arrange storage area/s with the Site Supervisor to allow safe access for other site users.
- Do not overload working platforms, consider the maximum loading capacity of – tower scaffolds, independent scaffolding, birdcage scaffold, dead load / live load of floors, etc.
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| RISK ASSESSMENT FOR STORAGE AND MANOEUVRING OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT |
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RISK ASSESSMENT FOR STORAGE AND MANOEUVRING OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
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