RISK ASSESSMENT FOR STORAGE AND MANOEUVRING OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

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Hazards

• Unloading / Loading of materials or equipment
• Transporting and handling materials /equipment to work areas around the site

Consequences

1. Operatives manual handling goods or being hit via other site traffic.
2. Persons falling from delivery vehicles
3. Operatives and other site users – contact with load slips, trips, and falls
4. contact with substances overloading work area

Control Measures

1. Check the existing environment and route before materials are transported/moved/handled.
2. Ensure adequate lighting, safe surfaces, adequate width & height, temporary site services, etc.
3. Co-ordinate planned activities with the Client / Principal
4. Contractor.
5. Restrict others not involved in the process from the immediate route/area.
6. Transport materials along the safest route by mechanical means when possible:
7. Handle and store products following the COSHH
8. assessment and safety data product sheet/s.
9. Agree and arrange storage area/s with the Site Supervisor to allow safe access for other site users.  
10. Do not overload working platforms, consider the maximum loading capacity of – tower scaffolds, independent scaffolding, birdcage scaffold, dead load / live load of floors, etc.

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR STORAGE AND MANOEUVRING OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

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RISK ASSESSMENT FOR STORAGE AND MANOEUVRING OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT