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protection is needed, the attenuation factor of the hearing protection needed. Attenuation means the noise reduction provided by hearing protection. The accepted level of noise an operative can work in is 80db or less. Between 80db and 85db an operative can ask for and must be provided with, suitable hearing protection. Above 85db, all persons within the area affected by that level of noise must be provided with AND WEAR hearing protection. The minimum aim therefore, is to ensure that no one on site is subjected to a noise level above 87db. It follows that the higher the levels of noise the higher the attenuation factor of the hearing protection has to be. The work area may also need to be a designated hearing protection zone suitably signed.
Again, you will need to sign and date the assessment for each machine.
Remember, that a Noise assessment is a management tool that should be referred to regularly whilst works are being carried out to ensure health and safety issues are addressed.
3. Risk Assessments – All work activity carries hazards and risks.
HAZARD - something with the potential to do harm
RISK - the severity of and likelihood that the potential harm could be reached.
Clearly the hazards and risk vary for each activity. The Risk Assessments provided in fastPlan cover most if not all the work activity for typical day to day building work. Many activities are generic and therefore, so too are the hazards and risks associated with that work. But many are not. Take for example, Roof work. You cannot have a generic assessment to cover all roof work. The hazards and risks (and therefore the action needed to control the risk) will depend on, the type of roof, whether it is flat or pitched, whether there is available edge protection, the nature of the roofing material (fragile or not), the presence of skylights, the type of work being undertaken etc. The Risk Assessments have been prepared as a result of many questions being asked about the specific work activity.
To complete the assessment for each work activity, and this is best done by the person(s) carrying out the work, tick the box to the left of each line for the activity, if you feel the hazard applies to the work. Read across the various columns and then tick the boxes once the control action measures have been put in place. Some control measures will already be in place (existing) and other measures may need to be put in place.
The assessment gives an indication of what the worst case scenario would be, who is likely to be affected by the hazard, the likely risk if you do nothing (risk before control measures in place) and the likely risk once all the measures have been taken (residual risk). You should alter the levels of risk if you believe
that the ones fastPlan gives you are not quite right, for this job.
There will be times when you need to change or add further control measures - these can be noted in the 'comments and variations box' at the end of each assessment or simple added into the appropriate line if there is space.
Once the whole assessment is done for each activity, the assessment needs to be signed and dated.
Remember, that a Risk assessment is a management tool that should be referred to regularly whilst works are being carried out to ensure health and safety issues are addressed.
4. Blank Risk Assessments – These are provided to enable you or sub contractors to produce assessments on site when:-
a) A risk assessment hasn't been provided for a particular work activity
b) The ones provided are not right or adequate enough for the work being carried out c) The work changes and requires additional assessment
5. Manual Handling Assessments – These are provided to enable you or sub contractors to carry out manual handling assessments on site, as required.
6. Safety Method Statements - f a s t P l a n has a Safety Method Statement creator and Method Statements may have been prepared using it. Method Statements prepared by sub-contractors can be filed in this section.
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