General risk assessment form
1. General details
Site/operation/office etc: / Assessor/s: / Date of assessment:
Description of task assessed:
Traffic Management oncomposting facilities / Assessment ref number and issue number:
2. Risk assessment
Hazard/s / Risk/s from hazard/s / Person/s potentially affected / Current controls already in place (engineering, physical, procedures/rules, monitoring and checking, mitigation etc) / Severity / Likelihood / Risk factors / Additional controls required / Resp’ person / Time scale
Low / Med / High
Third party vehicles / Collisions with other vehicles, plant, buildings / All persons in area / Site traffic management plan.
Site rules.
Speed ramps
Site speed limit.
Licensed drivers.
Designated walkways
Reporting to office on arrival.
Directional signage.
Pedestrian crossing points.
Fully trained (CITB or equivalent) and authorised employees using mobile plant
PPE (including high visibility jackets, safety boots and hard hat)
Warning beacons on mobile plant.
Reversing cameras on mobile plant
Reversing audible warning signal.
Safety distances to be applied
Drivers and passengers instructed to only exit cab to perform essential tasks
No shunting or jogging of loads
Floors and traffic routes suitable for the vehicles using them.
Vehicle routes kept free of obstructions
Any reversing that is necessary should be overseen by a trained reversing assistant (banksman). / 5 / 2 / 10 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Visitors to site / Collisions with other vehicles, plant, buildings / All persons in area / Designated parking area and walkways for visitors
Reporting to office on arrival
Site induction.
Site rules
Speed ramps
Site speed limit.
Directional signage.
Pedestrian crossing points
Site traffic management plan. / 5 / 2 / 10 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Staff vehicles / Collisions with other vehicles, plant, buildings / All persons in area / Designated parking area and walkways for staff
Reporting to office on arrival
Site rules
Speed ramps
Site speed limit.
Directional signage.
Site induction.
Pedestrian crossing points
Site traffic management plan. / 5 / 2 / 10 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Access and egress from vehicles / Falls, slips and trips / Driver / Use of handholds provided.
Daily vehicle checks for reporting faults.
Clean soles on shoes.
Lace-up boots only provided to employees, no riggers allowed.
3-point contact with vehicle at all times.
Check ground before egress. / 3 / 3 / 9 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Vehicle stability / Collisions with other vehicles, plant, buildings and overturning / All persons in area / Mobile plant not allowed to operate on top of windrows, heaps or slopes.
Fully trained (CITB or equivalent) and authorised employees using mobile plant.
Maintenance plan & statutory checks on lifting equipment
Seatbelts
Rollover protection and falling object protection systems / 3 / 3 / 9 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Plant movement on site and near buildings / Collisions with other plant, vehicles or buildings / Plant operator and other drivers, all on site / Fully trained (CITB or equivalent) and authorised employees.
Maintenance of plant, daily checks.
Traffic management plan.
Warning beacons on mobile plant.
Reversing audible warning signal.
Speed limits.
Seat belts.
High Viz clothing.
Good lighting
Vision assessments.
Maintenance plan & statutory checks on lifting equipment
Floors and traffic routes suitable for the vehicles using them.
Vehicle routes kept free of obstructions
Any reversing that is necessary should be overseen by a trained reversing assistant (banksman). / 4 / 1 / 4 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Plant movement – collision with pedestrians / Crush/impact injury / All persons on site / Fully trained (CITB or equivalent) and authorised employees,
Maintenance of plant, daily checks.
Traffic management plan.
Warning beacons on mobile plant.
Reversing audible warning signal.
Speed limits.
Seat belts.
High Viz clothing.
Good lighting
Vision assessments.
Maintenance plan & statutory checks on lifting equipment
Floors and traffic routes suitable for the vehicles using them.
Vehicle routes kept free of obstructions
Any reversing that is necessary should be overseen by a trained reversing assistant (banksman). / 5 / 1 / 5 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Plant movement – collision with static plant or containers / Damage to plant/containers / Plant operator and other drivers, all on site / Fully trained (CITB or equivalent) and authorised employees,
Maintenance of plant, daily checks.
Traffic management plan.
Warning beacons on mobile plant.
Reversing audible warning signal.
Speed limits.
Seat belts.
High Viz clothing.
Good lighting
Vision assessments.
Maintenance plan & statutory checks on lifting equipment
Floors and traffic routes suitable for the vehicles using them.
Vehicle routes kept free of obstructions
Any reversing that is necessary should be overseen by a trained reversing assistant (banksman). / 4 / 1 / 4 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Moving containers / Impact injuries, cuts, bruises / Plant operator and others in vicinity / Fully trained (CITB or equivalent) and authorised employees,
Maintenance of plant, daily checks.
Traffic management plan.
Warning beacons on mobile plant.
Reversing audible warning signal.
Speed limits.
Seat belts.
High Viz clothing.
Good lighting
Vision assessments.
Maintenance plan & statutory checks on lifting equipment
Floors and traffic routes suitable for the vehicles using them.
Vehicle routes kept free of obstructions
Any reversing that is necessary should be overseen by a trained reversing assistant (banksman). / 3 / 2 / 6 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Unloading & loading area / Crush/impact injury / All persons on site / Fully trained (CITB or equivalent) and authorised employees,
Maintenance of plant, daily checks.
Traffic management plan.
Warning beacons on mobile plant.
Reversing audible warning signal.
Speed limits.
Seat belts.
High viz clothing.
Good lighting
Vision assessments.
Maintenance plan & statutory checks on lifting equipment
Floors and traffic routes suitable for the vehicles using them.
Vehicle routes kept free of obstructions
Any reversing that is necessary should be overseen by a trained reversing assistant (banksman). / 5 / 1 / 5 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Pedestrians on site / Crush injuries caused by collision from site vehicles / All persons on site / Fully trained (CITB or equivalent) and authorised employees,
Maintenance of plant, daily checks.
Traffic management plan.
Warning beacons on mobile plant.
Reversing audible warning signal.
Speed limits
Seat belts.
Good lighting
Vision assessments
PPE (including high visibility jackets, safety boots and hard hat)
Floors and traffic routes suitable for the vehicles using them.
Vehicle routes kept free of obstructions
Any reversing that is necessary should be overseen by a trained reversing assistant (banksman). / 5 / 2 / 10 / None required. / n/a / n/a
Comments (include any weather, lighting, other environmental etc issues):
This risk assessment must be inducted with the site traffic management plan.
It should be reviewed in accordance with the date review, when there have been significant changes to the traffic management systems on site or when there has been a traffic management accident reported on site as part of the accident investigation.
Mobile plant not allowed to operate on top of windrows, heaps or slopes as this causes instability and the risk of vehicle rollover. All pedestrians must adhere to the site rules and safety distances from vehicles. / PPE requirements (delete not applicable):

Other/RPE (specify type):…………………………………
3. Overall risk rating, review date and confirmation
Overall risk rating (low/medium/high): / Date review due (dependant on risk rating): / Manager/supervisor signature:
Scoring reminders: Severity: 1 = no injury likely, 2 = minor injury (no time lost) likely, 3 = time loss up to 3 days likely, 4 = time lost above 3 days (RIDDOR injury) likely, 5 = severe incapacity or death likely. Likelihood: 1 – rare, 2 = unlikely, 3 = probable, 4 = very likely, 5 = certainty. Risk factor. This is obtained by multiplying the numbers in columns ‘severe’ and ‘likely’ and is categorised into three factors: high, medium and low (Hazard x risk = risk factor). The number arrived at should be recorded in the right column (1 to 6 = low, 7 to 14 = medium , 15 to 25 = high).Overall risk rating. This is the overall risk rating for the task being assessed. If all the risk factors identified are low, then the overall risk rating is low. If any of the risk factors identified are high and/or medium the overall risk rating is high/medium.

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