RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL SHEET

Area / Activity Assessed. Scaffolding

Assessed By. Signature. Date.
Reviewed By. Signature. Date.
Assessment Reference. Reassessment
Date.
(1) (2) (3)M (4) (5)Dea
1st Serio odera Serio th
Aid / us te us
No Mino Injur Injur
injur r y y
y njury
(1) Tri Triv Tole Tole Mod
Ne vial ial rabl rabl erate
gli Ris Risk e e Risk
ga k (2) Risk Risk (5)
ble (1) (3) (4)
(2) Tri Tole Mod Mod Subs
Un vial rabl erat erat tanti
lik Ris e e e al
ely k Risk Risk Risk Risk
(2) (4) (6) (8) (10)
(3) Tol Mod Mod Sub Intol
Lik era erat erat stant erabl
ely ble e e ial e
Ris Risk Risk Risk Risk
k (6) (9) (12) (15)
(3) Risk Rating Control Measures and Time Schedule
Trivial Risk No measure required and no records need to be kept
(4) Tol Mod Sub Intol Intol (1-2)
Ve era erat stant erab erabl Tolerable Risk No additional controls are required. Consideration my be given to a more cost effective
ry ble e ial le e (3-4) solution or improvement that imposes no additional cost burden. Monitoring is required to
ensure that controls are maintained
Lik Ris Risk Risk Risk Risk
ely k(4 (8) (12) (16) (20) Moderate Risk Efforts should be made to reduce risk within a defined timescale, but the associated costs
(5-9) should be carefully measured and limited. Where the moderate risk is associated with
) extremely harmful consequences, further assessment may be necessary to establish more
(5) Mo Sub Intol Intol Intol precisely the likelihood of harm as a basis for determining the need for improved control
Ce der stant erab erab erabl measures.
rta ate ial le le e Substantial Risk Work should not be started until the risk has been reduced. Considerable resources may
(10-12) have to be allocated to this case. Where the risk involves work in progress, urgent action
in Ris Risk Risk Risk Risk should be taken.
k (10) (15) (20) (25) Intolerable Risk Work should not be started or continued until the risk has been reduced. If risk reduction is
(5) (15-25) not possible even with unlimited resources then the work has to remain prohibited.

Hazards Identified Whom / What Affected S L RR Controls RRR

 Falls from height.  Workers on the platform – especially during  Scaffold towers should be used for light
1 5 2 10 work only and erected on firm, level 4
 Falling materials. moving.

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 Collapse of tower.  Workers carrying out the erection. ground, and in accordance with BS 5973.
 Worker(s) falling from height.  Other people in the vicinity.
 Only trained workers should erect, alter or
 Overturning of tower. /
dismantle towers.
 Arcing from or contact with  Minor injuries.
overhead power lines.  Significant injuries or fatalities.  The wheels of towers should be at least
 Significant damage to property. 125mm in diameter.
 Burns from electric shock.  Towers should be marked with a safe
working load and this should not be
exceeded.
 Loads on towers should always be
distributed evenly.
 The wheels should be fitted with brakes
which should be kept on for as long as there
are workers on the working platform.
 To ensure stability the height-to-base ratio
of a mobile scaffold tower should not
exceed 3.5 times its minimum base
dimension inside the building or three times
the minimum base dimension outside the
building.
 To increase the height of a tower,
stabilisers should be used to increase the
height-to-base ratio.
 Towers should not be over 9.6m high.
 Working platforms should be fully boarded
and at least 600mm wide.
 Access points such as trapdoors should be
kept shut while workers are on the working
platform.
 Guard-rails and toe-boards should be fitted
where workers can fall more than two
metres.
 Safe means of access to the working
platform should be provided by a ladder
fixed to the inside of the tower on its
narrowest side.

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 No persons or materials should be on the

tower when it is moved.
 The tower should be moved by workers
pushing at the base, not by machinery.
 Mobile tower scaffolds should not be used
in the vicinity of overhead power lines.
 Ties should be used if towers are to be
erected in exposed or windy conditions.
 Ladders should be boarded and other
precautions taken to prevent trespassers on
site out of hours.
 Steel toe safety boots, hardhat and
fluorescent vest are mandatory.
 Worker in elevated positions are to wear
and use safety harnesses.
 Manufacturer’s recommendations for
scaffolding towers.
 All workers should be provided with
adequate information, instruction and
training in relation to the use of mobile
scaffold towers; they should understand
where they can and cannot be used, and
the importance of the safe working load of
the tower.
 All persons erecting mobile scaffold towers
should be adequately trained, and proof of
training is required.
 Supervisors should be trained in the
inspection of mobile scaffold towers and in
the identification of damage to
components.
 Emergency and Evacuation as per the
project H & S Plan.
 Mobile scaffold towers should be inspected
by a competent person prior to use and

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every seven days thereafter.

 Supervisors should inspect the scaffold
prior to further use following exposure to
adverse weather conditions or after any
alteration.
 Reports of all inspections should be
compiled in an inspection report form.
 Supervisors should ensure that safe systems
of work are adhered to and that towers are
not misused or interfered with by workers.
 Supervisors should ensure that workers use
the proprietary ladder systems.
 Ladders to be checked for correct colour
coding.

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