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[Member Company Name]Standard Risk 

Assessment

ROOF – 005a

Operation: Work on Flat Roofs

Potential

Hazards:

• Fall of persons or materials from height.

• Fall of persons or materials through fragile material.

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Falls of persons or materials through roof openings.• Bitumen boilers.

• Fire

• Unauthorised access to the ork area.

• !anual handling of materials.

Persons

"#ected:

Operati$es % &ite

Workers 

'lient

&ta#   ☐Public   ☐

'ontrol

!easures

( "ll roof ork sites ill be full) sur$e)ed b) a trained* competent person prior to an) orkcommencing and ill include assessment of ad$erse eather conditions and o$erhead

ser$ices or other hazards. &hould an) o$erhead ser$ices e+ist on site* H&, document -&

and the local utilit) compan) must be consulted.

/ " ritten 0safe s)stem of ork1* detailing all ork procedures* ill be prepared b) a

trained* competent person and kept on site* readil) a$ailable to all concerned parties for

reference purposes. " standard procedure ma) be adopted or adapted.

2 3he site orks are to be controlled and coordinated b) a competent person at all times.

4 "ll operati$es engaged ithin the ork acti$it) ill be competent for their allotted task.

5 "ll roof openings* hen not orked on* ill be co$ered and%or guarded and clearl)

delineated. 'o$ers should be 6tted to the e+ternal of the roof and be greater in size thanthe opening. Pl)ood or similar materials must be of su7cient strength to hold the eight

of a person or materials.

Full edge protection ill be 6tted on all roof ele$ations to hich access is needed here

there is a risk of a person or materials falling a distance liable to cause personal in8ur).

9 Where independent sca#old edge protection is not reasonabl) practicable* barriers high

and strong enough to stop a person rolling or sliding don a roof slope* ill be attached to

the structure.

" competent person ill carr) out the statutor) inspections of sca#olds and maintain a

ritten record of such inspections:

1. Before initial use/.  At regular intervals, not exceeding 7 days from the last inspection; and2.  After any substantial alteration or after any event likely to have aected the

scaold strengthstability.

; "ppropriate and su7cient personal protecti$e e

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Barriers ill be erected and arning signage to be displa)ed to pre$ent unauthorised

access to the ork area.

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