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Hazard Risk Control Reference Source and Guide
For use in completing or checking safety plans
Construction
Office of Facility Management
These examples are provided as a guide only when considering safety controls for Safe Work Method Statements and
Project Safety Plans. It is critical that local site-specific factors are considered. Please check provided references or
sources for latest legal requirements.
This guide does not include all possible hazards/ risks.
Construction Hazards / Risks
Possible causes / scenario
Authority Sources / References/
1. Traffic hazards
1.1 Trucks entering, exiting or reversing
from a work site
Qld WH&S Act
Concrete Pumping – Plant
Advisory Standard
Road Use Management Act &
Regs
Dept of Main Roads
Some practical control measures
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1.2 Working in close proximity to roads
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2. Contact or generation of
Heat / Ignition sources
2.1 Hot materials / work– eg: welding
spatter, grinding sparks in flammable
environment
Electrical Safety Act & Regs
Electrical Safety Office Qld
Welding Technology Institute
of Aust [WTIA] –Tech note # 7 2.2 Fire in the workplace
- Welding Safety
Aust Standards – fire
prevention
GU Design Guidelines
GU Property Insurance
Conditions
University Fire Officer
2.3 Exposure to sun
Qld Health Dept
WH&S Qld
Aust Radiation Protection and
Nuclear Safety Regulation
3. Contact with electricity
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Low voltage
3.1 Electric leads and power tools
Electrical Safety Act & Regs &
Codes of Practice
Electrical Safety Office Qld
Welding Technology Institute
of Aust [WTIA] –Tech note # 7 3.2 Electric leads on ground
- Welding Safety
AS 3000 – Electrical Wiring
3.3 Electrical leads in damp areas or
AS 3012 – Construction /
wet environments
demolition sites
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Safe work procedures
Exclusion / work zones established
Use of traffic signal people
Traffic spotters within work zones
Installation of temporary traffic
signals
Use of safety signs
Speed restriction signs displayed
and enforced
Audible alarms & flashing lights for
reversing vehicles
Use of witches hats or temporary
barriers to cordon off sections of road
Total closure of road
Use of safety signs, high visibility
vests
Speed restriction signs displayed
and enforced
Provide appropriate PPE and training
Keep workplace clear of waste or
flammable materials
Use of fireproof blankets or other fire
suppression methods or equipment
Prescribed Work at GU - Hot Work
Permit for non normal welding or
grinding activities
Remove flammable materials or
store correctly
Provide adequate fire fighting
equipment
Worker fire fighting training
Eliminate ignition sources from
flammable atmospheres
Provide shade structures
Provide protective clothing and
sunscreen
Reduce exposure time during middle
of the day
Tools and leads inspected and
tagged
Use of portable RCD’s
RCD’s wired into construction site
wiring
Residual current devices tested as
per legislation.
Electrical leads kept elevated and
clear of work areas or protected from
damage by vehicles or pedestrian
traffic
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Various other AS
GU Electrical Engineer
3.4 Electric leads tied to metal rails
High or low voltage
3.5 Electrical Plant – live work [non
isolated]
3.6 Contact with underground or
overhead cables
Some practical control measures
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4. Noise – generation of and
exposure to excessive
noise
WH&S Reg- Noise
4.1 Noisy Plant and equipment
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4.2 Personal hearing protection
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Advisory Standard – Noise
4.3 Excessive noise in teaching, study
areas
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5.1 Burst air lines
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5.2 Hoses becoming uncoupled
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5.3 Using compressed air to clean
clothing – risk of forced injection
of foreign matter into body
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Environmental Protection Act
All electric leads kept dry
All electric leads kept insulated
Avoid live work situations
Ensure Electrical Risk Assessment
requirement completed for “live work”
Lock-out and equipment tag
procedures
Location of services to be
established with OFM
Ensure Permission to work obtained
i.e. to dig or work near high voltage
lines
Overhead cables to be protected
High voltage overhead lines –
contact Electrical authority – tiger tail
protection
Services to be isolated when working
in proximity
Establish safe clearance distances
Personal Protective Equipment as
specified by Elect. Safety legislation
Fit noise suppression to noisy plant
and equipment
All personnel to wear appropriate
PPE (eg hearing protectors)
Regulate noise generation times or
periods to before or after class
& Regs
5. High pressure cylinders or
hose lines, abrasive
blasting
Abrasive Blasting Code of
Practice
Advisory standard Plant
AS 2030 – Gas cylinders
5.4 Improper handling of gas cylinders
AS – other various
WH&S Qld
5.5 Defective pressure gauges
6. Contact with chemicals or
other substances
6.1 Incorrect handling or disposal of
chemicals on site
Dangerous Goods Safety
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6.2 Lack of information
6.3 Not wearing appropriate PPE
Management Act & Regs
Dept of Emergency Services
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Hazardous Substances Regs
and Advisory Standard
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6.4 Incorrect storage
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Air hoses in good condition and
regularly inspected
All hose couplings fitted with pins or
chains
Prohibit and instruct contractors on
dangers
Cylinders moved, stored upright and
secured
All pressure gauges inspected
regularly for defects
All contractors trained in Haz subs /
Dangerous Goods & Environmental
legal requirements
MSDS reviewed as part of risk
assessment and available for
inspection
All contractor personnel provided
with appropriate PPE and its use
enforced – gloves, respirators
suitable to substance, protective
clothing, face shields etc
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WH&S Qld
Environmental Protection Act
& Regs
Some practical control measures
6.5 Excessive generation or exposure
to airborne substances – dusts,
fumes, mists, vapours etc
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Safe work methods for use, storage
and disposal followed
Hazardous substances & dangerous
goods stored and labelled correctly
Provide mechanical or other types of
ventilation of extraction where
necessary
Provision of spill kits or equipment to
contain accidental spill and workers
trained
Welding operations shielded from
other persons or general public
All personnel to wear appropriate
PPE
Correct procedures developed and
followed
Regular equipment check
Follow documented safe work
procedures for laser
Protruding objects are removed or
marked or protected eg: end capping
on concrete foundation reinforced
steel
Provide appropriate PPE (eg hard
hat, safety boots, clothing
appropriate)and training
Site rules
All work platforms, scaffolds fitted
with toe-boards
Barricade off areas below to prevent
access including footpaths if
necessary
Secure construction site fencing &
hoarding to prevent access to work
zones
Signage situated appropriately
Materials stacked securely , use of
tool lanyards
All personnel wear appropriate PPE
(eg hard hats, harnesses as
necessary)
Secure loose objects to structure
Personnel wear appropriate PPE
Shield grinding operations
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Loads not slung over personnel
Taglines are used to prevent loads
swinging
Loads slung correctly
SWL loading followed
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7.1 Exposure to arc welding
7. Contact or generation of
radiation hazards
Welding Technology Institute 7.2 Not wearing appropriate PPE
of Aust [WTIA] –Tech note # 7
7.3 Exposure during radiography
- Welding Safety
operations
Radiation Safety Act & Regs
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7.4 Exposure to or generation of lasers
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8. Falling or stationery objects
8.1 Protruding objects in access routes
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WH&S Regs
Advisory standards – Falling
Objects
8.2 Not wearing appropriate PPE
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8.3 Objects falling from work platforms,
scaffolds, ladders or mobile
scaffolding
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8.4 Debris from grinding operations
8.5 Wind blown particles
8.6 Loads slung or lifted by /from
cranes or hoists, other load
shifting equipment
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9. Persons Fall from height
9.1 No handrails on work platforms or
levels
WH&S Regs for Working at
Heights – ladders, scaffolding, 9.2 Working outside handrails
use of harnesses, Prescribed
Occupations
9.3 Floor penetrations not covered
9.4 Ladders not secured
9.5 Unsafe areas – eg brittle roof areas,
scaffolding, demolition
Some practical control measures
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10. Slips and trips
• WH&S regs – housekeeping
• A Standards – surfaces etc
11. Caught between, crushed
10.1 Access routes obstructed by
materials
10.2 Leads and hoses across access
routes
10.3 Slippery surfaces
10.4 Safety footwear not appropriate
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10.5 Poor visibility
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11.1 Operating plant
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WH&S Regs
11 2Moving plant or reversing vehicles
Advisory standard Plant –
Concrete pumping
supplement
Road Use Management Act &
Regs
Dept of Main Roads
11.3 Moving loads or materials being
positioned
11.4 Loads tipping or swinging
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All work platforms to have secure
handrails
Persons to wear full fall arrest type
harness and secured attached to
anchorage points or static lines
All floor penetrations covered or
barricaded
All ladders secured to prevent
movement
Ladders to extend at least 1m above
landings, correct angles
Sign and fence to prevent access
Scaffold erectors – hold prescribed
occupations certification
Prescribed work at GU - Roof or
Height Access Permit required.
All access routes kept clear of
materials and debris
All leads kept clear of ground or
covered
All surfaces used for access kept dry
and in good condition
Personnel wear appropriate safety
footwear – steel cap boots on
construction sites
Provide adequate site lighting
Guarding of rotating plant and hand
tools
Safe work procedures to be
followed
Pre-start daily safety inspection
Personnel kept clear when operating
mobile plant
Provide roll-over cage protection
[ROPS]
Fit reverse alarms to plant and check
operation
All personnel kept clear during crane
operations or loading movements
Safe work procedures for moving
heavy loads
Load slings properly secured
Use of communication systems
between crane operators and
doggers
Prescribed certificates held by
riggers, doggers & crane operators or
other specified load shifting or earth
moving vehicles,
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12. Overstress, collapse
AS – various –eg: cranes,
scaffolding, ladders,
WH&S Regs –
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Scaffolding, ladders,
12.1 Safe working load (SWL)
exceeded during lifting
operations
12.2 Collapse of booms, scaffolding or
other temporary structural or
load bearing components
12.3 Subsidence of base supports
leading to collapse
Prescribed occupations,
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Registered plant
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Specified High Risk Plant
13. Ergonomic / manual tasks
hazards
Some practical control measures
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13.1 Poor work posture
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13.2 Use of excessive force
Manual Task Advisory
Standards
Manual Handling in the
Building industry
PDC Design Guideline
Manual handling
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13.3 Repetitive movements
13.4 Use of heavy hand-held tools, eg
grass slasher
13.5 Handling of heavy objects
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14. Asbestos & Other Synthetic 14.1 Accidental disturbance or contact
Mineral Fibre hazards
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OFM Asbestos Register
WH&S Advisory standards –
o Work on Roofs
14.2 Removal of asbestos material
o Asbestos Removals
o AC Sheeting
Code of practice – Glass
wool and Rockwool
WH&S Regs - asbestos
15.1 Needlestick injury
15. Biological hazards
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First aid advisory standard
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Advisory standard for plant –
Supplement – Legionella
15.2 Potential exposure to HIV,
Control for cooling towers
hepatitis
and air conditioning
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15.3 Potential exposure to Legionella
bacteria
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Compliance with SWL and radius
charts on cranes
All lifting gear checked regularly
Regular maintenance,
Regular testing of structural integrity
of load bearing components
Correct siting and support for base
plates or foundation supports
Competency of operators
Combination of any :
Work environments conform with
ergonomic standards
Training of employees in manual
handling techniques
Provide adequate task lighting
Provide mechanical aids – drum
lifters, trolleys etc
Modify task requirements
Job rotation, task variation
Imposed restrictions on certain
activities
Requirements for two-person lifts
Training of employees
Asbestos materials identified off GU
Asbestos register
Asbestos materials removed from
workplace & disposed of
appropriately
Safe work and handling procedures
developed
Prescribed Activity company licence
required by WH & S Qld.
Provide appropriate waste disposal
containers
Provide contractor employees with
PPE
Develop safe work procedures and
train staff
Develop safe work procedures and
train staff
Immunisation program
Provide employees with PPE
Implement microbial control
procedures
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16. Excavation/trenching
16.1 Collapse of earth
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WH&S Regs
Engineering standards
16.2 Fall into excavation
Shoring to be provided in
accordance with recognised
regulations and inspected regularly
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Provide barricades around
excavation
16.3 Asphyxiation
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Provide exhaust ventilation and test
atmosphere
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Provide safe access by steps or
ladders
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Prescribed Work at GU – Trenching
/Excavation Permit from competent
person.
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Cranes to be set up on solid ground
and away from edge of excavation
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Mobile plant to be fitted with roll-over
cage protection ROPS
Safe work procedures developed
16.4 Inadequate access to excavation
17. Plant or vehicle overturn
− WHS Regulations
− Advisory standard for plant
17.1 Crane overturn
17.2 Mobile plant overturn eg tractors,
bobcats
18. Confined spaces
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WH&S Regs
AS/NZ standard
18.1 Entering tunnels, hoppers, vats,
tanks, pits to inspect or test,
work or clean
18.2 – Maintenance of spaces – eg
removing blockages,
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All personnel involved trained to
appropriate level
Prescribed Work at GU – Confined
Spaces Entry permit issued by
competent person.
Hazards identified in confined space
Atmospheres tested where
appropriate before entry and during
occupation
Observers appointed
Communication systems
Hot work in situ covered by separate
work permit
Isolations/ lockouts & tags applied
Exit signed out
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