Risk Assessment · Steeplejacks
Risk Assessment for Steeplejacks
A standalone risk assessment following HSE's 5 steps: who might be harmed and how, and the controls that make the work safe. Below: what a steeplejack's Risk Assessment must contain, why they get rejected, and the hazards it has to cover, or generate one for your exact job in a couple of minutes.
What a compliant Risk Assessment must contain
- Hazards specific to the actual task, site and materials
- Who might be harmed and how, for each hazard
- The controls already in place PLUS any further action needed
- A before/after risk score and a review date
Why a steeplejack's Risk Assessment gets rejected
- Copied from a generic example (HSE: 'would not satisfy the law')
- Controls that don't match what the business actually does
- No record of who does the further actions, or by when
- An auto-fail hazard (confined space, asbestos, live electrical) wrongly marked 'N/A'
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Typical steeplejack work, meaning Inspecting, repairing and maintaining tall structures such as chimneys, steeples, towers and masts, working at extreme height using ropes, ladders or scaffold, brings hazards a Risk Assessment has to address:
- Work at extreme height with fall from height risk
- Rope access and rigging equipment failure
- Structural instability of deteriorating masonry or steelwork
- Struck by falling debris or dislodged material
- Lightning strike and adverse weather exposure at height
- Asbestos in pre-2000 fabric of industrial chimney linings and flashings
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Do steeplejacks legally need a Risk Assessment?
A standalone risk assessment following HSE's 5 steps: who might be harmed and how, and the controls that make the work safe. For steeplejack work, meaning Inspecting, repairing and maintaining tall structures such as chimneys, steeples, towers and masts, working at extreme height using ropes, ladders or scaffold, it is the document a client, principal contractor or inspector expects to see, grounded in MHSWR 1999 reg 3 (HSE): the 5-step method (INDG163).
What makes a steeplejack's Risk Assessment fail?
The usual reasons: Copied from a generic example (HSE: 'would not satisfy the law'); Controls that don't match what the business actually does; No record of who does the further actions, or by when. RAMSReady generates one to the correct published form and avoids these.
How fast can I get a Risk Assessment?
A couple of minutes. Describe the job, and RAMSReady writes a Risk Assessment for your exact steeplejack job live against the correct standard, with a review date and a sign-off/records section.