Risk Assessment · Tarmac & Surfacing Contractors
Risk Assessment for Tarmac & Surfacing Contractors
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 surfacing contractor'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 surfacing contractor'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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Check yours freeTarmac & Surfacing Contractors hazards it must cover
Typical surfacing contractor work, meaning roads, car parks, driveways and footpaths in hot-laid asphalt, brings hazards a Risk Assessment has to address:
- burns from hot asphalt (up to 180°C)
- bitumen fumes and RCS dust from planing
- being struck by pavers, rollers and delivery lorries
- working beside live traffic
- noise and hand-arm vibration from compactors
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Built to the correct published standard for a surfacing contractor: specific controls, the right legal basis, a review date and a sign-off section you can operate.
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Do tarmac & surfacing contractors 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 surfacing contractor work, meaning roads, car parks, driveways and footpaths in hot-laid asphalt, 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 surfacing contractor'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 surfacing contractor job live against the correct standard, with a review date and a sign-off/records section.