Relevant Documentation For Conducting A Continuous Risk Assessment

When conducting a continuous risk assessment, the relevant documentation required includes the following:

Types of documentation include, but are not limited to:

• A pre-start/use inspection involves a routine examination of a piece of equipment by its operator, which is standardised via a checklist. Whether it be a light vehicle or tools, pre-start inspections are an important task with financial, and more importantly, safety implications.
• Planned task observations enable the observer to know whether or not a worker is performing all aspects of a specific task the correct way.
• Critical parts inspections are regular inspections of the critical parts of a machine, piece of equipment, or system that have a high potential for serious accidents. These inspections are often part of a preventive maintenance program or hazard control programme. Inspection checklists can be used for forklifts, and tractor semi-trailers, for example.
• A structural inspection checklist is an assessment made to evaluate a structure's current and future use and conformance to current building codes.
• Mine standards: The Chief Inspector of Mines has, over the years, issued several Guidelines in terms of which employers are required to prepare mandatory codes of practice.
• Procedures: A fixed, step-by-step sequence of activities or actions with definite start and end points that must be followed in the same order to correctly perform a task.
• Task directives: These work tasks represent the necessary framework to permit the scheduling of construction activities.
• Analyse and evaluate the risk associated with that hazard (risk analysis, and risk evaluation).