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Risk Assessments

Field risk assessments covering the activities A M Water Services operatives perform on site. Each assessment identifies hazards, existing controls, pre-control risk rating, additional controls required, and the post-control risk rating.

Risk-rating key

Severity (S) Likelihood (L) Rating = S × L
1 — Negligible 1 — Remote Low (1–4)
2 — Minor 2 — Unlikely Moderate (5–8)
3 — Serious 3 — Likely High (9–15)
4 — Major 4 — Almost certain Very High (16–25)
5 — Catastrophic 5 — Certain

Risk assessments

Ref Title
RA01 Excavation — up to 1.2m deep
RA02 Portable Power Tools
RA03 Underground Services
RA04 Overhead Services
RA05 Driving and Operating Mobile Plant
RA06 Repairing & Replacing Asbestos Cement Pipes
RA07 Using Ladders
RA08 Using Disc Cutters
RA09 Portable Petroleum Equipment
RA10 Manual Handling
RA11 Mechanical Handling — Lifting Operations
RA15 Vibrating Equipment
RA16 Hygiene
RA17 Electrofusion & Butt Fusion Welding
RA18 Trailers & Towing
RA19 Under-Pressure Drilling & Tapping
RA20 First Aid Needs
RA21 Use of Road Plates
RA22 Contaminated Ground
RA23 Needle Sticks and Other Sharp Objects
RA24 Work in (Low Risk) Confined Space
RA25 Asphalt Reinstatement