Risk Assessment

Site Details

Completed by

Date of Assessment

Site Address

What 3 Words: Site Entrance

Manager

Welfare/Emergency/First Aid Arrangements- Dial 999/112

Toilet and hand wash facilities:

Please refer to NH&S Welfare Policy on Bamboo for further guidelines

Other - please give details and/or location of public toilet

Nearest Hospital

Nearest Hospital - Not Listed

Meeting point for emergency services (include helicopter landing area)

Use W3W if possible

Location of your nearest defibrillator in case of emergency (https://www.defibfinder.uk)

Have you had first aid training?

Yes
No

Site First Aider(s)

Location of First Aid Kit

If other, please detail

General Arrangements

Will there be lone working on site?

Yes
No

Check in arrangement details/phone signal: If yes, please refer to Lone Working Policy on Bamboo

Weight and Height restrictions?

Yes
No

Please detail restrictions

Communication - Do you have phone signal?

Yes
No

Please detail

How will you communicate with someone if incident occurs?

Is client against using chemicals i.e Organic only?

Chemical constraints/COSHH?

Yes
No

Please detail chemicals being used:

COSHH sheets available on Bamboo

Are there turning areas on site?

Yes - VAN ONLY
Yes - VAN WITH TRAILER
NO

Please detail

Large driveway, one way system?

Livestock/Animals/Pets on site?

Yes
No

Important if spraying or picking up waste

Protected and/or Endangered species (eg. bat, dormouse, badger, water vole, otter, raptors, nesting birds, great crested newt, adder, grass snake, natterjack toad, hedgehog)

Yes
No

Please detail: (If in doubt, contact the Ecology department for advice)

Watercourses (eg. river, stream, brook, channel, culvert, ditch)

Yes
No

You must find out which permissions and licences you need to maintain, repair, build or remove anything in or around a watercourse or on the floodplain

Storage Areas?

Yes
No

Where equipment is kept?

Keys/Code needed for gate?

Yes
No

Signage required?

Yes
No

Working near public highway or public footpaths?

Please detail

Are there surfaces that need protecting?

Yes
No

eg. Glass, listed features, tiles

Please detail

Public access/footpath or other personnel on site?

Yes
No

Please detail

Hazardous terrain?

Yes
No

Please detail

Are you in an Oak Processionary Moth zone with oak trees on site?

Yes
No

If unsure contact the office to check zoning or refer to the OPM Policy on Bamboo

Protected Sites - eg. Tree Presevation Orders (TPO), Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Areas (SPAs)

Please outline below, or if unsure, contact the office prior to undertaking any work

Please detail

Risk from adverse weather conditions? (eg. wind and falling trees, unsecure barriers, wet and cold weather)

Yes
No

Please refer to Windy Weather Policy on Bamboo

Is there asbestos known on site?

Yes
No
Unsure

Please check with clients and refer to Asbestos Policy on Bamboo

If unsure, please detail

Could soils be contaminated with chemicals or asbestos?

Yes
No
Other

Please detail

Soil must be tested before removing

Is there any biosecurity risks from dead/diseased plants?

Yes
No

If unsure please select yes and take photos (Please discuss with the office for further guidance)

Tree on control

Are poisonous/hazardous plants present on site?

Yes
No

If yes, please refer to the Hazardous Plants Policy on Bamboo or contact the office for further guidance

Risk of sharps on site? (Take disposal kit and wear needle proof gloves)

Yes
No

Waste management plan (how will site waste be dealt with?)

Services

When filling out this section there are multiple things to consider:

-External lights

-Pond work

-Dog collar and automatic lawnmower cables

-Electric Gates

-New fibre cables hidden

-Electric boxes and cables running around houses

-Oil tank in situ

-CAT scanner to be used when planting is taking place to pick up shallow cables

-Check cable plans

-Check irrigation plans

Do you have any access to utility plans?

Yes
No

Electricity/Power/Security Cables present relevant to garden work

Yes
No

Water/Gas/Oil lines present?

Yes
No

BT/Telecoms/Data cables present?

Yes
No

Hazards in the garden

*In the event of a fire, meeting point is by the entrance (gate) to the property

Are there hazards in the garden?

Yes
No

Hazard list

Hazard type 6

Pond / Tall Trees / Roads

Control measure

Leave blank if risk is low

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Garden Maintenance Site Specific Risk Assessment

Site Details

Welfare/Emergency/First Aid Arrangements- Dial 999/112

General Arrangements

Services

When filling out this section there are multiple things to consider:

Hazards in the garden

*In the event of a fire, meeting point is by the entrance (gate) to the property

Hazard list

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