Do you run a boiler-making business?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with safety regulations?
 
Our Health and Safety Risk Assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to boilermaking.
→ A professional risk assessment specific to the boilermaker's trade.
→ Risk prevention proposals dedicated to boilermaking.
→ The integration of risks linked to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 32 occupational risk situations classified into 5 work units:
On site
Business trips
Contact with customers
Secretarial / Administrative
Working environment
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
Machine and tool hazards when tracing and cutting metal: Tracing and cutting metal is an integral part of the metal fabrication process for boilermakers. This stage requires the use of machines with high cutting power for shearing (e.g. guillotine shears, blade shears, lever shears, etc.) and sawing (band saws, hacksaws, etc.) metals. The use of these machines entails considerable physical risks, due to the proximity of the hands to the cutting zone. The risks associated with tracing and cutting metal are present whenever the boilermaker uses machines and tools with high cutting power. Machine use greatly increases the risk of severing limbs, compared to the use of hand tools. The closer the operator's upper limbs are to the machine's working area, the greater the risk. These machines can cause superficial skin wounds, which are liable to become infected if not disinfected, but above all, they can sever limbs, particularly on the hands that handle the metal in the work area.
 
Hazards associated with machines and tools used in metal forming: Metal forming using various processes such as bending, folding, stamping or rolling sheet metal is an integral part of the boilermaker's trade. The tools used for these operations (folding machine, bending machine, stamping press, bending machine) are capable of exerting great force on metals, which also presents a source of danger for people due to the proximity of hands to the work area. The risks associated with metal forming are present as soon as the boilermaker starts using machines for bending, folding, stamping and rolling metals. Machine use greatly increases the risk of crushing limbs, compared to the use of hand tools. The closer the operator's upper limbs are to the machine's working area, the greater the risk. Metal-forming machines exert a significant force that can crush one or more of the operator's limbs, particularly the hands, as they are close to the machine's work zone. Limb crushing can range from a simple hematoma to multiple fractures.
 
Hazards associated with the machines and tools used to assemble metals: After cutting and shaping metals, boilermakers need to assemble them. This is where welding machines (TIG, MIG, MAG, etc.) come into play, as well as machines for drilling, riveting and bolting parts together. The use of these different types of equipment entails a wide variety of risks, some of which can be serious. The risks associated with metal joining are present whenever the boilermaker is going to use machines to assemble metals, whether by welding, drilling, riveting or bolting. Using these machines without appropriate personal protective equipment (welder's gloves for welding, EN388-type mechanical protection gloves for drilling, riveting and bolting) will increase the severity of risks in the event of accidents. Welding equipment can cause severe burns, particularly to the hands, regardless of the type of welding unit used.
 
 
A GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_ Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES 
_ "Occupational Health Risks: Boilermakers" by International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Canada.