Do you run a motorcycle garage?
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 motorcycle garages.
→ Risk prevention proposals dedicated to motorcycle garages.
→ 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 33 occupational risk situations classified into 6 work units:
Motorcycle repair shop
Customer contact
Secretariat / Administration
Cleaning of premises
Road travel
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 
 
Danger from skin contact with chemicals: Motorcycle repair mechanics come into contact with a wide range of chemicals. Some of these products are necessary for motorcycle operation: SP95 and SP98 gasoline, 2T/4T engine oils, coolant, DOT brake fluid. On the other hand, lubricants, degreasers and greases (mainly stored in aerosol form), as well as adhesives such as threadlockers, are not without risk in the event of skin contact. Risks of skin contact with the chemicals needed to run the motorcycles will arise above all when changing fluids (engine oils/gearboxes) and purging systems (braking/cooling). The risks associated with the products used by the garage (aerosols/pastes/liquids) are present in the event of use without appropriate personal protective equipment (notably EN374-type chemical protection gloves). In the short term, all these products can cause skin irritation. In the long term, petrols (SP95 and SP98) are possible carcinogens, affecting the blood and kidneys, used motor oils are classified as carcinogenic, some manufacturers' coolants are CMR (Carcinogenic - Mutagenic / Reprotoxic) and some DOT brake fluids contain CMR substances.
 
Risks from inhaling chemical compounds: Motorcycle repair mechanics have to inhale various chemical compounds. Some of these compounds come from the exhaust gases emitted by motorcycles during certain breakdown diagnostics or post-repair tests. The other part comes from the various volatile chemicals contained in the motorcycles (petrols and oils) and in the workshop (lubricants, degreasing agents, greases, glues and other products with high saturated vapour pressure). The risks associated with inhalation of chemical compounds are much greater indoors, in confined spaces with no air circulation, as is often the case in workshops. Starting up motorcycles in this environment systematically exposes mechanics, especially if there is no fume extraction system in operation. These fumes contain residues of burnt gasoline (4-stroke) or burnt gasoline and oil (2-stroke). Possible damage resulting from exhaust inhalation is fatigue, nausea, headaches, and possibly unconsciousness caused by high levels of carbon monoxide, which in rare cases can lead to death. More generally, inhalation of chemical compounds is responsible for long-term organ toxicity, sometimes leading to cancer, mutation or damage to the reproductive system.
 
Risks associated with high noise levels: Mechanics in charge of repairing motorcycles are exposed to noise-related risks. On the one hand, starting up the motorcycles can generate high levels of noise pollution, especially for motorcycles fitted with an exhaust system or without baffles (around 110dB). On the other hand, the use of compressed-air/electroportable tools and machines (e.g. blowgun, impact wrench, screwdriver/screwdriver, etc.) generates considerable noise pollution. Noise-related risks are present whenever people work in a noise environment of over 80dB. From that point onwards, the severity of the risks will depend on two main parameters: exposure time (expressed in hours) and average noise level (expressed in dB). Not wearing hearing protection (helmets, earplugs) is a determining factor in noise exposure. In the short term, noise exposure can generate headaches, tinnitus that can last several hours, and mental fatigue. Over the long term, repeated exposure to high noise levels leads to progressive hearing loss, which most people are unaware of. This loss of hearing is accompanied by other major inconveniences, such as vertigo and chronic, irremediable tinnitus.
 
 
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 
_ "Health Risk Analysis of Workers at Motorcycle Workshop in Lhokseumawe City 2018" by Journal of Physics.