Risk assessments for tree survey work

[Emma]

Can anyone help me with a risk assessment for tree survey work. I have managed to do the office side of things but I'm struggling to find any information on doing a general risk assessment that will cover any site. Any ideas?

[John Hancock]

Hi Emma, and welcome to the forum!

 

What exactly do you require? A risk assessment to cover a member of staff carrying out tree survey work while out on site, or a risk assessment on individual trees or groups of trees?

[Emma]

Hi John thanks for the welcome:biggrin:

 

I need to write a risk assessment to cover a member of staff carrying out a tree survey on site. Is it possible to have a general one for all sites or do I need an individual one for each site which would be a daunting amount of paper work!

[Amelanchier]

I would suggest a generic RA should be able to cover most hazards - the biggest being lone working. I'd only produces a site specific RA if there was some specific about the site! For example cliffs / old industrial sites / unexploded ordnance / ninjas etc.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I would suggest a generic RA should be able to cover most hazards - the biggest being lone working. I'd only produces a site specific RA if there was some specific about the site! For example cliffs / old industrial sites / unexploded ordnance / ninjas etc.

 

 

Ninjas! lol tony has a sense of humour too!

[Amelanchier]

Ninjas! lol tony has a sense of humour too!

 

Are ninjas not a problem round your way? Woods round here are full of them.

 

And zombies.

[John Hancock]

As Tony said, I think you could get away with a generic risk assessment as long as lone-working is specifically covered, i.e. make sure they have a mobile phone, you are aware of the location and they ring in/call you at given times throughout the day. It’s worth making sure they have the correct Hi-Viz as well (an approved vest is ok in a 30mph zone doing highway trees, anything above will require long sleeves).

 

 

Obviously this would be for ground based surveys only, climbing inspections would be a whole different ball-game.

[nailer]

as long as lone-working is specifically covered, i.e. make sure they have a mobile phone, you are aware of the location and they ring in/call you at given times throughout the day.

 

 

Maybe lone workers in woodland should also be equipped with a tracker in case they get injured, lost and buried under falling leaves.

 

BCA Tracker DTS from Facewest.co.uk

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Are ninjas not a problem round your way? Woods round here are full of them.

 

And zombies.

 

Suggest you get a better Ident on your shrooms before ingesting them tony!

[Andy Clark]

Can anyone help me with a risk assessment for tree survey work. I have managed to do the office side of things but I'm struggling to find any information on doing a general risk assessment that will cover any site. Any ideas?

 

Strangely enough, this subject has been floating round the UKTC forum lately.

 

I think that the order of the day, as everyone else has already mentioned, is that the biggest issue to cover would be "Lone Working".

 

If you PM me off forum, i should be able to help you out with a few relevant docs.