Risk to public

[Lancstree]

When carrying out risk assessments for jobs that cannot exclude the public from the work area (e.g. work on a tree overhanging several properties), I'd be interested to know what sort of measures are identified to reduce the risk to an acceptable level.

 

To get the list going here's a few:

 

• Inform people at risk by knocking on doors and talking or by dropping a leaflet through. (e.g. those that come out of the rear door of their house to have a look at what's going on and stand right underneath!)
   
  
• Ensure enough staff on the ground to manage the public and identify unexpected risks.
   
  
• Rigg pieces rather than snap cut and throw.
  

 

I'm interested because I'd like to know if there is anything more I could do, rather than just accepting that I'd done all I could because I can't think of anything else, which is a cop out.

[ecolojim]

knocking on the doors and having a word with the neighbours is probably a very good idea. nothing worse than angry neighbours whose first piece of ammo is, nobody told me