South African contractors and safety officers

What task needs a method statement?

Get a free method statement and baseline risk assessment outline for a South African construction task, set out the way the regulations ask. Free.

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ePlan fills in

  • Company details
  • CIDB grading
  • Task hazards
  • Legal references

How it works

Method statement and baseline risk assessment, from one answer

  1. Describe the task and where it happens.
  2. ePlan breaks it into steps and lists the hazards and controls for each one.
  3. Read the draft free. Need the whole site file? Start a construction safety file.

What you get

One document, drafted from your answers

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Construction health and safety file door.

The first draft

Method statement and baseline risk assessment (free)

  1. Task, location and scope
  2. Sequence of work steps
  3. Hazards at each step
  4. Risk rating
  5. Controls and PPE
  6. Plant, tools and materials

Modeled on: Construction Regulations, 2014, regulation 9 (risk assessment)

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

12 months

in prison, or a fine, is the penalty for breaking South Africa's Construction Regulations
Source: Construction Regulations, 2014, regulation 33

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Questions

Method Statement and Risk Assessment: what people ask

Who must do the risk assessment?

The contractor has a competent person, appointed in writing, carry out a risk assessment before work starts and during the work. It identifies the hazards, evaluates the risks and sets out a documented plan of safe work procedures.

Source: gov.za

When do I need a fall protection plan?

When anyone works from a fall risk position. The contractor designates a competent person to prepare it, covering a risk assessment of all work from a fall risk position, the procedures and methods to address the risks, and a rescue plan.

Source: gov.za

What is a 16.2 appointment?

Section 16(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act lets the chief executive officer assign duties to a person under their control. The CEO stays responsible for those duties.

Source: gov.za

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