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POWRA Point of Work Risk Assessment

by Shane Rees, from the Community

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This POWRA template helps crews assess risks at the point of work before any task begins. It guides teams to confirm RAMS, verify training and qualifications, check PPE condition, and ensure tools, plant, and safety systems are serviceable. It covers manual handling, welfare and hydration, environmental spills and spill kits, and department specific steps for civils, traffic management, ITS, maintenance, fibre, and surveying. Capture arrival photos, mark services with cable avoidance tools, log hand arm vibration exposure, and document post work site clearance. Include visitor details and reference materials as required to remain compliant with HSE expectations.

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POWRA: Point of Work Risk Assessment Checklist
Use this Point of Work Risk Assessment to evaluate site conditions before starting tasks, verify RAMS have been read and obtained, check PPE and IDs, and confirm operatives’ competency. The checklist covers welfare facilities, manual handling, environmental spills and spill kits, cable avoidance and equipment calibration, plant and tool condition, and HAVS time recording. It supports disciplines such as civils, traffic management, fibre, ITS, maintenance, and surveying, and requires photographic evidence for pre-work conditions and post-work site clear status. Capture issues, escalate to a line manager when required, and ensure works are carried out safely and to specification.
by Oliver Lewis, from the Community
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Point of Work Risk Assessment POWRA Checklist
This Point of Work Risk Assessment POWRA template helps supervisors and teams assess site conditions at the point of work before any task begins. It guides users to verify documentation, tools, PPE, and access, identify common hazards such as working at height, manual handling, vehicles, electricity, noise, vibration, dust and fumes, and specify additional controls when required. The template also includes a review section to capture new hazards, lessons learned, and suggestions, supporting safer, compliant starts to work activities.
by Tom Muldowney, from the Community
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Point of Work Risk Assessment POWRA for Teams
This Point of Work Risk Assessment POWRA template helps supervisors and teams assess risks at the point of work before any task begins. It guides users to verify documentation, access, equipment condition and PPE, then evaluate common hazards such as working at height, flying objects, chemicals, confined spaces, electricity, noise, vibration and manual handling. The workflow supports adding required controls, recording at risk findings, and completing a review to capture lessons learned and further safety suggestions. Use it to promote safer site practices and consistent, auditable decision making across teams.
by Admin User, from the Community
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Point of Work Risk Assessment (POWRA)
This Point of Work Risk Assessment (POWRA) template helps teams evaluate hazards at the job site before work begins. It covers site setup, inductions, PPE, welfare, and pre-use checks, then guides users through common risks including slips and trips, work at height, COSHH, falling objects, hot works, asbestos, structural collapse, manual handling, plant and vehicle movements, confined spaces, noise, temperature, vibration, electricity and LOTO, contamination, poor lighting, adverse weather, and dust/fumes. It promotes practical controls such as segregation, barriers, mechanical aids, job rotation, ventilation, exposure limits, and appropriate PPE. One completed POWRA can apply to the whole team and includes space for notes and supervisor sign-off.
by jonathan martin, from the Community
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POWRA Point of Work Risk Assessment

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