A confined space risk assessment template UK contractors need follows the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997, cited below, in their own order: regulation 4 on work in confined spaces, which starts with avoiding entry, and regulation 5 on emergency arrangements, which requires a rescue that will work before anyone goes in. The rows: avoid entry; the specified risks of this space; the safe system of work; atmosphere testing and ventilation; the permit; the competence of entrants and the top person; the rescue. The risk assessment template on this site prints them, free.
Avoid entry
Can the work be done from outside, by remote tools or a changed method? The first row, with the reason where the answer is no. A template that skips it is one the approver returns. The reason is written in the row, not assumed by the reader.
The specified risks
Lack of oxygen, toxic or flammable gas, liquids or solids that can engulf, heat, the access. Each a row with the control: testing and monitoring the atmosphere, ventilation, isolation of inlets, the time limit, communication.
The safe system and the people
The permit; the entrants and the top person trained for confined spaces with the training recorded; the equipment inspected; the method with the steps in order. The top person stays outside for the whole entry, in communication with the entrants, and never enters to help.
The rescue
Regulation 5: the people, the equipment and the training on site to rescue an entrant before anyone enters, rehearsed, with the alarm arrangements. Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, cited below, requires every employer to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of their employees, and regulation 3(6) requires an employer with five or more employees to record the significant findings and any group of employees especially at risk. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps the assessment with the permit and the RAMS; the template prints it. From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: SafetyCulture lists its Premium plan at $29 per seat per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with a free plan for small teams; Contractor Foreman lists its Basic plan at $49 per month for one user. DailyLogDesk Pro is $29 per month for the whole site team.
Questions people ask about confined space risk assessment template uk
Does the template apply outside the UK?
The shape does; the regulations cited are Great Britain's.
Can the emergency services be the rescue plan?
No; the regulations require arrangements in place before entry, and the services are the backstop.
Is the template free?
Yes, without an account.