14-02-2014, 08:22 PM
I can't quote the most recent Network Rail rules, but clearly almost the entire point of planning work is to ensure that it is done safely; this inevitably entails an assessment of the risks and a means of eliminating / reducing / mitigating them.
There was a time when Method Statements balloned and contained a large number of standard risks and formulaic precautions etc such that there was no value being added (wearing of standard PPE such as hard hat, wearing "all orange", safety booots etc., warning about slip /trips/falls etc - all very true and important but "nothing special". I believed that all this regurgitated stuff has been stripped out of each separate Method Statement and are purely cross referenced as generic risks, thus slimming down to cncentrate on what really is special about this actual work so that corrrect focus is given, rather than being lost amongst all the standard stuff.
So I think the quick answer is "YES, but may not look like it may have done in the past"
There was a time when Method Statements balloned and contained a large number of standard risks and formulaic precautions etc such that there was no value being added (wearing of standard PPE such as hard hat, wearing "all orange", safety booots etc., warning about slip /trips/falls etc - all very true and important but "nothing special". I believed that all this regurgitated stuff has been stripped out of each separate Method Statement and are purely cross referenced as generic risks, thus slimming down to cncentrate on what really is special about this actual work so that corrrect focus is given, rather than being lost amongst all the standard stuff.
So I think the quick answer is "YES, but may not look like it may have done in the past"
(14-02-2014, 05:20 PM)oxfordjack1 Wrote: Should method statement include of risk assessement of the wok?
Thank you.
PJW