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General Roofing Works Risk Assessment

Our Roofing Risk Assessment Template highlights the appropriate roofing hazards, to ensure that safe working practices are followed when roofing work is carried out. This Roofing Risk Assessment Template has been written by IOSH and NEBOSH qualified safety professionals and is delivered instantly to your email address ready for you to download and start editing straight away. We also provide telephone support with all of our documents.

Included in this general roofing works risk assessment:

There are many hazards associated with roofing work, as there is a height risk which needs to be accounted for on every project. It is good to have a roof work safety checklist on hand to ensure you can keep you and your employees safe. Our Roofing Risk Assessment includes:

  • General roofing work, including trusses, tiling, slating, leadwork and bitumen
  • Hazards from dropping equipment from height leading serious injury
  • Inclement weather
  • Working on fragile surfaces
  • Hung up workers
  • Injury from slips, trips and falls
  • Injury from incorrect manual handling
  • Working on external sites
  • Use of power tools (with correct personal protective equipment)
  • Working with asbestos-containing materials (ACMs)
  • Hot work – use of gas torches
  • Fire on site
  • Plus much more

Like all of our risk assessment templates, this document has been written by IOSH and NEBOSH qualified safety professionals and is delivered instantly to your email address ready for you to download and start editing straight away. The template should be changed to suit the exact works you are carrying out.

Risks associated with roofing work 

Roofing work comes with many risks, including:

  • Falling from a height 
  • Electrical hazards
  • Structural risks 
  • Equipment hazards
  • Weather-related risks 

Conducting a Roofing Risk Assessment will help to identify and mitigate any potential hazards associated with roofing work. After you’ve completed your risk assessment we strongly recommend you download and complete a General Roofing Works Method Statement.