Work Method Statement:				Telecommunication Towers
Activity	What are the Hazards?	What is the Risk?		How are you going to Control the Hazard and minimise the risk of injury?							Who is going to Monitor and
	(What has the potential to cause injury?)	(From Risk Calculator - see below)		A HAZARD MAY REQUIRE THE USE OF ONE OR MORE CONTROL MEASURES - CROSS OUT/ DELETE CONTROL MEASURES NOT USED							Review it and How?
	Uncontrolled			1.  Only Trained Staff to work on Telecommunication Towers.  Eg.  Aware of safe							Name
Working on	Fall from Height			climbing methods like maintaining 3 points of contact at all times.
Telecom-
munication				2.  "Riding the Line" practice only to be performed within the allowable heights of
Towers				the Industry Standard.  Recommend climbing with fall protection or use of
				personnel platforms.
				3.  Hoisting Equipment to be approved, certified and inspected by a competent							Signature
				person.  Equipment should be used and maintained in line with its specifications.
				4.  Gin Poles to be designed by an Engineer.  The Engineers drawings should
				be available on site and should detail the devices attachments and limitations.
				5.  Use appropriate PPE and safety equipment;  ensure it is in good working order
				and maintained and used as per the manufacturers instructions.
				6.  Ensure the communication between the worker and hoist operator is Clear							Method (How)
				and Operational at all times.							Visual
											inspection
				7.  Two or more workers must be present at all times work is in progress.  If the							where required
				Fall Arrest System is activated for one worker, the other/s can initiate rescue
				arrangements.							Workers
											supervised
				8.  Workers to inspect their equipment is free from obvious defect before each use.
				Pay particular attention to the condition of anchorage devices.							Use of
											competent
				9.  Check Environmental Conditions are safe for proposed Telecommunication							persons where
				Tower activities.  ie:  Low wind activity etc.							required
HOW TO USE THIS RISK TABLE			RISK RATING CALCULATOR		Likelihood					Risk Rating	Prioritisation
			Consequence		Very likely Could happen anytime	Likely Could happen sometimes	Unlikely Could happen, but only rarely	Very Unlikely Could happen, but probably never will		1 or 2	Action to rectify
Step 1:  Identify potential hazards.			What injury/damage could it cause?								must be done
Step 2:  Decide what the possible Consequence could be			Death or permanent disability		1	1	2	3			immediately
Step 3:  Decide How Likely? It is to happen			Long term illness or serious injury		1	2	3	4		3, 4 or 5	Consider
Step 4:  Line up your choices in the table to get a number			Medical attention & several days off work		2	3	4	5			control measure
Step 5:  Use the Priority table (far right side) to guide your next steps			First aid needed		3	4	5	6			as necessary