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Acoustic panel installation risk assessment and method statement
Draft RAMS for fixing acoustic panels to walls and suspending baffles or rafts from the ceiling. Add your site details, keep the suggestions that fit and check the PDF draft.
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What a Acoustic panel installation RAMS covers
Fitting sound-absorbing panels: fixing wall panels to a checked backing with the maker's kit, and hanging ceiling panels from suitable fixings above.
- Fit acoustic wall panels
- Suspend acoustic panels
Suggested steps and hazards for Acoustic panel installation
What it offers for fit acoustic wall panels before you have answered anything.
Stop things falling on people below
- Fence off the ground below the work so nobody walks under the panels and fixings.
- Use toe boards, brick guards or netting on platforms and lanyard tools where you can.
Hazard
Panels and fixings falling onto people below
Who might be harmed and how
People below, including the public
Controls in place
- Lower waste in bags or a chute, never throw it.
- Keep the exclusion zone up until the last item is down.
Falling objects are a leading cause of harm to the public near construction.
HSE: Protecting the public Check the wall-panel system
- Match the panels, backing, fixing kit and trims to the named system or project detail.
- Do not substitute a fixing because it is available.
Hazard
A panel detaches because the wrong fixing or system part was used
Who might be harmed and how
The installation team and people nearby
Controls in place
- Keep the manufacturer information with the work.
- Stop if the panel or fixing kit does not match the detail.
The panel system and its fixing kit are designed to work together.
Rockfon wall panel system Check the wall and backing
- Inspect the wall or backing where each fixing will go.
- Raise cracks, movement, damp or missing support before fitting panels.
Hazard
The wall or fixing pulls out under the panel load
Who might be harmed and how
The installation team and people nearby
Controls in place
- Use the fixing detail for the actual backing.
- Do not fix to an unconfirmed or damaged surface.
The backing has to hold the fixing before the panel can be safely installed.
Rockfon wall panel system
What the builder asks about Acoustic panel installation
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What wall-panel system are you fitting?
- What suspended panel system is it?
Where
- What will the panels fix to?
- What support information do you have above?
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
- What pipes or cables run behind the wall panels or above the suspended panels?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- How will you hold each panel while it is attached?
- How will the acoustic panels get to the work?
- Will you cut anything on site, and with what?
What your Acoustic panel installation RAMS includes
Method statement
The sequence of the work, step by step. The suggestions are a starting point; you write the method for the job as it will be done.
Risk assessment
Each hazard, who could be harmed, the controls in place and any further action. There is no risk score: you judge each row against the real site, and adding a hazard does not put its controls in place.
PDF draft for review
The document as you left it, for someone competent to check. A download is not approval and not permission to start work.