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Risk assessment and method statement
Floor removal RAMS
- Company
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- Site and work area
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- Planned dates
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- In charge on site
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- Team
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Method statement
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Risk assessment
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Floor removal RAMS example
The same RAMS, filled in for one job.
Risk assessment and method statement
Floor removal, Unit 3, Canal Side Business Park, Stockport
Risk assessment
People entering the work area or tripping over materials
Workers, occupants and visitors
Mark or barrier the active work area. Store tools and materials away from access routes.
Dust and loose pieces affect workers and people nearby
The floor removal team and other trades
Agree the work boundary and waste route before starting.
An old floor or adhesive may contain asbestos
The floor removal team and nearby workers
Do not disturb suspect material until the information covers this floor.
Breathing asbestos fibres from old boards, sheets, sealants or insulation
The team and anyone in the building
Do not cut, drill or break any material until it is confirmed asbestos free. Licensed work is not for this method; hand it to a licensed contractor.
Hitting a live cable or gas pipe causes shock, fire or gas escape
The person doing the work and everyone nearby
Check again wherever the work moves. If you hit something, stop, keep clear and report it.
Back and shoulder injury from carrying heavy or long items
Everyone handling materials
Use a trolley or sack truck on the flat where the load suits one. Where the work is up a level, hand items up or hoist them. Never carry them up a ladder.
Dust spreads into occupied or shared areas
Workers, occupants and other trades
Keep doors and routes managed while dusty work is under way.
Dust enters the lungs and contaminates nearby areas
Workers and people nearby
Use this job's dust control and check it works before continuing.
A person trips or falls through a damaged or opened floor
The team and anyone entering the room
Keep openings covered or guarded until they are safe.
Uncontrolled or wrongly described waste harms people or the environment
Workers, waste carriers and the public
Use the agreed container and an authorised waste holder.
Debris, tools or unfinished work left in the area
Workers, occupants and visitors
Remove waste by the agreed route. Record and protect any unfinished work.
Floor removal, Unit 3, Canal Side Business Park, Stockport
- Company
- Hollins & Reed Contracting Ltd
- Site and work area
- Unit 3, Canal Side Business Park, Stockport
- Planned dates
- 12 to 14 October 2026
- In charge on site
- Dan Hollins
- Team
- Two operatives: Dan Hollins leads and checks the area each morning; Priya Shah works with him.
Method statement
- 1Set up the work areaConfirm the work area and scope before starting. Keep other people outside the active work area. Keep entrances and escape routes clear.
- 2Plan the strip areaPlan the order for lifting coverings and where people and waste will go. Keep only the workers needed in the room and keep routes clear.
- 3Check the floor informationRead the asbestos survey or register for the room before lifting anything. If the floor is not covered or the material is unclear, stop and get it checked.
- 4Check for asbestos before you disturb anythingCheck the asbestos survey covers exactly what you will disturb, to the full depth. Register only, or nothing: get a refurbishment survey or a sample first. Read what it says about floor coverings, adhesives and the floor build-up. No survey, or a material you do not recognise: stop and get it checked.
- 5Find and isolate hidden servicesFind cables and pipes before you disturb anything: drawings, then a detector. Mark what you find. Not sure what is there? Turn the supply off, or do not start. Have cables and gas isolated by the right person and prove them dead before you start.
- 6Carry the floor coverings and waste safelyPlan the route, clear it, and get help with anything long or heavy. Store materials close to the work so nobody carries further than they need to.
- 7Screen off the areaUse a physical screen at the work boundary and keep non-workers out.
- 8Lift coverings with dust controlLift the covering in small sections and use extraction or water where suitable. Do not dry sweep the dust.
- 9Check the exposed floor as you goLook for holes, loose boards, damaged concrete and unexpected pipes as each section is exposed. Stop and protect the area if the floor is weak or open.
- 10Sort and transfer the wasteKeep waste types separate and contain loose pieces before they leave the room. Record what the next waste holder is receiving.
- 11Clear and hand back the areaRemove tools, waste and unused materials. Check the area is clean and ready to use. Tell the customer or whoever runs the site when the work is complete.
What a floor removal RAMS covers
Lifting loose or tacked coverings, and stripping bonded sheet, tiles and adhesive back to the base. Not covered: asbestos floor tiles and bitumen adhesive.
- Remove floor coverings
- Strip bonded flooring
Suggested steps and hazards for floor removal
Suggested for remove floor coverings before any questions are answered.
Plan the strip area
- Plan the order for lifting coverings and where people and waste will go.
- Keep only the workers needed in the room and keep routes clear.
Hazard
Dust and loose pieces affect workers and people nearby.
Who might be harmed and how
The floor removal team and other trades
Controls in place
- Agree the work boundary and waste route before starting.
A planned strip keeps people, dust and waste movements under control.
HSE: Construction dust: Soft strip demolition Check the floor information
- Read the asbestos survey or register for the room before lifting anything.
- If the floor is not covered or the material is unclear, stop and get it checked.
Hazard
An old floor or adhesive may contain asbestos.
Who might be harmed and how
The floor removal team and nearby workers
Controls in place
- Do not disturb suspect material until the information covers this floor.
The floor needs a clear asbestos decision before it is disturbed.
HSE: The duty to manage asbestos in buildings: Arrange an asbestos survey Screen off the area
- Use a physical screen at the work boundary and keep non-workers out.
Hazard
Dust spreads into occupied or shared areas.
Who might be harmed and how
Workers, occupants and other trades
Controls in place
- Keep doors and routes managed while dusty work is under way.
Screening stops dust from travelling into rooms that are still in use.
HSE: Construction dust: Soft strip demolition
What the builder asks about floor removal
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What are you removing?
- What are you stripping?
Where
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
- What pipes or cables run under or through the floor?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- How is it fixed down?
- What tool will you use?
- How will you control dust?
- How will the floor coverings and waste get to the work?
What you’ve been told
- Does the asbestos survey cover this floor?
What your floor removal RAMS includes
Method statement
The work in order, step by step.
Risk assessment
Each hazard, who could be harmed, the controls in place and any further action.
The method statement and risk assessment in one A4 PDF. Your logo on Pro and Team.
What the law asks for
What a RAMS is
A risk assessment and method statement. The risk assessment records what could cause harm on the job, who could be harmed and how, and the controls that keep the risk down. The method statement sets out how the work will be done, step by step, in the order it happens.
A client or main contractor will usually ask for one before you start. RAMS is a site term, not a legal one: the law asks for the risk assessment and for the work to be planned, and a method statement is the usual way to show that plan for one job.
What the law asks for
- Employers, and self-employed people doing construction work, must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to their own people and to anyone else affected by the work (Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3).
- An employer with five or more employees must record the significant findings and any group of employees it finds especially at risk. The assessment must be reviewed if there is reason to think it is no longer valid, or the work has changed significantly.
- Every contractor must plan, manage and monitor its work so that, so far as is reasonably practicable, it is done without risks to health and safety, and must give its workers the information and instructions they need, including the hazards the risk assessment found (Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, regulation 15).
HSE guidance: the steps to manage risk and what contractors must do under CDM. This is the law in Great Britain; Northern Ireland has its own equivalent regulations.
What the builder does
You choose the work and answer questions about how the job will be done, such as what you will stand on and what else is going on nearby. Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
Many suggestions link to the HSE guidance they draw on. Your work is kept in this browser and, signed in, on your account with its photos; the PDF is made on your device. A briefing you send to phones goes through your account.
Separate documents
A COSHH assessment, lifting plan, permit to work, asbestos survey and the principal contractor’s construction phase plan are separate from the RAMS.
Reviewing a RAMS before work starts
RAMS review reads a RAMS PDF, yours before you send it or one a subcontractor sends you, and lists the points to raise, each marked on the page it comes from. Quick reviews are free.