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Leadwork risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for dressing rolled lead cold into flashings, gutters and abutments, and forming the joints between sheets. Give the roof, the lead and the access, edit the suggestions and review the PDF draft.
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What a Leadwork RAMS covers
Cutting and dressing rolled lead sheet without heat into flashings, soakers, gutters and abutments, and forming laps, welts, rolls and drips between sheets.
- Cold-dressed leadwork
- Lead joints
Suggested steps and hazards for Leadwork
What it offers for cold-dressed leadwork before you have answered anything.
Check the weather before you start
- Do not lift or fix lead sheet and tools in strong wind; a large sheet is a sail.
- Stop in heavy rain, ice or lightning, and rest in the shade in hot weather.
Hazard
Wind catches the lead sheet and tools or blows someone off balance at height
Who might be harmed and how
The team and people below
Controls in place
- Agree a wind limit for panels and platforms and check the forecast each morning.
- Tie down or take in loose materials before you leave.
Wind is the main weather cause of falls and dropped loads in outside work at height.
HSE: Work at height Stop things falling on people below
- Fence off the ground below the work so nobody walks under the lead sheet and tools.
- Use toe boards, brick guards or netting on platforms and lanyard tools where you can.
Hazard
Lead sheet and tools 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 Confirm the rolled lead and detail
- Check that the named rolled lead sheet matches the roof detail and supplier information.
- Keep the detail available at the work face.
Hazard
The wrong sheet or detail fails under movement or weather
Who might be harmed and how
Leadworkers and building occupants
Controls in place
- Use the specified rolled lead product.
- Refer other lead forms to their supplier instructions.
The specified rolled lead and detail are needed for a sound weathering junction.
Rolled Lead Sheet manual
What the builder asks about Leadwork
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What lead detail are you forming?
- Are you joining new or old lead?
Where
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
- What pipes or cables run around or behind the roof junctions and fixings?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- How will the lead be held?
- What joint method is specified?
- Will old lead or roof material be disturbed?
- Will you cut anything on site, and with what?
- How will the lead sheets and rolls get to the work?
What your Leadwork 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.