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Roofing risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for pitched roof repairs and installs, cold-applied EPDM patches and installs, rainwater goods and gutter cleaning. Give the roof and the access, edit the suggestions and check the PDF draft.
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What a Roofing RAMS covers
Repairing and laying pitched coverings, patching or laying cold-applied EPDM, repairing or replacing gutters and downpipes, and clearing gutters from a safe platform.
- Pitched repair/install
- Cold EPDM patch/install
- Rainwater repair/replace
- Gutter cleaning
Suggested steps and hazards for Roofing
What it offers for pitched repair/install before you have answered anything.
Check the weather before you start
- Do not lift or fix roofing materials and gutter 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 roofing materials and gutter 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 roofing materials and waste.
- Use toe boards, brick guards or netting on platforms and lanyard tools where you can.
Hazard
Roofing materials and waste 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 roof before access
- Check the covering, openings and safe way on before starting.
- Treat an unconfirmed roof as fragile until it has been checked.
Hazard
Falling through a fragile covering or opening
Who might be harmed and how
Roofers and people below
Controls in place
- Use the planned platform, staging or other protection.
- Stop if the roof differs from the job information.
The roof condition and access route must be known before the repair starts.
HSE: Roof work
What the builder asks about Roofing
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What covering are you repairing?
- Is the deck ready for bonding?
- What are you changing?
- Can you clean the gutter from the ground?
- What is in the gutter?
Where
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
- What pipes or cables run the roof, eaves or wall fixings?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- Are the membrane products identified?
- Will the existing supports hold?
- Can the membrane be held while bonding?
- Where will the water discharge?
- How will you catch the debris?
- How will the roofing materials and waste get to the work?
What your Roofing 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.