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Steel fixing RAMS Builder
Steel fixing risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for cutting, bending, placing and tying bar reinforcement, and for laying mesh on spacers. Add the bar schedule, the pour and the handling plant, edit the suggested steps and review the PDF draft.
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What a Steel fixing RAMS covers
Steel fixing here is the fixer's work before a pour: preparing and placing bars to the issued detail, tying them off, and setting mesh on chairs and spacers to hold the cover.
- Bar reinforcement
- Mesh and spacers
Suggested steps and hazards for Steel fixing
What it offers for bar reinforcement before you have answered anything.
Check the current bar detail
- Read the current schedule or cage detail and mark the fixing area before moving bars.
- Stop if the bar shape, spacing, lap or cover detail is missing.
Hazard
Incorrect reinforcement or an unplanned load on the formwork
Who might be harmed and how
Steel fixers and the concrete team
Controls in place
- Use only the issued detail and record queries before fixing.
- Do not invent bar sizes, laps, spacing or cover.
The current detail sets the reinforcement before fixing starts.
Health and safety in construction HSG150 Prepare bars at a stable station
- Cut and bend bars at the planned bench or machine with hands clear of the tool.
- Keep prepared bars supported and sorted by the current detail.
Hazard
Crushed fingers, cuts or strains during bar preparation
Who might be harmed and how
Steel fixers and people near the station
Controls in place
- Use the approved cutter or bender and keep guards in place.
- Use handling aids for long or awkward bars.
A stable station controls tool contact and supports the prepared bars.
Health and safety in construction HSG150 Place and tie the reinforcement
- Place bars to the current detail, fit the specified supports and tie the intersections.
- Keep the planned cover and protect exposed ends, edges and openings as you go.
Hazard
Incorrect reinforcement, trips, cuts or collapse of unsupported bars
Who might be harmed and how
Steel fixers and the concrete team
Controls in place
- Use the issued support and cover detail.
- Keep access boards or platforms separate from the reinforcement.
- Cap, cover or barrier exposed ends and openings.
Correct supports, cover and separate access keep the reinforcement stable and people safe.
Health and safety in construction HSG150
What the builder asks about Steel fixing
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What drawing are you working to?
Where
- What will hold the mesh at the right level?
- How will you keep people off loose mesh and starter bars?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- How will you prepare the bars?
- How will the reinforcing bars and mesh get to the work?
- Will you cut anything on site, and with what?
What your Steel fixing 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.