Risk Assesment: Table Saw

This document is a qualitative health and safety risk assessment based on the Risk Assessment Template.

You will be filling this in with a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and a Risk Assessment Expert, these may be the same person or two people. The table on the right can be used to evaluate each Hazard, we'd like everything to be low (L), but it's fine to have a Medium (M) in there from time to time if nothing sensible can be done to reduce the risk further, risk assessments are not meant to stop you doing a thing. But please, a High (H) means you really shouldn't do it in the space.

Risk Evaluation Guide Low Severity Medium Severity High Severity
Low Likelihood L L M
Medium Likelihood L M H
High Likelihood M H H


Introduction

This is a risk assessment for use of the Startrite TA175 Table Saw.

Subject Matter Expert James Southern
Risk Assessment Expert Bracken
Date Last Updated 2016-07-10
Review Date* 2016-08-10

*All risk assessments should have a review date pending at all times.

Assessment

Hazard to health and/or safety present Possible risk to persons & public Precautions already taken Risk Level (Severity x Likelihood). Action Required, by whom and when?
Touching the blade Laceration from blade, impromptu amputated limbs and digits. The blade has a saw guard. L Put a sign telling people to tidy tripping hazards prior to using the tool.
Kickback & being dragged Laceration from blade, impromptu amputated limbs and digits. The saw has a riving knife, and the fence does not extend past the center of the saw. M Replace the riving knife with one that has a thickness thinner than the kerf & thicker than the blade body.
Kickback and being impacted Wood hurled at operator & bystanders, possible damage to eyes. The has a riving knife & the fence does not extend past the center of the saw, there is a blade guard. L Replace the riving knife with one that has a thickness thinner than the kerf & thicker than the blade body. To be done by James Southern.
Electrocution Electrical burns, heart interruption. There is an RCD on the circuit, the tool is fused. M No further actions.
Dust Inhalation, Lung Problems People can wear dust masks. M Install a sign telling people to wear dust masks in the workshop.
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