Construction Risk Assessment

How to conduct a construction site risk assessment

Five steps supervisors use before high-risk construction work begins.

1. 1

   Define the work

   Break the job into sequential steps and note the people, tools, plant, and site conditions involved.

2. 2

   Identify hazards

   For each step, record what could cause harm and who could be affected.

3. 3

   Score the initial risk

   Assess likelihood and consequence before controls are applied.

4. 4

   Choose effective controls

   Work down the hierarchy of controls, favouring elimination and engineering controls over PPE.

5. 5

   Review and brief the team

   Confirm the residual risk is acceptable, then update the assessment whenever the work changes.

Construction-specific hazards to cover

Construction risk assessments must address falls from height, struck-by and caught-between, excavation collapse, overhead power, mobile plant interaction, and simultaneous operations. Document controls per job step, not as generic bullet lists.

RiskDraft produces step-level rows so your construction risk assessment reads like a method statement a crew can brief from — not a checkbox exercise.