4Risk management#

The Queensland Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 classifies work on or adjacent to roads that is used by traffic other than pedestrians as high-risk work and prescribes the need to identify hazards and control risks.

The ways of controlling risks are ranked from the highest level of protection and reliability to the lowest. This ranking is known as the ‘hierarchy of risk control’. The WHS Regulation requires duty holders to work through this hierarchy when managing risk under the WHS Regulation.

Figure 4 – Hierarchy of risk control
Figure 4 – Hierarchy of risk controlp. 65

The Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices Part 3: Traffic control for works on roads provides guidance in relation to hazard identification and risk control as it relates to all applications of road works. This supplement embraces these requirements together with the principles as contained in AS/NZS ISO 31000 Risk Management.

Source: TM at Works on Roads Guideline · pages 64–65 Open PDF at this page Search this document