RAMS-18 Lifting Operations - Mobile Crane and Telehandler - Risk Assessment and Method Statement, Worked Example (Word, UK, 2026)
A complete, paired risk assessment and method statement for Lifting Operations - Mobile Crane and Telehandler, written as a full worked example on a real-looking UK project, the way a principal contractor's reviewer expects to receive it.
Not a blank form. Every hazard row and every step of the sequence is filled in for a named task, with plant, quantities, named roles and the hold points a reviewer looks for. You edit the specifics for your job; the structure, the control hierarchy and the standards table are already right.
Risk assessment (RAMS-18-RA): 10 hazards, each with who is at risk and how, existing controls, likelihood and severity on a 5 × 5 matrix before and after additional controls, the hierarchy of control from MHSWR Schedule 1, PPE beyond site minimum, emergency arrangements and a review record. Hazards covered include:
- Crane overturn or structural failure - ground failure at CS-02, over-radius, wrong configuration, outrigger not fully extended
- Load falling - rigging failure, wrong lugs, spreader overloaded, sections not secured together
- Wind - load rotating, crane limit, roof crew in wind
- People under the load or in the slew radius - other trades, the delivery driver, visitors
- Landing on the roof - plinth edge, roof deck loading, crew hands under the load, load swinging into the edge protection; roof edge (no scaffold)
- Contact with the building, the TWI-007 edge protection or the OHL
And 4 more.
Method statement (RAMS-18-MS): scope, persons and competence, 7 items of plant with their inspection requirements, materials and hazardous substances, permits and hold points (6), a 12-step sequence of work with hazards, controls and the check or ITP line for each step, emergency arrangements specific to the task, supervision and stop-work triggers, and the briefing and sign-on record.
Standards and guidance cited, checked at current edition: LOLER 1998 regs 8 (planning, supervision, competent person), 9 (thorough examination, L113, BS 7121-1:2016, BS 7121-3:2017+A1:2019, L117, TW-013 Crane base certificate (Temporary Works pack); BS 5975-1:2024, GS6, HS-P05 Lifting operation permit and lift plan checklist (H&S pack), RIDDOR 2013 Sch 2 (dangerous occurrences. The Standards and Guidance table in the RA names the edition and where it was checked.
Also included: the RAMS Library Index and Delivery Guide with the reviewer's 20-point checklist and the twelve reasons RAMS get rejected.
Need more than one trade? The RAMS Library has all twenty pairs plus the blank RA and MS templates for £245 - all 20 for the price of 7.
Format: two Microsoft Word documents (.docx), A4, branded, unlocked and editable, plus the guide. Single-company licence: use on as many of your own projects as you like; not for resale.
What comes with every StructAssure pack
- 12 months of email support - ask how to apply the documents to your project and a chartered construction professional answers.
- Free updates when standards change - every standard cited is on our watch list; when an edition changes, the revised documents are re-issued to your Payhip download page at no charge.
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Built by StructAssure Ltd - Chartered construction and quality professionals (MCIOB, CQP MCQI, MAPM). Independently audited before release.
