Hazard report form for demolition and strip-out
Short answer
A demolition hazard form is built around what you don’t know yet. Suspect material, how the structure is holding itself up and whether services are really off. It records what you found, whether you stopped and who knows. Download the PDF or Word template, or fill the fields by voice.
What goes wrong in demolition
Demolition is mostly surprises. The wall that was meant to be non-structural isn’t, and the grey sheet behind the lining wasn’t on the register. The form needs to capture a find, a decision to stop and a list of who was told, in that order.
- Suspect asbestos found behind linings, in ceilings or under floors
- Walls and slabs carrying load that the drawings don’t show
- Gas, power or water still live in a building marked as isolated
- Dust from cutting and breaking concrete and masonry
- Debris leaving the site boundary or landing near neighbours
- Lead paint on timber and metal being stripped or cut
Fields that earn their place on a demolition form
The most important line on this form is the one that says work stopped. Everything else explains why.
- Suspect material found: what it looks like, where, and a photo from a distance
- Work stopped, by whom and at what time
- What the structure is resting on, as far as you can tell
- Services confirmed isolated, and who confirmed it
- Exclusion zone breached, and by whom
- Neighbours or public within reach of dust or debris
On paper and by voice
The strip-out crew lifts a ceiling tile and finds a pinkish board with a fibrous edge. Nobody’s gloves are clean enough to type. You say “level one, east office, board above the ceiling, looks like fibre sheet, work stopped at 10:40”, take a photo from the door and clear the room. The record carries your time.
Where Haznote fits
Haznote saves the stop time and the photo with the location, and the manager sees it as soon as it lands. It can’t tell you what a material is. An assessor decides that. The record shows what the crew saw and when they stopped, which is what the next person needs.
Download the form.
A free example to print or edit. It’s general information, not legal advice, and it asks for no email.
Plain answers.
Should I report something I just suspect?
Yes. Say that you suspect it and stop work. The report is how the manager arranges testing.
Does this form handle asbestos removal?
No. It records a find and the decision to stop. Removal has its own process and its own people.
Where does dust exposure go?
Start with this form to record the hazard. The silica exposure incident template covers a person exposed.
Where this comes from.
This page describes how Haznote works. It makes no claims about the law, so it cites no regulator.
Report a demolition hazard by voice. A manager confirms it.
Run it on one site and see the first report land in the manager’s list.