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LMRA: Last Minute Risk Analysis

An LMRA is a short check you do yourself at the workplace right before you start: does the situation still match the plan and are the risks still under control?

Explanation

The LMRA is the last link in risk control. A risk assessment or TRA is prepared in advance, but on the day itself plenty can be different: the weather, a colleague working nearby, faulty tools. With the LMRA you check this yourself before you start.

The person doing the work carries out the LMRA, usually with a few fixed questions or a short checklist. If something is not right, you do not start but talk to your supervisor. If the situation changes along the way, you do the LMRA again.

The LMRA does not replace a TRA. The TRA is the analysis beforehand, the LMRA is the check at the moment itself. Many clients and safety schemes such as VCA know the LMRA; whether it is mandatory depends on your client and your own policy.

Example from practice

Before you start working on scaffolding along a facade, you walk it quickly: is the scaffold secure, is the platform dry and is nobody working above you? If you see anything unusual, you discuss it first.

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LMRALast-minute risk analysis before the job. TRATask risk analysis per task step, with control measures and approval. Start-of-work meetingPre-job instruction and daily start with the team, with signatures. Toolbox talksShare toolbox talks and record attendance. VCASafety for contractors
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What is an LMRA? Last Minute Risk Analysis explainedAn LMRA is a short risk check you do right before the work, at the place where you are about to work. You check whether the situation matches what you expected and whether you can start safely. This article explains what an LMRA involves, when to do one and how to record it well. LMRA form: an example with questions you can use right awayAn LMRA form is a short checklist that you fill in on the work site itself, just before the work starts. Below is an example with nine questions you can use straight away, with advice on filling it in, what to do after a no, and whether to choose paper or a digital form. TRA task risk analysis: steps, example and who approves itA TRA, or task risk analysis, is an analysis of one specific task that you prepare before the work starts. You split the task into steps, look for the hazards per step and choose control measures. Here you read how that works, with a worked example and an answer to the question of who approves a TRA.
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See also

TRATask Risk AnalysisRI&ERisk Inventory and EvaluationToolbox talkToolbox talkWork start briefingWork start briefingVCASafety, Health and Environment Checklist for Contractors

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