Landscaper / Gardener H&S Pack — UK 2026

Landscapers and gardeners work with powered machinery, chemicals and heavy manual handling, often alone, and commercial clients increasingly ask for written health and safety documents. This pack gives sole traders and small grounds-maintenance firms the paperwork, including a hand-arm vibration (HAVS) exposure log that most generic packs leave out.

What's inside

✓  Health and safety policy statement

✓  Landscaping risk assessment tables: mowers, strimmers, hedge cutters, chainsaws and chippers; hand-arm vibration; pesticides and herbicides; manual handling; noise; working near roads; sharp tools; Lyme disease and other biological hazards

✓  General site risk assessment: weather, underground services, lone working, public access, waste

✓  Method statement (RAMS) template

✓  COSHH assessments for herbicides and weedkillers, petrol and diesel, and fertilisers

✓  Hand-arm vibration (HAVS) section: exposure action and limit values, typical tool vibration levels, symptoms to watch for, and a daily vibration exposure log

✓  PPE record and checklist, including chainsaw PPE

✓  Accident and incident record with RIDDOR reporting guidance

✓  10 toolbox talk topics plus a signed record sheet

✓  Site induction checklist

✓  Insurance and qualifications checklist

Machinery, chemicals and vibration

The risk assessment tables and COSHH sections are written for the hazards that come with this trade, and the HAVS log gives you a simple daily record of vibration exposure from the tools you use. Add your own tool vibration figures from the manufacturer's data and keep the log with your other site records.

How to use it

Open the Word file, replace every [bracketed] field with your own details and job information, delete the guidance boxes, then print it or save it as a PDF to send to the client or principal contractor.

Who it's for

Sole traders and small firms who need their own health and safety documents for commercial sites, domestic contracts, tender submissions or insurance. Based on PUWER 1998, COSHH 2002 and the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and CDM 2015.

Cost comparison

Health and safety consultants often charge several hundred pounds or more to produce risk assessments and method statements. This pack is £49 and you can reuse it on every job.

Editable Word files. Instant download. Updated 2026.

Please note: these are templates. They must be tailored to your actual work, site and equipment, and they do not replace a site-specific assessment or professional advice where your work calls for it. Written for England and Wales and based on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, CDM 2015 and COSHH 2002 (plus the regulations named above).