Stop Paying $300 Per Machine for Risk Assessments
Used by civil contractors across Australia
Generate a compliant plant risk assessment in 5 minutes — ready for site audits and principal contractors.
- Covers 70+ compliance checks
- Built to AS3450, ISO31000, AS/NZS4024
- Works for Graders, Excavators, Posi Tracks & Rollers
- Generates a full 17–18 page structured PDF report
Most contractors are doing risk assessments the hard way
Most civil contractors either:
- •Pay consultants $300+ per machine
- •Copy outdated reports from previous jobs
- •Spend hours editing Word documents
When a principal contractor or safety auditor asks for a plant risk assessment, it turns into a scramble.
This tool removes that problem.
CivDocs built a faster way
Instead of writing risk assessments manually, answer a few questions about your machine and CivDocs generates a structured risk management report in minutes.
This produces the exact type of document safety auditors expect.
The report includes:
- Hazard identification
- Risk evaluation matrix
- Control measures
- Standards references
- Operator acknowledgement
How it works
- 1Enter Machine Details
- 2Answer Compliance Questions
- 3System Generates the Report
- 4Download Your PDF
Your report. On the machine. Always accessible.
Once your report is generated, we'll host it securely and give you a unique QR code linked directly to it.
Print it out and stick it on the machine. When a safety auditor or principal contractor wants to see the risk assessment, they scan the code — no paperwork, no searching through folders, no emailing PDFs back and forth.
- QR code printed and mounted on the machine
- Report hosted securely by CivDocs
- Accessible from any phone, instantly
- Always the latest version
Sample Report Preview
Example pages from a report generated by CivDocs
Cover page
Risk matrix
Hazard treatment section
Stop paying consultants for plant risk assessments
Build Your Risk Assessment →Takes less than 5 minutes.
John
Jal Civil
Used to be scrambling the night before mobilisation trying to piece a risk assessment together. Now it takes a few minutes and it's done properly.
Riley
RJ Piling
Dead simple to use. Answer a few questions and the report's done. No mucking around.
John
Jal Civil
Used to be scrambling the night before mobilisation trying to piece a risk assessment together. Now it takes a few minutes and it's done properly.
Riley
RJ Piling
Dead simple to use. Answer a few questions and the report's done. No mucking around.
John
Jal Civil
Used to be scrambling the night before mobilisation trying to piece a risk assessment together. Now it takes a few minutes and it's done properly.
Riley
RJ Piling
Dead simple to use. Answer a few questions and the report's done. No mucking around.
John
Jal Civil
Used to be scrambling the night before mobilisation trying to piece a risk assessment together. Now it takes a few minutes and it's done properly.
Riley
RJ Piling
Dead simple to use. Answer a few questions and the report's done. No mucking around.
Colby
Ali Excavations
We used to copy old Word docs and hope they were right. Now every machine gets its own proper assessment.
Riley
RMF Earthworx
Took about five minutes the first time. Saved us paying a consultant a few hundred bucks.
Colby
Ali Excavations
We used to copy old Word docs and hope they were right. Now every machine gets its own proper assessment.
Riley
RMF Earthworx
Took about five minutes the first time. Saved us paying a consultant a few hundred bucks.
Colby
Ali Excavations
We used to copy old Word docs and hope they were right. Now every machine gets its own proper assessment.
Riley
RMF Earthworx
Took about five minutes the first time. Saved us paying a consultant a few hundred bucks.
Colby
Ali Excavations
We used to copy old Word docs and hope they were right. Now every machine gets its own proper assessment.
Riley
RMF Earthworx
Took about five minutes the first time. Saved us paying a consultant a few hundred bucks.
This free generator is powered by CivDocs.
CivDocs helps civil contractors manage:
- plant logbooks
- pre-starts
- timesheets
- job cost tracking
- project scopes
All captured daily from site.
Build Your Risk Assessment →What is a machine risk assessment?
A machine risk assessment is a structured document that identifies hazards linked to operating a specific piece of plant, rates the level of risk, and sets out control measures to bring that risk down to an acceptable level. On civil and earthmoving sites, principal contractors and safety auditors routinely ask for a plant risk assessment before a machine mobilises — covering everything from pinch points and rollover risk to operator competency and maintenance requirements. CivDocs generates a complete machine risk assessment template in minutes: hazard identification, risk evaluation matrix, control measures, and relevant Australian standards references, all in a professional PDF ready for site.
Do I need a risk assessment for every machine on site?
In practice, yes — each machine should have its own plant risk assessment. Hazards, operating conditions, and control measures differ between machine types and even between individual units in your fleet. A principal contractor or safety auditor will typically want to see a separate assessment per machine, not a generic document copied from a previous job. If you are running excavators, graders, rollers, and posi tracks across multiple sites, that can mean a significant compliance workload. CivDocs lets you generate a machine-specific, audit-ready plant risk assessment for each unit free of charge, so nothing gets missed when you mobilise.
How is this different from a SWMS?
A SWMS (Safe Work Method Statement) describes how a specific high-risk construction task will be carried out safely — it is task-focused and tied to a particular activity on a particular day. A machine risk assessment is plant-focused: it documents the hazards inherent to operating that machine, regardless of which task it is performing. On most civil sites you need both. Your SWMS covers the safe work method for trenching, lifting, or earthworks on that job; your plant risk assessment covers the machine itself. CivDocs generates the machine risk assessment. Your SWMS is prepared separately for each high-risk task.
How much does a professional risk assessment normally cost?
WHS consultants typically charge $250 to $400 per machine for a professional plant risk assessment in Australia. For a contractor running five or more machines across active sites, that adds up fast — and assessments need updating when machines change, controls are revised, or new principal contractor requirements come through. CivDocs offers a free machine risk assessment generator that produces a structured, audit-ready PDF in under five minutes. No consultant fees, no waiting on a third party, and no copying outdated Word templates from a previous mobilisation.