This Tractor-Mounted Hedge Cutter Flail Risk Assessment
is one of our most in-demand safety documents—used across agriculture, landscaping, and highways maintenance. The flail is typically used for cutting hedgerows, roadside verges, ditches, embankments, and field margins. Due to the equipment’s size, power, and rotating components, assessing the risks is essential.
This detailed and fully editable risk assessment helps you identify key hazards, apply effective control measures, and meet health and safety requirements on any worksite.
Key risks addressed:
✅ Injury from rotating cutting heads, flail arms, or PTO shaft
✅ Tractor overbalancing
when the cutter arm is extended
✅ Entrapment between tractor and attachment during hitching/unhitching
✅ Exposure to noise, vibration, and flying debris
✅ Operator error from incorrect setup or shutdown procedures
This pack includes:
✅ A mostly completed Tractor-Mounted Hedge Cutter Flail Risk Assessment, covering physical, mechanical, and environmental risks. Fully editable to suit your specific task or terrain.
✅ A Safe Operating Procedure (SOP)
detailing how to safely start, operate, and stop the flail, along with stability considerations and checks for both the prime mover and attachment.
Download your Hedge Cutter Flail Risk Assessment Pack today
—and keep operators, equipment, and bystanders safe and compliant.
