Why is it important

to manage safely?
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 City of Lincoln 10K Road Race

Sponsorship Marketing Volunteers

Logistics Health and Safety Administration

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 Key Learning Points

• Why is it important to manage safely?

• What does the law say about Health and Safety?

• Your responsibilities as a manager

• What is risk?

• How do we evaluate risk?

• How can do we control risk?

• What is a risk assessment?

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 Why is it important to manage safely?

Legal

It’s the law!

Moral

Duty of reasonable care

Financial

Reduce sick pay

Control downtime
Reduce negative PR
Reduce the possibility of fines and personal injury claims
Save money through reduced insurance premiums

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 What does the law say?

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

The British Government body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and
enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare

Management of
Health and Safety at Work Health and Safety
act 1974 at Work Regulations
1999

“Employers must ensure so far as “Every employer shall make a

is reasonably practicable the
health and safety and welfare of
their employees and anyone else
who may be
affected by their work activities”
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suitable and sufficient
assessment of the risks to health
and safety of his employees
to which they are exposed at
work”
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 What are your responsibilities as a manager?

Responsibility leads to accountability

You are ultimately accountable for assessing and managing risks

Employers must carry out risk assessments of reasonably foreseeable risks and to
implement risk controls so far as is reasonably practicable

Reasonably Foreseeable Reasonably Practicable

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 What is a risk?

Management of Health and Safety

at Work Regulations 1999

“Every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to health
and safety of his employees to which they are exposed at work”

Hazard Hazardous Event Consequence

Anything that has the When someone or something Is the outcome of the
potential to cause harm interacts with that hazard hazardous event

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 Hazard Hazardous Event Consequence
Anything that has the When someone or something Is the outcome of the
potential to cause harm interacts with that hazard hazardous event

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 Hazard Hazardous Event Consequence
Anything that has the When someone or something Is the outcome of the
potential to cause harm interacts with that hazard hazardous event

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 Group Exercise

Identify one hazard associated with the race

Identify the hazardous event(s)

Identify the consequence(s)

Common Hazards
 Aggression and violence  Lighting
 Chemicals  Manual handling
 Computer workstations  Noise
 Electricity  Vibration
 Fire  Slips and trips
 Getting in and out  Stress
 Heights  Temperature
 Housekeeping  Vehicles
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 What is a risk?

Risk
Is the calculation of the likelihood of a hazardous event occurring
and the severity of harm caused by the hazardous event

Likelihood
Is a measure of the chance that a hazardous event will occur

Severity
Is a measure of the likely effect of that hazardous event

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 Evaluating Risks

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 Group Exercise

Use the hazardous event you identified

before

Assess the likelihood of that hazardous

event occurring

Assess the severity of the hazardous

event

Calculate a risk number and determine if

it’s a low, medium or high risk

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 Controlling and Minimising Risks

Reduce Likelihood

Reduce Severity

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 Hierarchy of Risk Controls

Eliminate

Reduce and Replace

Isolate and Control

Safe Systems of Work

Personal Protective Equipment

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 Group Exercise

Use the hazardous event you identified

before

Apply your risk control measure to the

hazard

Assess the likelihood of that hazardous

event occurring

Assess the severity of the hazardous

event

Calculate a new risk number

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 Risk Assessment

Management of Health and Safety at

Work Regulations 1999

“Every employer shall make a suitable

and sufficient assessment of the risks to
health and safety of his employees to
which they are exposed at work”

1) Identify risks

2) Evaluate risks

3) Control and minimise risks

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 Key Learning Points

 Why is it important to manage safely?

 What does the law say about Health and Safety?

 Your responsibilities as a manager

 What is risk?

 How do we evaluate risk?

 How can do we control risk?

 What is a risk assessment?

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 Any questions?

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