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Presented by
Andy Kerr
Tech IOSH
Why do we have to
What's your opinion on this, could I have a little help to write down a few ideas
could i have a volunteer and get some feed back from the room?
Practicalities of a risk assessment
Risk assessments are the foundation blocks of all health and safety management
Its not about creating huge amounts of paperwork, in some case does not need to be written down.
But rather about identifying sensible measures to control the risk in the work place.
Risk assessments should be a systematic and logical process of collecting information, making judgements
against standards, often set out in law. Can anyone give me a few examples. ?
There are no fixed rules about carrying out a risk assessment. In practice, it will depend on the nature of the work.
The types of hazards and risks. Also taking into account the views of employees, safety reps who all can contribute with
a vast amount practical knowledge.
but not all risk assessments can be carried out by ourselves when we consider some of specialised field out there
such as: can we think of any ?
Practicalities of a risk assessment
5 steps to Carrying out a basic risk assessment
1. Identifying the hazards.
Hazards come in all shapes and sizes and can be very obvious like an exposed blade or a trip hazard
but some times not so obvious like:
Physical Hazards "A factor within the environment that can harm the body without necessarily touching it.
Can you think of any?
When looking at your work place it is easy to overlook some hazards, here are few tips that could help:
For each hazard you need to be clear who might be harmed, this will help you when identifying and
Implementing Control measures. This does not mean each and every person by name,
But possibly identifying different groups of people can we think of a few:
Some groups identified may need a particular requirement and or a separate risk assessment such as:
Consider asking others of there opinions, there may be some groups, who you have not thought about.
Understanding risk evaluation
3.Evaluating the risks and deciding on the precautions
Having identified the hazards, we then need to evaluate how likely and the severity
of harm Occurring, I.E., the level of risk which we might be exposed to.
Generally, you need to do everything `reasonably practicable` to protect people from harm.
However, you do not need to take action if it would be grossly disproportionate to the level
Of risk. Can we think of a few examples?
Consider what we are doing already, the control measures we have in place, could we change
Reduce or eliminate the hazard altogether as in the hierarchy of controls.
Selecting control measures
The Hierarchy of Control
when undertaking an assessment of risk, the hierarchy of control must always be considered and applied [MHSWR99]
4) Identifying and implementing the procedures you will need to work safely
I.E Risk assessments, signage, T.W.E, job rotation.
5) After all other measures have been considered and found to be ineffective in
Controlling the risks, is when (PPE) should be considered.
Selecting control measures
Example of using a Analytical risk assessment
To achieve success in health and safety management, there needs to be effective communication up, down
and across the organisation.
Confirmation of understanding of your risk assessment to all who may be effected.
Creating safe systems of work.
Tool box talks are also a good way of getting the message across to all.
Initial and site inductions.
In addition to Notice boards or located by activity when possible as a reminder.
Built into training.
Communicating
4. Implementing and communicating your findings
But unless we convey to all what we have learned the same harm will keep happening.
communication to all concerned is the vital key to an effective risk assessment.
Monitoring and reviewing
5. Review the assessment and up dating as when necessary
Monitoring working activities is a key part of a supervisors role and others in control of the working environment.
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Why do we need to carry out risk assessment
What is a hazard.
What is a risk.
Don’t worry about carrying out a risk assessment its quite simply about
Thinking about what your doing, rather than doing before thinking.
Any questions ?