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Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment. Preventing Accidents. Risk Assessment – Why?. “ To prevent accidents by identifying hazards and reducing the risk of injury from those hazards to as low a level as is reasonably practicable .”. Definition of an Accident.

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Risk Assessment

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  1. Risk Assessment Preventing Accidents Joe McNicholas

  2. Risk Assessment – Why? “ To prevent accidents by identifying hazards and reducing the risk of injury from those hazards to as low a level as is reasonably practicable.” Joe McNicholas

  3. Definition of an Accident An unplanned, unexpected event that can result in injury or damage. Joe McNicholas

  4. Definition of a Hazard “Something with the potential to cause harm.” Definition of a Risk “The likelihood that the harm will be realised and, for the purpose of Risk Assessment, the severity of the harm” Joe McNicholas

  5. Reasonably Practicable Time Trouble Cost Physical difficulty Assessment Of the Risk Joe McNicholas

  6. RATIOS Joe McNicholas

  7. Health & Safety Management Policy Organising Planning and Implementing Auditing Measuring performance Reviewing performance Joe McNicholas

  8. Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Regulation 3. 1) every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to his employees and persons not in his employment from the hazards arising from his undertaking. 3) the assessment should be periodically reviewed. 4) the significant findings should be recorded where there are more than five employees. Joe McNicholas

  9. Risk Assessment • Consider the task or processes. • Identify the hazards. • Identify who is at risk. • Analyse and evaluate the risk against the severity. • Decide on control measures. • Implement the control measures. • Monitor the control measures. • Review the process. Joe McNicholas

  10. Who is at Risk? • Employees. • Directly carrying out the task. • Other employees working near the task being assessed. • Cleaning and maintenance staff. • Sex. • Age. • Health. • Special circumstances (e.g. Pregnancy). Joe McNicholas

  11. Who is at Risk? • Visitors • Invited • Customers • Emergency services • Delivery drivers • Uninvited • Trespassers • Burglars • Contractors. • Cleaners • Maintenance • Others • Members of the public • Passers by • Neighbours Joe McNicholas

  12. Risk Ratings Joe McNicholas

  13. Control Measures • Remember - E.R.I.C. Eliminate the hazard. Reduce the hazard or change it for a safer alternative. Isolate the hazard from personnel Control the hazard Joe McNicholas

  14. Control Measures • Safe person controls • Protective devices • Safe systems of work • Personal protective equipment • Permits to work • Training • Instruction • Supervision • Signs • Method statements Joe McNicholas

  15. Definition of Safe • · Adj. From Latin salvus ‘uninjured.’ • 1a free of danger or injury. b out of or not exposed to danger. • On the safe side. • With a margin of security against risks. • A condition where all the risks have been reduced to as low a level as is reasonably practicable. Joe McNicholas

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