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Schools H&S briefing 3 rd October 2005

Schools H&S briefing 3 rd October 2005. Risk assessment Offsite & adventure activities. Schools H&S briefing. Risk assessment Employers shall make suitable and sufficient assessments of risks to health and safety of: - Employees - Non-employees. Schools H&S briefing.

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Schools H&S briefing 3 rd October 2005

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  1. Schools H&S briefing3rd October 2005 Risk assessment Offsite & adventure activities

  2. Schools H&S briefing Risk assessment • Employers shall make suitable and sufficient assessments of risks to health and safety of: - Employees - Non-employees

  3. Schools H&S briefing Safety Management Standard (SMS) • Before carrying out ANY work activity, the safety and health risks must be assessed • Based on: • Work activities; • Individual job post; or • Location • Risk calculations using the council’s risk matrix • Risk assessors will be trained to CIEH standards

  4. Schools H&S briefing SMS First steps • List all work activities • List all risk assessments carried out already • Gaps? • How many suitably trained assessors? • Plan to train assessors and carry out assessments

  5. Schools H&S briefing SMS Planning & achieving • Use corporate templates for • Assessing risks • Planning control actions • Qualitative risk assessment recommended

  6. Schools H&S briefing SMS Training • Safety induction (intranet) • Principles of risk assessment (CIEH) • Supervising health and safety (CIEH) • Managing safely [in schools] (IOSH) Next assessors course – phone ext 3521

  7. A few sample slides from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health course ‘Principles of Risk Assessment’ were shown at this point in the presentation

  8. WMBC Risk rating chart

  9. Likelihood • 6 Very high likelihood of a risk causing injury • 5 High likelihood • 4 Significant likelihood • 3 Low likelihood • 2 Very low likelihood • 1 Almost impossible

  10. Severity • 4 Catastrophic (death) • 3 Critical (major injury) • 2 Marginal (first aid only) • 1 Negligible

  11. Calculating Risk • Likelihood X Severity = Risk Rating (Risk Level)

  12. Actions based on risk ratings • 1 – 2 …….no action needed • 3 – 6 • 8 – 10 • 12 • 15 – 24 ….work should not be started or continued until risks reduced

  13. Who is at risk? • Employees • General public • Patients and residents • Pupils, students and trainees • Clients and customers • Visitors • Cleaners and contractors • Persons sharing workplace RA.51

  14. Actions based on risk ratings • 1 – 2 …….no action needed • 3 – 6 • 8 – 10 • 12 • 15 – 24 ….work should not be started or continued until risks reduced

  15. Schools H&S briefing • Current compliance ?

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