Risk Assessment

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• Risk Assessment
• Presentation
• By
• Ian Hayward
• Safety Officer
• Hull City Council

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Risk Assessment

• What are Risk Assessments?
• Whos responsibility are they?
• Why do we have to do them?
• What risks should be assessed?

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What are Risk Assessments?

• A careful examination of what, in your work,
  could cause harm to people.
• The aim is to make sure no one gets hurt or
  becomes ill.

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Whos responsibility are they?

• Everybodys
• Mainly management

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Why do we have to do them?

• So that no one is hurt or becomes ill.
• Legal requirement. (Man. Reg 3)
• Contract documentation.
• Part of safety culture
• Increases awareness.
• Reduce claims
• Increase morale

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What risks should be assessed?

• Ignore the trivial and concentrate on significant
  hazards

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What is a HAZARD?

• Anything with the potential to cause harm.

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What is a risk?
The likelihood of the harm being realised.
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Risk Assessment

• K.I.S.S

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5 Steps

• Step 1 Look for the hazards
• Involve employees and safety reps
• Hazards may include what ?

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5 Steps

• Step 2 Decide who might be harmed and how.
• Employees
• Cleaners
• Visitors
• Contractors
• Maintenance
• Young persons/ Expectant Mothers etc.

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5 Steps

• Step3 Evaluate the risks and decide whether
  existing controls are adequate or should more be
  done.
• Safe Working Procedures
• Reasonably practicable
• Cost / benefit

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5 Steps

• E.g. To reduce risk drive at 10 mph.
• Reduce chance of crashing
• Reduce injuries
• Inconvenience to you others
• Outweighs the benefit
• Not reasonably practicable

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5 Steps

• Step4 If you employ five or more people you must
  record the significant findings of your
  assessment.
• Tell your employees about your findings .
• Suitable and sufficient - not perfect.

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5 Steps

• Step5 Review your assessment and revise it if
  necessary.
• New machines
• New substances
• New procedures

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Revision

• Look for the hazards
• Decide who might be harmed
• Evaluate the risks
• Record your findings
• Review your assessment
• Good health is good business.

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We wouldn't!

• But we do

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We wouldn't

• But we do

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We wouldn't

• But we do

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Risk Assessment

• K.I.S.S