Risk Assessment Process for Plant and Equipment

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OHS Risk Assessment Process for Plant and
Equipment

• The OHS risk assessment process can fundamentally
  be broken into three key steps
• Hazard identification
• Plant risk assessment
• Decision on how to control hazards
• From this process, organisations can develop
  plans for implementing and improving upon
  controls, and schedule regular reviews of plant
  and equipment.

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Hazard identification

• A hazard is something that has the potential to
  cause harm. Some of these are obvious, some are
  less so.
• While employers or, under the new legislation,
  PCBUs are likely to be very familiar with the
  context in which hazards appear, it can be
  difficult to identify all hazards in the
  workplace.
• Independent plant risk assessment allows you to
  perform a more thorough review of potential
  hazards in the workplace. Keeping accurate
  records at this stage is good practice an OHS
  risk assessment expert can help you implement
  more effective recording systems.

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  courses, safety system design and more, contact
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