Risk Assessment

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Risk Assessment

• Introduction
• Objectives
• Appreciate the Legal Requirements for Risk
  Assessment
• Describe the Benefits of Risk Assessment
• Define Hazards
• Evaluate Risk
• Identify Risk Controls

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Risk Assessment

• Introduction
• What is Risk Assessment?
• A practical, systematic approach to identifying
  hazards evaluating the extent of risk taking
  into account existing precautions

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Risk Assessment

• Introduction
• Legislation
• Management of Health Safety at Work Regulations
  1999
• Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• Health Safety (Display Screen Equipment)
  Regulations 1992
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
  Regulations 1999

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Risk Assessment

• Introduction
• Management of Health Safety at Work Regulations
  1999 ( Regulation 3)
• Every employer shall make a suitable and
  sufficient assessment of
• the risks to the health safety of his employees
  to which they are exposed whilst they are at
  work and
• the risks to the health safety of persons not
  in his employment arising out of, or in
  connection with, the conduct by him of his
  undertaking

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Risk Assessment

• Definitions
• Hazard
• Something that has the potential to cause harm to
  persons, property, plant or equipment

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Risk Assessment

• Definitions
• Risk
• The likelihood that the harm will arise coupled
  with the consequences

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Risk Assessment

• Definitions
• Risk Evaluation
• Cost Benefit Analysis of Risk Control

Time Cost Effort
Risk
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Risk Assessment

• Planning For Risk Assessment
• Classification of Work Activities
• Geographical Areas Inside Outside
• Stages in Production Process
• Planned Reactive Work
• Defined Tasks (e.g. fork lift driving)

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Risk Assessment

• Planning For Risk Assessment
• Gathering Information
• Type of Tasks Duration/Frequency
• Locations Where Work is Carried Out
• Who Carries Out the Task
• Others Who May Be Affected (contractors, visitors
  etc.)
• Training Records
• Safe Systems of Work
• Managers Employees
• Technical Experts

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Risk Assessment

• Planning For Risk Assessment
• Gathering Information
• Services Used (e.g. compressed air, electric,
  hydraulics)
• Types of Plant Machinery Being Used
• Manufacturers/Suppliers Information on Use
  Operation
• Statutory Inspection Requirements (e.g. lifting
  equipment)
• Inspection, Test Maintenance Schedules
• Size, Shape, Surface Character Weight of
  Materials That Might be Handled
• Distances Heights That Materials Have to be
  Manually Transported

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Risk Assessment

• Planning For Risk Assessment
• Gathering Information
• Substances Being Used or Encountered
• Physical Form of Substances (e.g. fume, dust,
  liquid etc.)
• Contents of Substance Data Sheets
• Applicable Legislative Requirements (ACOPs etc.)
• Industry Best Practice British Standards
• Current Control Measures (e.g. guarding,
  extraction)
• Accident/Incident/Ill Health Data

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Risk Assessment

• Identifying Hazards
• Is There a Source of Harm?
• Who or What Could be Harmed?
• How Could Harm Occur?

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Risk Assessment

• Hazard Classification
• Slip/Trip/Fall
• Fall From Height
• Hand/Power Tools
• Handling

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Risk Assessment

• Hazard Classification
• Machinery
• Fixed/Flying/Falling Objects
• Transport
• Electricity

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Risk Assessment

• Hazard Classification
• Chemicals
• Noise/Vibration
• Fire/Explosion
• Hot Surfaces

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Risk Assessment

• Hazard Classification
• Confined Spaces/Lone Working
• Lighting
• Thermal Environment
• Repetitive Working

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Risk Assessment

• Determining Risk
• Exposure
• Likelihood
• Consequence

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Risk Assessment

• Determining Risk
• Exposure
• Highly Infrequent (lt once per annum)
• Quite Infrequent (annually/biannually)
• Frequent (quarterly/monthly)
• Quite Frequent (weekly/daily)
• Highly Frequent (continuous daily)

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Risk Assessment

• Determining Risk
• Likelihood
• Highly Unlikely (practically impossible)
• Quite Unlikely (conceivable but very unlikely)
• Likely (conceivable and could possibly happen)
• Quite Likely (almost certain to happen)
• Highly Likely (certain to happen)

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Risk Assessment

• Determining Risk
• Consequence
• Minor Injury/Ill Health ( minor cuts, abrasions
  etc.)
• Injury/Ill Health (burns, sprains, minor
  fractures etc.)
• Serious Injury/Ill Health (breaks, WRULDs,
  deafness etc.)
• Major Injury/Ill Health (amputations, cancer,
  multiple breaks etc.)
• Fatality (one or more fatalities)

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Risk Assessment

• Determining Risk
• Factors Affecting Likelihood Consequence
• Individual
• knowledge/skills
• training
• experience
• attitude
• risk perception
• mental/physical condition capability

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Risk Assessment

• Determining Risk
• Factors Affecting Likelihood Consequence
• Task
• workload/work patterns
• equipment/tools
• process
• guarding/controls
• environment
• maintenance regime

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Risk Assessment

• Determining Risk
• Factors Affecting Likelihood Consequence
• Task
• PPE
• emergency arrangements
• training/information/instruction
• procedures
• supervision
• communications

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Risk Assessment

• Risk Control
• Hierarchy of Controls
• Prevention
• Engineering
• Policy/Procedural

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Risk Assessment

• Risk Control
• Hierarchy of Control Measures
• Prevention Controls
• eliminate use of substance, material, plant or
  equipment
• replace with less hazardous substance, material,
  plant or equipment
• exclude non essential personnel

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Risk Assessment

• Risk Control
• Hierarchy of Control Measures
• Engineering Controls
• enclose process
• automate all or part of the process
• use local exhaust ventilation
• fit guarding
• implement inspection test regime
• implement preventative maintenance

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Risk Assessment

• Risk Control
• Hierarchy of Control Measures
• Policy/Procedural Controls
• reduce exposure (e.g. job rotation)
• written safe system of work
• regular workplace inspections
• emergency arrangements
• pre-employment medicals
• health surveillance programme
• use of PPE (last resort)

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Risk Assessment

• Risk Assessment Forms

Hazard Form
Risk Form
Risk Level Indicator
Risk Level Control
Corrective Form
Manual Handling
COSHH
DSE
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Risk Assessment

• Risk Review
• Will the Controls Lead to an Acceptable Level of
  Risk?
• Will Any New Hazards be Created?
• Has the Most Cost Effective Solution Been Chosen?
• Will the Controls be Used?

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Risk Assessment

• Benefits of Risk Assessment
• Reduction in Injuries Ill Health
• Reduction in Lost Time
• Reduction in Claims
• Reduction in Insurance Premiums
• Improved Employee Morale

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Risk Assessment

• Benefits of Risk Assessment
• More Efficient Processes
• Increased Productivity
• Customer Satisfaction
• Prestige
• Legal Compliance