industrial studies eat 221 unit 2 – safety risk assessment
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EAT 221
Unit 2 – Safety Risk Assessment
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Last Week
• Health and Safety at Work Regulations• An Accident Control system• Management interventions to reduce the risk
of accidents
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This Week
• Risk• Hazards• Risk Assessment • Risk Evaluation approach• Example – risk assessment process
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Safety - Risk Assessment
Key issue:
What is meant by the term ‘risk’?
How can ‘risk’ to individuals be managed?
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Safety - Risk Assessment
Key concept – Hazard vs risk
What is a hazard?
In groups: (5 minutes)
Define what is meant by a hazard?
Give three examples of a hazard?
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Safety - Risk Assessment
• Hazard – Something that has the potential to cause harm
Harm to what? : People, equipment, business’s etc.
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Safety - Risk Assessment
What is risk?
In groups (5 minutes)
Define what is meant by risk?
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Safety - Risk Assessment
Risk – the likelihood of harm or the potential for harm from exposure to a hazard.
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HAZARD TARGET
RISK Probability or likelihood of
harm
Severity of the harm
Hazards and Risks
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HAZARD TARGET
RISK
REMOVE THE HAZARD
Interventions to reduce the risk?
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HAZARD TARGET
RISK
REMOVE THE TARGET
Interventions to reduce the risk?
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HAZARD TARGET
RISK
REMOVE THE TARGET
Interventions to reduce the risk?
APPLY A SAFEGUARD
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Risk Assessment Process
• Current Health & Safety regulations in Europe and HSE, recommend a ‘risk assessment’ approach to manage and control hazards
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Risk Assessment Process
Step 1 - Identify the hazards
Step 2 - Decide who might be harmed and how
Step 3 - Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
Step 4 - Record your findings and implement them
Step 5 - Review your assessment and update if necessary
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Risk Evaluation – (Step 3)RISK ESTIMATE MATRIX
Highly Likely
Low Moderate High High
Likely
Negligible Low High High
Unlikely
Negligible Low Moderate High
LIK
EL
IHO
OD
Highly Unlikely
Negligible Negligible Low Moderate
Marginal
Minor Intermediate Major
CONSEQUENCES
Marginal - Minimal or no injury except to a few individuals that may require first aid
Minor - Slight injury of some people that may require medical treatment
Intermediate - Injury to some people that requires significant medical treatment
Major - Severe injury to some people that may require hospitalisation or may result in death
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Example
• In groups : Use the Risk assessment process and the risk evaluation tool to assess the following situation. Each group to provide analysis and recommendations
• On a regular basis an office worker moves and handles, large quantities of A4 paper bundles which includes storage, removal of packaging, replenishment of 6 photocopying machines.
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Example Review Session
STEP 1 - What were the potential hazards ?
– Heavy packages of paper– Storage of paper – Control of waste– Loading photocopiers
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Example Review Session
STEP 2 – Decide who might be harmed and how ?
– Heavy packages of paper, potential back injury to office worker
– Storage of paper, potential trip, access hazards -all employees in area
– Control of waste, plastic fasteners, potential trip hazards – to all employees in waste disposal stream
– Loading photocopiers - Sharp paper- potential cut hazards , to office worker
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Example Review Session
STEP 3 – Evaluate risk and decide on precuations ?
– Heavy packages of paper, potential back injury to office worker - Risk assessed as HIGH – ensure training as per manual handling regs., consider special equipment to transport paper reams
– Storage of paper, potential trip, access hazards -all employees in area - Risk assessed as LOW – ensure storage are has required capacity, order quantities are controlled, control procedure in place.
– Control of waste, plastic fasteners, potential trip hazards – to all employees in waste disposal stream - Risk assessed as MODERATE, strict controls over plastic ties, consider changes to packaging with suppliers
– Loading photocopiers - Sharp paper- potential cut hazards , to office worker -Risk assessed as NEGLIGIBLE, provide awareness training for office worker or if high incidence of cuts then consider PPE
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Example Review Session
Step 4 - Record your findings and implement them
Step 5 - Review your assessment and update if necessary
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Word of Caution !• The myth Kids must wear goggles to play conkers
• The reality This is one of the oldest chestnuts around, a truly classic myth.
• A well meaning head teacher decided children should wear safety goggles to play conkers.
• Subsequently some schools appear to have banned conkers on ‘health & safety’ grounds or made children wear goggles, or even padded gloves!
• Realistically the risk from playing conkers is incredibly low and just not worth bothering about. If kids deliberately hit each other over the head with conkers, that’s a discipline issue, not health and safety.
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Moral
• When applying risk assessment approaches
‘ apply with a good dose of common sense’