How to write a risk assessment

Follow the process observe

Consult

Promote/train

Supervise

Change review

Document - document

Objectives

Discuss the law and responsibilities

Review the Risk Management process– Identifying hazards– Assessing the risk– Controlling and reviewing the risk

Basic paperwork for a risk assessment and how to fill it out

OHS Law Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 Section 8

Employer “must ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees”

Safe and without risks Premises controlled by employer (exit/entry) Plant or substances Systems of work Providing info, instruction, training and supervision NB competent Applies to others in the workplace

Employee Responsibilities

You must take reasonable care for the health and safety of your co-workers who may be affected by your actions :

ensure that your actions do not put others at risk work safely use and maintain machinery and equipment

properly ensure that your work area is free of hazards.

Employee responsibilities continued

Cooperating with your employer in anything that they do or require, in order to ensure a safe workplace:

notifying your supervisor of actual and potential hazards

wearing or using prescribed safety equipment carrying out work in a safe manner following health and safety instructions taking notice of signs participating in safety training.

Where does the HT sit?

Section 26 of the Act extends the occupational health and safety (OHS) responsibility of the employer to managers and supervisors.

Managers and supervisors are directly responsible for OHS within areas under their control.

Section 28 of the Act states that managers and supervisors will not be held responsible for OHS issues if they can prove that:

it was not reasonably practicable for them to comply with the provision

the offence was due to causes over which they had no control and it was impractical to make provision for.

OHS Regulations 2001

Provide the framework for Risk management Consultation

– Sharing information– Giving employees opportunity to express vies– View are valued and taken into account

Risk Management

Step 1 Hazard Identification

Step 4 Review Risk Control

Step 2 Risk Assessment

Step 3 Risk Control

Risk Assessments

Related to the task or plant used Often called a Job Safety Analysis or a Safe

Work Method Statement for the whole activity Is a system for documenting risk and control Aims to reduce the risk through hierarchy of

control Must be communicated to staff and students Key recommendations become the SOP

Hazard Identification

As a group With people who know the task Do it by observing the task Get staff to review the risk assessment

1.How SEVERELY could it hurt

someone or

How ILL could it make someone?

2. How likely is to be that bad – what is the probability of it happening?

VERY LIKELY Could happen

any time

LIKELY Could happen

occasionally

UNLIKELY Could happen

very rarely

VERYUNLIKELY Probably never

will happen

A KILL ORPERMANENTLY DISABLED

1 1 2 3

B LONG TERM ILLNESS OR SERIOUS INJURY

1 2 3 4

C LOST TIME INJURY

2 3 4 5

D FIRST AID 3 4 5 6

Form

Steps in Task Hazards Controls

Carry material to machine

Manual handling hazard

Foot hazard

Use trolley

Team lift

Use boots

Prepare to cut Guarding in place

Dust

Adjust guarding

Turn on extraction

Cutting Noise

Swarf cuts

Use PPE

Clear area

Evaluation & Review

How well is the solution working??Ask staff

Change the risk assessment if you ID a problem

Communicate to staff and students

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