Risk Assessment Info Reqd Please.?
H guys - i'm aiming for a new position and need to find out a bit more about what risk assesments are, how they work and how to carry one out. Apart from the expense of a course, anyone know anything or where i can find out more info to help me. Trawling the net can get pretty tedious. - thanx.
Answers:
Yes the HSE website will probably the up-to-date info you need, but basically they work like this ;
PIck a workplace activity like climbing a ladder to inspect a piece of machinery. What is the chance of someone falling off the ladder.
You then have to look at the likelyihood of risk against the severity of an injury. The HSE website should have score charts or tables for you to make a calculation then it is normally down to the company to determine at what score they take action i.e.
The likelihood of the accident will be affected by a few things ;
How often is the activity undertaken, once per shift, once per hour or more - the more often the greater the risk. Is the ladder in good order, does it have a hand rail. Is the floor slippery, does the employee have adequate footware etc.
The severity of tha accident will also be affected by a number of things like , does the employee have adequate ppe, how high is the ladder, will he fall onto something, will he be hit by something, and also will he be found quickly if he knocs himself out.
Hope this helps.
go to the HSE Web site, they have good info plus examples.
www.hse.gov.uk
Risk assessments are info gathering.
Numbers of staff, equipment, systems, building requirements, local areas of danger/industry.
you then correlate the likelihood of happening with the effect they have in a risk matrix
Low risk is something that may not happen, even if it could be bad, or something that will probably happen but doesnt have an effect,
the risk goes up if the likelihood or impact increases.
i could go on but i am at home and dont have all the boring documents to hand.
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Answers:
Yes the HSE website will probably the up-to-date info you need, but basically they work like this ;
PIck a workplace activity like climbing a ladder to inspect a piece of machinery. What is the chance of someone falling off the ladder.
You then have to look at the likelyihood of risk against the severity of an injury. The HSE website should have score charts or tables for you to make a calculation then it is normally down to the company to determine at what score they take action i.e.
The likelihood of the accident will be affected by a few things ;
How often is the activity undertaken, once per shift, once per hour or more - the more often the greater the risk. Is the ladder in good order, does it have a hand rail. Is the floor slippery, does the employee have adequate footware etc.
The severity of tha accident will also be affected by a number of things like , does the employee have adequate ppe, how high is the ladder, will he fall onto something, will he be hit by something, and also will he be found quickly if he knocs himself out.
Hope this helps.
go to the HSE Web site, they have good info plus examples.
www.hse.gov.uk
Risk assessments are info gathering.
Numbers of staff, equipment, systems, building requirements, local areas of danger/industry.
you then correlate the likelihood of happening with the effect they have in a risk matrix
Low risk is something that may not happen, even if it could be bad, or something that will probably happen but doesnt have an effect,
the risk goes up if the likelihood or impact increases.
i could go on but i am at home and dont have all the boring documents to hand.
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