Health and Safety: Risk Assessments Flashcards
Why should a risk assessment be carried out?
A risk assessment is a process carried out within the salon to review and report any potential risks. A risk assessment helps you protect your work colleagues, clients and visitors to the salon.
Describe Hazard:
Hazard
Something that can cause harm
Describe Risk:
Risk
The likelihood of a hazard causing harm
Hazard or risk?
Something that can cause harm
Hazard
Hazard or risk?
The likelihood of a hazard causing harm
Risk
True or False?
If your salon employs five or more people
you are required under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) to record the findings of a risk assessment.
True
What are the five steps to carrying out a risk assessment?
There are five steps to a risk assessment:
1 Identify the hazards.
2 Identify the risks by deciding who might be harmed and how.
3 Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions.
4 Record your findings and identify who should implement them.
5 Review your assessment and update if necessary.
How are risks reported?
It is important you report the findings of a risk assessment to your manager or the salon owner.
Once you have completed the risk assessment you will need to make an action plan. what should the action plan include?
■ long-term actions to ensure that the risks are dealt with and continue to be managed.
■ training for employees
■ regular checks that will need to take place to make sure that the hazards and risks identified by the risk assessment are controlled
■ staff responsibilities for maintaining and preventing the hazards and risks that you identified.
True or False
Once you have completed a risk assessment, it is important that everyone working on the premises or anyone entering the premises is informed of any changes to procedures or policies as quickly as possible.
True
What would happen as a result of not carrying out a risk assessment ?
It could endanger colleagues and visitors to the
salon.
When should a risk assessment be carried out?
a Every day b Annually c For each new client d Before using a new product or piece of equipment
d Before using a new product or piece of
equipment
What is the correct sequence for carrying out a
risk assessment?
a Decide who might be harmed, decide on
precautions, identify hazards, implement,
record findings, review assessment
b Identify hazards, decide who might be
harmed, decide on precautions, record
findings, implement, review assessment
c Identify hazards, record findings, decide on
precautions, decide who might be harmed,
implement, review assessment
d Review assessment, identify hazards, record
findings, decide who might be harmed,
decide on precautions, implement
b Identify hazards, decide who might be
harmed, decide on precautions, record
findings, implement, review assessment
Statement 1 A risk assessment identifies potential hazards and assesses the risks arising from these. Risks are categorised as high, medium or low.
Statement 2 A risk assessment is carried out to identify and minimise the impact of hazards.
Which one of the following is correct for the
above statements?
a True True
b True False
c False True
d False False
a True True
Which one of the following identifies the best
course of action to take to lower the risk of
contact dermatitis to staff?
a Use aprons when in contact with chemicals
b Take regular breaks when standing for long
periods
c Carry out a PAT test before microdermabrasion
treatments
d Use gloves when carrying out body wrap
treatments
d Use gloves when carrying out body wrap
treatments
