Health and safety/Risk Management Flashcards
Types of Risk in Police C.O.P.S
Corporate
Operational
Portfolio
Strategic
Risk Management Process
- Communicate and consult
1. Establish Context
2. Identify Risk
3. Analyse Risk
4. Evaluate (Act/Monitor/Accept/ Achieved)
5. Take Action - Monitor and review
In Step 1 of Risk Management - Establish Context.
- Explain Internal and External context
Internal context are things within police that influence how we manage risk. Eg: objectives, policies, resources
External context are things outside police that affect our ability to manage risk. Eg: social ,political, legal environment
In step 3 of the risk management process.
- How do we analyze risk?
We can use the police risk matrix and supporting criteria to assess the level of risk (consequence vs likelihood)
Put controls in place and determine how effective these are
In step 4 of the risk management process
- How do we evaluate risk?
Will use a risk rating which equals likelihood times consequence after you’ve taken into account the existing controls. We may decide to:
- ACT
- MONITOR
- ACCEPT, or
- Acknowledge effective management is ACHIEVED
Sect 36 Health and safety at work act 2015
Primary duty of care. Police must ensure the safety of staff and contractors that work for them
Hierarchy of Controls
In order of Most effective to least effective
Elimination - Physically remove hazard
Substitution - Replace hazard
Engineering Controls - Isolate people from hazard
Administrative Controls - Change the way people work
PPE - Protect worker with PPE.
Risk Defined
Risk is defined as the “effect of uncertainty on objectives”
Dont confuse with Threat or hazard (Threat eg human factor, hazard eg geological fault). These two things can contribute to risk.
What are the three reasons why you need to know about health and safety:
- legal– it’s the law
- ethical– looking after our people is the right thing to do
- Our Business– good health and safety is good business.
What is the Risk Matrix
The Risk matrix determines the level of risk by looking at Consequence (eg minor, moderate, major, severe) vs Likelyhood. (unlikely, possible, likely, almost certain).
an overall number value will land on either Low/med/hih or very high risk
What is a near miss?
A near miss is an unplanned or unexpected event that occurs as a result of police work activities and under slightly different circumstances, could have resulted in harm to the person but it did not. Report via My police
Active Risk management
Three lines of defence
1st - All police personnel
2nd - Management Processes and controls
3rd - Internal audit and assurance
