LO 7.1 - Carry out risk assessment Flashcards
- State hazards - Assess risks - Put appropriate control measures in place
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What is a risk assessment?
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Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005
Section 19 of the SHWWA 2005 requires that employers and those who control workplaces must:
* Identify the hazards in the workplaces under their control.
* Assess the risks presented by these hazards.
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What is a Hazard?
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- Something with the potential to cause harm.
- Includes injury/death, damage to property, damage to environment . . .
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What are some examples of Physical Hazards?
Name as many as you can, up to 9.
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Physical hazards:
* Manual handling
* Slip/trip hazards
* Poor housekeeping
* Fire
* Work at height
* Hot items
* Cold environments
* Driving for work
* Poorly maintained equipment
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What are some examples of Health Hazards?
Name as many as you can, up to 5.
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Health hazards
* Noise
* Vibration
* Unsuitable light levels
* Harmful dusts
* Stress
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What are some examples of Chemical Hazards?
Name as many as you can, up to 6.
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Chemical hazards
* Cleaning agents
* Glues
* Industrial solvents
* Dyes
* Pesticides
* Acids
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What are some examples of Human factor hazards?
Name as many as you can, up to 3.
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Human factor hazards
* Bullying
* Violence from other employees
* Violence from public
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How do we define Risk?
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Risk
A combination of likelihood of an adverse event and severity of outcome.
* How likely is it that the harm will occur?
* What’s the potential severity of that harm?
* How many people might be harmed?
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What is Risk Assessment?
3 points
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- There are various quantitative and qualitative methods for carrying out risk assessments.
- Quantitative methods use numbered scales; qualitative methods use descriptive terms.
- A sample qualitative methodology is presented as an example.
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What is the Risk Matrix?
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Decide Precautions
Long list
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- ‘Reasonably practicable’
- Legal requirements
- Industry standards/guidelines
- Engineering controls
- Administrative controls
- Anything else that can ‘reasonably’ be done.
- Seeking to reduce the likelihood of the adverse event, or the severity of the outcome, or both
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In deciding precautions, what questions must we ask?
3 questions.
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Decide precautions
* Can the hazard be removed?
* Can the job be changed to make it safer?
* If not, what precautions are necessary to reduce the risk?
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In deciding precautions. Employers will have done all that is reasonably practicable if they have:
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- Identified the hazards and risks relating to the place of work;
- Exercised care in putting in place necessary preventive measures;
- Put in place appropriate measures such that it would be grossly disproportionate to do more.
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