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4 steps involved in conducting a risk assessment

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  • Identify
  • Assess
  • Control
  • Monitor
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Identify

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Identify any potential hazards in the workplace that could cause harm or loss

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Assess

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Assess hazards in the workplace that could cause harm or loss

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Control

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Determine the most suitable control method for the given risk using the heirachy of control

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Monitor

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Monitor and review the control measures implemented

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What is a risk register

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A tool for documenting risks, actioning and managing them. Each risk is logged on the register with actions taken to respond to them

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What should a risk register include

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  • Likelihood
  • Impact
  • Severity
  • Date
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Internal sources to obtain OHS/WHS information

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OHS representative conducting a training session

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External sources to obtain OHS/WHS information

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  • WHS Podcasts
  • WHS newsletters
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Define Hazard

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Any source or situation with the potential for injury or damage to property, the environment, or both

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Define Risk (chance)

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A risk is the chance of something happening that will have a negative effect, determined by the likelihood of an unwanted event occurring and the consequences

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Define Risk Factor

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Factors that increases the chance of an unwanted event occuring

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Define Controls

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Measures that are put in place to decrease the likelihood of a risk. They prevent or reduce the effects of a risk

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Define Likelihood

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The probability or chance of the risk occuring

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Define Consequences

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The impact of the risk

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Importance of consultation

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Worker consultation is an important part of maintaining health and safety in the workplace, it is a legal requirement to consult employees as far as reasonably practicable

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Benefits of worker consultation

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  • improved work practices
  • collaboration
  • accident rates decreased
  • identifying hazards
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Factors that impede success controls

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  • Staff
  • Lack of resources or money
  • Lack of planning
  • Poor management and communication
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OHS ‘heroes’ (encouragement of staff participation)

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In order to encourage staff participation, you must:
- value their participation
- ask questions
- share information and keep people informed

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Evaluating risk control options

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  • was the control suitable in relation to the budget
  • was the control appropriate and effective in reducing the level of risk
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Record keeping - What types of WHS records should be kept and used for future hazard identification

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  • Incident reports
  • All WHS related policies and procedures
  • Risk assessments
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How long must incident reports be retained for

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at least 5 years

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Relevant OHS/WHS Acts for Victoria

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  • Occupational Health and Safety act 2004 (vic)
  • Occupational Health and Safety legislation 2017 (vic)
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Steps that should be taken after a serious workplace injury resulting in hospitalisation

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1) Must be documented and reported to WorkSafe within 48 hours
2) Conduct a hazard identification and risk assessment

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Heirachy of control (Effective Safety Is Easy As Pie)

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  • Eliminate
  • Substitute
  • Isolate
  • Engineering Controls
  • Admin Controls
  • PPE
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Elimination

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Physically remove the hazard, the highest level of protection and most effective control

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Substitution

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Replace the hazard, substitute with a lesser risk

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Isolation

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Isolate the risk by separating people from the risk

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Engineering controls

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Make physical changes to reduce the risk

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Admin Controls

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Change the way people perform their work. Involves changes to workplace policies and procedures

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PPE

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Protect workers through providing them with personal protective equipment.

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How to select and apply control options for different hazards in a scenario

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The team will use agreed criteria to make their decision, including:
- Time availability
- Budget
- Staff
- Resources

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Common causes of incidents/injuries in the workplace

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  • slips/trips/falls
  • manual handling
  • infection (sweat)
  • inappropriate behaviour
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Ways to communicate implementation of OHS/WHS practices

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  • email
  • company newsletter
  • staff meeting
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Hazardous manual handling

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Any pushing, pulling, lifting, transferring that is done incorrectly putting strain on the body

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Examples of manual handling

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  • Muscular/skeletal injuries
  • Sprains/strains
  • back problems
37
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How to calculate overall level of risk

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By determining the likelihood and consequences of the risk

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Likelihood

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Can be determine:
- Quantitatively (expressed in numbers)
- Ranking (ordered from most to least likely)
- Qualitatively (Uses descriptive words)

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Consequence

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Consequence ranking is based on:
- amount of loss (money, time, clients)
- severity of the injury
- number of people

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Duty holders

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Anyone that has responsibility to uphold the safety of others

41
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Risk Matrix

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A tool used in a risk assessment to determine the overall level of risk and assist in determining which hazards need to be controlled.

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