Risk Assessment

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• Risk Assessment
• Risk Reduction
• Software

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Opening Screen
You can start a new project
Or you can Open an existing saved project
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Clicking on the Existing button brings up the
File dialog box
Click on the one you want to open
A list of saved files appears
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A password box appears to allow opening as a read
only file
Opening as read only allows you to peruse the
project but not make any changes to it.
Enter the appropriate password
To open for modification
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Selecting New opens the welcome screen
Click here when you are ready to start
Clicking on the process step
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Information for the project is entered here
Each Project Can Contain

• Company Name
• Address
• City, St ZIP
• Facility being assessed
• Project Mgr
• Phone / FAX
• Email

Information can be modified later by clicking on
the Project button of the status bar
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After entering the project information you can
define up to 3 fields to use for sorting
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The status bar gives direction and feedback along
the way
The lighted button shows the next step in the
process
The red indicator bar shows what has been
completed
Click on Select Machine to edit previous data
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Click The Machine button to enter information for
a new machine
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A dialog box advises the new machine RA number
and the number of machines left on the current
authorization
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Once the session information has been entered,
the session ID shows on the status bar
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Production machinery have associated hazards
during setup and maintenance in addition to the
production mode. These hazards could be the same
but more typically are different and should be
assessed separately.
When starting to assess a new machine a dialog
box appears to choose assessing in the three
modes or just a single assessment.
Non-production machines like drill presses and
disk sanders may not require more than a single
assessment.
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Click for a 3 mode assessment
Click for a single mode assessment
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Machine information includes

• Department

Clicking the icon brings up previously entered
departments to select from
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Machine information includes

• Department

• Machine Description

Clicking the icon brings up previously entered
descriptions to select from
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Machine information includes

• Department

• Machine Description

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Machine information includes

• Department

• Machine Description

• Machine ID

IDs are checked for duplicates. Only unique
IDs are allowed
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ANSI standards can be arranged alphabetically by
number or machine type
Clicking on the category button shows a list of
ANSI standards to select from
Machine information includes

• Department

• Machine Description

• Machine ID

• ANSI Std Category

Clicking on the ANSI standard brings up a list of
ANSI sub categories to select from
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Machine information includes

• Department

• Machine Description

• Machine ID

• ANSI Std Category

• ANSI Std Sub Cat

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Machine information includes

• Department

• Machine Description

• Machine ID

• ANSI Std Category

• ANSI Std Sub Cat

User Defined fields can be entered here.
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The Assessors name and Date Evaluated defaults
to the Project Managers name and the project
date but can be changed
Machine information includes

• Department

• Machine Description

• Machine ID

• ANSI Std Category

• ANSI Std Sub Cat

• Assessors Name
• Date Evaluated

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However the machine ID must be changed
Clicking on the Select a similar machine button
allows you to duplicate any machine already
completed
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A dialog box appears with a list of all the
machines entered to choose from
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When choosing a 3 mode assessment, identification
(-Prod, -Setup, -MTCE, -1, -2, -3) is
automatically added to the end of the entered
machine description and the machine ID
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When copying from a similar machine you can also
copy all the hazards, solutions and risk
evaluations from the similar machine. For a 3
mode assessment these are copied to the
production assessment
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The 3 mode assessment shows up as 3 separate
machines with the same information but with the
identifier on the end of the description and ID
Hazards, solutions and risk can now be copied
from another RA through the main menu or entered
individually via the status bar
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A risk assessment is conducted to determine the
level of risk before any safeguarding, and with
the current safeguarding implemented. A risk
assessment is conducted again once the
appropriate safeguarding is installed. The
design, construction, performance and
implementation of the safeguarding are done in
accordance with ANSI B11.19.
The requirement and type of safeguarding is
specific with each ANSI standard. Therefore by
selecting the appropriate standard and sub
category for the machine being assessed ONLY
those potential hazards addressed in the standard
are presented for consideration in the hazard
identification portion of the software.
This saves considerable time by not having to
look through long lists of potential hazards that
dont apply to your machine.
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Clicking on Change Information brings up the
Session info screen with information from the
last Session entered
After the Session information is complete you can
add more Sessions by clicking the Machine button,
or evaluate the current Session for hazards
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Hazardous situations are grouped as defined by
ANSI B11-19 and individual machine standards
The current Session is identified by Description
ID
When entering Hazardous situations the dialog
box appears to allow selection from a list of
potential hazards
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Only those groups listed in the individual
machine standards are presented for consideration
You are given the opportunity to skip over a
group that does not apply by clicking Next Group
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Check as many boxes as apply
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Then click Next Group
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The Previous Group button allows you to go back
to previous groups to check off missed hazards
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If the specific group doesnt apply to your
machine or task then answering Next Group skips
the hazard statements for that group
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Once all of the presented Hazards have been
selected, Click the Review Selections button
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All selected hazards are then presented for
review
Check off any that you want to modify
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Hazards selected for modification, are displayed
one at a time to allow changes to fit the
specific situation
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If you decide a hazard statement is not needed it
can be deleted here
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If there are other hazards not included in the
lists they can be entered here
You can also enter applicable comments on
existing guarding here
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Modifications made are reviewed with other
selections
When you are satisfied with the hazard statements
click Done
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Severity of Harm is divided into the 4 major
categories of B11.TR3
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The rating is weighted based on the relative
affect on the probability of occurrence
Each category is given a rating reflecting the
conditions observed
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Ratings default to midrange and are changed from
a dropdown dialog box
Reliability of safety functions is further
divided into 5 methods of control
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Ratings default to midrange and are changed from
a dropdown dialog box
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Ratings default to midrange and are changed from
a dropdown dialog box
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Once an assessment is made of each area, the
ratings are totaled to determine the category of
probability of occurrence
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Once the risk is assessed without safeguarding, a
Risk Level is displayed along with the
recommended Control Architecture
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After the risk is assessed without safeguarding,
a second risk assessment is done considering the
existing safeguarding
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A risk level is determined from B11-TR3 and a
number is calculated using the totals of the
probability of occurrence and severity of harm
that shows relative risk. This can be used as a
management tool to determine the order that
machines should be modified.
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Management can then make an informed decision on
what actions will provide the greatest benefit.
For example if there is a small difference
between the risk numbers before guarding and
after guarding, the decision may be to modify
other machines first.
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After risk with current safeguarding is assessed,
safeguarding solutions are recommended
Safeguarding solutions are recommended based on
each hazard statement entered
The recommended solution can be changed or
customized as needed for the specific situation
Safeguarding solutions are called out with the
appropriate standard and clause
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Risk is re-evaluated after applying the
recommended safeguarding solutions
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A standard residual risk statement is generated
based on risk input.
The residual statement can be replaced or changed
as needed for the specific situation
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The main menu is available anytime the status bar
is not displayed.
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The File dropdown menu allows you to

• Evaluate another machine
• Open an existing file
• Start a new project
• Display the Status Indicator Bar
• Import/Export Projects
• Change the Password
• Save the current project
• Save as a new project
• Exit software

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The Edit dropdown menu allows you to

• Change Machine info
• Copy Info from one machine to another
• Enter/edit Hazards
• Enter/edit Solutions
• Evaluate risk
• Enter Costs
• Enter Drawing s
• Edit job Status
• Delete a Machine

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The Pictures dropdown menu allows you to

• View a picture
• Import a picture

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The Risk Assessment dropdown menu allows you to

• View a report
• Print a report
• Print a Machine Label

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Management reports are available from the reports
dropdown menu. This provides tools for
management to execute and track risk reduction
activities.
View print summary reports Define User Fields
(up to 3)
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The Help dropdown menu allows you to

• View an index of help items
• View a Tutorial of software
• View the version number

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If you have a picture of the machine it can be
added to the project immediately after entering
the machine information or at a later time from
the main menu
Pictures are assigned to the specific machine and
given the machine ID as a file name
Pictures can be from any source but are saved in
the directory with the project data
All common picture formats are accepted
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Click File to select a picture file from a
computer drive
A future release will include a library of
standard machines
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You can insert a digital picture from any
computer drive in common picture formats
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Once a file is chosen a preview of the picture
appears
You can choose that one or search for another
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Picture is saved in the project folder with the
machine ID name
Multiple Pictures can be included for each
Session limited only by storage space
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Pictures can also be viewed from the main menu
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The Report contains Session information
Reports for each machine are generated from the
input and can be viewed printed from the main
menu
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The Report contains Risk information
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The Report contains Standard information
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Initial Observations are those hazards identified
during the assessment.
The solutions correspond to the identified hazards
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This section identifies the applicable standards
used.
The standard assigns the responsibility for
safeguarding maintenance to the employer
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The Control Architecture for the appropriate Risk
Level is displayed
Any hazards or solutions that were added or
changed by the assessor are shown in italics
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Labels can be printed after machine is assessed
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Labels can be printed on a Dymo label printer or
on standard sheet labels
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Using sheet labels multiple labels can be printed
for a group of machines.
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Printing can be started at any label on a 30
label sheet
Adjustments can be made to accommodate different
printers
Start position on page
Printer correction
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Multiple labels are printed in the order machines
were entered in the risk assessment
Labels can start at any position on a 30 label
sheet
Printing started in column 2 row 2
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The main menu under Management Reports brings up
a dialog box to select the sort fields.
Clicking Advanced Sort brings up the advanced
dialog box
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The advanced sort allows you to limit the number
of records in the report and sort by a second
field.
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by Page number
Sorted by RA Page
Summary information is used as a management tool.
Here are examples sorted
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by Risk level
Sorted by Risk Level
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by machine ID
Sorted by Mach ID
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by department
Sorted by Dept
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