Risk Assessment Forms

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Risk Assessment Forms
Martin Sharp Photonics in Engineering Research
Group General Engineering Research
Institute Liverpool John Moores University
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Introduction

• All activity conducted at LJMU should be risk
  assessed.
• This is a legal requirement of the HSaW act 1974
• And determined by the Management of Health and
  Safety at Work act 1992
• The University must comply and introduce the
  necessary processes to comply
• THIS IS NOT BUREAUCRACY

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Be Safe

• Safety is everybodys responsibility
• It is YOUR responsibility as well
• LEGALLY it is your responsibility
• Risk Assessment is at the heart of managing
  safety
• It identifies the risks to health and safety of
  yourself, your colleagues and the public
• IT IS DONE TO PROTECT YOU
• But the evidence of the written risk assessment
  can prevent prosecution and litigation

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Would you do something that endangers your health
or kill you?

• You might not think so, but many accidents occur
  or are more severe because people just dont
  think it will happen to them
• The risk assessment process is meant to avoid
  this attitude by giving a cold calculated view of
  risks and how to reduce them.