Neil Rush Managing Director stssolutions

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Neil RushManaging Directorsts-solutions
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RISK ASSESSMENTBenefits

• Prevention of
• Fatalities
• Injuries
• Sick leave
• Damage
• Property/equipment damage
• legal action
• Ensures effective management of
• Health Safety
• Legal compliance

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RISK ASSESSMENTMain causes of injuries

• Handling, lifting, carrying
• Slip, trip, fall
• Struck by moving object
• Fall from height
• Struck against a surface
• Contact with moving machinery
• Harmful substances
• Struck by moving vehicle
• Electricity
• Animals
• Trapped by something collapsing/overturning
• Fire
• Explosion
• Drowning or asphyxiation

most common
least common
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RISK ASSESSMENTEstimated annual cost of
workplace accidents

• To individuals and their families
• 5 billion through
• Human suffering
• injury
• pain
• stress
• death
• Loss of income
• Unemployment
• Need for additional expenses

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RISK ASSESSMENTEstimated annual cost of
workplace accidents

• To employers
• 4 to 9 billion through
• Compensation claims and insurance
• Prosecution, fine, prohibition
• Legal fees
• Lowered staff morale/reduced productivity
• Increased staff turnover and replacement costs
• Repair costs to damaged buildings and equipment
• Loss of reputation and customer cofidence
• Increased cost of management and administration

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RISK ASSESSMENTAccidents

• An unplanned and uncontrolled event leading to
  injury, damage or other loss or error

Deaths
Major injuries
Minor injuries
Non-injury accidents
Accident Triangle
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RISK ASSESSMENTSummary of five studies

• 1 OVER 3 DAY INJURY
• 11 MINOR INJURIES
• 441 NON-INJURY ACCIDENTS

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RISK ASSESSMENTOccupational Health Safety

• Measures necessary to reduce and control risks to
  the health and/or safety of anyone who might be
  affected by the activities of people at work
• Factors affecting
• health safety
• Occupational
• Environmental
• Human

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RISK ASSESSMENTEnforcement

• HSE/Local authorities
• Power of Inspectors
• Entry
• Examination investigation
• Photographs samples
• Detention, testing dismantling
• Interviews collection of information
• Seizure
• Improvement
• Prohibition Notices
• Prosecutions

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RISK ASSESSMENTEnforcement

• Maximum Penalties
• Magistrates Court
• up to 20,000 fine
• and/or 6 months imprisonment
• Crown Court
• unlimited fine
• and/or up to 2 years imprisonment
• Civil Law
• Damages due to negligence

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RISK ASSESSMENTWhy use risk assessment?

• Legal requirements
• Reduction in accidents, injuries, ill health
  fatalities
• Increase in quality standards, efficiency
  productivity
• Increased staff morale motivation
• Reduction in costs of injuries ill health

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RISK ASSESSMENTWhy use risk assessment?

• Reduction in damages uninsured losses
• Fewer compensation claims
• Reduced insurance premiums
• Improved targeting
• of resources
• Good management practice

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STEP 1 Look for the hazards STEP 2 Decide who
might be harmed and how STEP 3 Evaluate the
risks and decide whether the existing precautions
are adequate or whether more should be done STEP
4 Record your findings STEP 5 Review your
assessment and revise it if necessary
How to assess the risks in your workplace

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Decide who might be harmed, and how
Look for the hazards

• Dont forget
• ?young workers, trainees, new and expectant
  mothers, etc who may be at particular risk
• ? cleaners, visitors, contractors, maintenance
  workers, etc who may not be in the workplace all
  the time
• ?members of the public, or people you share your
  workplace with, if there is a chance they could
  be hurt by your activities.

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Evaluate the risks and decide whether existing
precautions are adequate or more should be done

• ?try a less risky option
• ?prevent access to the hazard (eg by guarding)
• ?organise work to reduce exposure to the hazard
• ?issue personal protective equipment
• ?provide welfare facilities (eg washing
  facilities for removal of
• contamination and first aid)

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Record your findings
You need to be able to show that

• a proper check was made
• ?you asked who might be affected
• ?you dealt with all the obvious significant
  hazards, taking into account the number of people
  who could be involved
• ?the precautions are reasonable, and the
  remaining risk is low.

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Review your assessment and revise it if necessary
Set a date for review of the assessment. On
review check that the precautions for each hazard
still adequately control the risk. If not
indicate the action needed. Note the outcome. If
necessary complete a new page for your risk
assessment. Making changes in your workplace, eg
when bringing in new machines substances procedure
s may introduce significant new hazards. Look
for them and follow the 5 steps.
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List significant hazards here
List groups of people who are at risk from the
significant hazards you have identified
List existing controls or note where the
information may be found. List risks which are
not adequately controlled and the action needed
Slipping on wet floor after cleaning
Staff, customers
Current controls None
What more Wet floor signs Mop dry
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RISK ASSESSMENTHazard identification

• Internal
• Directors, managers, supervisors
• Safety advisers
• Safety representatives

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RISK ASSESSMENTHazard identification

• External
• Insurance companies
• Independent consultants
• Specialist contractors
• Enforcement officers

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RISK ASSESSMENTHierarchy of controls

• Elimination
• Substitution
• Controlling risks at source
• separation isolation
• Safe working procedures
• Training, instruction supervision
• Personal protection
• Other consideration
• Welfare facilities
• First aid facilities
• Emergency procedures

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RISK ASSESSMENTSources of advice and information

• Independent consultants
• Specialist contractors
• Trade Unions
• Specialist training companies
• Educational establishments
• Trade Industry organisations
• Libraries
• Professional bodies

Useful websites   www.hse.gov.uk www.hsebooks.com
www.hsedirect.com www.businesslink.gov.uk www.uni
son.org.uk/safety/index.asp www.britishsafetycounc
il.org www.iosh.co.uk www.cieh.org.uk www.tuc.org.
uk/h_and_s/ www.sts-solutions.com  
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For further advice and a no-obligation free
assessment contact sts-solutions Tel. 01252
728300 Speak to Maureen Wisdom