Unit 105 - 7 Risk Assessments

​Unit 105: Protecting health, safety and the environment when working in the construction and build environment sector

​Risk Assessments

Multiple Choice

What do you think a Risk Assessment used for

• Examination of what could harm people in the workplace

• The Risk to companies

• The risk to Supervisors and bosses

​Risk assessment is a careful examination of what could harm people in your workplace, so that you can assess the precautions to prevent accidents.​ ​

HAZARD – anything that has the potential to cause harm (e.g. electricity, working at height).​ ​

RISK – the chance, great or small, that someone will be harmed by the hazard.

​What is risk assessment?

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• Manual handling ​ 

 

• Machinery ​ 

 

• Fire ​ 

 

• Work at heights ​ 

 

• Vehicles  

 

• Electricity​ 

 

• Dust ​ 

​Types of hazards

• ​Noise​

• Falling objects​

• Poor lighting​

• Manual handling

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What two things relate to a Risk Assessment ?​ ​

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Hazard

Risk

Welfare

Safety

PPE

Method Statement

​Who might be harmed?

​Contractors​

Operators ​

Office staff​

Members of public​

People sharing the workplace

​Pay special attention to:

​Staff with disabilities ​

Visitors​

Inexperienced staff​

Lone workers

​What further action is needed?

​ Remove the risk completely​

Try a less risky option​

Prevent access to the hazard​

Provide welfare facilities​

Issue PPE (last line of defence)

​Is the risk adequately controlled?

​Has the employer provided:​

Adequate information, instruction or training?
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Adequate systems or procedures?​

​Do the precautions:​

Meet the standards set by legal requirements?​

Comply with a recognised industry standard?​

Represent good practice?​

Reduce risk as far as reasonably practicable?

​How to assess risk in the workplace

​Look for the hazards.​

Consider who might be harmed and how.​

Evaluate risks and decide if existing precautions are adequate or not.​

Record your findings.​

Review your assessment and revise as necessary.

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Who should you pay special attention to when talking about Harm​

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Contractors

Member of public

Lone Workers

Staff with Disabilities

​Any Questions

​Now Produce a RA for the following