IOSH MS Recap on Session 3

What are the first 3 steps of a HSE 5 step Risk Assessment?

• 1. Identify the hazards.

  Estimate the risks.

  Evaluate the risk

• 1. Implement control measures.

  2. Monitor

  4. Record

• Identify the Hazard

  Who many be harmed

  How will they be harmed

What does the law require you to do?

• Know you have health and safety responsibilities

• Set boundaries within which companies must operate

• Requiring you to be responsible for reasonably foreseeable risks

What are the 3 simple test to determine whether risk is reasonably foreseeable?

• Common Sense

  Industry Sense

  Expert Sense

• I know best

  They Know Best

  Always listen to rumor mill

• Common knowledge

  Industry knowledge

  Expert knowledge

How does the Crimial law bases judgemnets on?

• Beyond all reasonable doubt

• On balance of probabilities

Which one is a Mechincal hazard?

• Slicing

• Electricty

• Shearing

• Hazardous Substances

What can you do about common hazards?

• Identify and report them

• Ignore them

• Encourage them

• Create new hazards

Identify the key parts of a H&S management system.

• Policy, Organizing, Planning and Implementation, Evaluation, Action for Improvement

• Policy, Organizing, Planning, Evaluation, Documentation

• Organizing, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation, Reporting

• Policy, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation, Feedback

Which of the following are essential principles to practice the management system?

• Continuous improvement

• Customer focus

• Employee engagement

• Risk management