Risk Management

1. QHSE Training
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Risk Management

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Understanding the principles of a risk assessment
A few Reasons why
• Legal responsibility
• To prevent harm.
• To control the risks.
• Creating a safer working environment.
• Making people aware of hazards.
• Financial implications.
• Moral implications.

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Practicalities of a risk assessment
Risk assessments are the foundation blocks of our HSE management system

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5 steps to Carrying out a basic risk assessment
1. Identifying the hazards.
2. Who might be harmed and how.
3. Evaluating the risks and deciding on the
precautions.
4. Recording, implementing and
communicating your findings.
5. Review the assessment and up date when
necessary.

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1.Identifying The Hazards
 What is a Hazard ?
A hazard is something that has the potential to cause harm.
When looking at your work place it is easy to overlook some hazards, here are few tips that could help:
Checking manufacturers` instructions.
Look back at accidents history.
Think about non routine activities.
Perform a safety check of your workplace.

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2. Who might be harmed and how
 For each hazard you need to be clear who might be harmed, this will help you when identifying and
Implementing Control measures.
3.Evaluating the risks and deciding on the precautions
 Having identified the hazards, we then need to evaluate how likely and the severity
of harm Occurring, I.E., the level of risk which we might be exposed to.
 Generally, you need to do everything `reasonably practicable` to protect people from harm.
 Consider what we are doing already, the control measures we have in place, could we change
Reduce or eliminate the hazard altogether as in the hierarchy of controls.

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Selecting control measures
The Hierarchy of Control
1) Design out, remove, eliminate.
2) Substitute with a safer option or substance.
3) Engineered controls by use of equipment, LEV, guarding.
4) Identifying and implementing the procedures you will need to work safely
I.E Risk assessments, signage, T.W.E, job rotation.
5) After all other measures have been considered and found to be ineffective in
Controlling the risks, is when (PPE) should be considered.

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4. Recording, implementing and communicating your findings
 Details of the person (s) carrying
out the risk assessment.
 Date and time of assessment.
 Details of location, activity,
equipment and or people being
assessed.
 Capable of being understood
 Relevant to the activity
 focusing on the significant
hazards.
 Extent of the risk
(severity x likelihood).
 Adequate and effective control
measures.

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Communicating
We can all make a judgement and a great assessment of the perceived hazards in front of us But unless we convey
to all what we have learned the same harm will keep happening.
communication to all concerned is the vital key to an effective risk assessment.

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Monitoring and reviewing
5. Review the assessment and up dating as when necessary
 A specific period of time has elapsed.
 An accident, ill-health, near miss or dangerous occurrences, etc.
 New or improved equipment introduced, including and significant changes to operation.
 Changes in or to personnel.
 As a result of advice or action by an Enforcing Authority or insurance company.
 Changes in legislation or information.
 A new or foreseeable control measure becomes known:
 As a result of your monitoring, reviewing and auditing processes.

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