LARA NICHOLS HEALTH AND SAFETY ACADEMY SAFETY AWARENESS

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS • General Duties of care. • A look at

LEARNING OUTCOMES • As a result of todays training: • Participants will have a

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • Bradford City Fire 1985 • Kings Cross Fire

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 •

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • The Law? • Regulation? • Code of Practice?

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • What is a Hazard? • What is a

RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS. • 1) Identify the Hazard(s) • 2) Assess the Risk •

ASSESS THE RISK • What harm will occur? • Likelihood of the harm occurring.

DEVELOP METHODS OF CONTROL • PPE (Last resort) • Safe Systems of Work •

REVIEW • Has what we hope would happen actually happened.

TASK: IN YOUR GROUPS • List some hazard at your workplace? • What is

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LARA NICHOLS HEALTH AND SAFETY ACADEMY SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. TIMESCALE 1 HOUR JUST PRESENTATION OR 1. 5 HOURS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS • General Duties of care. • A look at how they came about. (The Law) HASAWA 1974 etc. • The process of conducting a Risk Assessment • What are we looking for? • Is it a perfect science. • The difference between Risk Assessment and Safety Audit.

LEARNING OUTCOMES • As a result of todays training: • Participants will have a better awareness of: • Their general duties of care towards themselves and others. • why Risk Assessments are needed. • How they are done • And what the next steps are.

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • Bradford City Fire 1985 • Kings Cross Fire 1987 • MFI 2012 • Rugby League

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Safety Reps and Safety Committees regulation 1977 • Management of Health and Safety 1992 (updated 1999. ) • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • The Law? • Regulation? • Code of Practice? • Guidance Note?

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • General duty of care to ourselves and others. • “So if the employer has a duty to provide PPE, we have a duty to wear it correctly. ”

SAFETY AWARENESS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS. • What is a Hazard? • What is a Risk? • What is an Accident? • What is an Unsafe Act • What is an Unsafe Condition.

RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS. • 1) Identify the Hazard(s) • 2) Assess the Risk • 3) Develop methods of control • 4) Implement • 5) Monitor and Review.

ASSESS THE RISK • What harm will occur? • Likelihood of the harm occurring.

DEVELOP METHODS OF CONTROL • PPE (Last resort) • Safe Systems of Work • Training.

REVIEW • Has what we hope would happen actually happened.

TASK: IN YOUR GROUPS • List some hazard at your workplace? • What is the harm they could cause? • What is the likelihood of this occurring. • What control measures can we introduce? • What is the risk when control measures in place.