Risk Assessment According to NEBOSH RRC IGC .ppt

NEBOSH RRC IGC

1. Principles of risk assessment
Risk assessment training course
Module 1
Principles of risk assessment

2. Principles of risk assessment
•Understanding the principles and practicalities
of risk assessment
•Understanding risk evaluation
•Selecting control measures
•Implementing control measures
•Monitoring and reviewing
Session outcomes

3. Principles of risk assessment
Management Regulations (1999) are the
umbrella regulations
Require employer to:
•Identify hazards
•Assess risks
•Eliminate or control exposure to risks
•Write it down if significant
Legal background

4. Principles of risk assessment
•What are the hazards?
•Who is doing what, where & when? (WWW)
AND
Who else might be affected by what is done?
•What is the degree of risk?
•What do we need to, or can we, do to control
(eliminate/minimise) exposure to the risk?
•How will we monitor the work/people?
Risk Assessment – the 5 steps

5. Principles of risk assessment
What comes first?
Even before the 5 steps – one question:
What is it we have/want/would like to do?
We can call this: -
•The task
•The job to do
•The procedure
Everything can be covered in this way

6. Principles of risk assessment
Let’s have some examples

7. Principles of risk assessment
Hazard and Risk
Hazard the potential to cause harm or damage
Risk the chance of that harm occurring
Calculated as -
potential severity of harm
(the consequence – or damage)
x
likelihood of event occurring

8. Principles of risk assessment
•What will I be using/doing?
•How much do I know about what I am
using/doing?
•What factors or properties could there be that
affect the level of hazard (not risk)?
Hazard identification
•Do I really have to do the work/task at all?
•Can I substitute something less hazardous?

9. Principles of risk assessment
Who is affected by the work?
•Those who do the work
•Maturity
•Experience
•Health and immune status
•Medication
•Disability
•Pregnancy
•Others in the workplace
•Cleaning and maintenance staff
•Visitors
•External – including neighbours

10. Principles of risk assessment
Can we work out how high the risk is?
•What could go wrong?
•What is the worst that could happen?
Consequence - severity
Likelihood
•How often must it be done?
•How many people do it?
•Is everyone doing it competent and trained?

11. Principles of risk assessment
Where do our risks fit on the spectrum?
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How bad?

12. Principles of risk assessment
Evaluating the risk
1.Highly unlikely
2.Possibly
3.Quite likely
4.Very likely
1.Slight harm
2.Injury affecting work
3.Serious injury
4.Possible fatality

13. Principles of risk assessment
Risk Matrix
4 8 12 16
3 6 9 12
2 4 6 8
1 2 3 4

14. Principles of risk assessment
Risk Matrix
4 8 12 16
3 6 9 12
2 4 6 8
1 2 3 4

15. Principles of risk assessment
Risk Matrix – Does it work?
4
Tolerable
8
Significant
12
Unacceptable
16
Unacceptable
3
Insignificant
6
Tolerable
9
Significant
12
Unacceptable
2
Insignificant
4
Tolerable
6
Tolerable
8
Significant
1
Insignificant
2
Insignificant
3
Insignificant
4
Tolerable

16. Principles of risk assessment
Controlling the risk
Unacceptable – stop doing it until
improvements made
Significant - proceed with caution but
improvement high priority
Tolerable - OK to proceed but plan to
improve
Insignificant - Any improvements low
priority

17. Principles of risk assessment
Controlling the risk
•Decide measures to be taken
•Implement them according to priority
•Confirm measures appropriate and work

18. Principles of risk assessment
Monitoring and Review
MonitoringMonitoring
•‘Live’ nature of assessments
•Possible modification to procedures
ReviewReview
•Identifies changes to procedures
•Possible modification to assessment