RISK ASSESSMENT LMASA OHSW TRAINING DAY 2010 14 th April – Henley Beach HS

RISK ASSESSMENTLMASA OHSW TRAINING DAY 2010

14th April – Henley Beach HS

RISK ASSESSMENT

What do we mean by Risk Assessment?

What does the Legislation say? Risk Assessment for tasks

involving Hazardous Substances Sector Requirements – Process &

Forms Practice Makes Perfect

To enable decisions to be made about what control measures are required to protect the health of employees.

Aim of Risk Assessments

Hazard means the potential to cause injury or illness

HAZARD

Risk means the probability and consequences

of occurrence of injury or illness

RISK

Aluminium (elemental) (dust) Contact with water liberates extremely flammable gases. Spontaneously flammable in air.Keep container tightly closed. Keep container dry. In case of fire use suitable dry powders or sand.Never use water.

Risk and Safety Phrases of Al

RISK MANAGEMENT

Identify

Hazards

Assess Risks

Control Risks

Evaluate

Controls

Job Safety Analysis DVD

Risk Assessment = Job Safety Analysis= Job Hazard Analysis

That depends on: • Legislation• Sector Requirements• Individual School or Faculty Requirements• Your Duty Statement

What are we required to do?

It is a defence to a charge for an offence against these regulations for the accused toprove that the offence relates to a matter over which the accused did not have control and could not reasonably have been expected to have control.

Reg 1.2.15—General defence

LEGISLATION

OHSW Act19—Duties of employersAn employer must ... (a) must provide and maintain so

far as is reasonably practicable—

(i) a safe working environment;

(ii) safe systems of work;(iii) plant and substances in a safe condition;

LEGISLATION

OHSW Regulations1.3.2—Hazard identification and risk

assessment(1) An employer must, in relation to the

implementation of these regulations, ensure that appropriate steps are taken to identify all reasonably foreseeable hazards arising from work which may affect the health or safety of employees or other persons at theworkplace.

LEGISLATION

1.3.2 (2) If a hazard is identified

under subregulation (1), an employer must ensure that an assessment is made of the risks associated with the hazard.

LEGISLATION

1.3.3—Control of risk(1) An employer must, on the

basis of a risk assessment under regulation 1.3.2, ensure that any risks to health or safety arising out of work are eliminated or, where that is not reasonably practicable, minimised.

LEGISLATION

1.3.2 (2) An employer must, in the implementation of subregulation (1), ensure that the minimisation of any risk is achieved by the application of the following hierarchy of control measures:

(a) firstly, the application, so far as is reasonably practicable, of engineering controls, including substitution, isolation, modifications to design and guarding and mechanical ventilation;

(b) secondly, if steps taken under paragraph (a) do not minimise the risk, the application, so far as is reasonably practicable, of administrative controls, including safe work practices;

(c) thirdly, if steps taken under paragraph (a) and (b) do not minimise the risk, the provision of appropriate personal protective equipment.

RISKHierarchy of Controls

Hierarchy of Controls

1. ELIMINATE


2. SUBSTITUTE


3. ENGINEERING CONTROLS


4. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS


5. PPE

LEGISLATION

There are also Specific Regulations requiring a Risk Assessment for:

working with plant working with hazardous substances work involving manual handling working in confined spaces demolition evacuation working on or near electricity

LEGISLATION

It is hard to fulfill Regulations without a Risk Assessment for:

working from heights remote or isolated work work involving noise

LEGISLATION

There are also Specific Regulations requiring a Risk Assessment:

prior to the introduction of new plant prior to the introduction of new

hazardous substances prior to the introduction of new work

practices, processes, activities or procedures

prior to changes of work practices, processes, activities or procedures

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

4.1.15—Risk Assessment

(1) An employer must ensure that a suitable and sufficient assessment is made of the risks to health created by work that involves potential exposure to any hazardous substance.

(2) An assessment under subregulation (1) must include—

(a) the identification of each hazardous substance used or produced in the work; and

(b) a review of— (i) the MSDS for each hazardous substance used or produced in the work;

(c) the identification of any risk to health arising from exposure to each

hazardous substance used or produced in the work.


(3) If hazardous substances are used or produced in work in the same or similar circumstances in more than one workplace, a single assessment of representative work with those substances, undertaken on a generic basis but applied to the specific work, will be considered to be a suitable and sufficient assessment of the work, for all of theworkplaces, for the purposes of subregulation (1).


(4) If, after complying with subregulation (2), it is concluded by an employer that there isnot a significant risk to health from the work, the employer must ensure that a notationis made in the register maintained under regulation 4.1.11 to indicate that each stageof the assessment process referred to in subregulation (2) has been completed.


(5) If an assessment identifies a significant risk to health from the work, the employer must ensure—(a) that the steps necessary to comply with regulations 4.1.16, 4.1.17 and 4.1.18 are identified; and(b) that a report is prepared on the assessment.

(6) The assessment must be—(a) revised whenever there is evidence to indicate that the assessment is no longer valid, or when there has been a significant change in the work to which the assessment relates; and(b) in any event, reviewed at intervals not exceeding five years.


4.1.16—Risk control

(1) An employer must, on the basis of an assessment under regulation 4.1.15, ensure that exposure to any hazardous substance is prevented or, where that is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled so as to minimise the risks to health caused by that substance and, in any event, must ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of a hazardous substance in his or her breathing zone at a level above the appropriate exposure standard for the relevant period of time.


(3) In so far as is reasonably practicable, the prevention or adequate control of any exposure of an employee to a hazardous substance must be achieved by measures other than the provision of personal protective equipment.

(4) If measures undertaken in accordance with subregulation (3) do not prevent or provide adequate control of exposure of an employee to a hazardous substance, the employer must provide to the employee, in addition to taking those measures, suitable personal protective equipment which will adequately control the employee's exposure to the hazardous substance.

(5) The employer must ensure that all engineering controls, safe work practices and personal protective equipment are properly maintained and used.


GUIDANCE NOTEFOR THE ASSESSMENT OF

HEALTH RISKS ARISING FROMTHE USE OF

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCESIN THE WORKPLACE[NOHSC:3017(1994)]


INSIGNIFICANT RISK

Simple and obvious assessments do not need to be recorded in detail. However, a notation should be made in the register to indicate that the appropriate assessment steps have been followed. It should include:

(a) work unit;

(b) date when MSDS (or other information) was reviewed;

(c) date when the workplace was inspected;

(d) control measures in place; and

(e) name and position of assessor/assessment team.

Simple and Obvious Assessment

SIGNIFICANT RISK

All other assessments should be recorded in a permanent form, either in writing or on computer. The record should be concise. Supplementary information can be appended. It should include:

(a) description of work unit;(b) name of assessor or assessment team;(c) personnel involved;(d) work area, date and time;(e) a list of hazardous substances used or produced in that

work unit and a notation to indicate whether MSDS are available;

(f) hazard information - important route of entry and hazards, for example, cancer-causing, corrosive

SIGNIFICANT RISK

(g) summary of process - a description of normal operations in that work unit, with note of any changes observed or anticipated which might affect accuracy of assessment;

(h) risk identification - possible routes of exposure; procedure for assessment of exposure; the degree of exposure; existing control measures;

(i) conclusions about risks;(j) recommendations - actions to be taken from the conclusions

about risks, that is, the control measures, induction and training required, arranging emergency procedures and first aid, monitoring and health surveillance (if required), and the circumstances in which reassessment would be required;

(k) signature, date and position of the assessor/assessment team; and

(l) signature, date and position of the employer accepting the assessment.

SIGNIFICANT RISK

With appropriate SOP’s, a fume cupboard, lab coat, gloves and glasses there is minimal exposure and only a few tasks that may involve a significant risk from hazardous substances.

For example handling: Conc Acids or Alkalis Bromine & Bromine Water Flammable Organic Solvents Mercury spills

SECTOR REQUIREMENTS

Divide into sector groups for discussion on sector specific requirements, processes and forms.

DECS with Peter Turnbull & John Hisco

Catholics with Lisa Zappa & Kim McIntyre

Lutheran & AISSA with Sheryl Hoffmann

To ensure that the safest method of performing a task is also the standard manner in which the task is performed.

Aim of a SOP:

available at:http://sherylhoffmann.weebly.com

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