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1、Risk Assessment,“Foundations of an effective health and safety management system”,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Structure of presentation,What is Risk Assessment Definitions associated with R.A Legal Aspects of Risk Assessment Types of R.A Objectives of R.A Accident categories Risk Ass
2、essment Process,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,IS SAFETY EQUAL TO “COMMON SENSE”?,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Is Safety “OBVIOUS”?,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,What Health & Safety Management Is,“Effective health and safety management is not common sense b
3、ut is based on a common understanding of risks and how to control them brought about through good management.” Health & Safety Executive, 1991,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,What is Risk Assessment,Process for measuring and ranking risks Helps to determine if systems, facilities or acti
4、vities are acceptable Aid to decision making,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Definitions associated with R.A,Hazard:- the potential of a substance or process to cause harm. eg. Chemical, Electricity, use of a ladder Risk:- the likelihood of a substance, activity or process to cause harm.
5、 (it is linked to the severity of the consequence). Occupational or work related ill-health:- Physical or mental disorders that are either caused or triggered by workplace activities/a particular work activity. *Time interval between exposure and onset of illness may be short (asthma attacks) or lon
6、g (deafness or cancer),(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Definitions associated with R.A,Accident:- any unplanned event that results in injury or ill-health of people, or damage or loss to property, plant, material, or the environment or a loss of a business opportunity. (Health Safety Exe
7、cutive) Near Miss:- any incident that could have resulted in an accident. Research indicates that for every 10 near misses at a particular location in a work place, a minor accident will occur. Dangerous Occurrence/Reportable Incidents:- a near miss that could have resulted in in serious injury or l
8、oss of life. (eg. Collapse of a scaffold, rail coach accident Kwame Nkrumah Circle),(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Legal Aspects of R.A,Employers responsibility to ensure a safe, healthy and secure working environment Factories, Offices and Shops Act, 1970 (Act 328) Part 4: Notification
9、 of Accidents Part 5: Health and Welfare Part 6: Safety Part 7: Dangerous Conditions and Practices Part 9: Offences and Legal Proceedings Workmens Compensation Law, 1987 (P.N.D.C.L 187) National Labour Commission Regulations, 2006 (L.I. 1822) The 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana,(c) 2009 H
10、SE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Objectives of R.A,Primarily: Comply with the law Reduce Costs Direct (lost production/down time/diseases, etc) Indirect (reputation/image/lost business opportunities, etc) Reduce Potential Liabilities Improve work environment Reduce Residual Risks As low as “practic
11、ally possible” risks,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Accident Categories,Contact with: Moving objects Fixed/stationary objects Electricity Electrical Discharge Struck by: Moving Flying Falling objects Injured while: Handling Lifting Carrying,Trapped by something Drowning/Asphyxiation Sli
12、ps, Trips & Falls Falls from heights Exposure to: Fire Harmful Substances Explosion, etc Physical assault by a person Other kinds of accidents,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,R.A Process,6-step process Hazard Identification Persons at Risk Evaluation of Risk Level Risk Controls Recordkee
13、ping/Documentation Monitoring and Review,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Hazard Identification,When you work in a place every day it is easy to overlook some hazards, tips to help identify significant hazards: Walk around your workplace and look at what could reasonably be expected to ca
14、use harm. Ask your employees what they think. They may have noticed things that are not immediately obvious to you.,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Hazard Identification,Check manufacturers instructions or data sheets for chemicals and equipment (they can be very helpful in spelling out
15、the hazards and putting them in their true perspective). Have a look at your accident and ill-health records these often help to identify the less obvious hazards. Remember to think about long-term hazards to health (e.g. high levels of noise or exposure to harmful substances) as well as safety haza
16、rds.,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Persons at Risk,For each hazard you need to be clear about who might be harmed; it will help identify the best way of managing the risk. Identify groups of people (e.g. office staff or visitors or contractors). Identify how they might be harmed (i.e. what type of injury or ill health might occur. For example, shelf stackers may suffer back injury from repeated lifting of boxes).,(c) 2009 HSE Training - Sustainable Gh Ltd.,Persons
