Health and Safety and Risk Assessments

"Certain duties under Health and Safety laws are of an absolute or strict nature. These duties are qualified by the terms 'shall' or 'must', such as the absolute duty on employers under the management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations to undertake a suitable and sufficient risk assessment."(Jeremy Stranks 2007: 3/94) 
Preventing accidents and ill health should therefore be the main priority for everyone at work.

Main Legislations:

1974HASAW 

1998LOLER 

2005WAHR 

1992Manual Handling Regs

1998Provision under Work Equipment Regs. 

1989Electricity at work Regulations. 

A risk assessment is used to identify sensible measures to control the risks in your workplace. 

- Firstly you need to identify the hazards and who maybe harmed by them

- Then you need to decide on precautions to prevent these risks from happening

- Finally you will need to record your findings and review your assessment

HOWEVER if the risk could lead to a high probability of danger then the activity should not go ahead.

(Fig .1. Blank Risk Assessment)

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Citations, Quotes & Annotations

n.d. [online]. Available at: http://image.slidesharecdn.com/blankriskassessment-140427141941-phpapp01/95/blank-risk-assessment-3-638.jpg?cb=1398608429 [Accessed 13 November 2015].

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Are you an installer of equipment - work equipment and machinery. 2015 [online]. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/installer.htm [Accessed 13 November 2015].

(Are you an installer of equipment - work equipment and machinery 2015)

n.d. [online]. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.pdf [Accessed 13 November 2015].

(n.d.)

Electricity and the law - electrical safety at work. 2012 [online]. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/information/law.htm [Accessed 13 November 2015].

(Electricity and the law - electrical safety at work 2012)

Health and safety at work etc act 1974 – legislation explained. 2015 [online]. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm [Accessed 13 November 2015].

(Health and safety at work etc act 1974 – legislation explained 2015)

Lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations 1998 (LOLER) - work equipment and machinery. 2015 [online]. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/loler.htm [Accessed 13 November 2015].

(Lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations 1998 (LOLER) - work equipment and machinery 2015)

Manual handling regulations. 2011 [online]. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/pushpull/regulations.htm [Accessed 13 November 2015].

(Manual handling regulations 2011)

Risk assessment. 2015 [online]. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/controlling-risks.htm [Accessed 13 November 2015].

(Risk assessment 2015)

Why is health and safety training important? 2013 [online]. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/treework/training-is-important.htm [Accessed 13 November 2015].

(Why is health and safety training important? 2013)

List Of Figures

(Fig.1.n.d. [online]. Available at: http://image.slidesharecdn.com/blankriskassessment-140427141941-phpapp01/95/blank-risk-assessment-3-638.jpg?cb=1398608429 [Accessed 13 November 2015].