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| What is Risk Assessment? |
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| A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm. |
| Employees and others (visitors, contractors, etc) have a legal right to be protected from harm caused by a failure to take reasonable control measures. |
| Why Do Risk Assessments? |
- A risk assessment helps to prevent accidents and ill health to you, your employees and members of the public.
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Accidents and ill health can harm your business if output is lost, equipment is damaged, insurance costs increase or you have to go to court
- Assessing the risks in your workplace is a legal requirement According to law employers are required to make a suitable and sufficient workplace risk assessment.
- Managing health and safety risks puts you in control since it leaves your business less open to chance
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What is the difference between a Risk and a Hazard? |
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A HAZARD is something that can cause harm, e.g. electricity, chemicals, working up a ladder, noise, a keyboard, a bully at work, stress.
A RISK is the chance, high or low, that any hazard will actually cause somebody harm. |
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Working alone away from your office can be a hazard. |
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The risk of personal danger may be high. |
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Electric cabling is a hazard. If it has snagged on a sharp object, the exposed wiring places it as a 'high-risk'.
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