Risk Assessment Form

Risk Assessment Form

This risk assessment form:

  • Can be used to assess health and safety risks by evaluating both the likelihood of any injury, illness or damage occurring and the likely severity (i.e. consequence) of any injury, illness or damage that may occur.
  • Has provisions for the foreseeable hazards to be identified and risks to be assessed.
  • Has provisions for risks to be eliminated or controlled to as low as reasonably practicable.
  • Has provisions for monitoring and review to determine if control measures are effective.
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Description

Conducting a Risk Assessment

A (workplace) risk assessment is the process of identifying, assessing and managing risks to the health, safety and wellbeing of people at a workplace.

There are several steps you need to take to do a risk assessment, typically these are outlined below.

Risk Assessment

1. Identify the hazards.

2. Risks to be assessed.

3. Risks to be eliminated or controlled.

4. Monitoring and review to determine if control measures are effective.

Hazard Identification

An organization needs to be on the offensive to search for, detect and eliminate, or control all reasonably foreseeable hazards and identified risks that have the potential to expose personnel or the organization to risk.

Hazard Identification

Some hazards that may arise in a workplace include:

  • The nature and type of work being performed (both routine and non-routine).
  • The location and type of work.
  • Materials, chemicals, plant or equipment used.
  • The time of day and climatic conditions when the work is performed.
  • Proximity to the public.
  • The work environment.
  • Workload, work hours, victimization and harassment.
  • Leadership and culture.
  • Potential emergencies.
  • Changes in knowledge and competencies.
  • Human factors and acts and omissions of personnel.

If a hazard is identified that cannot be immediately controlled, a verbal or documented hazard report should be completed and submitted to management.

Risk Analysis

Assessing the level of risk involves evaluating both the likelihood of any injury, illness or damage occurring and the likely severity (or consequence) of any injury, illness or damage that may occur.

The following factors should be considered when evaluating risk:

Risk Management

  • The workplace and the working environment (including layout and conditions).
  • The capability, skill, experience and training of personnel, ordinarily undertaking work.
  • The number of persons exposed to the risk.
  • The frequency to which persons are exposed to the risk.
  • The duration of persons’ exposure to the basic risk or overall risk.
  • The systems of work used and measures currently implemented to control the risk.
  • Information that is available from an authoritative source that is relevant to the hazard.
  • Information provided by a supplier of any plant, equipment or substance.
  • Safety data sheets and labels for any hazardous chemical.
  • Information about previous injuries, illnesses and dangerous incidents.

Risk management can be undertaken with varying degrees of detail depending on the type of hazards and the information, data and resources that are available under the circumstances.

Risk Elimination and Risk Control

Risk Control

A method of control must be selected and applied to each hazard identified. It is important to select the most effective and reasonably practicable method. This may include selecting a combination of control measures.

Where it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks, control measures must be implemented to minimise risks to the lowest level reasonably practicable, in accordance with a risk rating hierarchy of controls. Control measures prescribed by a hierarchy must be applied in the order specified and in combination (if no single measure is sufficient) to minimize the risk to the lowest level reasonably practicable.

Where higher level control measures are not able to be implemented immediately, interim control measures (albeit relatively less effective) should be implemented to reduce the risk to an acceptable level until the primary controls can be introduced.

Monitoring and Review of Risk Assessments

The final step of the risk management process is to monitor and review the effectiveness of control measures, to verify they are as low as reasonably practicable.

It is also possible that not all hazards have been identified during the initial risk assessment and the dynamic nature of some work activities results in frequent changes, so re-assessment may be required.

Reviews of risk control measures and may include:

  • Consultation with staff.
  • Verification that control measures have been fully implemented.
  • Inspection of hazard reports.
  • Confirmation that controls are suitable for the nature and duration of the work.
  • Observation of work activities.
  • Suitability of tools and equipment, including PPE.
  • Checks that implementation of control measures did not result in the introduction of any new hazards or complications.

The control measures decided upon should be discussed and reviewed for as long as necessary to enable ongoing safe work practices. Whenever there is evidence that control measures are no longer effective (e.g. an injury or illness, employee complaint or advancements in technology) an update your risk assessment must be undertaken.

Contents of this Risk Assessment Form

This risk assessment form includes the following assessment functions:

  • Job task steps
  • Identification of potential risks and hazards.
  • Risks, likelihood and consequences.
  • Initial risk score to mitigate risks.
  • Control measures, checks and monitoring.
  • Revised risk score.
  • Person/s responsible (e.g. safety manager or supervisor etc).
  • And risk assessment matrix.

Why Choose to Buy this Risk Assessment Form?

This risk assessment form can be used to perform risk assessments by evaluating both the likelihood of any injury, illness or damage occurring and the likely severity (or consequence) of any injury, illness or damage that may occur.

The risk assessment form has provisions for:

  • The foreseeable hazards to be identified.
  • The risks to be assessed.
  • Risks to be eliminated or controlled too as low as reasonably practicable.
  • Monitoring and review to determine if control measures are effective to enable workplace safety.

After purchasing this risk assessment form you will be able to:

  • Very easily edit and customize the template to create your own risk assessment form.
  • Apply your own style, format and brand to the risk assessment form.
  • Use it in any industry or sector regardless of size or type of organization.

Availability and Use of this Risk Assessment Form

  • This risk assessment form template is accessible to you right now by clicking the ‘Buy Now’ button.
  • The form will be delivered to you in fully editable Microsoft Word format for immediate and full use in your business.
  • There are no subscriptions, contracts or ongoing costs.

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