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Hazard and risks
What is risk control?
identified hazards
assessed risks
health
safety
risk control is a requirement
article 21
Health and Safety
at Work Act 1985
as part of the employer's duty to
provide
maintain
for employee
a safe working environment free of health hazards.
Risk control
taking actions to
eliminate
reduce
the likelihood that exposure to a
hazard will result in injury or disease.
The term
“so far as is practicable”
is defined in the legislation as taking into account
the severity of the hazard or risk in question
the state of knowledge about that hazard or risk and any methods of removing or mitigating that hazard or risk
the availability and suitability of ways to remove or mitigate that hazard or risk
the cost of removing or mitigating that hazard or risk.
risk control methods
Elimination
Substitution
Isolation
Engineering controls
Administrative controls
Personal protective clothing and equipment
What action can be taken at the planning and
purchasing stages?
Las medidas de control como
eliminación
sustitución
controles técnicos
son más efectivas
aplicadas en las fases de
planificación
diseño
adquisición
Integrar la salud y seguridad
en estas fases
reduce el tiempo de formación y supervisión
La Ley de Salud y Seguridad en el Trabajo
1985
exige tener en cuenta
salud
seguridad
en las fases de diseño y planificación
instalaciones
sustancias
What is a risk?
is the likelihood
that exposure to a hazard
will result in injury or disease.
What is risk assessment?
identified hazards
assessment associated with each hazard
determine the likelihood that it will cause
injury
illness
to evaluate the risk
do the following questions
Who is exposed to the hazard?
How often are people near the hazard?
Has this hazard already caused any prob lems?
How easily could someone be hurt?
How common is it for this hazard to cause problems in other workplaces?
Which factors relating to that hazard need to be taken into account, according to health and safety law?
Which factors or specific aspects of the work are increasing the likelihood of injury or illness?