Driving Work Integrated Learning Industry Placements Diving and Boating Drones Remote and Isolated work Events Electrical hazards Emergency response Hazardous Noise Hazardous Manual Tasks Plant and equipment Working at Heights Hot work (i.e. welding) Confined spaces Construction/refurbishments Excavation and demolition Do you meet the requirements of each risk Each risk identified by the OU should be risk assessed. Documentation: listed in your WHS Operational Risk Register? Risk Assessment is a 4-step process: Review Induction material Identify the hazards regarding risk Assess the risks of harm management. Control the risks using the Review WHS Operational hierarchy of controls Review the controls Risk Register. Review risk assessments. Hierarchy of controls ranks risk control measures in Minutes of safety – decreasing order of desirability and effectiveness, meetings. these are: Compare with hazard and Elimination Remove the hazard incident reports. – Substitution Exchange the hazard for a lesser one Review Risk assessments – Isolation Separate people from the hazard to determine if Hierarchy – Use physical barriers to of Controls are used. Engineering controls – control the hazard
Driving Work Integrated Learning Industry Placements Diving and Boating Drones Remote and Isolated work Events Electrical hazards Emergency response Hazardous Noise Hazardous Manual Tasks Plant and equipment Working at Heights Hot work (i.e. welding) Confined spaces Construction/refurbishments Excavation and demolition Do you meet the requirements of each risk listed in your WHS Operational Risk Register? Each risk identified by the OU should be risk assessed. Risk Assessment is a 4-step process: Identify the hazards Assess the risks of harm Control the risks using the hierarchy of controls Review the controls Hierarchy of controls – ranks risk control measures in decreasing order of desirability and effectiveness, these are: Elimination – Remove the hazard Substitution – Exchange the hazard for a lesser one Isolation – Separate people from the hazard Engineering controls – Use physical barriers to control the hazard Documentation: Review Induction material regarding risk management. Review WHS Operational Risk Register. Review risk assessments. Minutes of safety meetings. Compare with hazard and incident reports. Review Risk assessments to determine if Hierarchy of Controls are used.
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