Injury Minor injuries not Minor injuries Worker Worker Fatal injuries. requiring first aid requiring first aid. incapacitated or incapacitated or absent from absent from work Amputations. Superficial work for up to 3 for more than 7+ injuries, minor days. days. Multiple injuries; cuts and bruises; serious burns; loss eye irritation from Lacerations; Lacerations; of sight; dust. minor burns; concussion; major fractures. sprains serious sprains; minor fractures. Loss of consciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia. Other impacts None Warning letters claims for HSE investigation HSE investigation from enforcement moderate leading to fees for leading to fees for bodies or legal amounts intervention intervention. action unlikely. Corporate press Improvement manslaughter or Claims unlikely coverage notice high profile H&S prosecution – Unlikely to be Some impact on Prosecutions for Crown court. result in adverse staff morale. minor offences Substantial fines, press coverage Increased leading to fines in imprisonment, dissatisfaction, magistrate’s court. Damage minor reduced High profile and causes no cooperation and Civil claims for claim (e.g. stress) significant productivity major amounts or large arising disruption from major RAE score Part of building lost incidents. Cost of rectifying threatened or temporary low disruption to work National press coverage Little or no impact Significant costs on staff morale needed to remedy Long term disruption to RAE score Impact RAE score business. unaffected e.g.whole building lost or activity prevented by damage, contamination or prohibition notice. Major cost impact to remedy. Major impact on staff morale. Widespread discontent. Poor industrial relations.
Injury Minor injuries not requiring first aid Minor injuries requiring first aid. Superficial injuries, minor cuts and bruises; eye irritation from dust. Worker incapacitated or absent from work for up to 3 days. Lacerations; minor burns; sprains Worker incapacitated or absent from work for more than 7+ days. Lacerations; concussion; serious sprains; minor fractures. Fatal injuries. Amputations. Multiple injuries; serious burns; loss of sight; major fractures. Loss of consciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia. Other impacts None Warning letters from enforcement bodies or legal action unlikely. Claims unlikely Unlikely to be result in adverse press coverage Damage minor and causes no significant disruption Cost of rectifying low Little or no impact on staff morale RAE score unaffected claims for moderate amounts press coverage Some impact on staff morale. Increased dissatisfaction, reduced cooperation and productivity RAE score threatened HSE investigation leading to fees for intervention Improvement notice Prosecutions for minor offences leading to fines in magistrate’s court. Civil claims for major amounts Part of building lost or temporary disruption to work Significant costs needed to remedy Impact RAE score HSE investigation leading to fees for intervention. Corporate manslaughter or high profile H&S prosecution – Crown court. Substantial fines, imprisonment, High profile claim (e.g. stress) or large arising from major incidents. National press coverage Long term disruption to business. e.g.whole building lost or activity prevented by damage, contamination or prohibition notice. Major cost impact to remedy. Major impact on staff morale. Widespread discontent. Poor industrial relations.
risk-estimation-guide.docx