C3 EXAMPLE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR WOODWORKING IMPORTANT REMINDER This example risk assessment shows the kind of approach a small business might take. Use it as a guide to think through some Company name: of the hazards in your business and the steps you need to take to control the risks. Please note that it is not a generic risk The Woodworking Company assessment that you can just put your company name on and adopt wholesale without any thought. This would not satisfy the law and would not be effective in protecting people. – Date of risk assessment: Every business is different you need to think through the hazards and controls required in your – 28/09/07 business for yourself. Source HSE What are Who might be What are you already doing? What further action is Action by Action Done the harmed and how? necessary? who? by hazards? when? Exposure Staff risk lung diseases, Local Remind staff of the risks of Manager 7/10/07 1/10/07 exhaust ventilation (LEV) provided at to wood dust such as asthma, from wood dust, and why these machines and staff are trained in using it properly. inhaling wood dust. controls are necessary. Bricklayers’ supervisor to check with the site Hardwood dust can manager that the correct scaffold is provided and cause cancer, inspected. particularly of the nose. LEV maintained to keep it in good condition and working effectively LEV inspected every 14 months by a competent person. Wood dust cleared up using a suitable vacuum cleaner, fitted with an appropriate filter. Suitable respiratory protective equipment (RPE) as well as LEV for Remind never to dry Manager 7/10/07 1/10/07 very dusty jobs, and staff trained in how to use it. sweep wood dust, which just Staff do health surveillance questionnaire before spreads the dust around. starting, then annually. affected staff referred to a medical professional. Machinery Staff risk serious and All machines guarded according to manufacturers’ Download information sheets Manager 4/10/07 1/1/07 possibly fatal cut injuries instructions. on the safe use of the following contact with Guards inspected regularly and maintained as machines used in the moving parts of necessary to ensure workshop from HSE website machinery, particularly their good condition. and pin them up in mess room. saw blades. have sufficient space at machines to work safely. Staff monitored by manager to ensure guards always used. All trained in safe use of machines by a
C3 EXAMPLE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR WOODWORKING Company name: The Woodworking Company Date of risk assessment: 28/09/07 IMPORTANT REMINDER This example risk assessment shows the kind of approach a small business might take. Use it as a guide to think through some of the hazards in your business and the steps you need to take to control the risks. Please note that it is not a generic risk assessment that you can just put your company name on and adopt wholesale without any thought. This would not satisfy the law – and would not be effective in protecting people. Every business is different – you need to think through the hazards and controls required in your business for yourself. Source HSE What are the hazards? Who might be harmed and how? What are you already doing? What further action is necessary? Action by who? Action by when? Done Exposure to wood dust Staff risk lung diseases, such as asthma, from inhaling wood dust. Hardwood dust can cause cancer, particularly of the nose. Local exhaust ventilation (LEV) provided at machines and staff are trained in using it properly. Bricklayers’ supervisor to check with the site manager that the correct scaffold is provided and inspected. LEV maintained to keep it in good condition and working effectively LEV inspected every 14 months by a competent person. Wood dust cleared up using a suitable vacuum cleaner, fitted with an appropriate filter. Suitable respiratory protective equipment (RPE) as well as LEV for very dusty jobs, and staff trained in how to use it. Staff do health surveillance questionnaire before starting, then annually. affected staff referred to a medical professional. Remind staff of the risks of wood dust, and why these controls are necessary. Manager 7/10/07 1/10/07 Remind never to dry sweep wood dust, which just spreads the dust around. Manager 7/10/07 1/10/07 Machinery Staff risk serious and possibly fatal cut injuries following contact with moving parts of machinery, particularly saw blades. All machines guarded according to manufacturers’ instructions. Guards inspected regularly and maintained as necessary to ensure their good condition. have sufficient space at machines to work safely. Staff monitored by manager to ensure guards always used. All trained in safe use of machines by a Download information sheets on the safe use of the machines used in the workshop from HSE website and pin them up in mess room. Manager 4/10/07 1/1/07
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