What is a risk assessment
{"Image DocumentName": "What is a risk assessment?", "Image ImageDescription": "A risk assessment process aims to remove fall hazards or reduce the level of their risk by adding precautions to keep you and others safe. The process is: Identify fall hazards. Evaluate the risk associated with any. hazards. Determine appropriate ways to eliminate. or control the hazard. By controlling the risks, you have created a safer work environment for you and others. Assuming that work at height cannot be avoided, all work needs to be properly planned, organised and managed. In practical terms, a risk assessment is a thorough look at your workplace to identify those things, situations, processes, etc. that may cause harm, particularly to people. After hazards are identified, you evaluate how likely and severe the risk is, and then decide what measures should be in place to effectively prevent or control the harm from happening. Risk assessments are always more effective if you take the time to consult with others in your workplace. They may have additional ideas or experiences that can help workers complete the task properly. Ideally, the person completing the task is involved in the risk assessment process. Once you have identified the ways you will control the risks, consider how risky it will be to continue with the activity if things go wrong. e.g. If a fall were to occur, there would likely be a minor injury requiring no more than first aid or a serious injury requiring hospitalisation, or even death? Just going through the risk assessment process does not mean you should automatically proceed with the activity- you need to consider all the information in the assessment and make a judgement on what the level of residual risk is and whether this residual risk is acceptable. Consider whether it is acceptable and ask yourself\u2026.should I proceed or not? If the level of risk is acceptable, continue the activity. If the level of remaining risk is still too high, consider: using a contractor, don\u2019t continue, or. change your control measures to reduce the level of risk. Whatever control measures you decide on in your risk assessment, you need to implement these before you start work. If you have a SWMS, you must strictly follow the processes described in the statement.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}