Risk Assessment Case Study

This should be submitted in electronic form. The document should include photographic evidence from your workplace illustrating the areas covered, the hazards involved and the control measures in place. You must demonstrate that you understand the risk assessment process and the reasons for these activities.

The importance of carrying out all parts of a risk assessment is that an incomplete risk assessment can eventually turn into an injury with no mitigation steps taken to reduce this or any other plans, this would be a very bad situation for the company as they could be sued by the employee depending on the overall severity of the injury. This is also bad for the companies safety reputation, bearing in mind this could all have been avoided if it was dealt with in the risk assessment. This is one reason that in a workplace all close shaves or injuries are noted down in an accident book, this is to ensure that all occurrences are reported so they can be dealt with; as if they are not then that close shave may not be a near miss next time around. All risks should be at least kept under observation if to ensure they don’t have the potential to cause serious damage. If they don’t uncover all the potential risks then it could have serious consequences. Risk assessments allow us to record data that is important for health and safety reasons. They allow us to identify hazards, analyse the risks that are related to that particular hazard and to determine the suitable ways to eliminate or reduce the hazard.

It allows us to have a thorough look throughout the workplaces to recognise any processes, conditions etc that have the potential to cause injury or harm in some way to the employees or other people on site. Once the hazards have be...

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...any as they say that they review the policy at least annually to add any necessary adjustments or to reflect on matters at hand. The above regulations such as RIDDOR that I have stated all come under this health and safety policy to ensure the employees safety. This means that additional measures will be taken to prevent any occurrences of injuries. The extracts from the policy documents show how a regular company in the construction industry would set their policy and with some typical key points being used. This document for any company shows us what they establish to be important to them about health and safety and if they do not comply with their own statement, then it can leave them liable in a case of injury. If they do not follow the procedures they have been legally set and what they have set themselves in the documents then this is a possible outcome.