Unit 306 Outcome 1 2 3 4

Who might be harmed and how? - Once hazards have been identified you need to understand who will be harmed and how. This could be the resident themselves, the staff or visitors.

Activity 3: Regularly provide and clearly explain to the work team, information about identified hazards and the outcomes of risk assessment and control

Workers are protected under the Workplace Health and Safety Act. This act states that all workers have the right to know about the hazards they are working with. This includes what the specific dangers of the task or object(s) are, and what precautions must be taken to prevent any injuries from happening while working with them. Secondly, all workers have the right to participate. They are allowed to participate in any health and safety activities, meetings, and/or plans. Additionally, workers can refuse to work if they believe their task could in any way harm themselves or others. The Vice President of Health and Safety (the supervisor) will then have to investigate the problem and will have to come up with a solution to avoid the potential

Legislation relating to general health and safety: relevant, up-to-date legislation from the Health and Safety Commission and Executive (HSC/E), including local, national and European requirements for health and safety in a health and social care work setting eg Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, Health and Safety lth and safety hazards: understanding health, safety and riskassessment for the work environment or particular activities; the importance of risk assessment for protecting self and individuals from danger or harm; the need to comply with the law; identifying what could cause harm; taking precautions to prevent harm; the importance of minimising accidents, injuries and ill health; reducing the risk of individuals being injured at work; reducing the risk of liability; reducing costs to the organisation 2 Explain how and when to report potential health and safety risks that have been identified

• Must make sure that they are aware of the relevant risk assessments related to the work they are doing.

date, and that a new risk management plan must be developed. Because of the importance of risk

If you noticed a potential hazard in the workplace then it should be raised to all that is put at risk. Depending on the centre many select a member of staff to be a oh&s officer. If you do find a hazard in the work place this is to be reported to the oh&s officer. The oh&s officer will determine how dangerous it is, the potential danger and a solution to try and get fixed. There are often times when there will be opportunities to attend workshops and then you report back to your centre about the information you gathered. This will allow you to gain knowledge in oh&s matters and begin to report what you observe around the centre.

risk assessment should be carried out so that any potential risks to health and safety can

Forming safe work practices, such as restricting access to dangerous areas and keeping individual workspaces clean

Finding out what the hazards are Risk assessment Control measures to reduce harm to health Keeping all measures in working order Providing information and training to all employees Monitoring health of works to ensure that no harm has been caused Planning in case an emergency occurs http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/basics.htm HSE inspectors test the health and safety laws which apply to any business, these inspectors have the right to enter any premises t evaluate the safety of the setting. The inspector has man roles in which they need to carry out:

Include health and safety in your company’s strategic plan. Show your commitment to health and safety with your own consistent, safe work practices and emphasize that unsafe work practices are unacceptable. Reinforce your company’s health and safety priorities in all workplace communications. Encourage all workers to alert their supervisors immediately if they see something that endangers their safety.

2) The Executive Director of Quality shall act as a designee for Risk Management 3) Should the Executive Director of Quality be unavailable, the Conclusions and subject information should not be included in the report. 4) The Risk Manager will be responsible for regular and systematic review of all event incident reports for the purpose of identifying, analyzing, evaluating exposures, and trends. If an undesirable exposure or trend is identified, the Risk Manager will develop recommendations for corrective action or refer issue to the appropriate committee/department chair/manager/director.

security business conducts thorough risk awareness workshops/ reconnaissance of premises to ensure no risk goes unidentified. After we have conducted the risk analysis we will conduct a risk assessment to identify which risks

A predefined criteria should be established in order to control risks and for the continual assessment of risks. This will further aid in monitoring and reporting of the risks. Management should also stay in touch constantly in order to keep a keen eye on any abrupt changes and emerging risks.

Provide general H&S awareness training Conduct a risk assessment and provide findings to workers highlighting the hazardous areas and activities-