Risk Assessment and Management in the Workplace

This solved assignment delves into the crucial topic of risk assessment and management within a work environment. It explores various aspects, including identifying potential hazards, evaluating their risks, implementing appropriate control measures, and adhering to relevant safety regulations. The assignment demonstrates practical application through real-world examples and case studies, highlighting the importance of proactive risk management for ensuring worker safety and well-being.

Running Head: Evaluation & Reflection
Evaluation & Reflection
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The purpose of the reflection is to highlight personal opinion on sensible risk
management in accordance with the Gibb's reflection model. The evaluation is based on personal
practice experience when assessing and managing risk. Risk management refers to the
development of strategies to decrease risks identified. It also includes controlling the dimensions
of the identified risk by implementing the strategic plan and appropriate interventions (Hopkin
2017). Gibbs reflective model is used for this purpose. This model helps an individual to think
about an incident systematically. The various phases of the reflective cycle (Gibbs 1988) are
description of the event, feelings after the incident has occurred, evaluation, analysis, conclusion,
and action plan (Husebø et al. 2015). The reflection is special as it helped develop new insights
into risk assessment and management.
Description-To start with the first step of Gibb's reflection model, I would like to
describe the experience of risk assessment module. I have undertaken various types of risk
assessment. I have learned the various aspects of the chemical risk to health; hazards due to
workplace equipment such as trolley, stacking of materials on the trolley, transferring of the
trolley to other places, pulling load and others; risk assessment of young person’s first day work
in manufacturing company, and health risk assessment for the job applicant of the store operative
post. I have also learned the types of personal protective equipment used for chemical risk
protection such as protective mask, safety helmet, PVC rubber safety shoes, gloves and others.
The role of workplace health and safety officer was difficult for me. In the manufacturing
company, a young person might be engaged in various activities. Assuming myself as workplace
health and safety officer, I feel complicated to identify the hazard, people at risk, possible injury,
existing risk controls, severity, likelihood, risk level, additional control, and action plan. It was
difficult for me to demonstrate the leadership skills initially for sensible risk management.

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Feelings-I have a positive feeling after risk assessment. While conducting the chemical
risk assessment, my awareness on the requirement of heath surveillance has increased.
Chemicals have huge impact on the environment and workplace. The importance of the
Environmental public health regulation 1988 is clearer than before. Initially, I was only aware of
the basic first aid requirements. After the chemical risk assessment, I have also developed
insights into the fire fighting requirements. I had the attitude of taking any professional work
lightly. My opinion was having high competence in any professional work is sufficient to have
job satisfaction. However, the risk assessment of the manual handling of goods explains the
variety of the health issues associated with it such as sprain injury, skin allergies, fall and trip
injury, musculoskeletal injuries, heat stress and damage to the plant and aquatic life. I was not
comfortable with the process of practical implementation of the health safety plan. I feel that the
context is sufficient to understand the meaning of the learning that is represented.
After analysis and evaluation of risks, I have decided to apply the knowledge from
learning session in response to sensible risk management. I was not much aware of the principles
of risk management. The conclusion from experience is that sensible risk management is to take
the better-informed decision, efficient allocation of resources, opportunities maximised, and
everyone taking responsibility for risks (Wolke 2017). The nature of the risk was taken into
account, type of equipment to be used, considered the psychological capacity, and training needs
of the young worker. It was evident from the risk assessment that young people are at greater risk
considering their physical and physiological makeup (Chosewood et al. 2017).
The action plan was hiring the plant supervisor for safety induction, supervise the young
person, housekeeping procedure, hiring of IT supervisor to use computers in workstation, recruit
human resource manager to report abuse by senior manger and emphasised on the CoSHH

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assessment. The action plan was designed keeping in mind the “Health and Safety Regulations
1990” and other legal requirements of the young employee. Ability to develop the action plan is
the indication that abilities and interests been enhanced by the learning process that has
generated theis evidence. It has increased my interest in the field of workplace hazards and
safety.
Reflecting on the experience makes me feel overwhelmed that I have felt leadership skills
in designing the implementation plan for the young worker in manufacturing organisation. I have
developed a positive attitude towards workplace health and safety. I have demonstrated a
responsible behaviour towards the role of the work place health and safety officer. It helped me
overcome the negative feelings such as “I can’t help it, or it can't happen to me”. I feel positive
that human error to be considered in risk assessment. Proper supervision skills have increased
after the risk assessment method. The area that still needs to be improved is to explore the
performance influencing factors and its role in human failure in deeper level. I plan to do this by
working with an organisation as an intern where I may contribute to reducing human error. This
new knowledge will help me in establishing myself as successful workplace health and safety
officer.
I have learned from the experience that a sensible individual is the one who assumes risk
management. Reflecting on experience, the benefits of risk management are very clear. Sensible
risk management reduces the poorly considered decisions, uncertainty around objectives, adverse
events, and avoid poor outcomes (Goh et al. 2015). For risk perception, a human needs to be
rational. Conducting the risk assessment was successful as the learning session on different
degrees of hazards had helped develop meaningful insights. In risk management, it is necessary
to reduce the public perception of risk (Glendon et al. 2016). It can be concluded that sensible

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risk management is all about ensuring that workers and public are properly protected. It is
evident from the learning sessions and personal experience from risk assessment that robust
actions evolve from failure to manage significant risks (Yorio and Wachter 2014). In addition to
the workplace safety and laws, the individuals must also exercise responsibility (Carayon et al.
2015).
Overall, I have achieved a level of satisfaction in accomplishing my targets. Others can
understand my achievement from the assignment on risk assessments that I have contributed.
Now I feel prepared with the learning I have attained.

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