Hazards and Risk in Occupational Safety: Control and Reporting

This presentation discusses the hazards and risks in occupational safety, including how to control them and the principles of reporting and recording accidents and incidents. It also provides information on the procedure for recording and reporting accidents and dangerous occurrences. References are included for further reading.

REPORT

INTRODUCTION
Hazards and risk considered in relation to the occupational safety
which create impact on person.
In this regard, hazards and risk both elements are interchangeably
which explains differences between two aspects.
Therefore, spill of water in a room so that it presented with
slipping area so that area prevented by the physical barrier
which remains though risk could be minimised.

a) How hazards can become risk can be
controlled
In respect to control hazards and risks, following steps has been
taken:
Spot the hazards
Assess the risk
Make the changes

Spot the hazards
Hazards consider as anything which could hurt anyone. For
instance, frayed electrical cords which create electrical shock.
Further, boxes stacked precariously when someone falls.
Noisy machinery which create results to damage hearing.

Assess the risk
Identifying risk means working out how likely that create impact
to harm someone and serious the harm could be. There are
certain elements create problem and impact of risk. For
instance, ask with supervisor towards instructions and training
before using any equipments.

Importance of risk assessment
Risk assessment is very important which is integral part of
occupational health and safety.
In this regard, it is important to create awareness of hazards and
risk.
Therefore, it assists to assess cleaners, visitors, public, etc.

Types of risks
In respect to work at department, there are different types risk can
be occurs that are as follows:
 Firework
 Falling due to oily area
 Engine issue

Cost
In order to bear the cost, it can be stated that around
£580.00. This is because, employees are getting more loss
and they injured due to falling at oil. Therefore, company
need to focus on this perspective which assist to work in
systematic manner.

Make the changes
Moreover, employer possess responsibility to fix hazards. It is the best
way that helps to get rid of altogether.
It is not always consider but manager need to try to make hazards less so
that dangerous activities could be removed successfully.
In addition to this, substitution consider less hazards things, substances
work practices which used to control risk.
Safeguards can be added to modifying tools and equipments which
removed by workers.

b) Principles that underpin reporting
and recording accident and incident
It is essential to prepared for accidents and incident in the
organisation to make sure that employees are well known about
the different activities. In this consideration, there are three
stages included which explained under here:
Recording accident and near misses
Investigating accident and near misses
Reporting accidents and near misses

c) Procedure used to record and report accidents,
dangerous occurrences
Major industrial accident includes dangerous substances which
considered significant advantages on human health. There are
different kinds of act has been prepared to show controlling on
major accident hazards such as The Chemicals Act which
assists to control of major dangerous substances.

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Following procedure has been adopted in this aspect:
Injured person of first aider in report to designed with provide all
relevant details.
Designated person consider enter the details in the accident book with
taking proper care with ascertain exact occurrence.
Injuries which requires the first aider is referred with the hospital to the
doctor and notify representative on site.
In this kind of cases, representative of the employees investigate all the
circumstances so that sustained and accident investigated with
completed report.

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Injuries and incident lead to the more serious from the mentioned
activities. It is called as the written report with the quickest possible
means.
The accident location should be barriered off that pending an
investigation into certain circumstances of the incident. It considered
led to the injuries which represent and accompanied by the staff
members. Investigation included statement with all witnesses which
has been concluded in systematic manner.
Investigators detailed has been discussed with chief executive to identify
that measures are needed to avoid repetition. As results, it introduces
after consultation with construction workers.

CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that hazards and risk
are major elements that need to considered in industrial aspect.
With this regard, report summarised about the procedure that
have been taken to control major accident which involved in
dangerous substances. Furthermore, it focuses on the elements
which need to develop effectiveness with following principles
as well.

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