Risk Assessment in Workplace: Procedures and Measures

Running head: RISK ASSESSMENT
Risk Assessment
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Answer 1:
The four regulations applicable to the following two workplaces are:
- As an Electrical Technician, working at a training workshop considering all the health
and safety measures while working
a. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
b. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
c. The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 (Hale, Borys and
Adams 2015)
d. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- As a Mechanical Engineer working in the maintenance workshop dealing with
operating and maintaining vehicles
a. The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
b. The Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health Regulations 1994
c. The Health And Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
d. Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Answer 2:
The roles and responsibilities of the employees and the other involved at a building
construction worksite are:
a. They must make themselves aware of the health and safety risks that are
involved in working on every sites and the way through which those risks
could be managed (Maki and Kerosuo 2015)
b. They must always follow the rules and procedures of the site

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c. They must carry out the construction work only if they have the necessary
and relevant skills, training, proper experience and knowledge to do so
d. They must cooperate with the other duty holders like with the contractor in
control of their work as well as the principal contractor who controls the
entire project
The Management of the health and safety system involved at the building construction
workplace are:
a. The planning process for the ill health and accident prevention
b. The responsibilities of line management
c. The safety and health work organisation and policy in an organisation
(Rachman, Mees and Fry 2016)
d. The resources, procedures and practices for the development and
implementation process, reviewing and maintaining process of the
occupational health and safety policies.
The system must cover the whole gambit of the occupational safety and health of the
employer’s organisation (Vveinhardt and Streimikiene 2016). However, the key elements of
the successful health and safety management system are the policy and commitment,
planning, implementation and operation, measuring performance and auditing and reviewing
the performance.
Answer 3:
The seven hazards in the given picture are:
a. Overloaded circuits
b. Improper knife and utensil storage
c. Wet floor

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d. Flammables near the stove tops
e. Plugged in appliances
f. Entry of pet in the kitchen
g. Burning food in the oven
They can be controlled by:
a. Manual handling of the utensils, especially the ones over the oven as they
are burnt and could seriously harm the body if not handled safely.
b. In order to avoid slip, trip and fall due to the spillage of water in the floor,
it must be cleaned at first and move the obstructions like the electrical
appliance (the cable) that is on the floor
c. The knives must be stored properly in the drawer
d. In order to minimise the electrical and fire hazards, extreme care must be
taken while working around the naked flames and the electric stoves
e. The inflammable material must be kept away from the heat sources. It
would be best if they are moved away from the kitchen.
f. The equipment cables and appliances and the plugs should be checked and
the unnecessary cables must be removed from the plug.
g. If it is chemical that is spilled on the floor, then it must be cleaned up
immediately and for this, using non-flammable materials would be used.
h. At the end of the work, one should turn off all the electronic equipment,
ovens and stoves and while cleaning as well.
i. The pet (cat) must be taken outside of the kitchen safety so that neither the
food nor other equipment gets damaged nor the pet gets injured.
Answer 4: