Workplace Safety: Hazards, Risks, Accident Reporting and Procedures

This report examines the critical aspects of occupational safety, focusing on hazards and risks within a workplace environment. It differentiates between hazards (potential sources of harm) and risks (the likelihood and severity of harm). The report outlines steps for controlling hazards and risks, including identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing changes. It emphasizes the importance of risk assessment as an integral part of occupational health and safety, covering various types of workplace risks such as fire, falls, and equipment issues. The report also details the financial implications of accidents. Furthermore, it describes the principles underpinning accident and incident reporting and recording, including procedures for recording, investigating, and reporting accidents and near misses. It highlights the importance of accident investigation, witness statements, and the role of management in implementing corrective measures. The report concludes by summarizing the key elements discussed and reiterating the significance of hazard and risk management in maintaining a safe working environment.

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.