Major (4) Possible (3) Medium risk (12) Inadequate lighting Lost time (3) Injury from slip, trip or fall Possible (3) Medium risk (9) Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations Manual handling eg moving heavy/awkward loads (4) Back or musculo-skeletal injury Possible (3) Medium risk (12) Manual Handling Operations Regulations 6.2 Manual Handling Falling objects (in offices) Minor (2) Head injury Unlikely (2) Low risk (4) PPE at Work Regulations Falling objects (Construction sites) Major (4) Likely (4) High risk (16) Display screen equipment, eg PC work stations Lost time (3) Eye strain, wrist injuries (RPI) Possible (3) Medium risk (9) Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 3.3 Office Workstation Risk Assessment 6.3 Safety of Electrical Apparatus Lone working (4) Delay in emergency response Possible (3) Medium risk (12) Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 3.5 Lone Working Extended work hours Lost time (3) Injury accident due to lack of attention Possible (3) Medium risk (9) Working Time Regulations 4.13 Policy for hours driving U vehicles Laboratory safety Major (4) Injury, exposure to substances Possible (3) Medium risk (12) DSEAR (Dangerous Substances & Explosive substances Regulations), COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2.11 Supervision of students. 2.12 Laboratory Safety Guidance Workshop safety Fatal (5) Injury from contact with machinery/ substances Possible (3) High risk (15) PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations), DSEAR,COSHH 2.11 Supervision of students. 2.13 Workshop safety procedures
Blow torches Major (4) Burns, inhalation of hazardous gases Possible (3) Medium risk (12) DSEAR 2.13 Workshop safety Guidance, 2.14 Substance Risk Assessment, 6.7 Hot Work Permit Gas heaters/appliances Fatality (5) Burns, inhalation of hazardous gases Possible (3) High risk (15) DSEAR 7.1 Good Housekeeping & Prevention of Geologically/biologically produced Major (4) Asphyxiation, burns in confined spaces,eg sewers Unlikely (2) Medium risk (8) Confined Space Regulations 2.14 Substance Assessment Chemical Toxic, harmful, corrosive or irritant substances, dusts Major (4) Inhalation of substances hazardous to health Likely (4) High risk (16) COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) Control of Asbestos 2.14 Substance Assessment Asbestos (long term) Fatality (5) Inhalation of substance hazardous to health Possible (3) High risk (15) Control of Asbestos Regulations 2.14 Substance Assessment 2.21 Management & Control of Asbestos Lead Major (4) Inhalation of substance hazardous to health Possible (3) Medium risk (12) Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2.14 Substance Assessment Flammable, oxidising, explosive substances Fatality (5) Burns, injury caused by ’missiles’ etc. Possible (3) High risk (15) DSEAR 2.14 Substance Assessment Asphyxiating atmospheres, including lack of oxygen Fatality (5) Asphyxiation Possible (3) High risk (15) Confined Space Regulations 2.14 Substance Assessment water courses Drowning 4.8, 4.9 Children etc. visits
Fatality (5) Possible (3) High risk (15) Major (4) Cancer etc Possible (3) Medium Risk (12) Smoke Free Regulations Health Act 2006 3.6 Smoke Free Work Areas Physical Noise Major (4) Hearing loss Possible (3) Medium risk (12) Noise at Work Regulations 5.7 Noise Prevention and Control Electricity eg faulty portable equipment/appliances or fixed installations Fatality (5) Electric shock, electrical burns, fire Unlikely (2) Medium risk (10) Electricity at Work Regulations 6.3 Safety of Electrical Apparatus Vibration Major (4) Hand, arm and whole body injury Possible (3) Medium risk (12) Vibration at Work Regulations 5.8 Vibration High or low temperatures eg spillage of hot liquids Lost time (3) Hypothermia, hot/cold burns, heat stress, fire Possible (3) Medium risk (9) Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 3.1 Workplace facilities Ionising radiation from radiation sources – science laboratories, naturally occurring radon Major (4) Somatic and hereditary effects Likely (4) High risk 16 Ionising Radiations Regulations 2.14 Guidance on Radon Management Non-ionising radiation eg lasers, LEDs, microwaves Major (4) Injury from local heating of body. Possible (3) Medium risk (12) High pressure fluids Injury from rupture of equipment Pressure System Safety Regulations
Major (4) Unlikely (2) Medium risk (8) Extreme weather eg severe storms, lightening Major (4) Hypothermia etc. Possible (3) Medium risk (12) Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1.10 Emergency Planning Biological Body fluids (eg Major (4) Aids etc Possible (3) Medium risk (12) COSHH Regulations 2.16 Cleaning of spills involving body fluids Legionella bacteria eg contaminated water aerosols from showers/air conditioning systems. Major(4) Legionnaires’ Disease (Legionellosis) Possible (3) Medium risk (12) COSHH Regulations 2.14 Substance Assessment 2.22 Prevention and Control Legionella Hepatitis B virus Major (4) Contact with human blood or excreta Possible(3) Medium risk (12) COSHH Regulations 2.14 Substance Assessment Leptospirosis bacterium (contact with contaminated watercourses) Major (4) Leptospirosis (Weil’sDisease) Possible (3) Medium risk (12) COSHH Regulations 2.14 Substance Assessment Mechanical Power tools/equipment, mobile equipment, abrasive wheels Injury by Contact with dangerous machinery, hand-arm vibration Medium risk (12) PUWER ( Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations) 6.1 Workplace Equipment
Major (4) Possible(3) Lifting equipment, including cranes Fatality (5) Injury from collapse of equipment Possible (3) High risk (15) PUWER, LOLER (Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment Regulations) 6.1 Workplace Equipment Personal Employment of Young Persons (16-18 years old) Major (4) Injury due to inexperience/ lack of knowledge Likely (4) High risk (16) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations New or expectant mothers Major (4) Increased risk of exposure to harmful substances etc. Possible (3) Medium risk (12) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 5.5 New and expectant mothers Violence at work Major (4) Abuse, assaults, harassment Unlikely (2) Medium risk (8) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations Stress at work (high risk areas identified within the staff satisfaction survey) (4) Ill health Likely (4) High risk (16) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 5.6 Stress Contractors Major (4) Injury Possible (3) Medium risk (12) CDM (Construction (Design &Management) Regulations 6.6 Contractors Safety Agreements Home Working Minor (2) Injury Unlikely (2) Low risk (4) 3.9 Homeworking Acute Injury or medical condition needing First Aid Major (4) Injury Possible(3) Medium risk (12) Aid at Work Regulations 5.1 First Aid Information 5.2 First Aid Personnel Work space Stress Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare ) Regulations 3.2 Workspace in offices