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The Professional Training Year – Risk Assessment
(adapted from The Professional Training Orientation Programme by Lindy Blair, University of Surrey, 2010)
Neil Chapman Faculty Safety Adviser, FHMS
During this session we address the following issues:
What’s important?
How can I make sure I’m ‘as safe as possible’?
What do I need to do about my risk assessment?
‘Safe’
….means different things to different people.
Legal situation
UK placements• You will be an Employee• Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 (HASWA) applies• Responsibility lies with employer
Overseas placements
• Legislation varies, and is therefore more complicated!• EU similar to UK• Standards and expectations (yours and theirs!) may vary• Safety equipment and procedures may be different too
Terminology:
What is a hazard?A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm
e.g. scaffolding with no guard rails or volatile toxic chemicals
What is risk?A risk is the likelihood that a hazard will cause harm
e.g. if there are no guard rails on the scaffolding it is likely that a construction worker will fall off and if there are no safety measures then it is likely you will breathe the chemicals in
Definitions from http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/faq.htm 8th March 2010
Risk Profiling
High
Medium
Low
WorkWork
Travel and Transportation
Travel and Transportation
LocationLocation
General
/Environmental
General
/Environmental
StudentStudent
Taken from: UCEA Health and Safety Guidance for the placement of Higher Education students, August 2009
• Working with materials that are highly hazardous or in very hazardous situations or locations
• Working with materials that are moderately hazardous or in situations where risks are controlled by statute
• Low hazard environment
WorkWork
High
Medium
Low
Some Examples:• Construction site• Machinery• High risk clients • Flying (yourself)
• Most laboratories, R&D sites and manufacturing facilities
• Administration, teaching and non-laboratory based research
Travel and Transportation
Travel and Transportation
Travel and Transportation
Travel and Transportation
High
Medium
Low
• Significant travel to reach placement
• Demanding travel during placement
• Night travel• Long daily commute
• Comfortable daily commute
Some Examples:• Flying to NZ, Florida• Required to drive others• Lower local transport
standards, roads, vehicles
• Business travel in familiar car
• No business driving
Most placements here
LocationLocation
LocationLocation
High
Medium
Low
• Sig. risk of civil disorder, crime, etc.
• Medical & Rescue services remote
• Difficult communication
• Communication delays
• Few local risks
Some Examples:• FCO advises against
travel• Lone/remote or working
near significant risk
• FCO low risk
• No adverse information known
Most UK placements here
General
/Environmental
General
/Environmental
High
Medium
Low
• Regional health risks• Very Hot • Very Cold
• Some environmental health risks
• No sig environmental health risks
Some Examples:• Immunisations required• Manual work in the sun• Cold storage facilities
• Some health measures advisable
• Work in the UK or EU
Most of you will be here
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/
StudentStudent
High
Medium
Low
• Health, disability, linguistic or cultural issues leading to increased risk of illness or accident
• Issues that may require adjustments, support
• No long-term medical conditions or disability
Some Examples:• Limited language ability• Pregnancy• Regular need for
hospital intervention
• Religious observance• Dietary requirements• Allergies
Most of you here, probably
Thanks and I hope that helped…
Any questions?
