Workplace Risk Assessments and Evaluations
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WHAT IS A RISK ASSESSMENT? WHY IS IT SO VALUABLE?
A workplace risk assessment helps identify hazards and risk factors that could potentially harm the health and safety of employees and even the community in danger. The risk assessment then analyzes and evaluates the types and levels of risk associated with those hazards. The third component is to come up with ways to reduce or (ideally) completely eliminate the hazard.
In short, the workplace risk assessment is a comprehensive overview of what kinds of hazards might be lurking in your place of employment and a prescription for how to mitigate or eliminate them.
This process is not only a valuable step towards achieving a safe workplace, but it is also a required element of doing due diligence in maintaining standards under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and reducing or eliminating liability on the part of the employer. By undertaking a workplace risk assessment & evaluation, you are laying the foundation to execute safety precautions and improve the health and safety protocols in your company, organization or work site.
WHEN SHOULD YOU PERFORM A RISK ASSESSMENT? WHERE DO YOU START?
A workplace risk assessment should be undertaken for the following:
- Prior to launching new processes or programs
- Before changing existing processes
- When changes occur with regard to equipment, machinery, tools, etc.
- When new hazards are observed or introduced, or when new information becomes available regarding the above
You can start the process on your own, a bit like starting from scratch or reinventing the wheel. Or you can call on the experts to perform a professional and thorough workplace risk assessment and evaluation.
At Advanced Consulting & Training, we’ve accumulated decades of experience in workplace risk assessments working with health and safety committees of many different sizes and levels of experience. We have the depth and breadth of knowledge it takes to identify risks and hazards as well as prescribe what you can do to mitigate them and create a safe & healthy workplace. By hiring us, you are getting peace of mind, knowing that important steps in your workplace safety programs are in good hands, and your employees will be taught how to maintain program standards long after we are done.
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF A WORKPLACE RISK ASSESSMENT?
The main goal of conducting a workplace risk assessment is to evaluate potential hazard and then remove or minimize the level of its risk by adding specific control measures. A workplace risk assessment is ultimately intended to create a safer and a healthier workplace.
Through a thorough risk assessment, you should try to answer the following questions:
- What health and safety risks are present and under what circumstances?
- What are the potential consequences of not controlling these risks?
- How likely are the possible consequences to occur?
- Are the risks controlled effectively, or is further action required?
Advanced Consulting and Training are Ontario's workplace health and safety experts. We've worked with countless industries to conduct risk assessments and helped implement more effective controls and safety measures. Contact our team to learn more about the importance of risk assessments and to get started on your journey to a safer workplace.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- Step 1: Identify the hazards
- Step 2: Decide who could potentially be harmed - and how
- Step 3: Evaluate the risks and decide on control measures
- Step 4: Record your findings
- Step 5: Review your assessment and update as needed
- Biological
- Chemical
- Physical
- Safety
- Ergonomic
- Psychosocial
- The scope of the assessment. Specifically, it is what you are assessing like the lifetime of a product, physical work space, the type of work done in that space, and types of known hazards.
- The resources needed such as personnel and sources of information.
- The type of risk analysis measures to use. This means the scale or parameters needed in order to provide the most relevant information.
- The key stakeholders such as managers, supervisors, workers and their representatives and suppliers.
- The relevant laws, regulations, codes, standards, as well as organizational policies and procedures.
- Poor ventilation
- Workstations with no ergonomic equipment
- Unsafe building materials such as asbestos
- Unsafe or overuse of outlets and power supplies.
- Overly cluttered or unclean spaces
- Unfinished walls, floors, or ceilings with exposed electrical wiring
- Infrequently cleaned fridges filled with moldy food
Assuming your business runs on a profit margin of 5%, you would need to make $1.2 million in sales to cover the cost of a single injury. This is one of the better case scenarios.
If an individually owned business is found to not have done their due diligence to mitigate or eliminate hazards, they can be prosecuted under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. If found guilty by the court, that person faces up to a $100,000 fine and/or up to 12 months imprisonment.
A corporation that is found guilty in this manner is subject to a fine of up to $1.5 million.
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