Physical Risk Management
There are many physical hazards in a workplace (some are listed below):
Risk management generally, is a proactive process that helps you respond to change and facilitate continuous improvement in your business. It should be planned, systematic and cover all reasonably foreseeable hazards and associated risks. A risk assessment involves making an allowance for what could happen if someone is exposed to a hazard (for example, manual task {lifting} or operating plant) and the likelihood of an incident happening. A risk assessment can help you to determine:
Identifying, Assessing and Controlling Risks
Risk assessments do not happen by chance or guesswork. Business have to think about what could go wrong and what the consequences could be. A business must do whatever you can which is ‘reasonably practicable’ to eliminate or minimise work health and safety risks. This is known as risk management and involves the four key steps:
A risk assessment will assist to:
Gallagher Workplace Risk has the expertise to assist client’s manage physical hazards. Our team’s wide depth of knowledge and experience allow for practical ways to assist clients to reduce their risk to physical hazards.