Päivi Piispanen Safety officerJorma Lappalainen Pauli KoponenTampere Abloy Oy, Tampere

Successful and Practical Risk Assessment Training Model for Occupational Health and SafetyUn modèle de formation pratique et réussi pour L'évalation du risque en STT

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Introduction

• Purpose: to review training in risk assessment for Finnish workplaces

• Training 2-day Risk Assessment -course based on experiences of in–house courses

• Case: Abloy Oy, Tampere(Abloy Oy is one of the leading manufacturers of locks, locking systems etc. and it is part of The ASSA ABLOY Group)

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In-house training

Step 1: Pre consultation – Plan the risk assessment groups – Record typical work tasks by video

Step 2: 1-day risk assessment course

Step 3: Post consultation (some months later) – Experiences and results of the pilot risk

assessment carried out in the company

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Participants

• Production manager• Safety officer• Safety representative • Foremen from each department• Process designer• Work delegates from each department• Company doctor

Altogether about 20 people

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Content

• Risk management process (BS 8800)• Basics of risk assessment• Identification of hazards (with video and checklists)• Determination of risk levels• Risk management• Use risk assessment software • Guideline for pilot assessment

continue…

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Post consultation

• Experiences from each department• Discussion of the risk assessment : what was good, problems, other workers'

attention and attitudes– Problem determination of risk levels– Workers eagerly identified hazards and

suggested improvements– Chemical risks referred to a specialist group

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Abloy's Risk Profile 5.2.2004

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Abloy's Results

• Improvements in every department• Foremen received list of risks and proper proposals

for improvements• Employees attained long-awaited for improvements • Improvements entered immediately into the database and also to the intranet.

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Drilling machine

• Guards designed and installed

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Roller conveyor

• Guards installed

stairs

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Crossing the conveyor

• Stairs and handrail built

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Abloy's conclusions

• Management must show its importance. Monitoring done by internal audits.

• Only one responsible foreman for each improvement: must fix the problem or give a proposal to the manager

• New assessment not implemented before improvements completed

• Risk assessment is now made for new machinery

• Risk assessment is not a replacement of other inspections, for example, internal controls.

• Risk assessment proved to be a good tool for worker well-being

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An open 2-day course

Contents: 1. Orientation2. Basics of risk assessment3. Implementation of risk assessment4. Identification of hazards (by Abloy video)5. Determining the levels of risks6. Practical example of the implementation of risk

assessment (Abloy case: safety personnel)7. Occupational health professionals' role in risk

assessment (occupational health care of Abloy)8. Risk management and use risk assessment

software.

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“Good was practising with the video

example and discussions"

“Tools to RM. A very good workplace case by different point of views by different

doers at workplace."

“Much new knowledge

and "tools" to follow

through with the risk assessment"

“Simple model, enough repetition.The process came

very clear.”“I got a model to make risk assessment in practice. ”

Initial comments from trainees

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Thank You! Merci!

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