SHE Code 6: Risk Management

Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Group

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Who should use this presentation & read the updated code?

SHE Code 6 – “Risk Management”

Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Group

Why do Risk Assessments (RAs) ?

• RAs are one means by which those undertaking a new, or existing, activities are prompted to consider SHE hazards and how they will be managed to minimise the risk of injury to themselves or others, or indeed to the environment.

• RAs are a simple and pragmatic means of involving all staff in safety management

• There are legal duties on employers, the STFC, and employees, YOU, under health & safety legislation to undertake RA.

Why the Update?• Recent internal and external audits have

found that although the organisation has made significant progress in managing Risk in recent years, there were issues with:

– The “Quality” of Risk Assessments;

– Communication of Risk Assessments to those who do the work; and

– The need for a process to undertake Risk Assessments for short tasks - while “On the Job”.

Key New Features• Explicit definitions of what STFC means by

“Significant Hazards” and “Significant Risks”• Definition of a three tier model for the

management and assessment of risk:– Mental Risk Assessment– “On the Job” Risk Assessment– Standard documented Risk Assessment

• Updated and simplified duties for all in the light of these changes.

• A checklist pro forma to review the quality of your Risk Assessments.

• A new pro-forma and Guidance for “On the Job” Risk Assessment.

“On the Job” Risk Assessment

“On The Job” (OTJ) Risk Assessment - An on the spot risk assessment, which many are used to doing mentally, when changes or additions to planned work occur, or if carrying out a quick or last minute task. The quality of mental risk assessments can be improved by using a very simple pro-forma designed to prompt the consideration of a wide range of hazards, called an OTJ RA.

SHE Group have a supply of pre-printed OTJ Risk Assessment pads

Key points• Read the part of the Code relevant to you • Read through the “On the Job” pro forma and guidance

with your Line Manager – to see if it can help in your work.• Ensure any activity you undertake where there are

significant SHE hazards takes place under a documented RA – existing or new activities ( including activities undertaken at non STFC sites )

• Documented RAs should be stored in SHE Enterprise.• Review Documented RAs when the activity changes or

every 2 years in SHE Enterprise.

Next stepsDon’t hesitate to contact your local SHE Group- Mark Roberts, DL, 3283- Matt Dickson, RAL, 5329 - or your Departmental Safety ContactIf you have questions on this presentation or Risk Assessment in general.

SHE Group will be rolling out a programme through Departments to prompt a review of the “quality” of all our risk assessments, and will have updated Risk Assessment training to support this code update.