Health and Safety Risk Assessment



Notes –

A First Aid Risk Assessment is an annual requirement for each building to determine its individual First Aid requirements (personnel and equipment) relative to the likelihood and consequence of an identified hazard. First Aid Risk Assessments are a consultative process and require input from Area Managers, Safety and Health Representatives, First Aiders and the Chief Warden as a minimum.

The listed injuries on the next page are only provided as a guide. If a suggested injury is not applicable (such as frostbite) to a certain location “Not Applicable” should be noted. Conversely, other buildings may contain high risk hazards such as chemicals and consideration should to be given to the First Aid response. In these cases please list all potential injuries that could occur relative to the hazard in the section labelled “Other”.

For further information on any of the suggested injuries please refer to St John’s First Aid Information and Resources

Considerations during this assessment

1. Consider the most likely injury scenarios in each location

2. Consider how many people are likely to be affected by the one event

3. Consider the first aid equipment required to manage the likely number of casualties. Where specific remedies or equipment is needed please specify. For example oxygen or a defibrillator may be required – would this be needed in the area?

4. Consider the number of trained first aiders that are required to manage the injury

5. Consider if current first aiders work part-time or are often absent from the workplace

6. Note any additional controls which may be required such as, eye wash stations or drench showers

7. Consider signage requirements

Please read First Aid Risk Assessment Guidelines before commencing this assessment.

When considering the minimum number of First Aiders for your building the following ratios are recommended as a minimum standard:

• low risk workplaces – one first aider for every 50 occupants

• high risk workplaces – one first aider for every 25 occupants

|Activity / Task / Location: |Date: |

|Developed by: |Approved By: |

|Injury Type | |Likely Number of Affected People |

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| |Due To | |

| | |LIKELIHOOD |The event may occur only in exceptional circumstances. |

| |Environment | |Consequence Level |

| | |Health and Safety | |

| |Risk is Out of Appetite. Requires a control rating of Excellent. Control rating of Inadequate is unacceptable. |Owned by the DVC / Executive |To be reported immediately to the relevant Executive and SET. If|

| | |Manager. |a broader organisational response is required, risk is to be |

|Extreme |Immediate management attention required to reduce exposure. | |reported as part of strategic risk themes that are submitted to |

| |Treatment Action Plans (TAPs) to be developed, implemented and monitored by a designated TAP owner(s) to reduce the risk to as| |the Planning & Management Committee / Executive Committee and |

| |low as reasonably practical. | |Council (or to the University Health & Safety Committee for |

| |To be reviewed at least every 1 month. | |risks with a Health & Safety impact). |

| |Risk may be Out of Appetite (for risks with an Objectives & Performance and/or Health & Safety impact rating of ‘3. Moderate’ |Owned by the PVC, Head of School |To be reported to the relevant Executive. If a broader |

| |and above AND likelihood rating of ‘4. Likely’ and above) or Tolerable. Requires a control rating of Excellent (or Adequate |or Head of Area (i.e. Director). |organisational response is required, risk is to be reported as |

|High |but with justification). Control rating of Inadequate is unacceptable. | |part of strategic risk themes that are submitted to the Planning|

| | | |& Management Committee / Executive Committee and Council (or to |

| |Management attention required (immediately for risks with an Objectives & Performance and/or Health & Safety impact rating of | |the University Health & Safety Committee for risks with a Health|

| |‘3. Moderate’ and above AND likelihood rating of ‘4. Likely’ and above). Treatment Action Plans (TAPs), where necessary, to be| |& Safety impact). |

| |developed, implemented and monitored by a designated TAP owner(s) (subject to preliminary assessment and cost-benefit | | |

| |justification) to reduce the risk to as low as reasonably practical. | | |

| |To be reviewed at least every 3 months (or 1 month for risks with a Health & Safety impact). | | |

| |Risk is Acceptable. Requires a control rating of Adequate. Control rating of Inadequate is unacceptable. |Owned by the PVC, Head of School,|Reported to the DVC / Senior Executive (only for risks with an |

| | |Head of Area (Director) or Head |Inadequate controls rating), or to the local area Health & |

|Medium |Monitor risk for any change in the operating environment. Treatment Action Plans (TAPs), where necessary, to be developed, |of Section (Manager/Supervisor). |Safety Committee for risks with a Health & Safety impact. |

| |implemented and monitored by a designated TAP owner(s) (subject to preliminary assessment and cost-benefit justification). | | |

| |To be reviewed every 12 months (or 3 months for risks with a Health & Safety impact). | | |

| |Risk is Acceptable. Requires a control rating of Adequate. Control rating of Inadequate is unacceptable and will require a |Owned by the PVC, Head of School,|Reported to the DVC / Senior Executive (only for risks with an |

| |Treatment Action Plans (TAPs) to be developed, implemented and monitored by a designated TAP owner(s) |Head of Area (Director) or Head |Inadequate controls rating), or to the local area Health & |

|Low | |of Section (Manager/Supervisor). |Safety Committee for risks with a Health & Safety impact. |

| |Monitor risk for any change in the operating environment. | | |

| |To be reviewed every 12 months (or 6 months for risks with a Health & Safety impact). | | |

Note: The Risk Acceptance Criteria Table serves as a guide for risk acceptance and should be relevant in most situations. However, there may be situations where an exception could apply (because of factors outside the control of the organisation or due to the nature of the business). As with any decision, a justification for this exception needs to be demonstrated and documented.

Controls Rating Table

Select the Overall Controls Rating (for ALL controls as a whole)

Controls - A control is any measure or action currently in existence that modifies or manages the risk. Examples of controls could include a policy, procedure, practice, process, technology, technique, method, or device. A control should be demonstrable, i.e. auditable.

Treatment Action Plans (TAPs) - TAPs are additional controls, where required. It could be an improvement of an existing control and/or a new initiative altogether. TAPs become controls, or modify existing controls, once they have been implemented.

The adequacy of the controls is assessed on a common sense, qualitative basis. This can be viewed as a reasonableness test, i.e. are you doing what is reasonable under the circumstances to prevent or minimise the impacts of the risk?

|Level |Descriptor |Foreseeable |Detail |

| | |More than what a reasonable person would be expected to do in the |Controls fully in place and require only ongoing maintenance and monitoring. Protection systems are being continuously |

| | |circumstances. |reviewed and procedures are regularly tested. |

|E |Excellent | | |

| | |Only what a reasonable person would be expected to do in the |Being addressed reasonably. Protection systems are in place and procedures exist for common or typical circumstances. |

|A |Adequate |circumstances. |Periodic review. |

| | |Less than what a reasonable person would be expected to do in the |Little to no action being taken. No protection systems exist or they have not been reviewed for some time. No |

|I |Inadequate |circumstances. |formalised procedures. |

Once the Overall Controls Rating (above) has been conducted on ALL controls as a whole, a Controls Assurance should be conducted on EACH control to determine if the controls are in place and effective.

Controls Assurance Questions:

|Is the control in use? |If you answered ‘Yes’ to all 4 questions, the control is effective (the control text should be Green). |

|Is the control documented? | |

|Is the control up to date? | |

|Is the control effective? | |

| |If you answered ‘Yes’ to 2 or 3 questions, the control may require some improvements (the control text should be Blue). |

| |If you answered ‘Yes’ to 1 or less questions, the control may require significant improvements (the control text should be Red). |

|REVISION HISTORY |

|Revision # |Date |Amendment Description |

|1 |26/02/2013 |New Document |

|2 |25/05/2018 |Update to Notes, Matrix and Injury examples |

|3 |11/06/2018 |Update to Matrix |

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