It is essential all foreseeable workplace health risks posed throughout the life cycle of your job activities are identified and adequately controlled.
Having suitable and sufficient risk assessment is an important part of protecting the health of the workforce and will aid compliance with relevant legislation such as the Health and Safety at Work etc., Act 1974.
Health Risk assessment is defined as “the identification of health hazards in the workplace and the subsequent assessment of risk to health.” The assessment takes account of existing and proposed control measures. Additional controls and specific health surveillance requirements will also be identified and implemented as necessary.
Before you can demonstrate that health hazards are adequately controlled, you first need to identify them and then assess the risk associated with each.
The Health Risk Assessment process involves inspecting your workplace and observing all work activities carried out within it. Workers are generally grouped by job descriptions to establish similar health exposure profiles and interviews are carried out to gain a full understanding of the potential health hazards.
An assessment is then made of the hazards based on the information gathered to ascertain the level of risk from each and if existing controls provide adequate protection. Practical recommendations are made to address any shortfalls in current controls.
A more in-depth health risk assessment can also be undertaken where recognized analytical measurement techniques are employed to gather accurate exposure data on the different hazards in the workplace.
All Reports are followed up with in-depth feedback and discussion and a prioritised action plan.
For further information email ohteam@hawkeshealth.com or tele[phone 0800 193 6222.