Posted By Jasonjg Good Morning all I am a great beliver in the 50 minds are greater than one motto so please have a read and if possible add some input etc that I may have overlooked or may use to improve tool under development. I am currently close to the completion of an Excel tool that is capable of producing the following automatic data:- 1. Provides a suitable template to cover most Hazards and could be linked to a deeper assessment should this be required. (will hold 1000's if needed) 2. Capable of filtering Quantitve and/or Qualitve calculations. 3. Monitors remedial/control measure dates. 4. Counts days actions are overdue 5. Counts Number of risk assessments according to filtering criteria set i.e. High risk, No persons at risk etc. 6. Shows amount of days for certain criteria i.e. days till next review, days overdue for review etc. 7. Creates an auto Risk register and lots more including the generation of a report and maybe graphs. After this initial set up (soon to be completed) I want to set up a calculator that shows certain statistical and comparative info relating to the companies management of the risk assessment process. The overall aim is to:- 1. Make monthly, quarterly safety updates more statistically based at little time cost to the H&S persons responsible for reporting the data. 2. Provide a more effective way of monitoring and reviewing RAs at a cost (free to charities and future beta testers) that even a Yorkshire based Director will not spit his chips out. 3. Lots of other inspirations including my own interests at heart. What I am trying to discover is the following: - 1. Is there a need for such a tool or is there a already cheap software that covers this area? 2. Also what are your thoughts on the pro's & Cons of creating such a system? 3. Have you any suggestions ideas that will make this tool more effective i.e. other possible data that can be added relating to the RA process? Finally, has anyone made good use of the previous tools I developed? I will be providing a free version of this tool when ready, for those that take the time to think about this subject and take the time to add input, data and valid criticism to the discussion. Best regards Jason

Posted By DG Richardson Hi Jason As an average overloaded, overworked, under paid safety professional one of my biggest problems is chasing updates on risk assessment control measures. This tool would be of extreme help if it can be formed into a monthly management report as i am not always in a position to give this infomation to my managers without a tedious trawl around all departments. I too, also think that this tool would be of great value if it could be adapted to environmental impact assessments. I would also be interested in hearing about these other tools that you been working on. Dave

Posted By Kieran J Duignan Jason An Australian Safety Ergonomist, Maurice Oxenburgh, designed a safety process management model which you may find useful to refer to; it was published by Taylor and Francis in 2004. It is more ambitious than demonstrating that 'H&S (is) not so time wasting at times' as it aims to support the view that competent ergonomic safety management is often the most profitable course of action for an organisation. I believe you could improve the quality of assessing risks posed by some hazards by using an ergonomic framework, which you could include with a checklist referred to different parts of the body and a general category of 'cognitive' factors. In your first email, you refer to 'qualitative calculations'; are not calculations by their natural quantitative?

Posted By April Catherine Harvey Hi ,we are currently looking at a system called dataix,that sounds very similar to the one you are in the process of designing.The Software includes risk managment,complaints handling and freedom of infomation,incident reporting and training records.the cost is 12 grand.Would you be entering in days lost due to an accident? What otheer tools have you developed?I am new to the chat room so i HOPE YOU FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING APRIL

Posted By joedukeries this sounds a fascinating idea/project, i am a 21 year old H&s assistant and such a tool would help me in many ways, keep up the good work.