Posted By Paul Purvis
hi johnp, I think an explanation of what environment you are working in? may assist people in overying advise

Posted By Robert K Lewis
Sorry to prick some bubbles but these approaches are not new. They are in fact the best way to approach the issue of risk management and can provide useful guidaance to those undertaking task specific assessments. I would add however that no risk assessment is truly effective if it:

a) is much more than one page long

and

b) is not linked to some form of dynamic assessment process by the task performer.

Bob

Posted By Adam Worth
I can tick the b) box, that's the point i was trying to make.

But the a) box is a tad more tricky unless I use a size 1 font :)

I think the poster means new to them.. That's how I read it.

Posted By Andy Brazier
The suggested 'new approach' sounds more like a risk register or risk screening exercise. Potentially very useful for identifying significant risks, that require a risk assessment, and less significant ones that don't.

Please remember the piece of paper you develop at the end is not a risk assessment. It is the process you go through to develop it that is. So you will need a method to follow.

With regard to the length of risk assessments, they should be as long as they need to be. The length of document used to communicate the findings is a completely different matter. Again, the piece of paper is not the risk assessment.

Posted By Peter F
Is this not just a workplace assessment taking into account the whole area and then a R/A specific to each task?

Posted By john thos 147
Thankyou for all of your feedback, just to answer a few questions i have no doubt that this is not a new method i meant new to me. i find that most RA's that are done here do not cover all of the aspects of the process.

For instance if i go into the material preperation side which consists roughly of

4 laser cutting machines
3 plasma cutting machined
5 pressmachines 150t to 500t
3 roller machines
lathes
5 big drills
nibblers
large band saw
robot welder
A line for building double decker buses
a line for building chassis for dumper trucks

i feel that there is no point in stating that the lighting is ok for each individual item as the lighting is consistant throughout the factory.

the same applies for noise

after looking into this further i believe some of the responses i have recieved are spot on yes it will be like a hazard register and it will highlight individual proplems in each area.

i can then risk assess the hazards bty line i.e


manual handling:

LASER operation. cranes and jibs are provided they must be used at all times when lifting items over 25kg.

all operators are trained in manual handling and kinetic liftin with regular tool box talks being done annually. Supervision need to ensure that all ops are following that correct procedures by undertaking regulat walkrounds.

Non compliance should be dealt wit informally at first and then formally under the discippinary procedure for persistant
offenders.

PLASMA =this as an assessment would be pretty much the same as the laser with the same kind of contols.

i can then do this for every process in what i would describe as a live document . if something new came up such as airbourne diseases ican then add this as a new category and so on and so on