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Posted By Mark H We are a telecoms Company working on the highways and have been asked by a prospective client to provide examples of activity risk assessments. They have also asked for examples of generic assessments.
We produce generic assessments as a basis for a site specific assessment whcih is conducted at each site before starting work as each site will, obviously, be different. But, the term "activity RA" is a new one to me, not something I've ever been asked for before.
I don't want to go back to the client and ask in case I'm missing something obvious and end up with egg on my face.
Anyone any idea of what they could be referring too?
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Posted By Tabs Nothing to worry about - say you do a combined activity, environment, equipment, and competence risk assessment ... but that if they like you can identify which aspects are activity specific.
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Posted By Kenneth Patrick Why are risk assessments important? The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (1999) require employers to assess the risks of activities, introduce measures to control those risks and tell their employees about these measures. I know you are not plunge pooling but an HSE view:
Risk assessments provide the fundamental intelligence on the hazards, risks and precautions for carrying out an activity
The overall risk assessment for an adventure activity such as plunge pooling would need to cover:
Generic risk assessment - The risks inherent in the activity Site-specific risk assessment - The risks associated with the site Dynamic risk assessment - The risks at the time (Para A 7)
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Posted By Mark H Thanks Tabs,
That's why we do 'task' generic assessments which encompass plant, equipment, competence, enviro as you say. Because if we were to do seperate RA's I would probably have a couple of hundred of them - madness.
So, what they refer to is just the activity aspect?
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Posted By Tabs I can't read their minds, Mark, but I would guess so yes.
Often, the standard is set by an H&S function and then given to a purchasing function without the correct understanding, so ask them to refer back to originator if necessary.
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Posted By sylvia 'Activity risk assessment' is not defined or even referred to in the Regs, but is a common approach promoted by safety practitioners. Unfortunately, it does tend to lead to the situation referred to in the thread "displaying RAs" - 900 documents for one factory!
I doubt it would add much to your current system, and I don't see any HSE instruction or guidance which suggests one approach over another.
It shouldn't be a concern of a client what approach to RA you take, as long as it appears effective, and any "joint" risks are satisfactory for them too.
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