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Dear all
in order to reduce reams of paperwork and paper how do you normally brief out/issue risk assessments?
Hard copies?
or do you prepare a staff handbook with the content in?
I have also heard that a point of work document can be useful
just looking to simplify things and remain legal whilst informing employees of significant risks and hazards
I work in the waste industry
many thanks
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We have ours on a company intranet system, which every employee within the company has access to.
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There is not a one size fits all approach, it depends what works for you. If you have a lot for similar tasks, then you could code them on a matrix (spreadsheet) for each hazardous task.
A point of work risk assessment is another name for a dynamic risk assessment. They have their benefits in the wider scheme, but should not be relied on too much.
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I remember in my waste days before I went into H&S, reading through reams of risk assessments, not sure I could remember many of them now or even back then!
An important note to remember. You do not need to force you staff to read the whole risk assessment, only inform them of the significant outcomes of it. Risk assessment records are usually technical documents that do not lend themselves to easy reading. A company H&S handbook is normally a better bet as you can lay out the hazards and controls in a more user friendly format with photos, etc. The handbook by itself is unlikely to be effective either, you will need to combine it with adequate training etc.
Dynamic risk assessment for bin men is essential, but given the number of collections made in a day I could not see the value of trying to record them all. Train the guys on hazard awareness is about all you can do. We were introducing site specific risk assessment for commercial customers when I left the industry a few years back. The intention was to have notes on the driver's information screen for each job that would point out any significant hazards he needed to be aware. Need to have good IT in the cabs for that though.
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