Managing

Safely
A guide to why it is important to manage safely and what
your role is in influencing managing safely

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Module 1 - Introducing Managing Safely

Learning Objectives:
• Why it is important to manage safely
• What your role is in influencing
managing safel

The Snowball Effect

The Snowball Effect describes what can
happen if a hazard is left unattended.

Reporting Accidents & RIDDOR

Serious accidents must be reported to
the enforcing authorities. The Reporting
of Injuries, Diseases, Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)
require the reporting of:

• Deaths
• Specified injuries, such as
amputation, permanent loss of sight
or reduction in sight, and accidents
leading to hypothermia, heat stress,
unconsciousness, resuscitation or
hospital treatment for 24 hours
• Injuries involving absence from work
for more than 7 days
• Dangerous occurrences, such as
failures of lifting equipment or
pressure systems, scaffold collapse,
explosion or fire
• Reportable diseases, such as carpel
tunnel syndrome, occupational
dermatitis, hand arm vibration
syndrome, occupational asthma and
certain defined cancers

What is YOUR role in influencing

Managing Safely?

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Module 2 - Assessing Risk

Learning Objectives Risk = Likelihood x Consequence

• What is risk?
• What is a risk assessment? What is a risk assessment?
• How are risk assessments carried
out? Estimating Risk & The Risk Matrix
Once the tasks have been listed and the
Risk Broken Down risks identified you must estimate the
To ensure a safe work environment, you risk by considering two questions:
need to understand the definition of risk.
1. How likely is it that something could
1. Hazard- A hazard is anything that has go wrong?
the potential to cause harm to 2. How serious would the outcome be?
workers or to other people
2. Hazardous Events- For a hazard to Doing A Risk Assessment
cause harm, a hazardous event must Step 1: Identify the Hazards
happen. Step 2: Who Might Be Harmed?
3. Likelihood- The likelihood is the Step 3: Evaluate the Risks
chance that the hazardous event will Step 4: Record Your Findings
occur. Step 5: Review and Update
4. Consequence- Consequence is the
outcome of the hazardous event
5. Risk- Risk is the combination of the
likelihood of a hazardous event
occurring, and the consequence of
the event.

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Module 3 - Controlling Risk

Learning Objectives
• How you can reduce risk
• How you decide which risk control to
use

Reducing Risk
If you want to reduce the risk, you will need to:

• Reduce the likelihood of the hazardous

event happening
• Reduce the consequence of the
hazardous event
• Reduce both factors

Risk Hierarchy
1. Eliminate Hazard- The most effective
method of risk control is to completely
eliminate the hazard.
2. Reduce Hazard- If the hazard cannot be
eliminated, attempt to reduce its
potential to cause harm
3. Substitute- Another way to reduce the
hazard is to substitute it with a less
hazardous solution.
4. Prevent Contact- Prevent people from
coming into contact with hazards by
separating them from each other.
5. Safe System of Work- Enclosing the
hazard behind a barrier is also an
effective way of separating hazards
from people.
6. Wear PPE- Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) is the last line of
defence since it’s entirely reliant on
each employee remembering to wear it.

ALARP and SFAIRP - Reasonably

Practicable

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Module 4 - Understanding Responsibilities

Learning Objectives Case Studies –

• What the law requires you to do 1. Chandler v Gatwick Handling Ltd
• How the law works (1997)
• What are the key parts in a health 2. Burns v Joseph Terry & Sons Ltd
and safety management system (1950)
3. Marshall v Gotham Co. Ltd (1954)
Responsibilities
As a duty holder, you know you have Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate
health and safety responsibilities, but Homicide Act 2007
what is there to guide you? You should
ask yourself: PDCA
Most health and safety management
1. What should you worry about? systems are based around the principle:
2. How far should you go?
3. What is the best way to carry out Plan
your responsibilities? ‘Plan’ involves:
• Policy
Determining Foreseeable Risks • Planning
There are three simple tests to
determine whether a risk is foreseeable. Do
‘Do’ involves:
1. Common Knowledge Test- You will • Risk Profiling
always be expected to foresee what • Improvement Plan
the average person in the street
would have foreseen, as that Check
information is common knowledge. ‘Check’ involves:
2. Technical/Industry Knowledge- • Collecting Data
Where a health and safety issue is • Measuring Performance
beyond public knowledge, your
company is expected to have the Act
same level of knowledge as others ‘Act’ involves:
operating in similar technical fields. • Reviewing Performance
3. Expert Knowledge- Only if you are an • Learning Lessons
expert are you expected to have the
knowledge that experts have. Learning Objectives
• What are common hazards?
HASWA (Health and Safety at Work etc • What can you do about common
Act 1974) hazards?

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Module 5 - Identifying Hazards

Hazard Groups Hazards generally fall Bullying

into six broad groups: If a worker feels they’re being singled out
• Mechanical- A mechanical hazard is for unfair treatment by a boss or
any hazard involving a machine or colleague, they’re probably being bullied.
process.
Chemicals and Harmful Substances
• Physical- Physical hazards are those Chemicals and harmful substances can
substances or conditions that may cause injury or ill health.
harm a person’s physical safety.
• Chemical- Chemicals are considered Confined Spaces
a hazard due to their intrinsic A confined space is any space of an
properties to cause harm to humans, enclosed nature where there is a risk of
serious injury or death from hazardous
property or the environment.
substances or dangerous conditions.
• Biological- Biological hazards are
organic substances or Drugs and Alcohol
microorganisms that pose a threat to The use of drugs and alcohol can be a
the health of humans and other living serious workplace issue. Not only can
organisms. their use lead to significant health
• Environmental- Environmental problems but workers under the
hazards are the conditions or state of influence of drugs or alcohol can be a
hazard to themselves and others.
events that have the potential to
affect the environment and adversely Electricity
impact people’s health. How can electricity harm you?
• Organisational- Organisational
hazards are associated with Fire
behaviour, workload, time constraints How can fires start?
and deadlines.
Heights
Working at height means work in any
Aggression & Violence
place where, if there were no
Work related violence occurs when precautions in place, a person could fall
someone is abused, threatened or a distance liable to cause personal injury.
assaulted in circumstances relating to
their work. Manual Handling
Manual handling covers a number of
Asbestos activities, such as lifting, lowering,
carrying, pushing and pulling.
Asbestos is a term used for a number of
naturally occurring minerals which have Noise
crystallised to form long thin fibres and What are the main causes of hearing
fibre bundles. damage?

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Plant and Machinery Stress
How does plant and machinery cause Stress is an individual’s reaction to
harm? excessive pressure and other demands
placed on them.
Radiation
Radiation is generally classed as either Vehicle and Transport Safety
ionising or non-ionising. How can vehicles cause harm?

Slips and Trips Vibration

Slips and trips are the most common What harm can be caused by vibration?
cause of major injuries at work. They
occur in almost all workplaces and 95%
of major slips results in broken bones.

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Module 6 - Investigating Accidents

Learning Objectives Incident Investigation

• Why you need to investigate Incident investigation allows us to find
accidents out the cause of an incident.
• How accidents can happen
• How you carry out an investigation Six Considerations
To carry out an investigation, you will
Three Main Terms: need to have a system in place. To
1. Incident develop this there are six things to
2. Near Miss consider:
3. Accident
1. Ensure the wellbeing of the injured
Additional Reasons person
There are many reasons to investigate 2. Preserve the scene
accidents in your workplace: 3. Report the incident
4. Assemble the investigation team
1. Collect- You must collect information 5. Use a structured approach
that you need to pass on to the 6. Handle External Relations
enforcing authority.
2. Identify Hazards- A requirement of
investigating accidents is to identify
any other hazards/risk and training
requirements.
3. Insurance Information- You are
required to collect the information
needed for an insurance claim.
4. Cost- It is important to note how
much any given accident is likely to
cost those involved or your business.
5. Identify Causes- Identifying causes of
accidents is a key step in preventing
them from happening again.
6. Legal Requirements- A key reason
would be to ensure legal compliance.

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 Module 7 - Measuring Performance

Learning Objectives
• What performance measurement is about
• How to measure health and safety
performance
• What auditing is

Indicators
To measure performance in a useful way,
indicators must be established to answer
questions such as:

• What might we need to respond to?

• What is going on around us?
• What has happened so far?

Types of Indicator
There are two types of indicators: Proactive and
Reactive.

The Safety Pyramid

The safety pyramid shows a ratio of near misses,
incidents of property damage, number of minor
incidents and number of serious incidents. This
can be used to capture improvements to help
prevent more serious incidents happening.

What is an Audit?
Auditing aims to find evidence of whether the
current management system complies with the
organisation’s policies and objectives.

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Module 8 - Protecting our Environment

Learning Objectives Fulfilling Commitments

• The impact of industry on the Businesses can fulfil their commitments
environment to sustainability through multiple ways.
• How you can control pollution and
waste 1. Stakeholder Engagement
• The main elements of an environment 2. Environmental Management Systems
management system 3. Reporting Performance
4. Life Cycle Analysis
The Environment
The environment (the air, land and water PDCA and EMS
around us) provides the conditions for The best way to manage environmental
developing and sustaining all forms of risks is to have a systematic approach, as
life. Some of the factors which influence when managing health and safety risks:
an organisation’s effect on the
environment are: 1. Plan
2. Do
• Location 3. Check
• Supplies required 4. Act
• Work activities 5. Leadership
• Products
• Waste EMS Key Benefits
The key benefits of an EMS include:
Environmental Management Systems
(EMS) • Complying with legislative
Every business should have an EMS in requirements
place to deal with their impact on the • Help deliver the policy
environment. • Improve management of risks
• Improve competitive edge
• Provide synergy with good business
management

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