Unit IG2: Risk assessment
Declaration: By submitting this assessment (Parts 1 – 4) for marking I declare that it is entirely my own work. I understand that falsely claiming that
the work is my own is malpractice and can lead to NEBOSH imposing severe penalties (see the NEBOSH Malpractice Policy for further information).
Important note: You must refer to the document ‘Unit IG2: risk assessment – Guidance and information for learners and Learning Partners’ while
completing all parts of this assessment. Your Learning Partner should provide you with a copy, but it can also be downloaded from the relevant
resources section for this qualification on the NEBOSH website.
Part 1: Background
You should aim to complete this section in 150 - 200 words.
Topic
Comments
Name of organisation*
Smooth Tannery Limited
Site location*
Dhaka
Number of workers
217
The organization tans various types of leather with various processes and the processes start
with the very raw form of leather. The organization collects leather form the local market and from
the leather businessman. The organization also sells the tanned leather to the national and
international buyers and there is a huge popularity gained by the organization for the fine quality
General description of the organisation
of leather. There are various processes are involved in the leather processing like the Salt curing,
soaking, Liming, Lime fleshing, Bating, Shaving, Dyeing, Drying, Finishing, etc. The factory runs
from the 8.00 AM to 6.00 PM and all the workers get one day holiday and other national and
special holidays.
All the processes described in the previous section are considered during the risk assessment
Description of the area to be included in the
process. Without those the irregular and non-process sections like the troubleshooting and
risk assessment
maintenance, security and transporting things are also considered carefully.
As a very hazardous industry, the health and safety of the tannery industry must be look after
Any other relevant information
properly and with great importance.
* If you’re worried about confidentiality, you can invent a false name and location for your organisation but, all other information provided must be
factual.
Learner number: 00755839
Learner name: Monirul Haque Pintu
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You should aim to complete this section in 100 - 200 words.
Note: this section can be completed after you have competed your risk assessment.
Outline how the risk assessment was carried
Data collection is an important part for the risk assessment. For the risk assessment here both
out this should include:
internal and external sources are used. The information obtained by the documents like the
accident register, accident investigation report, risk assessments, etc. The external audit reports
• sources of information consulted;
and inspection reports also helped a lot.
• who you spoke to; and
• how you identified:
The interview of the workers from every production section has been taken. The interviews of the
- the hazards;
managerial persons are also done. Other information is collected by the visual inspection of the
- what is already being done; and
workplace.
- any additional controls/actions that
may be required.
The hazards are identified by the analysis of the primary and secondary data. The possible
hazard in the tannery industry is found in the ILO website
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/--safework/documents/publication/wcms_190179.pdf. The NEBOSH ig2 course work and guideline
also used to list the hazards.
The risk assessments and visual inspection of workplace showed the present controls in the
workplace.
The necessity of the additional control is analysed by the risk rating for the found hazards. If the
existing controls are not intervene any legal standard and the risk is low then any additional
controls were not suggested. The additional control is taken form the ILO legal guideline, industry
best practice and various local technologies.
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Learner name: Monirul Haque Pintu
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Part 2: Risk Assessment
Organisation name: Smooth Tannery Limited
Date of assessment: March 28, 2023
Scope of risk assessment: All production processes, maintenance, irregular works, warehouse works and security operations.
Hazard
category and
hazard
Who might be harmed
and how?
Slips and trips
The workers of the
production section
especially soaking.
There are
many wet
surface is
found in the
leather
processing
floors.
Noise
Various
process
equipment
produce high
A slip and trip on the hard
surface may cause
serious bone breaking
injury and some of those
bone breaking may result
permanent disability.
The all production floor
workers can be affected
especially the beam
house operation workers.
The noise is a dangerous
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What are you already doing?
What further controls/actions are
required?
1. The workers are
experienced in the
work.
2. There are standard
working procedures
found for the soaking
section works.
The walkway must be made and
marked for the all production section.
The workers must be given slip
resistant safety shoe for the soaking
section
The workers must be trained about the
slip and trip hazards
1. The process equipment
has the maintenance
schedule.
2. Some equipment has
the noise barrier which
The warning sign about the slip and
trip hazard must be shown in
respective areas
The housekeeping process must
include the cleaning of water and other
liquids from the walkway and floors
regularly.
The noise survey must be done in
every production section by the expert
third party.
Every section has acute noise must
provide the ear muff or ear bud to the
respective workers.
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Timescales for
further actions
to be
completed
(within …)
3 months
3 months
Responsible
person’s job
title
Factory
manager
Factory
manager
2 months
HSE officer
2 months
HSE officer
1 month
HSE officer
3 months
Factory
manager
3 months
Factory
manager
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Hazard
category and
hazard
Who might be harmed
and how?
What are you already doing?
What further controls/actions are
required?
amount of
noise.
hazard, and it can cause
temporary and permanent
harm to the hearing
system and sometimes
permanent disability is
possible. Various internal
chronic diseases like
migraine and the high
blood pressure can be
occurred from the
continuous exposure of
the high amount of noise.
is given by the
manufacturer.
For the high noise sections the noise
warning signs must be showed.
Load handling
equipment.
In the finished
goods
warehouse,
there is used
the overhead
crane.
The workers and
operators of the
warehouse section.
The overhead crane can
commit accident in two
ways. The load can fall or
the load can hit someone
while moving. In the other
hand the crane part and
crane itself can break and
fall and there can be a
fatal accident.
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1. The crane manufacturer
has the preventive
maintenance schedule.
2. Only warehouse
operator can operate
the crane
Timescales for
further actions
to be
completed
(within …)
2 months
HSE officer
The workers must be trained about the
noise hazards and health effects.
2 months
HSE officer
The noise heaven and sound proof
rest rooms must be established in the
production sections.
6 months
Factory
manager
The overhead crane must be provided
a load test by an expert third party.
3 months
Factory
manager
The overhead crane operator list must
be fixed and there must be a strict
following of the rule.
The basic remote control of the
overhead crane must be used every
time.
The workers must be trained about the
lifting hazards and dos and don’ts of
the lifting process.
The safety gears and alarms of the
overhead cranes must be inspected
weekly.
1 month
HSE officer
1 month
HSE officer
2 months
HSE officer
1 month
HSE officer
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Responsible
person’s job
title
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Hazard
category and
hazard
Who might be harmed
and how?
Hazardous
substances
The workers of the
tanning section.
In the leather
tanning
process, there
is so many
toxic
substances
emitted like
the hydrogen
sulphide.
The hydrogen sulphide
gas is very dangerous
and it is considered highly
toxic. It can cause the
death to the human being
if exposed to it above
exposure limits.
Work related
upper limb
disorders
(workstation
design)
The soaking and other
production section
workers.
The soaking
and other
section
workers have
to work by
standing all
day.
The improper workstation
can cause various
problems. The long-time
standing for the workers
may result in the waist
and back pain and those
pain can be irrecoverable.
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What are you already doing?
What further controls/actions are
required?
1. The workers work with
the PPE.
2. The tanning section has
the standard working
procedure.
The workplace toxic gas survey must
be done.
There is no control is found
against this hazard.
Timescales for
further actions
to be
completed
(within …)
4 months
Responsible
person’s job
title
Factory
manager
The appropriate respiratory mask and
other PPE must be provided to the
workers.
The eating and drinking must be
prohibited in the tanning section.
4 months
Factory
manager
1 month
HSE officer
The workers must be trained about the
toxic substance hazard in the
workplace.
The appropriate PPE list must be
displayed in the tanning section and
must be followed in a strict manner.
The workers must provide enough rest
time while working in the standing
posture.
While possible the workers must be
provided proper sitting working
arrangements.
The workers must be trained about the
awkward postures and consequences.
2 months
HSE officer
2 months
HSE officer
1 month
Factory
manager
6 months
Factory
manager
2 months
HSE officer
The workers must have the regular
health surveillance.
3 months
Factory
manager
The workers must have the proper
posture guideline by posters for the
every regular work.
3 months
HSE officer
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Hazard
category and
hazard
Who might be harmed
and how?
What are you already doing?
What further controls/actions are
required?
Confined
spaces.
The workers do the work
in the pits and tanks
cleaning work.
1. The confined space
work must be done by
the designated workers
only.
2. There are standard
working procedures
found for confined
space entry and work.
In the confined space, the space must
be checked by a gas meter before
entry.
The confined space must have the
provision of proper lighting
There are
cleaning work
of the various
process tanks
and pits.
The confined space can
cause instant death by
the presence of toxic
gases, oxygen deficiency
and the water flooding
and explosion if there are
any explosive gases
present during the hot
work in the confined
space.
Manual
handling.
The workers of the
warehouse section.
Sometimes in
warehouse the
workers
handles the
big roles of
leather in bulk
amount.
The excess weight lifting
is very harmful for the
body and this can occur
bone corrosion, bone pain
and muscle pain. Some of
those pains cannot be
treated and can result into
the permanent disability.
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1. There are some
mechanical aids
provided for handling
the leather rolls.
2. The leather roles
handling has proper
working procedure.
The confined space work must be
done by external ventilation system.
The exhaust and ventilation must be
done externally especially for pits.
The confined space refreshing training
must be given every time before work
and the work must be done under
permit-to-work system.
For spaces where water pit need to
cleaned without removing the water
workers must be trained and must use
the SCBA (Self containing breathing
apparatus).
The number of mechanical aid must
be increased so that the workers need
not to handle load manually.
The workers must be trained about the
technique of manual lifting and
carrying
The workers must know about the
various health hazards related to the
excess weight lifting.
The health surveillance of the worker
must be done regularly.
For manual handling the leather rolls
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Timescales for
further actions
to be
completed
(within …)
3 months
Responsible
person’s job
title
Factory
manager
3 months
Factory
manager
3 months
Factory
manager
3 months
HSE officer
6 months
Factory
manager
6 months
Factory
manager
2 months
HSE officer
2 months
HSE officer
3 months
Factory
manager
Factory
3 months
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Hazard
category and
hazard
Who might be harmed
and how?
What are you already doing?
What further controls/actions are
required?
Timescales for
further actions
to be
completed
(within …)
must be smaller in size.
Work
equipment and
machinery
Equipment is
found with
rotating and
moving parts
without
guards.
Fire
The chemical
store has the
flammable
substances.
Health, welfare
and work
environment.
The production section
workers can be harmed.
The rotating parts can cut
the hand, wrist and
fingers of the workers.
Sometimes the rotating
and moving parts
entangle the cloth of the
workers and there can be
serious accident like
fatality can be the
consequences.
The fire can harm every
staffs and workers in the
factory.
The fire can kill several
people in a workplace by
direct burning, structure
collapse, lungs burning,
toxic gas inhalation and
crowd stampede.
The production section
workers can be affected.
By improper lighting the
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1. Some equipment has
the guards provided by
the manufacturer.
1. The factory has the fire
license.
2. The fire audit is done
externally.
3. The fire detection and
protection system has
been established.
1. There is some ventilator
found in some
production sections.
2. The lighting system is
Responsible
person’s job
title
manager
All possible rotating and moving parts
must be guarded.
6 months
Factory
manager
The workers must be prohibited to
wear loose cloths and ornaments.
Where rotating parts can be hazard a
warning sign must be displayed.
1 month
HSE officer
2 months
HSE officer
The walkway and the machine must
have the proper and safe gap
3 months
Factory
manager
All tempered and deteriorated guards
must be repaired.
3 months
Factory
manager
For chemical storage the store must
be established far from the main
production building.
The storage of the flammable material
must be decreased.
All people must take part in the regular
fire drill in the factory
The designated workers must know
the emergency procedure during fire
and their duty.
The fire protection and detection
system must be tested regularly.
The air quality monitoring must be
done in a regular basis.
6 months
Factory
manager
3 months
3 months
Factory
manager
HSE officer
2 months
HSE officer
2 months
HSE officer
3 months
Factory
manager
The lighting monitoring must be done
3 months
Factory
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Hazard
category and
hazard
Who might be harmed
and how?
The production
sections must
have the
proper lighting
and
ventilation.
vision problem can occur.
There can be lower
perception of risk and
there can be serious
accident occurred from
other hazards like the
workers can fall in the pit.
Poor air quality can lead
into the various
respiratory diseases.
provided based on the
national guideline.
The production section
workers can be harmed
especially in the soaking
and curing section.
1. The electrical license is
taken by the factory.
2. The external electrical
audit report is found.
Electricity
In wet
condition,
many faulty
electrical
equipment is
found.
The electricity shock can
kill a person immediately.
The shock can kill a
person by cardiac arrest.
The electrical flash
current can cause third
degree burn and people
can be killed also.
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What are you already doing?
What further controls/actions are
required?
Timescales for
further actions
to be
completed
(within …)
by an expert third party.
Responsible
person’s job
title
manager
The lights must be replaced and
added by assessing the reports of the
third party.
The force ventilation system must b4
installed in every production section.
6 months
Factory
manager
6 months
Factory
manager
The proper sunlight utilization system
must be arranged by the consultation
of expert body.
6 months
Factory
manager
The wet condition electrical appliances
must be changed according to the
working environment.
The electrical faults must be repaired
and assessed.
6 months
Factory
manager
4 months
Factory
manager
The electrical fault reporting system
must be established.
2 months
HSE officer
The wet condition distribution board
must have the RCD for all the power
line.
Workers must be trained about the
electrical safety techniques and
consequences.
4 months
Factory
manager
2 months
HSE officer
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Part 3: Prioritise 3 actions with justification for the selection
Suggested word counts
Moral, general legal and financial arguments for all actions: 300 to 350 words
For EACH action:
Specific legal arguments: 100 to 150 words
Likelihood AND severity: 75 to 150 words
How effective the action is likely to be in controlling the risk: 100 to 150 words
Moral, general legal and financial arguments for ALL actions
Moral, general legal and financial
arguments
The actions are taken to solve the problem of significant risks and those control actions will lower the risk
level surely. Now the necessity of lowering risks and other aspects will be discussed.
The employer must keep the workplace safe for all the workers. This is the moral duty of the employer. This is
also the expectation of the society. The workers must come and back home safe from the workplace. And for
this moral duty of the employer, the workplace must be kept risk free. And for the risk free workplace the risk
lowering is important which is done by the given action plan. So, the action plans here are helping employer
to perform the moral duty.
There are some legal obligations also placed upon the employer by various national and international
regulation bodies. Those national and international guidelines, laws and regulations must be implied by the
employer. Otherwise the employer may face the imprisonment, fine, prohibition, enforcement action, legal
notice, license cancellation, etc. Those problems are very dangerous for the employer and can destroy the
business of the employer. Here, the legal needs are assessed against all hazards and the legal gaps are
removed by the given action plans. So, the implementation of the given action plans surely help the employer
for legal compliance.
The financial costs are very much related to the accident sin the workplace. Some common costs related to
the accidents are compensation, medical cost, product damage cost, equipment damage cost, repairing cost,
production time loss cost. There can be also the cost of new recruitment and training. There can be some civil
and legal actions and in the civil and criminal court there can be some costs involved as the court fee and
fine. The reputation of the organization can be destroyed by the accidents and there can be serious financial
indirect cost. For reducing or preventing those cost, the workplace must be safe and the action plans are here
given to make the workplace fully safe from the various workplace accident and other costs.
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Justification for action 1
Action (Taken from column 4 of risk
assessment)
In the confined space, the space must be checked by a gas meter before entry.(Hazard category:
confined spaces)
Specific legal arguments
The confined space safety is very important. as per the ILO convention C155 and recommendation
R164 it is totally clear that the employer must keep all the process safe for the workers. Here the
confined space works is surely not controlled and safe. So, the given action plan will surely be the
first step to make the work of confined space safe.
The specific confined space guideline can be found in the https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labouradministration-inspection/resources-library/publications/guide-for-labour-inspectors/working-inconfined-spaces/lang-en/index.htm#:~:text=A%20confined%20space%20is%20one,of%20consciousness%2C%20asphyxi
ation%20or%20drowning.
In the guideline, it is clearly said that, the employer must assess the risk of the confined space and
the main risks are oxygen deficiency, toxic gas presence and explosive presence. The controls will
be taken then. So, to know about the hazards it is obvious to have a gas meter in the working place.
So, the given action will fulfil these legal criteria also.
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
•
•
•
•
types of injury or ill health
number of workers at risk
how often the activity is carried
out
how widespread the risk is
The confined space work is very dangerous. It can cause various ways of injuries. The toxic gas
presence and the oxygen deficiency can kill the entered person immediately. The person entered
can be killed by the flooding and explosion also in the confined space. So the severity is high. The
weekly basis work shows that the work frequency is also high so the likelihood is also high here.
There are 23 designated workers are present in the factory who can do the confined space works.
The confined space activity is a regular job. The frequency is generally the weekly basis.
The risk is applicable for all the pits and process tanks in the production section.
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
•
•
the intended impact of the
action;
justification for the timescale that
you indicated in your risk
assessment; and
The gas meter is essential for the confined space work and risk control. By addition of the gas meter
the confined space risk finding will be more effective and accurate and the managers will now take
the proper action against the risks.
The timescale here is given by thinking of not only buying and using of the gas meter. There are
other technical things. The gas meter must be bought from a qualified buyer. Then it must be
calibrated by third party and the workers must be trained to use it. Together the timeline has given.
The action surely not controls the risk fully, but this is the first step and without this the confined
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•
whether you think the action will
fully control the risk
space risk control is not possible.
Justification for action 2
Action (Taken from column 4 of risk
assessment)
All possible rotating and moving parts must be guarded. (Hazard category: Work equipment and
machinery)
Specific legal arguments
The work equipment and machinery is discussed in the ILO convention C155. It is an important
thing in the workplace. As per the C155 Article 6 section 1, without appropriate guard any
dangerous machine point cannot be used. The recommendation R 118 which also discuss about
the machine guarding is fully aware with this comment. It can be found in the paragraph 7. Here the
organization is fully violating the legal guideline. The given action plan is all about the providing
proper guards to the machine. To fulfil the legal guideline this is the only solution that the company
can adopt. This is the only solution and the solution surly fulfils the legal guideline properly.
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
The severity here is certain. There can be track record of permanent disability even death by such
accident by the machine dangerous parts. Those death and disability also can happen in the factory
by the moving parts. So, the severity is high. The likelihood is also high. Works work around the
machine all day and they move around the machine and there is high chance of entanglement and
other accidents.
•
•
•
•
types of injury or ill health
number of workers at risk
how often the activity is carried
out
how widespread the risk is
The all production workers (92) are at risk of the hazard here.
The activity of machine operating is a daily basis job. Because without machine operation, the
factory cannot run for a single moment.
The risk is present in all production sections.
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
•
•
•
the intended impact of the action;
justification for the timescale that
you indicated in your risk
assessment; and
whether you think the action will
fully control the risk
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The guarding of the machine dangerous parts is the only solution here. If the dangerous parts are
guarded with the proper ways and barriers then the worker body part will not be in touch with the
machine dangerous parts willingly or unwillingly.
The timescale here is given 6 months. It is a long time job. This job includes planning, guarding
need assessment and guard installation. This will require budget and outside expert involvement
and this will surely take some time. There will be another planning and timing required. For the
machine guard installation the machines must be stopped. So, the work will be done in free time
and for time management, some extra time is granted to complete the action.
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The action surely controls the risk of machine dangerous part hazard fully.
Justification for action 3
Action (Taken from column 4 of risk
assessment)
The wet condition electrical appliances must be changed according to the working environment.
(Hazard category: Electricity)
Specific legal arguments
The electricity use must be considered with great importance. The ILO recommendation R 164 tells
the importance of electricity in the section 3 where all the possible important process are listed and
as per the recommendation the electricity must be controlled carefully.
The electricity use for the wet condition is given properly in the
https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-administration-inspection/resourceslibrary/publications/guide-for-labour-inspectors/electrical-safety/lang--en/index.htm
Here the standard says that the electrical wiring and appliances must be used for the intended use
and condition. So, as per the law the general electrical appliances cannot be used in the wet
condition. There must be water proof or moisture proof appliances used in those sections. The
control action is talking about that and by this the legal requirement can be fully fulfilled.
Consideration of likelihood AND severity
•
•
•
•
types of injury or ill health
number of workers at risk
how often the activity is carried
out
how widespread the risk is
The likelihood for the electricity use is rapid. The electrical appliances are used in the production
floors continuously. Some are fixed and some are portable. So, the electrical appliances use
likelihood is high. The electrical severity is out of question. The electrical shock and flash burn can
kill one or multiple person by the cardiac arrest or third degree burn. So, this can be considered
high severity.
The all soaking section workers (27) are at the high electrical risk.
The electrical appliances are used daily or we can tell continuously.
The risk is widespread in every production section but especially for the wet condition it is
widespread in the soaking section only.
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
•
•
the intended impact of the action;
justification for the timescale that
you indicated in your risk
assessment; and
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The risk of electrical machine for the unintended place or use must be corrected. It cannot be
corrected by repairing or maintenance. Here the only action can be take which is replacing and the
action is totally saying about this solution. The all normal appliances should be replaced by the wet
condition machines.
The intended time is given is little longer. The work is not smaller. There must be assessment of
machinery and the budget allocation issue is there also. Then the appliances must be bought and
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whether you think the action will
fully control the risk
the installation must need external support.
The action will not control the risk fully in long term (the inspection and repairing required), but for
short term the wet condition machine is the best solution to control the electrical risk.
Part 4: Review, communicate and check
Suggested word counts for each section:
• Planned review date or period and reasoning for this: 50 - 100 words
• How the risk assessment findings will be communicated and who needs to know the information: 100 - 150 words
• Follow up on the risk assessment: 100 - 150 words.
Planned review date/period with
The action plans are given. With all the action plans appropriate completion timeline is also given.
reasoning
So, there must be a review which will measure the completion of the action plans. The factory must
get enough time before the review. So, the review will be one day review and for the review the
company will get enough time which is six month because it is the highest time provided for the
action completion. Factory will not need more time. So, the review date will be September 28, 2023
How the risk assessment findings will be The risk assessment adds some additional information to the organization and that information are
communicated AND who you need to tell very important and need to communicate to all employees f the organization. There are various
communication methods which are already established in the organization and those can be used.
The toolbox talk is obvious for all the employees. Here the findings can be described by the top
management to the workers. There can be separate meetings and training sessions to
communicate the information to the worker. The written ways can be used also. Organization has
the notice board and health and safety boards and those boards may display the new risk
assessment findings. There can be contact point for the employees where employees can discuss
any point about the new point found in the new risk assessment. The new poster and signs will help
also in communication.
How you will follow up on the risk
The review process will be done based on the risk assessment action plan listed in this document.
assessment to check that the actions
The action plan here is given will be considered as a checklist in the review process.
have been carried out
Review process will start before the review date. The required document list and required
manpower for interview will be contacted with the factory earlier. Then in the review date the review
process will start with document reviewing like the training document, posters, purchase orders,
calibration certificate, etc. Then the interview of the selected workers will be taken. During the
process, the workplace inspection will be done closely and there every action plan physical
completion will be assessed. Then after the closing meeting the review process will end. In the
closing meeting the organization will be told about the any improvement need and if there is any
more review process required.
Learner number: 00755839
Learner name: Monirul Haque Pintu
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