SHE Code 6:
Risk Management
Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Group
Who should use this
presentation & read the
updated code?
Everyone
Safety, Health and Environment
(SHE) Group
SHE Code 6 – “Risk
Management”
Why do Risk Assessments (RAs) ?
•
RAs are one means by which those
undertaking a new, or existing, activities are
prompted to consider SHE hazards and how
they will be managed to minimise the risk of
injury to themselves or others, or indeed to the
environment.
•
RAs are a simple and pragmatic means of
involving all staff in safety management
•
There are legal duties on employers, the
STFC, and employees, YOU, under health &
safety legislation to undertake RA.
Why the Update?
•
Recent internal and external audits have found
that although the organisation has made
significant progress in managing Risk in recent
years, there were issues with:
–
The “Quality” of Risk Assessments;
–
Communication of Risk Assessments to those who
do the work; and
–
The need for a process to undertake Risk
Assessments for short tasks - while “On the Job”.
Key New Features
•
•
Explicit definitions of what STFC means by “Significant
Hazards” and “Significant Risks”
Definition of a three tier model for the management and
assessment of risk:
–
–
–
•
•
•
Mental Risk Assessment
“On the Job” Risk Assessment
Standard documented Risk Assessment
Updated and simplified duties for all in the light of these
changes.
A checklist pro forma to review the quality of your Risk
Assessments.
A new pro-forma and Guidance for “On the Job” Risk
Assessment.
“On the Job”
Risk Assessment
“On The Job” (OTJ) Risk Assessment - An
on the spot risk assessment, which many are
used to doing mentally, when changes or
additions to planned work occur, or if carrying
out a quick or last minute task. The quality of
mental risk assessments can be improved by
using a very simple pro-forma designed to
prompt the consideration of a wide range of
hazards, called an OTJ RA.
SHE Group have a supply of pre-printed OTJ Risk Assessment pads
Key points
•
•
•
•
•
Read the part of the Code relevant to you
Read through the “On the Job” pro forma and guidance
with your Line Manager – to see if it can help in your work.
Ensure any activity you undertake where there are
significant SHE hazards takes place under a
documented RA – existing or new activities ( including
activities undertaken at non STFC sites )
Documented RAs should be stored in SHE Enterprise.
Review Documented RAs when the activity changes or
every 2 years in SHE Enterprise.
Next steps
Don’t hesitate to contact your local SHE Group
- Mark Roberts, DL, 3283
- Matt Dickson, RAL, 5329
- or your Departmental Safety Contact
If you have questions on this presentation or Risk
Assessment in general.
SHE Group will be rolling out a programme through
Departments to prompt a review of the “quality” of all our
risk assessments, and will have updated Risk Assessment
training to support this code update.