Unit 27: Health and Safety in the Business Workplace P4 M3 D1
P4 M3 D1
Unit – 27 (Health and Safety in the
Business Workplace)
BTEC National Diploma In Business Level 3
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Author: Your Name
Your Teacher
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On completion of this unit I should:
1) Understand how health and safety legislation and regulations affect a business
working environment.
2) Know the requirements for health, safe and productive working conditions.
3) Understand the role and responsibilities of key personnel.
4) Be able to asses and manage risk.
Task 8:
a) Plan a risk assessment for a selected administrative work environment.
b) Conduct a detailed risk assessment of a selected workplace.
c) Make recommendations for improving health and safety standards and practices in a
selected work environment.
1.0 Introduction
I’m a freelance Health and Safety consultant who gives advice and guidance to clients to
ensure that they meet Health and Safety laws and standards in the workplace. I give impartial
advice, up to date information on Health and Safety legislation I can carry out actual
inspections for the organisations, also I’m taking note to warn about the consequences of not
meeting the legal Health and Safety requirements.
My new client is Durlem College, who needs to improve and tighten up their Health and
Safety practices after a recent inspection by the local Health and Safety officer.
Durlem College were so impressed with my past work they have requested me return to assist
them with some improvements to their health and safety provisions.
1.5 Terms of Reference
In this report, before I can assess the health and safety provisions at DC, I need to design and
create a risk assessment temple suitable for the working environment.
I will use the Internet, Moodle and my Business Textbook to collect information for the
report.
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2.0 Risk assessment Documentation
Importance of risk assessment documentation
Risk Assessments is a fundamental requirement for any businesses. If you don’t know, or
appreciate where the risks are, you are putting yourself, your employees, your customers and
your business in danger.
Using a Risk Management approach to lowering accidents and injuries in the workplace is
an essential tool for managers. A systematic approach to an objective look at the work
environment and occupational hazards is the first Risk Management step towards actually
managing workplace risk to prevent accidents that can result in damage to facilities and
people.
Risk reduction in the risk management process can reduce the overall effect of a risk-
event. These steps include such things as install of fire suppression systems, guard rails on
the stairs, reduction of the amount of hazardous materials and specific procedures and
policies that prohibit risky activities, such as smoking on the college’s territory, tottering on a
chair, etc... In conjunction with administrative risk management controls, personal protective
equipment, when properly selected and maintained can significantly reduce employee
exposure to workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment (PPE) controls include the
necessary employee training on the use, limitations and maintenance of PPE as well as the
management of the PPE program.
Content
The process of creating the Risk Assessment document involved with identifying, analysing,
monitoring, and responding to a risk. It includes maximising the results of positive events and
minimising the consequences of adverse events. In order to assess the risks in your
workplace, you should follow the following steps:
1) Identify the possible hazards
2) Rank the risk level of each hazard within your workplace (Low, Medium, High)
3) Decide who might be harmed and how
4) Record who is responsible for preventing the hazard occurring
5) Record what’s already done in order to manage the hazard
6) Evaluate how deal with each of the hazards
7) Review your Risk Assessment constantly and update if necessary.
Risks Assessment, and the progress in implementing recommendations to reduce risks,
should be kept under review and any new practices evaluated. This enables you to monitor if
your actions have had the desired effect of reducing risk, and creating a more stable
environment for the organisation. Risk management also requires regular monitoring of risks
in light of new developments, providing early warning if risk levels change.
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