1.28 Quality & Safety Flashcards
(15 cards)
What are the 5 stages of Risk Assessment?
- Identify the hazards
- Decide who might get harmed
- Evaluate the risks, decide on precautions
- Record and implement the findings
- Review and update the Risk Assessment
Describe the first stage of Risk Assessment.
Identify the hazards.
Go around the workplace looking for any potential hazards, ask employees about where they think an incident could happen.
Check the supplier information for all the machines, equipment and chemicals that the company uses.
Describe the 2nd stage of Risk Assessment.
Decide who might be harmed
Looking through the list of possible dangers see who is mostly at risk and if anything in the surrounding area could also become at risk. Think of all possible personnel such as visitors.
Describe the third stage of Risk Assessment.
Evaluate the risks, decide on precautions
See what can be done differently to make it safer: Add guards, use safer materials/chemicals, offer first aid training to employees/first aid stations.
Describe the fourth stage of Risk Assessment.
Make Notes of al dangers/hazards identified and look at how to make these things safer.
Make additional changes/improvements to these ideas starting with the most dominant risk.
Describe the fifth stage of Risk Assessment.
Review and Update the Risk Assessment
Whenever new materials, equipment, process, etc are introduced update the Risk Assessment to avoid any issues or update it if any of the employees have spotted a potential risk.
Explain what a Risk Assessment would look like?
Identify the task/process that can be problematic
What problems would it cause and who may be harmed by it
What needs to be done to prevent it and the date on which action was taken.
What is the purpose of the Health and Safety at Work (1974) Act?
It is in place to deal with the safety and welfare of the employees and what het employer must do to provide it.
Under the Health & Safety at Work Act, what must employers do to ensure the safety and welfare of the employees.
Conduct Risk Assessments
Keep records and maintenance of the tools/machinery
Give the necessary training to all the employees that require it
Provide proper health and safety PPE and stations as well as proper storage of dangerous goods(chemicals)
What will the Control of Substances Hazard to Health (COSHH) regulation consider to be hazardous?
Chemicals/Chemical containing products
Fumes
Dust
Nanotechnology
Gas
How can employers guarantee the safety of the Consumer?
Using tamper proof components (sealed screw/1-piece plug)
Providing Customer care/warranty
Making. The products up to code ot standards such as the British Standard Institute
Provide instructions explaining proper care/use of the product.
What is the Trades Description Act?
An act that prevents the manufacturer from scamming the consumer.
What does the Trades Description Act relate to?
Can’t be falsely described/advertised
Images, packaging or descriptions of the product cannot be misleading.
Product must be to a certain minimum quality.
What is the British standard used for?
Regulating products to see if they meet safety specifications either general(materials, etc) or product specific specifications (size of a seatbelt)
Who owns the British Standard Organisation?
No one, it’s independent and not part of any government or industry to stay impartial.
