Introduction
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations require the Department of Engineering (CUED) to assess all risks to health and safety in the workplace hazards and to record the significant findings of assessment. CUED will ensure that any risks identified are reduced to a minimum, so far as is reasonably practicable.
The NEW Engineering Risk Assessment Apps (Power Apps) have been released for use. These have been developed by from our ICS team, who has worked with a number of people from the different Divisions across the department to trial and develop the apps.
The links below are for creating an assessment and the other for approvers for the different approver levels required within Engineering:
- Assessor App : https://apps.powerapps.com/play/a88f713e-4d81-4b3f-8a8f-d8677603493f?tenantId=49a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9 . The Risk Assessment Assessor app is the online portal for creating and managing Risk Assessments within the Department of Engineering.
- Approver App: https://apps.powerapps.com/play/949ea131-bb09-42db-ae24-74236d543675?tenantId=49a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9 (For: Supervisors/Line Managers, Specialist Safety Officers, Local Safety Co-ordinators and the Safety Office). The Risk Assessment Approval app is the online portal for approving Risk Assessments within the Department of Engineering. In addition it offers approvers and supervisors the ability to make minor edits or to initiate a review approval process for a Risk Assessment created by one of their staff/students/researchers.
User guides have been created for each of the apps and can be viewed by clicking on the user guide buttons within each of these apps.
Responsibilities
Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that hazards are identified and risks are assessed in areas under their control.
Supervisors must ensure that:
- risk assessments are recorded and retained for any significant hazards
- risk assessments are suitable and sufficient
- staff are aware of and understand relevant risk assessments
- risk assessments are reviewed periodically
The Departmental Safety Office will arrange for the provision of such information, instruction and training as is necessary to enable staff adequately to assess the extent and nature of hazards and risk.
Staff, researchers and visitors have a duty to follow the training and instructions that they have been given and to bring perceived risks to the attention of management.
Risk assessment requires the full co-operation of all working within the Department.
Risk assessment process
Identify the hazards associated with a procedure and consider who may be exposed and what is the maximum possible exposure to that hazard. Include storage waste, disposal and cleaning, if appropriate.
List existing control measures.
Consider emergency procedures (including first aid).
If further control measures are required, list and set actions.
Work must be suspended if a significant risk to health is identified.
Review the assessment if significant changes are made to the workplace or the procedure. In any case, review at intervals of not more than 12 months.
Copy all completed risk assessments to the Local Safety Co-ordinator and Safety Office.
Procedures involving chemicals, lasers, biological agents and radioactive substances will require specific risk assessments. More detailed guidance is available in the Safe Working pages of this website.
Once hazards are adequately controlled, the findings of the final risk assessment and the protocol can be combined to form a documented safe system of work.
Click here to see an example of a Completed Risk Assessment Form where the primary hazards are physical.
Click here to access the old CUED Standard Risk Assessment Form (only to be used with the agreement of the CUED Safety Office).