risk assesment health saftey and security
Identify hazard (what might cause harm, including journey)
Harm (damage or injury)
Likelihood
(of hazard causing harm) 1-5
Severity (of harm) 1-5
Total risk (likelihood x harm)
Actions to minimise risk or severity (i.e. what can you reasonably be expected to do to prevent an accident?) absconding Cuts, bruises, getting kicked by an animal
3
3
9
Get the children to buddy up, teacher may have a group each sunburn Sore blisters
2
1
2
Sun cream, hats and go to shady places for breaks
Dehydration
Loss of energy, dehydrated
2
2
4
Have often breaks for drinks
Trips/slips
Cut knees and elbows
3
1
3
Make sure no one is rushing around
Abduction
Bruises, emotional stress
2
4
8
Every child should be supervised
Infection
Sore, cuts
2
2
4
No messing around, to cause falling into things that could cause infection Risk assessment
M1- describe how health and safety legislation, policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in a health or social care setting.
If you don’t have policies and procedures there would be a lot of hazards and a lot of injuries in a health and social care setting, also other settings. Health, Safety and security issues are extremely important in health and social care settings in order to protect staff and children, and their families. Legislations and regulations ensure that guidelines are followed to enforce safety and security within an organization. Legislation is a law, it has been placed and created by a governing body. Policies make sure that everyone in a work place meets law and to be able to meet the minimum care standards set out within the legislation. Procedures are what explain the policies further to make sure everyone has an understanding, they need to be followed to ensure everyone is safe in the workplace, for example control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH, 2002) this requires employees to control the substances that are hazardous to your health such as irritant,
Harm (damage or injury)
Likelihood
(of hazard causing harm) 1-5
Severity (of harm) 1-5
Total risk (likelihood x harm)
Actions to minimise risk or severity (i.e. what can you reasonably be expected to do to prevent an accident?) absconding Cuts, bruises, getting kicked by an animal
3
3
9
Get the children to buddy up, teacher may have a group each sunburn Sore blisters
2
1
2
Sun cream, hats and go to shady places for breaks
Dehydration
Loss of energy, dehydrated
2
2
4
Have often breaks for drinks
Trips/slips
Cut knees and elbows
3
1
3
Make sure no one is rushing around
Abduction
Bruises, emotional stress
2
4
8
Every child should be supervised
Infection
Sore, cuts
2
2
4
No messing around, to cause falling into things that could cause infection Risk assessment
M1- describe how health and safety legislation, policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in a health or social care setting.
If you don’t have policies and procedures there would be a lot of hazards and a lot of injuries in a health and social care setting, also other settings. Health, Safety and security issues are extremely important in health and social care settings in order to protect staff and children, and their families. Legislations and regulations ensure that guidelines are followed to enforce safety and security within an organization. Legislation is a law, it has been placed and created by a governing body. Policies make sure that everyone in a work place meets law and to be able to meet the minimum care standards set out within the legislation. Procedures are what explain the policies further to make sure everyone has an understanding, they need to be followed to ensure everyone is safe in the workplace, for example control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH, 2002) this requires employees to control the substances that are hazardous to your health such as irritant,