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Risk Assessments & Standard Operating

Procedures

Dr Ann Maconnachie CMIOSH

Departmental Safety Officer

Risk Assessments

Why carry out risk assessments?

Legislation requires it, for example, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations, Manual Handling regs and others

To identify possible hazards

To ensure appropriate controls are in place

To reduce the risk of harm

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How do you carry out a risk assessment?

What are the hazards?

For example, are they electrical, chemical or biological?

How might you, or anyone affected by the activity, be harmed?

For example, by contact, ingestion, inhalation.

What control measures need to be put in place?

For example, test all electrical equipment, use a fume-cupboard, wear protective equipment.

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Types of assessment you may have to carry out.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) risk assessment

Standard Operating Procedure risk assessment

Using forms already designed for you to use

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Standard Operating Procedure form

Standard Operating Procedure form

Standard Operating Procedure form

Standard Operating Procedure form

Standard Operating Procedure form

Standard Operating Procedure form

Standard Operating Procedure form

Risk Assessments

Risk Assessments

Finally

Once a form is completed get your supervisor to check and approve it.

Supervisors and Principal Investigators are responsible for any work carried out by their students and staff

Risk assessments are not completed until they have been checked and registered by the DSO.

If you have any questions please come and see me

( Bone 323, a.maconnachie@imperial.ac.uk )