Group Discussion Chapter 6- HIRARC

TRANSFORMERS 

Introduction 

This guide aim to help you assess and manage health and safety risks in the workplace.

Risk management is an important way to protect your workers and your business, while at the same time complying with the law. It help you focus on the risk the really matter in your workplace-the ones with the potential to cause the real harm.In many instances, straight forward measures can readily control risks, for example ensuring spillages are cleaned up promptly so people do not slip or cupboards drawers are kept closed to ensure people do not trip. For most, the mean simple,cheap and effective measures to ensure your most valuable asset -your workforce- is protected. 

The law does not expect you to eliminate all risk,but you are required to protect people as far as 'reasonably practicable ' This guide will help you to achieve that.

The step outlined in this guide are not the only way to conduct an WHS risk management process, there are other methods that work well, particularly for more complex risks and circumstances. However, we believe this method is the most straightforward for most organizations.

Don't over complicate the process. In many organizations, the risk are well known and the necessary control measures are easy to apply. If you are not a person in control of a business or undertaking, you probably already weather, for example you have workers who move heavy load and so could harm their backs, or where people are most likely to slip or trip. If so, check that you have taken reasonable precautions to avoid injury.

If you run in small organizations and you are confident you understand what's involved,you can do the assessment yourself.You don't have to be a health and safety expert.

If  you work in a larger organization, you could ask a health and safety advisor to help you. if you are not confident, get help from someone who is competent. In all cases, you should make sure that you involved your workers or their representatives in the process. They will have useful information about how the work is done that will make your assessment of the risk more through and effective. But remember, you are responsible for seeing that remember, you are responsible for seeing that risk management is carried out properly.

A hierarchy is …?

A hierarchy is just a fancy name for a list. Usually a list of things that have something in common and usually in some sort of order – big to small, good to bad, useful to useless – you get the idea, right? So a hierarchy of controls is just a list of types of controls from really good to less useful. Oh, did I hear you ask what the blazes is a control? Even if I didn’t I’ll explain it anyway.

And Controls, what are they?

A control is some type of action that reduces the chance that a risk will happen. So, using a seat-belt when you’re driving a car reduces the chance that your head will smack into the windscreen if you’re unfortunate enough to have a ding. So a seatbelt’s a type of control but it’s not as effective as an air bag in protecting your head because you don’t have to do anything for the airbag to do its job but you actually have to remember to put your seat belt on and if you forget then it doesn’t work.  So some types of controls are better than others and the hierarchy of controls just lists the better types of risk controls at the top and the not so good ones at the bottom.

Types of Controls in the Hierarchy

Elimination
If you stop and think about it you can probably figure out yourself what the best type of control is – avoiding the risk by eliminating it. If there’s no risk there’s no damage and that’s why it’s at the top of the hierarchy of controls.
So the best way of avoiding smacking your head against your windscreen is not to have an accident while driving your car and the best way of avoiding an accident is to not drive the car. Problem solved, right

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 Why we need risk control and classify hierarchy? 

 - The hierarchy of risk control is a system of control measures used to eliminate or reduce exposure to hazards, which has five levels of control measures. It is used when undertaking a risk assessment, to decide on which precautions are needed to control the risks posed by the hazards.The most effective measure is at the top of the hierarchy and the least effective is at the bottom. So the idea is that you start from the top of the hierarchy in choosing your control measures, and work your way down. In most cases a combination of control measures from the hierarchy are chosen to effectively reduce the risk posed by a hazard. The hierarchy of risk control is useful in determining which control measures are appropriate. The most effective control to deal with a hazard is to eliminate it, but that is not always possible. Some hazards cannot be eliminated. So, the aim of implementing the hierarchy of risk control is to get as many control measures in place so that the risk from a hazard is reduced "as low as reasonably practicable".

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Explain why will happen if risk not control ?


-Risk is the possibility that harm (death, injury or illness) might occur when exposed to a hazard. Risk control means taking action to eliminate health and safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable, and if that is not possible, minimizing the risks so far as is reasonably practicable.It is important to remember that the assessment must take into account not only the current state of the workplace but any potential situations as well. By determining the level of risk associated with the hazard, the employer, and the health and safety committee (where appropriate), can decide whether a control program is required and to what level.

Conclusion

• Explored the range of risks that organisations may be exposed to. We have not only introduced ourselves to the main financial risks but also to the other risks which may indirectly impact on the finances of organisations – such as operational, reputational and legal and regulatory risk.

• Examined how the process of risk management should be implemented within organisations – thereby providing the structure for examining each type of financial risk in detail.

Reference

http://www.thesafetybloke.com/what-is-the-hierarchy-of-controls/
http://www.thesafetybloke.com/what-is-the-hierarchy-of-controls/
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-management/management/understanding-and-managing-risk/content-section-4
https://www.google.com/search?q=hierarchy+of+risk+control&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis8tyKu-bZAhUE6Y8KHXnYDu8Q_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=1094