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    This document provides instructions for a classroom activity on hazard identification, risk assessment, and risk control. Students will work in pairs or small groups to choose a type of workplace, identify potential hazards, assess the risks of selected hazards using a provided chart, and suggest ways to control those risks. The activity directs students to relevant safety resources and includes a worksheet to guide their risk assessment and recording of findings.

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    This document provides instructions for a classroom activity on hazard identification, risk assessment, and risk control. Students will work in pairs or small groups to choose a type of workplace, identify potential hazards, assess the risks of selected hazards using a provided chart, and suggest ways to control those risks. The activity directs students to relevant safety resources and includes a worksheet to guide their risk assessment and recording of findings.

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    classroom activity

    Hazards: Risk Assessment and Control


    Risk assessment activity
    Work in the classroom in pairs or small groups, under the supervision of your teacher.

    Resources:
    safe@work General Module, sections on Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment
    and Risk Control and on the common hazards such as electricity and manual
    handling.
    Relevant safe@work Industry Module.
    Information Sheet and Risk Assessment Chart.

    Task:
    1. Choose an industry or type of workplace e.g. manufacturing, hairdressing salon
    2. Make a list of hazards that may be present in that workplace e.g. slippery floors
    from spilt water, oil etc; uneven floors from changing floor level (the teacher could
    list these on the board).
    3. Choose 3 or 4 hazards and list them on your Worksheet.
    4. Read the Information Sheet and the relevant information from safe@work
    5. Use the Risk Assessment Chart to assess the risk.
    6. Write down ways to control the hazards on the Worksheet.

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    Hazards: Risk Assessment and Control
    Worksheet
    Spot the Hazard Assess the Risk Make the Changes
    A Hazard is anything that could hurt you Work out how likely it is that the hazard Eliminate, substitute, isolate, add
    or someone else will hurt someone and how badly they safeguards, use safest way, use protective
    could be hurt equipment
    List the hazards Describe the risks Suggest ways to control the risks








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    Hazards: Risk Assessment and Control
    Information Sheet
    TO CARRY OUT STEP 1: INFORMATION Use the risk table on the next
    A BASIC RISK page to work out the risk
    Gather information about each hazard identified.
    ASSESSMENT associated with each hazard.
    STEP 2: LIKELIHOOD

    FOLLOW THE Think about how many young people are likely to be
    FOUR STEPS exposed to each hazard and for how long.
    You need to take into account the different
    situations/conditions that may exist in your workplace that
    may increase the likelihood, such as a change to
    operations, inspection, cleaning, maintenance, servicing
    and repair, new or inexperienced staff.
    STEP 3: CONSEQUENCES
    Use the information to assess the consequences of each
    hazard.
    Fatality
    Major injuries (significant long term effects)
    Minor injuries (usually requiring several days off
    work)
    Negligible injuries (maybe first aid)
    STEP 4: RATING THE RISK

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    Hazards: Risk Assessment and Control
    WHAT WHO WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE HAZARD AND FOR HOW WHAT WILL THE CONSEQUENCES
    INFORMATION LONG? BE IF THE HAZARD TO HEALTH
    DO YOU HAVE ACTUALLY CAUSES AN INJURY OR
    ON EACH HARM TO HEALTH?
    HAZARD?

    HOW DO YOU RATE THIS RISK?

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    Hazards: Risk Assessment and Control
    Risk Assessment Chart

    RISK RATING TABLE (adapted from Australian/New Zealand Standard 4360:1995 Risk Management)
    LIKELIHOOD CONSEQUENCE of any injuries or harm to health
    of Injury or
    Harm to
    health

    Insignificant e.g. Minor e.g. first aid Moderate e.g. Major e.g. extensive Catastrophic e.g.
    no injuries onsite only medical treatment injuries fatalities

    Very likely SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT HIGH HIGH HIGH

    Likely MODERATE SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT HIGH HIGH

    Moderate LOW MODERATE SIGNIFICANT HIGH HIGH

    Unlikely LOW LOW MODERATE SIGNIFICANT HIGH

    Highly unlikely LOW LOW MODERATE SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT


    (rare)

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