Health & safety Risk Assessment NVQ 5

STATEMENT

Evidence no.

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Evidence title

Risk Assessment of new Power Bending Machine process

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As one of the Health & Safety Manager for the CSS UK team I have responsibilities for Express Reinforcement Ltd (ERL) site at Neath (South Wales). I have responsibility for the maintenance of the (ERL) Safety Management Systems. (SMS)

On the 9th September 2011 the ERL Neath site was issued with an Improvement notice by the Health & Safety Executive Inspector (HSE) (SJB 426776) to provide a suitable and sufficient risk assessment for the operation of a Manual power Bending Machine at (ERL) Neath site.

As a result of a reportable accident investigation by the (HSE) inspector, although existing control measures were in place, it was identified that the current risk assessment and safe systems of work for the manual power bending machine provided by the previous H&S manager at Neath did not identify the significant hazards and suitable control measures within the safe systems of work including suitable training.

An Improvement notice was issued by the (HSE) Inspector to review the safe systems of work with regard to the manual power bending machine operations and to provide a suitable risk assessment and safe systems of work.

The new safe systems of work for the manual power bending