homes back together. This paper will concentrate on the BEFORE phase with mitigation and preparedness in this section. According to Bullock‚ mitigation refers to the continued action taken to reduce or eliminate risk to people and property from hazards and their effects. Mitigation activities address either the probability and consequence or both components of risk. By mitigating either of these components‚ the risk becomes much less of a threat to the affected
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assessment of your surroundings using the template provided below. Hazard A hazard is something that may cause harm Risk Risk is the likelihood that a hazard will occur All employers must conduct a risk assessment. Employers with five or more employees have to record the significant findings of their risk assessment. We have started off the risk assessment for you by including a sample entry for a common hazard to illustrate what is expected (the sample entry is taken from an
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risk assessment is an examination of what could cause harm to people so that you can assess whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent any harm. Here are some steps to managing a risk assessment: * Identify the hazards‚ * Decide who might be harmed and how‚ * Evaluate the risks and decide on precaution‚ * Record your findings and implement them‚ * Review your assessment and
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Understand potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users
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8.2.2.2. Hazard and cum hazard plotting http://itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/apr/section2/apr222.htm 8. Assessing Product Reliability 8.2. Assumptions/Prerequisites 8.2.2. How do you plot reliability data? 8.2.2.2. Hazard and cum hazard plotting Another kind of plotting‚ called Cum Hazard Plotting‚ has the same purpose as probability plotting Just commercial probability paper is available for most life distribution models for probability plotting of reliability data‚ there are also special
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The environment must be fit for purpose - that is‚ it must be considered safe and free of any hazards or anything that might be detrimental to childrenâ€TMs learning or comfort. In most schools‚ pupils will spend the majority of their time in a classroom. These rooms must be kept tidy and well organised‚ taking into account seating positions of individual children and addressing the physical needs of individuals. For example‚ if a child has any visual impairment‚ it would be important to seat that
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enclosed with limited access which makes it dangerous. It may include storage tanks‚ tunnels‚ silos‚ underground electrical vaults pipelines or vessels. Confined space hazards To select the appropriate protective clothing for a specific confined space area or work environment we have to identify the hazards in that particular environment that we want to select it for. What the hazards can be in confined space? lack of oxygen poisonous gas fire and explosions hazardous liquids left in tanks
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Unit 7: support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1 Know the legislative and policy framework for health and safety 1.1 The aims of my school’s health and safety policy are to make sure that a safe and healthy environment is provided to all children and staff‚ and any visitors that may come to the school‚ and to make sure that every member of the school community knows their role and responsibility for helping maintain the healthy and safe environment. At the school the establishment
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Common types of hazards Use these notes to help you identify and assess hazards that might occur in your workplace. Chemical hazards Chemicals can affect the skin by contact or the body either through the digestive system or through the lungs if air is contaminated with chemicals‚ vapour‚ mist or dust. There can be an acute (immediate) effect‚ or a chronic (medium to long-term) effect from the accumulation of chemicals or substances in or on the body. Noise hazards Excessive noise can disrupt
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Assessment 2. Part A - Case Study You have recently taken ownership of a small convenience store. You decide to do a hazard identification walk. This is a report that you produce: “Upon entering the store I noticed small pools of water left by customers shaking their umbrellas‚ and taking off their coats. There are still a lot of boxes of stock left in the aisles. Some are over 15 kilograms in weight. The work areas around the cash registers look very aged‚ with cardboard being used underneath
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