General Risk Assessments
You must assess every procedure you undertake or any equipment you use for potential risks to health and decide how to minimise that risk.
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) recommend that there are 5 steps to Risk Assessment:
Step 1: Look for the hazards
Step 2: Decide who might be harmed and how
Step 3: Evaluate the risks and decide whether the existing precautions are adequate or whether more should be done
Step 4: Record your findings
Step 5: Review your assessment and revise it if necessary
An HSE advice leaflet is available here.
Other useful HSE leaflets (pdf): back pain | lifting and manual handling | new / expectant mothers | stress in the workplace | repetitive strain disorders | working with VDU screens
Download Risk Assessments See info below for opening files.
Laboratory PC/MacOSX.zip
Workshop/Stores/Domestic/Office PC/MacOSX.zip
File information
The file will decompress to a folder containing a full set of Risk Assessments (RA) which are listed below. You may adopt these or adapt them to your own circumstances. If a generic RA does not exist here, please write a new one and send a copy to Len Packman
<l.c.packman@bioc.cam.ac.uk>.
Last addition 5/5/06 - Fume cupboard cleaning and risk assessment
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Workshop/Stores/Domestic/Office |
RA_blank_form
confocal
xray_machines
orbital_incubators
ovens
biacore
crystallization
emulsiflex
fridges_freezers
fume_cupboard
fume_cupboard_cleaning_procedure
heat_blocks
hot_plates
homogenisers_electronic
pcr_machines
pH_meters
rotary_mixers
vortex_mixers
autoclaves
centrifuges
compressed_gases
cryogens
electrical_eqpt
electrophoresis
electroporation
expectant_nursing_mothers
french_press
high_pressure_eqpt
lasers
liquid_handling
magnetic_field
microwave_ovens
open_flame
sharps
sonication
UV_transilluminators
vacuum_eqpt
water_oil_baths
weighing_powders |
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RA_blank_form
kitchen
office_vdu_money
receipt_of_goods
stores_apparatus
stores_issues
contractors_visiting
elec_repairs
electricity_workshop
gel_tank_repair
ladders
plumbing
uv_apparatus_repair
vacuum_pump_oil_change
workshop_carpentry
workshop_machines
flammable_storage
load_unloading_vehicle |
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Guidance on filling in forms
- Remember to review your assessment annually, or sooner if procedures change
- They are similar in style to the COSHH forms with header/footer areas which will transfer information to multiple pages.
- Move the column divider as needed to minimise white space.
- Create more rows by pressing return with the cursor at the end of a row (outside the box)
- Delete excess rows when you have finished to tidy up and minimise number of pages
- Arial font 10 looks neat. Only reduce to a smaller font if necessary to fit.
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Use indent to separate paragraphs as bullet points are rather tedious and space-hungry.
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MacOSX - decoding .zip is automatic.
PC format files - you may need PKZIP or WinZip installed on your PC to open these.
Please notify
Len Packman
<l.c.packman@bioc.cam.ac.uk> COSHH Coordinator, of any errors |
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