Ensuring a safe enviroment - example of a risk assessment
by
jacques1995 (student)
A risk assessment involves these things: likelihood which is the chance of causing and injury or accident which is a mark a out of 5 , 5 being certain. Severity is the next number this is how bad the injury would be from the hazard 5 being death. the risk is found out by multiplying the likelihood by the severity the risk 25 is the highest and is unacceptable
The hazard is the thing that could cause harm to people or person
The five stages of a risk assessment are as stated:
The regulation that make services carry out a risk assessment in a care setting a legal requirement is the health & safety act 1974. Areas in a health and social care setting where risk assessments are taken place are