It is aimed at identifying the Safety, Health and Environmental hazards that clients and their employees are exposed to in the working environment and awarding each hazard its own risk ranking based on an industry specific risk matrix.
A risk assessment is the starting point for any operation to determine the extent of its liabilities as prescribed under Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Mine Health and Safety Act, as well as the National Environmental Management Act or all of these combined.
The Hazard Identification Risk Assessment is a process of identifying the safety hazards (moving machinery, working at heights, stacking, confined spaces, lifting equipment, welding, etc.) in the working environment and which employees are exposed to those safety hazards and what their raw risk profile is when considering the probability and severity of exposure to the safety hazard.
Current control measures implemented to reduce the raw risk profile is considered and weighed up to determine the residual risk ranking and additional control measures that are required to mitigate exposure to the safety hazards.
The HIRA should be recorded and reviewed on a regular basis or whenever there is a change in the process, procedures or when an incident or accident occurs.
The Baseline Health Risk Assessment is a process of identifying the health hazards (physical stressors, chemical stressors, biological stressors, etc.) in the working environment and which employees are exposed as well as the frequency of exposure to those health hazards and what their raw risk profile is when considering the probability and severity of exposure to the health hazard.
Current control measures implemented to reduce the raw risk profile is considered and weighed up to determine the residual risk ranking and additional control measures that are required to mitigate exposure to the health hazards.
The BHRA should be recorded and reviewed on a regular basis or whenever there is a change in the product, process, procedures or when a health-related incident or accident occurs.
The Environmental Impact Assessment is a process of identifying the environmental hazards (effluents, emissions, waste, noise, development, mining, etc.) in the operational area and the impact that such hazards could have on the environment and what their raw risk profile is when considering the probability and severity of potential impact of the environmental hazards.
Current control measures implemented to reduce the raw risk profile is considered and weighed up to determine the residual risk ranking and additional control measures that is required to mitigate the impact of the environmental hazards.
The EIA should be recorded and reviewed on a regular basis or whenever there is a change in the process, procedures or when a health-related incident or accident occurs.
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