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Workplace risk assessment

Assessing workplace risks gives people an overall picture of the state of occupational health and safety and its development needs in the workplace. The obligation to assess risks is based on the law in most of the developed nations and this template is based on Occupational Safety and Health Act of Finland.
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Background information
Location name
Date
Reporter
Background Information
2 Questions
Target specification
Participants
Background Information
2 Questions
Target specification
Participants
OSH Management system and operating methods (M)
18 Questions
M1. Occupational safety and health policy
M2. Occupational health care
M3. Occupational safety and health cooperation
M4. Orientation and introduction training
M5. Operations at a shared workplace
M6. Extraordinary situations and disturbances
M7. Personal protective equipment
M8. Use of guards and accessories
M9. Unsafe actions  and intervention in risk-taking
M10. Action programme  on substance abuse prevention
M11. Electrical  devices
M12. Hot work permits  and practice
M13. Alarm and rescue  equipment
M14. Fire-fighting  equipment and labelling of them
M15. Walkways and  corridors and their safety and indicator lighting
M16. Exit and rescue  routes and labelling of them
M17. First aid  arrangements and equipment
M18. Personnel  preparedness
Physical hazards (F)
18 Questions
F1. Continuous noise
F2. Impulse noise
F4. General and local  ventilation
F5. Draught
F6.  Cold or hot objects
F7. Working outdoors
F8. General lighting
F9. Local lighting at  workstations
F10. Outdoor lighting
F11. Hand/arm  vibration
F12. Whole-body  vibration
F13. Ionizing  radiation
F14. Ultraviolet  radiation
F15. Laser radiation
F17. Microwaves
F18. Electromagnetic  fields
Accident hazards (A)
18 Questions
A1. Slipping
A2. Tripping
A3. Being lifted or  falling from a height
A4. Being trapped in  a locked space
A5. Electric shock or  static electricity
A6. Oxygen deficiency
A7. Being immersed in  water
A8. Goods transport  and other traffic
A9. Order and  cleanliness
A10. Objects being  dropped
A11. Objects falling  over
A12. Collapse
A13. Objects/materials being hurled around
A14. Hit caused by a  moving object
A15. Being crushed  between objects
A16. Being entangled  in a moving object
A17. Being slashed,  cut or stabbed
A18. Animal or human  action
Physical strain (E)
15 Questions
E1. Tool placement
E2. Adequacy of  working space
E3. Height of working  surface
E4. Visual displays  and terminals
E5. Posture of back
E6. Posture of  shoulders and arms
E7. Posture of wrists  and fingers
E8. Posture of head  and neck
E9. Posture of legs
E10. Continuous sitting or standing
E11. Climbing and  moving from one level to another
E12. Work breaks and  pace of work
E13. Constantly  repeated movements
E14. Lifting,  transferring or carrying with the hands
E15. Usability of  tools, machinery and devices
Chemical and  biological hazards (C, B)
17 Questions
C1. List of chemicals
C2.  Labelling of chemical packages
C3. Safety data  sheets
C4. Methods of using  chemicals
C5.  Storage of chemicals
C6.  Disposal of chemical waste
C7. Hazardous or  harmful chemicals
C8. Chemicals that  are carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic to reproduction
C9. Allergy-causing  chemicals
C10.  Flammable or explosive substances
C11. Dust and fibre
C12. Gases
C13. Vapour, fume and  smoke
C14. Combined effects  of exposure agents
C15. Bacteria and  viruses
C16.  Fungi e.g. yeast and mould
C17. Protozoa,  parasites, insects
Psychosocial stress  (P)
20 Questions
P1 Repetitive or  monotonous work
P2 Qualitative  expectations for work
P3 Responsibility of  work
P4 Constant state of  alertness
P5 Processing  information
P6 Interruptions in  work
P7 Interaction  situations required by duties
P8 Threat of violence
P9 Division of work,  job description and goals
P10 Possibilities to  influence work
P11 Workload and pace  of work
P12 Working hours  (incl. overtime, shift work, night work and commitment of work)
P13 Mobile work
P14 Uncertainty of  employment
P15 Working  conditions and tools
P16 Working alone
P17 Support from  supervisor and workplace community
P18 Cooperation and  information flow
P19 Harassment and  inappropriate treatment
P20. Discrimination
Psychosocial stress  (P)
1 Questions
Other hazards and  risks
List of other hazards and risks
Signature
Inspector's signature
Falcony signature
January 20, 2023 - 15:42
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