SITXWHS004 ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY SYSTEM

Hazard identification

Hazard identification template

Hazard Location Who is most at risk? Potential consequences Level of hazard Possible control/treatment
Urgent/not urgent measures
Dangerous Machinery and Kitchen Kitchen staff This can cause serious Urgent treatment measures
Equipment (such as motorized injury if not adequately
slicers) controlled.
Burn and Electric shock Kitchen All staff There is potential for Urgent treatment measures
significant harm while
handling hot pots,
pans, and trays, as
well as when working
with hot oils.
A shock danger can be
produced by faulty
wiring, defective
equipment,
inappropriate use, or
exposure of the machine
or its connectors to
liquids, moisture, or
heat.

**You can add or delete columns as required.

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Risk assessment
Date of assessment: may 25 , 2023 Name of person completing assessment:

Department/work area/task assessed:

Hazards identified Potential harm or Level of Risk controls Person Date actions
consequences risk responsible for completed
action

Risk priority
Likelihood

Severity
The main threat As a result, the Kingfisher L M 2 This danger was reduced by taking the effort This danger was On or about may 25 ,
identified is a sharp Convention Centre and I A to motivate employees by providing adequate reduced by 2023
decline in overall Warbler's Cafe made less K J preparation and allocating tasks in accordance taking the effort the action was
client numbers as a money than they had in e O with their degrees of experience and skill. to motivate completed
result of the staff the past l R Hale & Borys (2013) claim that this helped to employees by
members of Warbler's y advertise the high calibre goods and services providing
Cafe and Kingfisher the company offered. adequate
Convention Centre For the long-term viability of the industry, this is preparation and
performing essential allocating tasks
ineffectively. in accordance
with their
degrees of
experience and
skill.
Hale & Borys
(2013) claim that
this helped to
promote the
calibre of the

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Kingfisher Convention Due to this, Warbler's Hiring a capable maintenance manager allowed The sole cause of This action was
Centr and Warbler's Café and Kingfisher the organisation to maintain a keen eye on its the emergence of completed on around
Cafe lost time and Convention Center were general wellbeing. According to Izquierdo et al. such a problem may 25 , 2023
money as a result of unable to efficiently (2015), this helped carry out revisions as a was the general
using defective utilise all of their unique result. authority's
equipment to provide resources. neglect.
services to customers.

Risk priority chart

Likelihood The numbers 1 to 6 in the chart indicate the level of risk.

Severity
Very likely Likely Unlikely Very unlikely
1 to 2 = High (take action immediately)
Fatal 1 1 2 3
Critical 1 1 2 3
3 to 4 = Medium (take action as soon as possible)
Major 1 2 3 4
Minor 2 3 4 5
5 to 6 = Low (may not need to take action)
Negligible 3 4 5 6

Step 1: Determine how likely it is that someone may be exposed to the hazard and the probability that an incident or injury will occur.
Step 2: Determine how severe a potential injury or illness could be.

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Step 3: Using a risk priority chart, match the severity and likelihood of exposure to determine the hazard’s overall risk level.