NAME: LAKITA MWANGI

REG NO: HDE212-0108/2019

UNIT: HEALTH AND SAFERY MANAGEMENT

COURSE: BHRM

YEAR: 3

SEMESTER: 1

GROUP: H

ASSIGNMENT

1. EMERGENCY PREPAREDENESS AND RESPONSE.

What is an emergency? An emergency is a sudden change of normal routine that may cause
inconvenience and need to be attended to almost immediately.

Therefore emergency preparedness is a core element of successful safety programs. In other

words, emergency preparedness and response can be regarded as hazard identification and
control systems.

Emergency preparedness and response is usually administered to trained employees as we are

all aware that not all hazards can be eliminated but definitely most can be controlled.

Emergency preparedness and response is mostly an aim to achieve or ensure safety of workers
on the job.
Emergency preparedness is also avoiding health and safety problems and this means having the
right procedures, systems and training in place is essential.

For emergency preparedness and response to take place, a health and safety risk assessment
should be carried out. A risk assessment is not just a means to ensure you are complying with
the law but a five step process:

1. Identify all the things within your business that could cause an individual harm (hazards).
Some common hazards may include:
• Slips and trips
•Lone working
•Display Screen Equipment (DSE)
•Manual handling
•Fire

2. Identify who could be harmed and assess how they could be harmed (the risk).

3. Implement control measures to mitigate those risks ( what are you going to do to prevent
the harm)

4. Review the risk assessment when there are any changes.

5. Record your findings.

Another way of listing a risk assessment strategy is as stated the following six stages:

1. Hazard identification. In this stage, stressors that exist in the work place for
specified groups of employees are identified and assessments on the degree of
exposure are made.

2. Assessment of harm. At this point collect facts proving that exposure to such
stressors is associated with impaired health in the group being assessed or of the
wider organisation.

3. Identification of likely risk factors. Explore the association between exposure to

stressors and measure of harm to identify likely risk factors at the group level and
make some estimate of their size and/or significance.

4. Description of underlying mechanisms. Understand and describe the possible

mechanisms by which exposure to the stressors is associated with damage to the
health of the assessment group or to the organisation.

5. Audit existing management control and employee support systems

6. Recommendations on residual risk. Take existing management control and
employee support systems into proper account, make recommendations on the
residual risk associated with the likely risk factors.

In conclusion, a risk assessment must be completed and consulted with the

employees for input to ensure suitability and sufficiency.