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A PROCESS FOR POLICE

SUMMARISING RISK MANAGEMENT  FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS


  1. 1.IDENTIFY THE HAZARD

- Physical hazard

- Chemical hazard

- Biochemical hazard

- Economic hazard

- Ergonomic hazard

- Psycho - Social hazard


  1. 2.ASSESS THE RISK

HOW LIKELY IS IT TO BE BAD?

How severely could the hazard hurt someone?

Kill?/permanently disable?/medical attention?/first aid?

very likely?/likely?/unlikely?/very unlikely?


3. CONTROL THE RISK

HIERARCHY OF CONTROL

STRATEGIES (CONTROLS) TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE HAZARD TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL.

MOST PREFERRED  - TO LEAST PREFERRED

- ELIMINATION

- SUBSTITUTION

- ISOLATION

- ENGINEERING

- ADMINISTRATION

- PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT


  1. 4.MONITOR & REVIEW

CHANGE CONTROLS AS APPROPRIATE