“A PROCESS FOR POLICE
SUMMARISING RISK MANAGEMENT FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
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IDENTIFY THE HAZARD
– Physical hazard
– Chemical hazard
– Biochemical hazard
– Economic hazard
– Ergonomic hazard
– Psycho – Social hazard
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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
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MONITOR & REVIEW
CHANGE CONTROLS AS APPROPRIATE”
– Ken Zulumovski.