COMPANY NAME: O’CONNOR RECLAMATION

FORMS

RISK ASSESSMENT

Subject of Assessment Night and shift work

Task/Activity Introduction of night shifts

Assessor Malcolm Raynor Location of Assessment Earby production site – Grange Road

Risk Rating Matrix (RR) Likelihood (L)

Certain or near certain to occur Reasonably likely to occur Unlikely to occur

Severity (S)
(High) (Medium) (Low)

Fatality; major injury or illness causing long term

HIGH (H) HIGH (H) MEDIUM (M)
disability (High)

Injury or illness causing short term disability (Medium) HIGH (H) MEDIUM (M) LOW (L)

Other injury or illness (Low) MEDIUM (M) LOW (L) LOW (L)

R Adequately
Ref Hazards Who is at risk? Controls in place L S
R controlled?

 Production All personnel will be offered a free health assessment

workers before they start working nights and on a regular basis
 Maintenance after that (a follow-up examination by a health
RA professional should be provided where necessary)
Fitness to work night shifts engineer M L L YES
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 Cleaner Records of anyone refusing a free health assessment will
 Shift be kept
Manager A health questionnaire will be given to all personnel

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R Adequately
Ref Hazards Who is at risk? Controls in place L S
R controlled?

A lack of proper sleep  Production All personnel will be given a copy of the Mentor Night
Developments of stress on workers and Shift work Guidance Note
the body  Maintenance All personnel will be required to attend specific company
RA
People on the night shift end engineer training prior to starting night work M M M YES
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up tired and worn down,  Cleaner All night and shift workers will be provided with
developing fatigue and  Shift sufficient information, instruction and training to ensure
irritability. Manager their health and safety whilst undertaking tasks

 Production
Accidents and incidents workers Regular monitoring of night and shift worker health and
RA3  Maintenance welfare will be undertaken using the Health Monitoring H H M NO
Damage to equipment Form
engineer
 Cleaner

Increased levels of tiredness  Production The company will ensure that employees on night work
and fatigue workers do not work more than on average 48 hours a week
 Maintenance calculated over a successive 17 week reference period
Accidents and incidents
RA4 engineer The company will ensure that night workers’ normal L L L YES
Damage to equipment  Cleaner working hours do not exceed more than an average of
Development of stress on the  Shift eight hours in each 24 hour period as calculated over a
body Manager successive 17 week reference period

Increased levels of tiredness
and fatigue
Accidents and incidents
RA5
Damage to equipment
Development of stress on the
body
Review safe systems of work to ensure they take into
 Production
account night and work
workers
 Maintenance The Shift Manager will review existing safe systems of H H M NO
work for specific activities to ensure that they have
engineer
 Cleaner adequately addressed the additional psychological and
physiological hazards

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Hazard
Additional control Assigned to Date Completed L S RR
Ref

Training will specifically include the implementation of shift

patterns, managing the impact of night work on
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employees’ health and the importance of additional rest
breaks.

Training will also include the following – a) information on

how to teach your body to function better at night by
taking advantage of your "circadian" rhythm. Your rhythm
is a natural clock that your body has. Each day, stay up an
extra thirty minutes to reset your time clock and within a
couple of weeks, your body will learn to adjust. By the time
RA2 you start your new job, you will feel better and be able to L L L
work a full shift without getting that groggy feeling. Upon
returning home, stick to a set bedtime and allow your body
at least seven to eight continuous hours of sleep.
b) making your bedroom sleep friendly by not allowing full
light into your room, get light filtering shades and curtains
that will block out the sunlight during the day or use a
sleep mask to keep out the light.
c) Advised to let your family and friends know your work
schedule. Make time for get-togethers on your days off to
keep in touch.

Periodically assess accident records to identify any trends

in accidents and ensure that serious injuries are Malcolm Raynor On-going
appropriately reported
RA3 Monitoring routines will be carried to ascertain working L L L
patterns and human behaviour. The night Shift Manager is
Night Shift Manager On-going
authorised to make any required changes with immediate
effect.

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Hazard
Additional control Assigned to Date Completed L S RR
Ref

The night Shift Manager will liaise with all section leaders on a
weekly basis to ascertain if existing safe systems of work are
Night Shift Manager On-going
adequate and being adhered to
RA5 L L L

The night Shift Manager will liaise with the company’s

Night Shift Manager
Occupational Health Support Manager for professional advice On-going
Emma Ronaldson (Occ Health)
on health matters

Date of Assessment 11/03/2011 Signature Malcolm Raynor

Review date 28/02/2012

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