TaskRiskAssessmentGuideAswellasbeingalegalrequirement,TaskRiskAssessment(TRA)isfundamentaltoreducingthelikelihoodofhavingaccidentsatwork.ThereisastrongdesirewithintheoilandgasindustrytoimprovestandardsthroughadoptingacommonapproachtoTRA.Thisdesirewasdemonstratedwhenthe300participantsattheStepChangeWorkforceWorkshopsheldinNovember1998identifiedTRAasakeyareatobeaddressedtopromotesafetyimprovementinourindustry.Toaddresstheseissues,aworkinggroupwassetupin1999toproducethisTaskRiskAssessmentguide.Theguideemphasisesthekeystepsofhazardidentificationandriskassessment,andalsotheneedtoimprovecommunicationcomparedwithwhatalreadyexists.Importantly,italsoprovidesmoreclearlythaninthepastopportunitiestostopandre-assessthetask–eitherpriortostartingorwhenachangeoccurswhileataskisbeingdone.Itillustratesamethod,setsstandardsandexpectations,andprovidesexamplesofgoodpracticethatarebeingusedbysomecompaniestoday.TheguidancecontainedinthisdocumentwasproducedafterextensiveanalysisofcurrentpracticeacrossindustriesintheUK.Howeverifyouchoosetousethisguidance,itisimportanttorealisethatTRAisnotaone-off‘fix’.TheguidanceisintendedforongoinguseasanaidtocontinuallymonitortheeffectivenessofTRAatyourlocation.Widespreadadoptionofthisapproachwillresultnotjustinanewstandardfortheindustry,butinimprovedriskawarenessbyallthoseinvolved,promisingtherealisticexpectationoffewerincidents.Re-issue20034.8–4.10dotask4.6–4.7approvalandcommunication4.3–4.5riskassessment4.1–4.2definethejobRE-ASSESSIFREQUIREDRE-ASSESSIFREQUIREDISRISKASSESSMENTSTILLRELEVANT?YESNONEWTASKAnytasknotpreviouslyperformedorassessed.PREVIOUSLYASSESSEDTASKPreviouslyassessedand/orcoveredbyprocedures.LOW-RISKTASKPerformedbycompetentperson.CATEGORISETASKReviewtaskandidentifywhatTRAisrequired.DEFINEPARAMETERSOFTASKDetermineexactlywhatthetaskwillinvolve.Identifythecompetenciesrequiredtoassesstherisksandperformthetask.PREPAREFORTRABreakdownjobintocomponenttasks.Carryoutinitialreviewofhazardsandpotentialmethodsofmitigation.IDENTIFYHAZARDSSignificanthazardsshouldbeidentifiedandeffectsdetermined.CONSIDERANYSPECIFICASSESSMENTS(COSHH,LOLERetc)Incorporateanycontrolswiththoseforthetaskitself.IDENTIFYHAZARDEFFECTImpactonthoseinvolvedinthetaskorincloseproximityshouldbeconsidered.IDENTIFYRISKRATINGSExpressriskasavaluewhichcanbejudgedifwithinacceptablelimits.IDENTIFYCONTROLSIdentifymeasurestoreduce/controltherisk.REVIEWRESIDUALRISKEstablishifcontrolsidentifiedhavereducedrisktoacceptablelevel.DOCUMENTANDRECORDMaintainacompleteandaccuraterecordofthewholeassessmentprocess.IMPLEMENTCONTROLSANDUNDERTAKETASKARECONTROLSADEQUATEANDRISKACCEPTABLE?YESYESYESNOAGREEMENTTOPROCEED?NOAGREEMENTTOPROCEED?NOFEEDBACKMONITORWORKSITEFORCHANGECARRYOUTNEWTASKRISKASSESSMENTDONOTSTARTJOBDONOTSTARTJOBSTOPWORKREQUEST4.54.14.24.34.44.3.24.3.34.3.44.3.54.3.64.3.74.3.84.3.9APPROVALTOPROCEEDSeekappropriateapprovaltoproceedwiththetask.4.64.84.94.9COMMUNICATEANDCOMPLETERISKASSESSMENT(TOOLBOXTALK)Communicatetoworkteamandidentifyanyfinalcontrolsduringtoolboxtalk.4.7CAPTURELESSONSLEARNEDUpdateprocedures/riskassessmentsetc.4.10IDENTIFYANDFORMTRATEAMTeammustbefamiliarwiththeTRAprocessandhavesufficientknowledgeoftheworkinvolved.4.3.1NOFORMALRECORDEDASSESSMENTREQUIREDCoveredbyindividual’scompetencyandskill.REVIEWASSESSMENTReviewriskassessmentand/orprocedureforadequacy.4.4ADDITIONALCONTROLSIdentifya...
