6Hazard awareness and risk identification

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Chapter overview

  • — Hazard and risk identification tools
  • — CDM 2015 and the use of red, amber and green lists
  • — Risk and hazard logs that are fit for purpose
  • — Safety design reviews
  • — Avoiding and minimising rather than eliminating and reducing risks

In this chapter we assess how current target-setting legislation for ‘risk reduction’, combined with the huge amount of information on risk, can be overwhelming for designers when trying to assess risk on their projects.

Below we look at several approaches to assessing risk and hazards on projects that will make this process more effective, as well ...

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