When completed, this template can be used as evidence to partly satisfy the health and safety risk assessment requirements of the RFS Standard. The following scores and scoring matrix can be used to calculate risk scores for inclusion in the tables How likely that harm may occur (L) How harmful (H) 1 Very unlikely 1 Slightly harmful 2 Unlikely 2 Harmful 3 Likely 3 Very harmful Risk Score ( Likelihood score x Hazard score) 1. No action needed. 2. Can be tolerated but make sure that it does not become worse. 3/4Take action but subject to it being reasonable and sensibly possible. 6. Must be attended to, must reduce the risk. 9. Cannot be accepted and work/activity must not continue.
Risk assessment; hazard types applicable to all vessel types Activity or area Boarding and leaving the vessel (includes crew AND any visitors hazards Use of ladder or gangway Boarding via dinghy Falling onto vessel or into water serious or death Dinghy overwhelmed or run down drowning with respect to your vessel Poor lighting Failure to see dangers. Injuries or death Obstructions Trips and falls minor/serious Unprotected openings Falls with serious injury General working on the deck of the vessel Slippery decks Unsafe handrails Access across vessels Wet and cold conditions Objects which may be dropped onto feet Handling fish and fishing gear Falling overboard Falls with minor Falls into water, drowning Slips, trips and falls minor/ Crewmembers cold and wet Crushed toes, permanent disability Cold hands and damage to hands Drowning Sudden capsize or loss of vessel Deaths
Activity or area General Working on the deck of the vessel cont. hazards Manual handling of fishing gear and the catch Noise Back, sprains etc Hearing damage, misheard instructions with respect to your vessel Shooting and Hauling Operations Clothing snagged in fishing gear Unsafe deck areas Working above deck level Poor on board communication Serious, man overboard Slips, trips and falls: minorserious Falling overboard/ Serious, death Inadequate lighting Gear parting Cannot see dangers; man overboard Serious injury/death Inexperience of a new fishing method Serious injury/death
Activity or area Handling the Catch hazards Unsafe deck Area Trips, slips and fills minor with respect to your vessel Limbs or clothing caught in conveyors or elevators Gutting machines and mechanised fish processing equipment Amputation Stowing the Catch (Fish Room) Dipping prawns in antioxidant Unsafe fishroom floor and working area Heart damage/ asthma attacks. Corrosion of vessel Trips, slips and falls Minor Inadequate lighting Failure to see dangers Basket of fish dropped from hatch Unsafe fishroom ladder Lone working No one aware that an accident has occurred
Activity or area Accommodati on hazards Cluttered passageways and floor areas Trips, slips and falls. Minor / with respect to your vessel Inadequate lighting Failure to see dangers Floor access openings Falls minor / Noise Hearing damage inadequate rest Ventilation and temperature Health problems Badly maintained heating Fumes, fire Restricted or jammed escape routes Loss of life Smoking in accommodation Fire Serious / Deaths Insufficient sanitary facilities Hygiene problems
Activity or area hazards Engine Poor Access Serious Room with respect to your Unsafe walkways Inadequate lighting Head level obstructions Unguarded machinery and drives Exposed hot surfaces Noise Leaking fuel or oil Batteries Trips slips and falls minor Failure to see dangers Head Serious, Amputation Burns Hearing Damage Fire - loss of vessel, deaths Explosion, fire Electricity Compressed Air Electric shock, burns, fire Explosion Hydraulics Corroded pipes, loose fittings, worn seals Bilge level alarms not fitted or working Sea inlet valves seized or cannot reach them Inexperience / lack of training Equipment failure, vessel at risk Flooding vessel loss, possible deaths Flooding not detected Flooding cannot be stopped Breakdown, vessel and crew at risk
Activity or area Engine Room cont hazards New equipment or systems Lack of knowledge accident/damage with respect to your vessel Lone working No one aware that an accident has occurred Landing Operations Unsafe fishroom atmosphere Suffocation, deaths Working areas on vessel and quayside Landing gear Slips, trips and falls minor/ Fish / boxes falling from the hatch Minor serious Use of warping head for landing Members of the public Man carried around serious injury/death Someone injured. Sued for damages
Activity or area hazards Maintenance Contractors Injuries, death. Work You could be held Working over the side and at heights liable Falls, major with respect to your Grinding, chipping and wire brushing Fumes from paints and other processes Lifting operations Welding and burning work Electrical tools and equipment Chemicals Refrigerant gases Eye damage Lung damage Hand Respiratory problems, suffocation Equipment breaking, serious Eye Burns, electric shock, Fires Fatal electric shock/ Fires Eye damage, burns, breathing difficulties Suffocation Liquid propane gas (LPG) Enclosed space, possible unsafe atmosphere Suffocation and explosion Deaths