Unit IG2: Risk assessment

Declaration: By submitting this assessment (Parts 1 – 4) for marking I declare that it is entirely my own work. I understand that falsely claiming that
the work is my own is malpractice and can lead to NEBOSH imposing severe penalties (see the NEBOSH Malpractice Policy for further information).

Important note: You must refer to the document ‘Unit IG2: risk assessment – Guidance and information for learners and Learning Partners’ while
completing all parts of this assessment. Your Learning Partner should provide you with a copy, but it can also be downloaded from the relevant
resources section for this qualification on the NEBOSH website.

Part 1: Background

You should aim to complete this section in 150 - 200 words.

Topic Comments
Name of organisation* XYZ construction company
Site location* City, Country Dhaka, Bangladesh
Number of workers 800
(Paragraph) 1st paragraph- Which type of organization is this? Establish year, branch if yes then
mention the place and if not then write there is no branches. Running project
General description of the organisation
2nd paragraph- What are they doing, working process, machineries they use.

3rd paragraph- shift, duration, hours, break time, weekend

Description of the area to be included in the
risk assessment
Any other relevant information
* If you’re worried about confidentiality, you can invent a false name and location for your organisation but, all other information provided must be
factual.

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You should aim to complete this section in 100 - 200 words.
Note: this section can be completed after you have competed your risk assessment.
Outline how the risk assessment was carried Past tense
out this should include:
 sources of information consulted; 1st paragraph- Before site visit which resources we observed for gathering information. (ILO, HSE
 who you spoke to; and , OSHA, Bangladesh labour law )
 how you identified: Example- Before I went to the site visit I observed ILO law (International Labour Organization)
- the hazards; www.ilo.org for gaining more knowledge and for authentic information.
- what is already being done; and
- any additional controls/actions that 2nd paragraph- SITE VISIT WITH TEAM MEMBERS, talked with workers, write 2 observations
may be required.
3rd paragraph- last 6/12-month risk assessment, absent list, sick leave, hospital checklist,
accident, incident and near miss report, training schedule.

4th paragraph – summary (future tense)

Part 2: Risk Assessment

Organisation name:
Date of assessment: 8/12/2022-15/12/2022
Scope of risk assessment: just area/ sentence

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 Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
category and and how? required? further actions person’s job
hazard to be title
completed
(within …)
1.

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 Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
category and and how? required? further actions person’s job
hazard to be title
completed
(within …)

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 Hazard Who might be harmed What are you already doing? What further controls/actions are Timescales for Responsible
category and and how? required? further actions person’s job
hazard to be title
completed
(within …)

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Part 3: Prioritise 3 actions with justification for the selection
Suggested word counts
Moral, general legal and financial arguments for all actions: 300 to 350 words
For EACH action:
Specific legal arguments: 100 to 150 words
Likelihood AND severity: 75 to 150 words
How effective the action is likely to be in controlling the risk: 100 to 150 words

Moral, general legal and financial arguments for ALL actions

Moral, general legal and financial
arguments

Justification for action 1

Action (Taken from column 4 of risk
assessment)

Specific legal arguments

Consideration of likelihood AND severity

 types of injury or ill health
 number of workers at risk
 how often the activity is carried
out
 how widespread the risk is
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
 the intended impact of the action;
 justification for the timescale that
you indicated in your risk

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 assessment; and
 whether you think the action will
fully control the risk

Justification for action 2

Action (Taken from column 4 of risk
assessment)

Specific legal arguments

Consideration of likelihood AND severity

 types of injury or ill health
 number of workers at risk
 how often the activity is carried
out
 how widespread the risk is
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
 the intended impact of the action;
 justification for the timescale that
you indicated in your risk
assessment; and
 whether you think the action will
fully control the risk

Justification for action 3

Action (Taken from column 4 of risk
assessment)

Specific legal arguments

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 Consideration of likelihood AND severity
 types of injury or ill health
 number of workers at risk
 how often the activity is carried
out
 how widespread the risk is
How effective the action is likely to be in
controlling the risk. This should include:
 the intended impact of the action;
 justification for the timescale that
you indicated in your risk
assessment; and
 whether you think the action will
fully control the risk

Part 4: Review, communicate and check

Suggested word counts for each section:
 Planned review date or period and reasoning for this: 50 - 100 words
 How the risk assessment findings will be communicated and who needs to know the information: 100 - 150 words
 Follow up on the risk assessment: 100 - 150 words.
Planned review date/period with
reasoning
How the risk assessment findings will be
communicated AND who you need to tell
How you will follow up on the risk
assessment to check that the actions
have been carried out

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