Health, Safety and Environment - International Labour Organization

Manual 3:HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTFOR WORKER HS&E REPRESENTATIVESChecklist –Trade union involvement in therisk assessment processRaise awareness amongst other worker HS&E representatives and agree a unionstrategy for risk assessments. Meet management to discuss implications for theworkplace and seek agreement on: full consultation between management staff and worker HS&E representativesin the planning, carrying out and review of risk assessments what needs to be done? who will do it? a timetable of when it will happen the procedure by which worker HS&E representatives and workers’ views will betaken account of in the risk assessment process identification of documents that may be useful. For example, accident and illhealth statistics, inspection reports, workers’ complaints all contractors, trainees, temporary workers, seasonal workers to be covered inthe assessment competent assessors to be appointed with designated areas of responsibility thorough training for anyone assisting in the process identification of the methodology of risk assessment e.g. use of questionnaires,assessment forms, record keeping, systems for monitoring, analysis and control time limits for implementing prevention and control measures method for publicising results and informing worker HS&E representatives andworkers timescales for review Ensuring that employers manage health, safetyand the environmentAbout thissectionThis section will help us to: identify what employers should be doing develop procedures for getting things done work effectively as trade unionists112 Health, Safety and EnvironmentA Series of Trade Union EducationManuals for Agricultural Workers