A Proper Property Risk Management Plan Keeps You Safe and Brings Improved Productivity to Workplaces

1. 1 A Proper Property Risk Management Plan Keeps You Safe and Brings Improved Productivity to Workplaces Look at it one way and there is no place on Earth that you can consider safe. There are risks inside your house and outside. House owners face fewer risks and liabilities are limited to sustaining damage and loss. For people conducting businesses such as retail stores, warehouses or manufacturing the risks multiply and so do liabilities. House owners may disregard minor risks but enterprise owners or occupiers simply cannot afford that luxury. A proper risk management plan needs to be in place. Identifying risks Risks vary according to the structures and additions. Risks increase when machinery is introduced within buildings that are home to commercial, retail or industrial activities. Processes carry their own risks, especially mechanical and chemical processes. In order to have a proper property risk management plan in place you will need to start with risk assessment by calling in suitable assessors. An assessment identifies risks in various areas: https://www.acanz.co.nz/

2. 2 •Risk to external visitors and contract labor in common work areas and visitor spaces •Fire and safety •Existing outer structure •Additional structures both fixed and movable such as ladders, scaffolds, racks, cranes •Towers •Electrical wiring and cabling •Spaces, movement, proximity to machinery •RF and EMR •Chemical materials and processes •Indoor air quality and pollution Assessment and risk management plan Call in experts in property risk management for a detailed assessment that will also cover remedial or preventive measures to ensure safety at workplaces in accordance with WHS guidelines. For instance: •Fire: Complete examination of existing systems and their condition, check to see if workers are trained in emergency procedures, identification of likely sources of fire and a plan to improve fire safety. •Ladders and scaffolding: Integrity of structures, safety railing, possibility of falls and examination of what preventive measures are in place. If not then suitable recommendations are given. In addition a rescue plan goes into the plan. •Cooling towers: Presence of legionalla, integrity of structure, safe access for maintenance and risk recommendation plan. •Hazardous materials: identification of materials such as asbestos and hazardous chemicals, safety data sheets, storage, process methods, safety gear, exposure levels, containment procedures, records go into the making of a plan to nullify such risks. •Confined spaces: Check for air quality, freedom of movement, easy exit, materials stores or processed in such spaces and a plan to improve safety in such spaces. •Electricals: Cabling and connections, susceptibility to damage, wear and tear, cracks and exposed wires, load, heating and other parameters that go into a plan that will bring about improved safety and reduce risk. https://www.acanz.co.nz/

3. 3 Call in assessors, get them to review your current risk management plan, let them conduct a thorough risk investigation and wait for their report. The report is not something to be filed away. You receive a plan on which action is necessary in order to bring about marked improvements in risk reduction in all spheres. Engage Assess Control Assure for a thorough evaluation and a risk plan you can follow with ease. Summary Assess Control Assure offer a variety of assessment services for homes and business in order to help them stay compliant with existing regulations. Source:https://assesscontrolassure.kinja.com/a-proper-property-risk-management-plan-keeps-you-safe-a- 1838840183?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=default_copy&utm_campaign=bottom Contact Details Name: Assess Control Assure NZ Address: 5 Tiri Place, Mt. Wellington Auckland, NZ 1060 Phone No: (027)27255946 Email: queries@acanz.co.nz Website: https://www.acanz.co.nz/ https://www.acanz.co.nz/