For a range of internal AND external information sources, outline how EACH

source contributes to hazard identification or risk assessment

Internal Sources:-
Accident investigation reports:-
Identifying the immediate, underlying and root causes which will indicate the
weak points whether in safety management system or in unwanted conditions
which will consider then in risk assessment process.
Sickness absence records:-
To check the frequent injuries location and types e.g. most of sickness absence
related to MSDs so control measurements arent suitable in workplace or other
controls which are needed to identify and assess the hazard in risk assessment
process.
Maintenance records:-
To ensure that safety devices are in place, if there is on maintenance records that
mean the probability and severity of the risk increased.
Safety tours results:
Safety tours consider as proactive measurement, to know safe and unsafe
practices of employees, and knowledge of unsafe conditions (poor lighting ...etc.)
which is important for risk assessment.
Audit results:-
To know the weak points of safety management system ( e.g. lack of supervision),
as we know most types of work need to be well monitoring and supervised, so
here the probability of risk increased automatically.


External Sources
HSE guideline:-
Guidelines gives you good information for most hazards and their consequences
of the hazards (electricity hazards lead to secondary effects such as falling from
height) so falling from height considers as one of hazards of electricity which is
should be considered in risk assessment process.
MSDS
Gives you full information of chemicals and control measures for that chemical,
which are useful for identifying hazards and assessing the risk.
Insurance companies:-
Usually gives feedbacks of your assessment that can be useful for assessing the
risk to avoid reoccurrence of adverse events.
Legislation:
Updated regularly, gives you full information about the hazards.
(E.g. asbestos) Control of Asbestos at Work Regulation 2002 has
information about the how to deal with asbestos and then you can
compare the control measures in your place with the legislation, which will
help for assessing the risk.
Manufacture instruction:
Manufacture usually gives you a summary how you use the machine or
equipment (e.g. frequent inspection of the machine must be every 3 months), if
the frequent inspection as required from the manufacture was cancelled in the
workplace, so the probability the risk will increase.