What is a risk assessment
A risk assessment is to enable you to identify sensible control and measures for risks within your workplace.
Risk Assessments are not meant to create huge amounts of work for anyone in the company but should be there to ensure the safety of you and your workforce. You are likely to already have a process in place to identify risks and how they should be dealt with. A risk assessment is just a document to have all the information in one place.
How to assess the risks in your place of work:
- Identify the hazards
- Decide who might be harmed and how
- Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
- Record your significant findings
- Review your assessment and update if necessary
Many companies who are confident they understand the process and the risks involved can complete these themselves. You don’t have to be a H&S expert.
When thinking about your risk assessment, remember:
- A hazard is something that could cause harm, for example electricity, chemicals, working from ladders, an open drawer etc
- The risk is the probability, high or low, that somebody could be harmed by these and other hazards, together with an indication of how serious the harm could be
The process of identifying hazards and evaluating the risks can be delivered systematically using well-established templates and the knowledge of people with hands-on experience.
We have several risk assessments available to buy. The cost of one of our risk and method statements is less than half an hour of your writing time.
They have taken us more than a day to write each one; however, we sell many, making them very affordable.
The documents arrive in word format to allow you to adjust them to suit your site and circumstances.
Why not see our layout below to see if it is something you could work with.
Risk assessments to buy
Covid 19 Risk Assessment & Method Statement
Infection Control Risk Assessment & Method Statement
Litter Picking and Sweeping Risk Assessment & Method Statement
Mobile Tower Scaffold Safe Operating Procedure
