Risk assessments are an essential part of securing the health & safety of your employees.
As well as being a legal obligation under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, they help to reduce illnesses and injury around the work environment.
This piece focuses on how to carry out a risk assessment. In it, we’ll highlight the steps needed to undertake a risk assessment as well as the expected duration and frequency.
How many steps are there to a risk assessment?
To learn how to assess the risks in your workplace, you’ll need to be familiar with the five main steps. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the body responsible for enforcing this regulation.
They require you to:
Identify hazards.
Assess the risks.
Control the risks.
Record findings.
Review existing measures.
How to complete a risk assessment
To meet your obligations under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, it’s important to know how to do a health & safety risk assessment.
