It is a legal requirement for organisations with 5 or more staff to carry out documented health and safety risk assessments of all of their significant hazards. Although it is your responsibility to undertake risk assessments on your premises.
Walker Health and Safety Services offer risk assessment services and can support you through the process.
If you have 5 or more employees you are required to perform a risk assessment, this will help identify and avoid hazards and risks in your workplace. If you are an organisation of under 5 employees, whilst it is not considered a necessity it is considered best practice.
By completing Risk Assessments you will help to prevent occupational accidents and ill health by taking precautionary measures.
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The Health & Safety Executive guidance advocates a 5 step approach to risk assessments:
1. Identify the hazards present (a hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm e.g. slippery floors, electrical equipment, lifting heavy objects, stress, machinery, fire etc.).
2. Identify the people at risk from the hazards e.g. employees, contractors, visitors etc. Particularly vulnerable employees should also be considered e.g. young people and new/expectant mothers.
3. Evaluate the risk, taking into account the likelihood and severity of any accidents. Existing controls in place should be identified and evaluated.
4. Record the findings in a suitable form, this can then be regularly referred to.
5. Review the risk assessment regularly.
Risk assessments are vital to creating a healthy, safe working environment.
A risk assessment will enable you to identify and avoid any hazards within the workplace. You can then help to prevent occupational accidents and ill health by taking precautionary measures.
Walker Health and Safety Services offers a complete risk assessment service. We offer your business the required support when completing the risk assessment and can also complete the risk assessment on your behalf. You are still responsible for risk assessments on your premises.
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