Guide to Risk Assessments
Risk Assessments are an integral part of the process in managing the risks incumbent in any business. The main requirement of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations is that employers must carry out risk assessments to eliminate or reduce risks to their employees and others who could be affected by their work activities. Employers with five or more employees need to record the significant findings of the risk assessment.
In addition, employers also need to:
- Make arrangements for implementing the health and safety measures identified as necessary by risk assessments.
- Monitor and review those arrangements.
- Appoint people with sufficient knowledge, skills, experience and training to help them to implement these arrangements.
- Set up emergency procedures and provide information about them to employees.
- Provide clear information, supervision and training for employees and ensure that suitably competent people are appointed who are capable of carrying out the tasks entrusted to them.
- Work together with any other employer(s) operating from the same workplace, sharing information on the risks that other staff may be exposed to, e.g. cleaning, catering or maintenance contractors.
- Take particular account of risks to new and expectant mothers and young persons.
Risk assessments should be reviewed regularly or as a consequence of changes in working practices, the installation of new machinery; new staff or – frequently - new legislation.
Unfortunately, often because of a lack of time and resource, risk assessments in most businesses are inadequate. A good-quality Risk Assessment should form the basis of any safe work procedure; but if you are not a Health & Safety specialist, where do you start?
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Risk Assessment - A framework for compliance
The documentation contained within Bibby Consulting & Support’s management system provides a framework for compliance to enable you to carry out the necessary Risk Assessments along with training and competent Health and Safety advice from Bibby Consulting & Support. This will enable you to minimise the exposure you face in the unfortunate event of an accident involving a member of staff, Contractor, or member of the public.
