Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment applies to work activities and premises, everyone at work has responsibilities. If you employ five or more people, you must write down your findings and ensure that all staff are aware of the 'Risks and Hazards' of the workplace.

Purpose of Risk Assessment:
* To meet legal requirements (Management of Health and Safety at Work
  Regulations 1999).
* To identify potentials for harm before they cause a problem, and to take
  suitable preventive or protective action.
* To demonstrate management commitment to safety.
* To reduce costs to business (direct, indirect, insurance etc).

If you don’t have risk assessments recorded and kept up-to-date you are
vulnerable to compensation claims as well as enforcement action.

Typical Risk Assessments include:-

• Generic and Task Specific Risk Assessment
• COSHH assessment
• Manual handling assessment
• Pregnant workers assessment
• Young persons assessment
• Working at height
• Noise
• Fire Safety
• Hand arm vibration

Our Risk Assessment process is based around a system of assessment and
monitoring. Alexander Safety (Training & Consultancy) Ltd can produce and
revise Risk Assessments and Safety Methodology Statements on your behalf.