When you first completed a risk assessment, you found that you had recorded risks which, in truth, aren’t likely to result in accidents. Do you need to keep these in or should you cut them out?
Published 08.06.2011
You have submitted a risk assessment to a client prior to working on their site, but they’ve returned it saying you have missed out “step three” of the HSE’s procedure, i.e. there is no risk rating.
Do they have a valid complaint?
Published 10.09.2014
You’ve been given the job of completing risk assessments for your business. However, you have no idea where to start or what you should be writing down. Is there a standard method?
Published 22.11.2013
Sometimes, when you arrive on a new site you’ll be faced with hazards that you weren’t expecting. To record how you will deal with them, why not use our brand new document: risk assessment -
site-specific risks?
Published 19.02.2010
You’ve been asked to produce formal documents which identify the safe systems of work your staff follow. What exactly are these documents, and is there a standard way of presenting them?
Published 23.02.2009
You’ve always thought of risk assessment as a bureaucratic necessity, but you’ve heard an argument that it could actually be a useful project planning tool. Is this really the case, and if so, when
and how does it fit in?
Published 29.03.2010
You have some potentially dangerous machinery and hazardous substances on site. You’ve been told that you need to reduce risk at source but what does this mean in practice and how do you prove that
you’ve done it?
Published 08.12.2015
You’re aware that you only have a legal duty to record significant findings on your risk assessments. But what exactly does “significant” mean? And how do you know what to record without fully risk
assessing absolutely everything first?
Published 05.11.2007
Whilst undertaking risk assessments can be seen as a bit of a chore, doing so is a necessary part of keeping your workplace safe. What can go wrong with inadequate risk assessments?
Published 10.04.2024
Having a simple risk assessment policy will not only help you to keep on top of the process, but it will tick some legal boxes too. To make things easier, why not use our free sample document?
Published 06.05.2010