Risk Assessment
Assessing Risk in the Workplace through Preventative Measures
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, requires employers to take "reasonably practicable" precautions in various areas to safeguard employees.
A risk assessment is essentially a careful examination of the hazards involved in your work and identifying what could cause harm or injury to any member of staff, contractor or member of the public.
This is achieved by looking at the task being carried out, assessing the risk associated with it and the probability that it will occur if preventative measures are not taken. This will produce an easy to use and understandable scoring system which will enable you to decide which task needs attention immediately. All assessments should be reviewed at least annually and when circumstances change, for example when new equipment is being used or there has been a change of premises.
EH Systems can carry these out on your behalf and produce an excellent set of assessments which you can then use as a working document or procedure.
Training can also be provided to key members of staff who will then be able to carry out their own risk assessments.
