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Risk Assessments

As an employer, you're required by law to protect your employees, and others, from harm. Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the minimum you must do is identify what could cause injury or illness in your business (hazards), decide how likely it is that someone could be harmed and how seriously (the risk) and take action to eliminate the hazard, or if this isn't possible, control the risk. The following Risk Assessments should be in place if they apply to your business:

  • A general risk assessment on all buildings and areas used by the company

  • Risk Assessments on activities which carry a risk of injury (for example using a chainsaw)

  •   Young Persons Risk Assessment

  • A Risk Assessment for pregnant or nursing mothers

  • Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

  • Asbestos

  • Fire

  • Display Screen Equipment (DSE)

  • Manual Handling

  • Confined Spaces 

  • Radiation

  • Noise

  • Vibration

  • Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres

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Who needs Risk Assessments?

All businesses that employ 5 or more people must have written and recorded Risk Assessments in place as part of their Health and Safety Management System.

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What does it involve:

Our trained Health and Safety Advisor will visit at a time to suit you and discuss what the requirements are for your business. This may be a single General Risk Assessment or a package covering a number of the Assessments listed above.

 

Once a support package has been decided the advisor will need to gather all the relevant information in order to put these Risk Assessments together. This is completed in different ways depending on the specific business but may include:

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talking to staff members

reviewing accidents & injuries

looking at the layout of the building​

watching tasks being completed​

 

Once all the information has been gathered the advisor will go away and put together the required Risk Assessments. The length of time this will take depends on the number and type of assessments needed.

 

Sometimes, when working through a document, other hazards become apparent and extra information may be needed which can also affect the time it takes to produce. Our advisor will keep in contact throughout the process to keep you up-to-date if this happens. 

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What do the Risk Assessments Cost?

The costs are varied and dependant on a number of factors, here are a few:

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  1. The type of risk assessment needed

  2. The amount of Risk Assessments needed

  3. The size of your business

  4. Number of buildings

  5. Type of business activities

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Give us a call and we will be able to discuss your needs and supply an initial quote. Please bear in mind that this may change if the package changes or more work is needed than first stated. If this is the case it will be discussed with you first before the work is completed.

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