Risk Assessments Documents

What is a Risk Assessment?

When we ask ourselves, what is a risk assessment, we find that it's all in the name. It's a health and safety document that not only looks at specific risks but also looks at control measures to reduce the likelihood of an injury occurring. The document should be concise and easy for anyone carrying out a relevant task to understand. Before creating this kind of health and safety document its worth asking, what is a risk? The answer to this is linked into the task that is to be carried out, so what is a risk for a painter may not be a risk for an office worker.

These health and safety documents are created as an important step in protecting workers, the general public, people in your care as well as your business, and complying with the law. They are an essential health and safety requirement for most organisations, including businesses, charities, schools and organised events.

Sometimes it's easy to see health and safety documents as a necessary evil. Something that creates you work and you have to do because principal contractors are asking for it. Let's face it, most companies have trained staff who know what they're doing and the risks involved, so why would they need a piece of paper telling them what they already know? This question is answered below.

Please feel free to browse our catalogue of Risk Assessments or use the search feature on the left to narrow the results.

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All documents are in Word™ format and are available for instant download and use.