Risk Assessments

Risk management involves the employer looking at the risks that arise in the workplace and then putting sensible health and safety measures in place to control them.

By doing this you can protect your most valuable asset, your employees, as well as members of the public from harm. During 2004/05, 220 people were killed and over 150,000 were injured at work because of a failure to manage risk.

As an employer, the law requires you to assess and manage health and safety risks. The law does not expect you to eliminate all risk, but you are required to protect people as far as possible. A risk assessment helps you focus on the risks that could potentially cause real harm.

A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm. Workers and others have a right to be protected from harm caused by a failure to take reasonable control measures.

Accidents and ill health can ruin lives and affect your business if output is lost, machinery is damaged, insurance costs increase or you have to go to court. You are legally required to assess the risks in your workplace so you must put plans in place to control risks.

Health and Safety Compliance Services can carry out all statutory risk assessments associated with your business that enables businesses to meet their legal obligations. A report is prepared with recommendations which are ranked in order of priority to assist senior management with implementation and budgeting.

If you have any questions or require any further information please email Health and Safety Compliance Services via our Contact Us page

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