Every company is under a statutory duty to carry out an assessment of risks present in its workplace. If your company employs five people or more, the risk assessment must be in writing. Legislation requires that the assessment be carried out by a "competent person" and examine the entire company’s activities to identify any hazards involved, the likelihood of those hazards causing harm and the steps required to eliminate or minimise the risks.

Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR) states that an employer should conduct risk assessments "for the purposes of identifying the measures he needs to take to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed upon him by or under the relevant statutory provisions".

Risk assessment is now the cornerstone of health and safety management. In addition to the requirement to comply with legislation, the emerging litigious culture has placed even greater emphasis on the need to assess risks in order to defend civil claims for compensation following an accident or a case of work related ill-health.

What can we do for you?

We will undertake Risk assessments and ensure they fit into a four-part process for risk control, through the setting of performance standards, as follows:

1. Hazard identification.

2. Risk assessment.

3. Risk control - the selection of suitable measures to eliminate or control risks.

4. Implementing and maintaining control measures.

Our Safety Consultant are qualified to undertake various risk assessments and review those assessments periodically and whenever there are significant changes in the workplace. This will include the following  areas:

	Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) The setting up and running of an effective chemical risk management system is a complex business. You need to know precisely what hazardous substances may be present in your premises, who may have contact with them, what precautions to take and what to do in an emergency.
	(Manual Handling Operation Regulations 2002) Such assessments shall consider all operations that pose a threat of injury to employees by considering the task, the individual, the load, the working environment and will take all reasonable steps to reduce the level of risk to the lowest level
	(Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992) Employers have  basic duties concerning the provision and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) at work.  We can undertake an assessment to identify whether existing equipment is suitable to the prevalent tasks. This will include an assessment of all workplace risks.
	A fire risk assessment helps you identify all the fire hazards and risks in your premises
	(Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 A Joint assessment of workstations undertaken in conjunction with the Employer and Employees as required by the regulations.
	The assessment and reduction of Noise in the workplace.