Health & Safety legislation requires employers to carry out a “suitable and sufficient” assessment of the risks potentially faced by their employees whilst at work, and also the risks to other persons not in their employment but affected by their undertaking.

Risk Assessment is a proactive management tool and aims to:
• Identify the hazards and the extent of the risks involved in carrying out tasks or activities
for the operation being assessed,
• The hazards and risks arising due to workplace conditions where the task is scheduled to be
carried out,
• Identify the existing methods of eliminating, reducing or controlling the risks,
• Evaluate the potential severity of the risks identified, after taking into account the existing
control methods,
• Enable a decision to be made as to whether the existing controls are adequate, or whether
further action is necessary in order to enable the operation to be undertaken in a safe manner.

The assessment must be carried out by a “competent person”. This simply means that the person must have sufficient knowledge and experience to know what to look for and how to recognise it when he/she sees it. However, if the assessment is to be effective and relevant to the operation and the site in question, the person(s) responsible for planning and supervision of the undertaking should also be involved.

If your Company has 5 or more employees risk assessments must be recorded and used as a basis for communicating the information regarding hazards, risks and control measures to all persons concerned before work commences or anyone is exposed to the risk.

Using a proven, structured process, New Level Safety are well placed and experienced in identifying key operational and perceived high risk activities to ensure immediate exposures are adequately identified and controlled.

Working as part of your team and involving your employees in a joint decision making process we can help you assess your operation and associated hazards, providing the required level of control in minimising the risks without imposing any restriction on the operation.