What is a Health & Safety Risk Assessment?

A Health & Safety Risk Assessment is a review undertaken of a building or workplace to determine and identify potential hazards in a workplace and evaluate the associated risks, with the goal of implementing measures to control or eliminate those risks.

The Health & Safety Risk Assessment aims to:

• Identify potential hazards that currently exist or may appear

• Identify people at risk

• Evaluate, remove or reduce the risks

• Record findings, prepare and provide training

What does the UK law say?

Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, mandates that employers assess risks to their employees and others who may be affected by their work activities. As an employer, you must make a 'suitable and sufficient assessment' of risks to your employees' health and safety, and risks to others.

Insurance risks?

Insurance providers typically require confirmation that this activity has been completed before processing a claim.

Who Is Responsible for Conducting a Health & Safety Risk Assessment?

Employers or building managers are responsible for ensuring that health and safety risk assessments are conducted in their workplaces or buildings.

How often do I need to do a Health & Safety Risk Assessment?

A Health & Safety Risk Assessment must be kept updated and reviewed regularly annually, if there are significant changes in the workplace or building than it should be updated sooner.

Why Risk Vigil?

When you choose Risk Vigil for your Health & Safety Risk Assessment, you benefit from our thorough and expert review of workplace hazards and safety measures. With clear, practical recommendations and a personalized approach, we make managing health and safety straightforward and effective.