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Understanding Risk Assessment

All employers, are required by law to protect their employees, and others, from harm. Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the minimum you must do is:

• identify what could cause injury or illness in your business (hazards)
• decide how likely it is that someone could be harmed and how seriously (the risk)
• take action to eliminate the hazard, or if this isn’t possible, control the risk

This process is known as a Risk Assessment and is the first step in the overall process used to control risks in your workplace. For most small, low-risk businesses the steps to complete a Risk Assessment are straightforward and can be completed in Five Easy Steps.