What is an occupational risk assessment?

A Risk assessment is a careful examination of what, in work activities, could cause harm to people and what is the likelihood of an accident happening. By carrying out a risk assessment, you can evaluate whether sufficient precautions have been taken or if more needs to be done to prevent harm. The aim is to make sure that no one gets hurt or becomes ill.

Occupational risk can be assessed in the following five steps:

• Step 1 - Identify the hazards
• Step 2 - Decide who might be harmed and how
• Step 3 - Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
• Step 4 - Record your findings and implement them
• Step 5 - Review your assessment and update if necessary

Why do you need an occupational risk assessment?

Aim: Identify Workplace Hazards, who is affected, the level of risk and remove or reduce risk.

Health and Safety legislation places a statutory obligation on every company to carry out an assessment of risks present in the workplace.
The risk assessment should cover anyone affected by your activities – yourself, workers and members of the public. It should be reviewed periodically and whenever there are significant changes in the workplace.
We can arrange for a qualified safety practitioner to visit your premises and carry out a risk assessment study on your behalf. We can carry out the following risk assessments:

Why choose Food Alert for your occupational risk assessment?

• We provide user friendly documents, easy to read and understand.
• The Food Alert team is highly qualified and experienced.

You can either request an occupational risk assessment as a pay as go service or choose our all inclusive Peace of Mind service contract and take advantage of many other services, better prices and the peace of mind...

Contact us for a quote or more information.
Tel. 020 7915 5555 – Email: enquiries@foodalert.com