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Risk assessments in the workplace
07 November 2011
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a guide to risk assessments in the workplace.
Employers are required to protect their workers as far as is “reasonably practicable.” We often receive enquiries from people who have been injured at work where the accident could have been avoided had their employer carried out risk assessments.
The HSE’s five step guide:
Identify the hazards
- Decide who might be harmed and how
- Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
- Record your findings and implement them
- Review your assessment and update if necessary
Full details of the HSE’s five step guide to risk assessments can be found on the HSE website.
If you have had an accident at work and would like to make a claim, contact our Personal Injury team today for a telephone conversation or a free, preliminary meeting.
Chloe Newton, Solicitor in the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team
