Hazard

Who Might be harmed

Is more needed to

control the risk

Look only for hazards which you could reasonably expect to result in significant harm under the conditions in your workplace.  Use the following examples as a guide.

There is no need to list individuals by name – just think about groups of people doing similar work of who may be affected, e.g.

For the hazards listed, do the precautions already taken

Slipping/tripping hazards

Chemicals (e.g battery acid)

Moving parts of machinery

(e.g Blades)

Work at height (e.g. from

mezzanine floors)

Pressure systems

Vehicles (e.g. fork-lift trucks)

Electricity

Dust (e.g. from grinding)

Fumes (e.g. from vehicle engines)

Manual handling

Noise

Livestock on stand

Lifting operation

Office Staff

Maintenance Personnel

Contractors

People sharing your work place

Operators

Cleaners

Members of the public

Pay particular attention to:-

Staff with disabilities

Visitors

Inexperienced staff

Lone workers – they may be more vulnerable.

*        Meet the standards set by a legal requirement?

*        Comply with a recognised industry standard?

*        Represent good practice?

*        Represent risk as far as reasonably practicable?

Have you provided:

*        Adequate information, instruction or training?

*        Adequate systems or procedures?

If so, then the risks are adequately controlled, but you need to indicate the precautions you have in place.

Where the risk is not adequately controlled, indicate what more you need to do (the‘action list’).

Fire hazard e.g. combustible materials (rubbish, flammable substances, LPG etc) and ignition sources (flames, smoking etc)

As above.

*        Means of escape; fire detection and alarms.  Fire fighting equipment and fire evacuation plan.