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  • Step 1: walk through the workplace and identify the hazards, the things with potential to cause harm
  • Step 2: decide who might be harmed and how, including staff, visitors, contractors, and anyone especially at risk
  • Step 3: evaluate the risk and decide on precautions; can you remove the hazard, and if not how do you control it
  • Step 4: record your significant findings, including the controls already in place and any further action needed
  • Step 5: review the assessment regularly and update it when things change, after an incident, or at least annually
  • Be specific: name the real hazards in your workplace rather than copying a generic list
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Risk Assessment Template

The HSE's straightforward five-step method so you can spot hazards and put sensible controls in place without overcomplicating it.

10 checksPDF + phoneReviewed for 2026Source: HSE risk assessment guidance and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, Regulation 3
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  • 1Step 1: walk through the workplace and identify the hazards, the things with potential to cause harm
  • 2Step 2: decide who might be harmed and how, including staff, visitors, contractors, and anyone especially at risk
  • 3Step 3: evaluate the risk and decide on precautions; can you remove the hazard, and if not how do you control it
  • 4Step 4: record your significant findings, including the controls already in place and any further action needed
  • 5Step 5: review the assessment regularly and update it when things change, after an incident, or at least annually
  • 6Be specific: name the real hazards in your workplace rather than copying a generic list
  • 7Focus effort where the risk is highest; you do not need to assess every trivial thing
  • 8Assign each action to a person with a deadline so controls actually get put in place
  • 9Share the findings with the people the risks affect, in plain language they understand
  • 10Keep the latest version dated and accessible, and note who carried out the assessment

Good to know

Employers with five or more employees must record the significant findings of their risk assessment in writing under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999; the assessment itself is legally required regardless of headcount.

Source: HSE risk assessment guidance and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, Regulation 3

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