Health and Safety Surveys and Risk Assessments

ü Clear, concise information

ü Prioritised recommendations

ü At a glance reporting

ü Unique multiple site systems

ü Powerful management reports

ü Project management service

ü Systems that inform and enable

ü Nationwide Coverage

ü Very cost effective approach

5 Steps to Risk Assessment

                    Step 5 - Review your assessment and update if necessary

               Step 4 - Record your findings and implement them

          Step 3 - Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions

     Step 2 - Decide who might be harmed and how

Step 1 - Identify the hazards

Quantifying risk - how and why:

PROBABILITY	Risk Rating
4 HIGH FREQUENT/COMMON	4	8	12	16
3 MEDIUM OCCASIONAL	3	6	9	12
2 LOW POSSIBLE	2	4	6	8
1 IMPROBABLE IMPROBABLE	1	2	3	4
IMPACT	1 TRIVIAL TRIVIAL	2 LOW MINOR	3 MEDIUM 3 DAYS+ ABSENCE FROM WORK	4 HIGH MAJOR INJURY OR DEATH

SHALLOW WATER DEEP WATER HOT WATER

The table above illustrates how the risk has been rated by considering the likelihood (Probability) on the left and the likely consequences (Impact) along the bottom.

For example, if we consider the likelihood (probability) of an instance occurring is likely to be "occasional" (3 MEDIUM) and if it did happen the consequences (Impact) is likely to be a minor injury (2 LOW),

...the risk would be rated as:

3 X 2 = 6 (Probability X Impact = Rating)

Quantifying risks enables them to be looked at in relation to one another and so helps establish priorities - essential when dealing with multiple risk assessments and conflicting demands on time...

The Companion Health and Safety Survey is a safety net that trawls through legislation and sites/workplaces, to help ensure nothing is missed which might otherwise leave organisations and management exposed.

Duty-holders are required to identify risks in the workplace and to reduce those risks as low as is reasonably practical. Risk Assessments consider the nature of the hazards, who might be harmed, the likelihood of an occurrence, the likely impact or injury, what precautions are in place and what reasonably practical additional and/or alternative precautions can be put into place to remove or reduce the risk.

With a multitude of legislation that started with the Chimney Sweeps Act and includes the substantial Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (as amended) plus many specific acts and regulations covering such topics as fire, disability discrimination, asbestos, display screen equipment and much more, plus of course all of the European safety legislation, some would say it is not reasonable for busy managers to be aware of all that they need to cover.

When we assess risks we endeavour to produce a simple, prioritised set of recommendations so that busy people can use their time most effectively.