The management of risk assessment

Risk assessment is part of the planning and implementation stage of the health and safety management system recommended by the HSE in its publication HSG65. All aspects of the organization, including health and safety management, need to be covered by the risk assessment process. This will involve the assessment of risk in areas such as maintenance procedures. 

HSE has produced a free leaflet entitled Five steps to risk assessment. It gives practical advice on assessing risks and recording the findings and is aimed at small and medium-sized companies in the service and manufacturing sectors. The five steps are  

Each of these steps will be examined in turn in the next section. 

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