Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Faced with the mass of legislation, meeting your health and safety requirements can seem a daunting task. Fortunately, the most critical part of managing health and safety - risk assessment - is relatively straightforward.

This briefing covers:

For an overview of your responsibilities under health and safety legislation, see Health and safety.

• How to carry out a risk assessment.
• What the most common hazards are.
• How to control the risks.
• Handling the paperwork.