Health and Safety Risk Assessment

7. Paperwork

If you have five or more employees, you must keep detailed written records of any risk assessments carried out.

7.1 Your records must show that:

• You made a comprehensive assessment, using specialist help where appropriate.
• You have dealt with all the obvious significant hazards.
• You have put reasonable precautions in place to ensure that the remaining risk is acceptably low.

7.2 Your records can include cross-references to other documents. For example, your company's manuals and health and safety procedures.