Risk Assessment is a tool to help manage safety
A risk assessment is written to notify everyone involved within a certain task of the risks involved, how these risks are controlled, how they help keep people safe.
There are five basic steps:
1/ identify the hazards in the activity
2/ decide who might be harmed and how assess the risk
3/ decide the control measures needed, put them in place
4/ tell the people affected
5/ monitor the work to make sure that the assessment remains valid
Download Risk Assessment template .doc [31 KB]
Orbit Bar Method Statement
A method statement is used to control the operation and to ensure that all concerned are aware of the hazards associated with the work and the safety precautions to be taken.
A method statement is written as a standalone set of instructions about how to do a job or a task in a safe manner. A method statement can also form an integral part of a Risk Assessment.
Download Orbit Method Statement .doc [65 KB]
