Risk Assessments
A Risk assessment is essential under section 19 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005. This act requires that employers carry out an identification of their workplace hazards and an assessment of the risks posed by those hazards. Employers are responsible to examine and write down these workplace risks and what to do about them. Ultimately, assessing risk means that anything in the workplace that could cause harm to your employees, other employees and other people (including customers, visitors and members of the public) must be carefully examined. This allows you to estimate the magnitude of risk and decide whether the risk is acceptable or whether more precautions need to be taken to prevent harm. Employers are required to implement any improvements considered necessary by the risk assessment. The aim is to ensure that no one gets hurt or becomes ill.
Our qualified Health and Safety consultant will visit your premises and conduct a detailed risk assessment specific to your business which will allow us to devise and implement appropriate controls to ensure all risks are reduced to acceptable levels.
This Entails the Following
- Identification of hazards in the workplace
- Control measures designed to reduce risk to an acceptable level
- Analysis of dangers in a workplace and advice on the correct steps to manage risk
- Tailor the risk assessment to your business to see where improvements can be made to the safety system.
- The findings from the Risk Assessments will be reflected in the Safety Statement.