Risk Assessment Policy

INTRODUCTION

We recognise that risk assessments are the most important part of effective health and safety management. Risk assessments (see Guidance) help us to prevent accidents and ill health by considering the hazards that exist and how we manage them. From these assessments, we can develop safe systems and methods of work and ways to prevent problems occurring.

Croner Consulting (formerly IRPC) have carried out a General Risk Assessment on our behalf which is held in our 'Risk Manager' documentation.

'Specific' risk assessments are required by certain regulations. These regulations may contain a specific reference to the requirement for risk assessment or may refer to the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations for this requirement.

It is our policy to:

• Appoint a competent person or persons to carry out risk assessments, recording their details on our Health and Safety Law poster.
• Carry out suitable and sufficient risk assessments of our activities.
• Identify and carry out those specific risk assessments we are legally required to carry out.
• Carry out detailed risk assessments on hazardous activities.
• Implement the control measures and further actions required to reduce risk identified in the assessments.
• Bring the significant findings of the risk assessments to the attention of those affected.
• Amend our risk assessments when changes occur, and review them regularly to ensure they are kept up to date.
• Train staff on the principles of risk assessment, in particular the identification of hazards, and the implementation of control measures to remove or reduce the risk.