All companies in the UK know the importance of health and safety compliance, so most work hard to stay within the law. However, doing so is time consuming and complex.
If you are struggling to keep up with all of your health and safety obligations, you will find this short article especially useful. Here we are going to tell you a bit about risk management software.
Risk assessment templates
The system includes a series of risk assessment templates. These templates take you through the following process, which will ensure that you keep everyone safe and that you comply with the law.
Identify the hazard
Working out what hazards exist, in any given situation, is a critical part of risk assessment. Templates allow you to tap into the expertise of the experienced health and safety professionals who have developed the software.
Decide who could be hurt by the hazard
Using a series of questions and checklists the software ensures you consider everyone who may be affected by the risk. This is an important step because it makes sure you take steps to protect everyone who may be hurt.
Evaluate the risks
Once you have identified the risk you need to evaluate how strong the risk is. This allows you to determine the precautions that need to be taken to protect everyone that enters the work environment from the hazards.
Record and keep track of your findings
There is no point in doing all of this work if you do not keep track of progress. In addition, you need to be able to prove that you have carried out proper risk assessments in case of an accident or during an H&S inspection.
Reassessment timescales
Making sure that you re-assess the situation at the right time intervals is also important. Over time things change, this is why it is important to carry out further risk assessments.
As you can see, risk assessment software is an invaluable tool that any company can benefit from using.
