Did you know that all employers and the self employed have a legal requirement to undertake Risk Assessments? …………..

…… As employers and self employed we are governed by the  Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to carry out risk assessments in the work place. If you employ 5 or more employees then it is a mandatory requirement to document your risk assessments.

What is a Risk Assessment? ..................

………A Risk Assessment is a health and safety technique used to identify hazards, assess and evaluate the risks likely to be caused by the hazards. It is used to identify control measures to assist in eliminating, substituting or simply controlling the hazard.

Why should we carry out risk assessments? ……

• It is a legal requirement
• Improve productivity
• Improve efficiency
• Improve quality
• Reduce company costs
• Improve morale of employees
• Need we go on?

Longworth Management Services will conduct your risk assessments for you and implement a system, associated directly to your business, that will allow you to easily manage risks and ultimately help to reduce risks in the workplace.