FiveSteps PDF
FiveSteps PDF
FiveSteps PDF
to risk
assessment
3.
Evaluate the
risks
Your real aim is to eliminate or minimise all risks by taking appropriate precautions.
5.
Review your
assessment
4.
Record your
findings
Step 1
Step 3
Keep the written document for future reference or use. It can remind you to
keep an eye on particular matters and it helps to show that you have done
what the law requires.
To make things simpler, you can refer to other documents, such as manuals,
the arrangements in your safety and health policy statement, company rules,
manufacturers' instructions, and your safety and health procedures. These may
already list hazards and precautions. You don't need to repeat all that, and it is up
to you whether you combine all the documents, or keep them separately.
Step 2
Step 4
2.
Decide who
might be
harmed
1.
Look for the
hazards
FIRST, ask yourself whether you have done all the things that the law says
you have got to do.
THEN ask yourself whether generally accepted trade standards are in place.
Step 5
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