Managing risks and risk assessment at work

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5. More detail on managing risk

If you are a small, low-risk businesses, the basics of health and safety[5] will help you put the right controls in place to comply with the law.

Our introduction to managing health and safety[6] will help you decide where you need to do more and ensure you plan, monitor and review your control measures.

There is also separate, more detailed advice for larger and higher-risk businesses and organisations on managing for health and safety[7].

Employers in major hazard industries[8] require more detailed arrangements for managing risks.

We also have guidance for those leading on health and safety management[9] as an owner or a trustee of a large organisation.

The Regulations

You can read The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 on legislation.gov.uk[10].

View a printable version of the whole guide[12]

Link URLs in this page

  1. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/index.htm
  2. Steps needed to manage riskhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/steps-needed-to-manage-risk.htm
  3. Risk assessment template and exampleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/risk-assessment-template-and-examples.htm
  4. Common workplace riskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/common-workplace-risks.htm
  5. basics of health and safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/index.htm
  6. introduction to managing health and safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/managing/introduction/index.htm
  7. managing for health and safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg65.htm
  8. major hazard industrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/index.htm
  9. leading on health and safety managementhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/leadership/index.htm
  10. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 on legislation.gov.ukhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/contents/made
  11. Previous page Common workplace risks https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/common-workplace-risks.htm
  12. View a printable version of the whole guidehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/print.htm
  13. Introduction to managing health and safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/managing/introduction/index.htm
  14. Health and safety basics for your businesshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/index.htm
  15. Prepare a health and safety policyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/policy/index.htm

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Updated 2024-06-10