Risk Assessment No:
Title of Task or Activity:
Assessed by:
Risk assessment circulated to:
Hazard
Persons in
Danger
Risk
Rating
Risk
Rating
Control Measure / Comment
S
L
R
S
Use:
S = Severity of Harm
L = Likelihood
R = Risk Evaluation
Low Risk
Medium Risk
High Risk
L
R
Risk
Evaluation
(Low,
Medium,
High)
Score of 1 or 2
Score of 3 or 4
Score of 6 or 9
Do not allow any work to proceed where the risk evaluation is High. Refer to Risk Rating and Risk Evaluation Tables, for additional actions and timescale.
Accompanying documents (e.g. Method Statement/s, drawings, specifications):
Date:
…………………......……………
Review Date: ...............................................
Signed: ……………………………………
Name (print): ...............................................
Company: …………………………………
Job Title:
Issue 1, May 2013
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Notes:
The Health and Safety Executive offer guidance and tools to help businesses understand what they need to do to assess and control risks in the workplace and comply
with health and safety law at www.hse.gov.uk/risk/index.htm.
It is the University of Essex’s preference for a standard risk assessment template to be used so that content can be more efficiently checked. This template requires risk
to be rated and evaluated using the tables below.
Any queries should be directed to ‘mvinter’ (Non University contacts should add @essex.ac.uk).
Risk Rating
Risk Evaluation
Figure 1. The ‘Likelihood vs. Severity’ risk matrix (1=very low risk and 9=very high risk)
R isk lev e l
1
Low
Slight =1
=AxB
(e.g. cuts, bruises,
no absence from
work)
(e.g. 3 days off
work, burns &
severe wounds)
(e.g. hospitalisation,
death & broken
limbs)
Remote = 1
1
2
3
Possible = 2
2
4
6
Likely = 3
3
6
9
Likelihood (A)
RISK RATING
Severity of Harm (B)
Serious = 2
2
Major = 3
M ed iu m
3 and 4
6
H ig h
9
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A ctio n a n d T im esca le
N o actio n req u ired
N o do cu m e ntar y reco rd s need to be k ep t.
N o ad d itio n a l co ntro ls are req u ired .
C o nsid er m o re co st effect ive so lu t io n o r im p ro ve m e nt that
im p o ses no ad d it io na l co st bu rd en.
M o n ito ring is req u ired to ensu re that the co ntro l are m a inta in ed .
E ffo rts sho u ld be m ad e to red u ce the risk .
R isk red u ctio n m easu res sho u ld be im p le m e nted w it h in a
d e fin ed tim e p er io d .
W here the m o d erate risk is asso c iated w ith e xtrem e ly har m fu l
co nseq u e nce s, fu rther assessm e nt m a yb e nece ssar y to estab lish
m o re p rec ise ly the lik e liho o d o f har m a s a ba sis fo r d eterm in in g
the need fo r im p ro ved co ntro l m easu res
W o rk sho u ld no t be started u ntil the r isk ha s b ee n red u ced .
C o nsid era b le reso u rces m a y ha ve to be a llo cated to red u ce the
r isk .
W here the r isk in vo lv es w o rk in p ro g ress, urg ent actio n sho u ld
be tak en.
W o rk sho u ld no t be started o r co ntinu ed u nt il the risk ha s bee n
red u ced . If it is no t po ssib le to red u ce the risk eve n w it h
u n lim ited reso u rces, w o rk has to rem a in p ro h ib ited .
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