New and Expectant Mothers Risk Assessment
An individual new or expectant mother assessment should be completed confidentially after written notification and reviewed as pregnancy progresses or circumstances change. Consider lifting, prolonged standing or sitting, night work, fatigue, temperature, infectious agents, chemicals, radiation, violence, travel and access to suitable rest facilities. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require relevant risks to new or expectant mothers and their babies to be assessed. Follow the legal hierarchy: adjust conditions or hours, offer suitable alternative work if needed, and suspend on paid terms where risk cannot otherwise be avoided, subject to the applicable requirements. Discuss controls with the worker and use occupational-health advice where appropriate; do not make assumptions based on pregnancy alone.
- ✓Covers lifting, standing, hours, chemicals, rest facilities
- ✓Adjustments and review points
- ✓Editable Word and PDF
In short
A risk assessment identifies what could cause harm in your work, who could be harmed and how, and what you do to control the risk. Every employer must make a suitable and sufficient assessment; with five or more employees the significant findings must be recorded.
What it must include
- ✓The hazards in the activity or workplace
- ✓Who might be harmed and how
- ✓Existing controls and further action needed
- ✓Risk rating (e.g. 5x5 likelihood x severity)
- ✓Who does what by when
- ✓Review date and when to review sooner
You stay the duty holder: review the document for your site before work starts. SitePaper is a drafting tool, not a consultancy.