Risk Assessment Template

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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
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The assessment

Activities involvedOptional

Tick any work being done, such as electrical work or painting, to add its hazards. For building work, a RAMS also gives you the method statement.

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Your details

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The activity

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Emergency arrangements

Leave blank and the document reminds you to confirm them on site.

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Page updated 2026-10-04.

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