Advice for businesses: The basics
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Risk assessments
We all assess risks in our daily lives, tasks such as driving, crossing a busy road or mowing the lawn involve an element of risk assessment as a means of keeping ourselves safe.
However for businesses, risk assessment needs to be formalised.
- Businesses that employ five or more employees, must record their risk assessments and communicate the significant findings of these assessments to their staff.
- If you have a very small business and are not required to record your risk assessments, it is good practice to do so as it demonstrates that you have met your legal obligation. The links below will help you with your risk assessments:
Safety policy
Employers must also have a safety policy.
The policy must be a written policy, if you employ five or more employees.
The HSE links below will help you to devise your safety policy:
- Prepare a health and safety policy - on the HSE website
- How to write your safety policy - on the HSE website
How to report an accident, fatality or dangerous occurrence
A set of specific regulations commonly known as 'RIDDOR', require that certain types of serious accidents, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences are reported. The HSE link below explains more:
Should you find yourself in a position where you need to do a RIDDOR report, then further guidance can be found here:
For incidents that must be reported:
How to report reportable incidents (which must be done online or via telephoning the incident contact centre):
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Page last updated: 13 February 2024