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HSE's 5 Steps To Risk Assessment Guidance Replaced

The HSE's guidance document on conducting risk assessments called "5 Steps to Risk Assessment" has been replaced with a new guidance leaflet called "Risk Assessment: A brief guide to controlling risk in the workplace." The new leaflet aims to help identify, assess, and control workplace health and safety risks. It emphasizes that only significant findings need be recorded and reviews risks regularly. Additional related guidance documents are available for download on topics like managing health and safety, involving workers, controlling risks, and leadership actions. A company was recently fined and ordered to pay costs for failing to properly manage or control risks to health from vibration, noise, and dust exposure identified during an HSE inspection.

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HSE's 5 Steps To Risk Assessment Guidance Replaced

The HSE's guidance document on conducting risk assessments called "5 Steps to Risk Assessment" has been replaced with a new guidance leaflet called "Risk Assessment: A brief guide to controlling risk in the workplace." The new leaflet aims to help identify, assess, and control workplace health and safety risks. It emphasizes that only significant findings need be recorded and reviews risks regularly. Additional related guidance documents are available for download on topics like managing health and safety, involving workers, controlling risks, and leadership actions. A company was recently fined and ordered to pay costs for failing to properly manage or control risks to health from vibration, noise, and dust exposure identified during an HSE inspection.

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HSEs 5 Steps to Risk Assessment

guidance replaced
Introduction
The popular and well-known Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance document
5 Step to !ik "ement# ha recently $een replaced with a new guidance lea%et
entitled !ik "ement& " $rief guide to controlling rik in the workplace#'
Aims of the new leafet
The new lea%et aim to help you identify( ae and control health and afety rik
aociated with workplace ha)ard and make it clear that only igni*cant *nding
need to $e recorded and emphaie the importance of controlling the rik
identi*ed' The lea%et i mainly aimed at employer( manager and other with
health and afety reponi$ilitie'
The guidance i till $aed around a imilar 5-tep approach a the previou
guidance( with the new heading $eing+
,dentify the ha)ard
-ho might $e harmed
Evaluate the rik
!ecord your igni*cant *nding
!egularly review your aement
Additional guidance
"long with the new guidance lea%et( there are alo a num$er of additional guidance
document availa$le a free pdf# download from the HSE we$ite' Some of the
downloada$le guidance include+
HS./5& 0anaging for health and afety
HS.1/2& ,nvolving your workforce in health and afety+ .ood practice for all workplace
HS.1/3& The health and afety tool$ox+ How to control rik at work
,ndg144 (rev1) -orkplace health afety and welfare+ " hort guide for manager
,ndg155 (rev6)& 7lan( do( check( act+ "n introduction to managing for health and afety
,ndg465 (rev 6)& 8eading health and afety at work+ 8eaderhip action for director( $oard
mem$er( $uine owner and organiation of all i)e
,ndg449 (rev6)& Health and afety made imple+ The $aic for your $uine
Recent Prosecution
29 Aug 2014
" Hamphire $aed manufacturing company were *ned :5(;;; and ordered to pay
:6(259 in cot after it put it worker at rik' The preciion engineering company
wa proecuted and found guilty for failing to comply with the Health and afety at
-ork "ct 6954( the 0anagement of Health and Safety at -ork !egulation 6999( the
<ontrol of =i$ration at -ork !egulation 1;;5 and two $reache of the <ontrol of
Su$tance Ha)ardou to Health'
The o>ence came to light after an inpection $y the HSE identi*ed that rik to
health from expoure to vi$ration( noie and dut had not $een properly managed or
controlled'
"fter the hearing( the HSE ,npector tated+
The company failed to fully control the numerou rik ariing from it $uine
activitie' The company did not repond to changing workload or procee( and
failed to act on advice provided $y it occupational health provider or contractor
ervicing e?uipment#'

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