Step 4: Record your findings and implement them

Putting the results of your risk assessment into practice makes a difference .

Writing down the results of your risk assessment, and sharing them with your staff, encourages you to do this. When writing down your results, do it simple, for example. We do not expect a risk assessment to be perfect, but it must be suitable and sufficient. A risk assessment must show that: ^[

·         a proper check was made;

·         you asked who could be affected;

·         you worked with all the significant hazards.

·         the precautions are reasonable, and the risk is low.

·         you involved your staff in the process.

Don’t try to do all the improvements at once. Make a plan of action and consider the most important things first. A good plan of action includes a combination of different things such as:

·         a few cheap or easy improvements that you can do quickly

·         long-term solutions to risks that cause accidents or ill health;

·         long-term solutions to the risks with the worst potential consequences;

·         training employees on the main risks and how they can be controlled;

·         regular checks to make sure that the control measureswork.

·         clear responsibilities.

Remember prioritise the most important things first.