Risk Assessments

Businesses that have either five or more employees, or staff that are considered at special risk, e.g. young workers, disabled workers, pregnant women and nursing mothers, are required by the management of health and safety at work regulations 1999 to document and make available to staff and inspecting officers any significant findings of risk assessments.

This includes general risk assessments and specific assessments for chemical safety, display screen equipment, electrical safety, fire safety, manual handling, noise at work, passive smoking at work, work equipment and workplace assessments.

Further information on risk assessments is available from the Health and Safety Executive website  and the british safety council at British Safety Council website

Contact us

Health and safety unit
Tel: 020 7525 2000
Fax: 020 7525 5735
ohs@southwark.gov.uk
Chaplin Centre
Thurlow Street
London SE17 2DG