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general risk assessment is required
under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and assesses risks arising
from general hazards within your working environment.
Examples of general hazards may be:
It is a requirement that the general risk assessment be carried out by a competent person. Failure to comply with this requirement may render a general risk assessment as non-conforming and void. |
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a practical level, the main benefit of a general risk assessment is to
reduce the likelihood of general hazards resulting in harm.
On a legal level, the main benefit of having a general risk assessment in place is that if a worst-case scenario does happen and a general hazard does result in harm, your organisation will have a legal defense. These benefits rely on the risk assessment being kept up-to-date, and recommendations made in the risk assessment being acted on within a reasonable timeframe.
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