Young Persons Risk Assessment

YOUNG PERSONS RISK ASSESSMENT
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A young persons at work risk assessment is required under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and assesses risks to those in the workplace below the age of 18.

Examples of hazards associated with working with young people may be:

  • Inexperience of working environments
  • Immaturity
  • Lack of task-related training
  • Excessively physically demanding work

It is a requirement that the young persons at work risk assessment be carried out by a competent person.  Failure to comply with this requirement may render the risk assessment as non-conforming and void.

On a practical level, the main benefit of a young persons at work risk assessment is to reduce the likelihood of harm occurring to a young person at work.

On a legal level, the main benefit of having a young persons at work risk assessment in place is that if a worst-case scenario does happen and a young person at work is harmed, your organisation will have a legal defence.

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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