Carrying out a risk assessment is about carefully considering what could cause harm to people or damage to things, so that you can decide which actions to take to ensure that no-one gets hurt and nothing is damaged.Risk assessments do not need to be complicated. Often the hazards are few and obvious.
There are two important words when assessing risk:
- RISK the possibility that someone will be harmed or something will be damaged by the hazard
- HAZARD anything that can cause harm to people or damage things.
