Most incidents happen on routine tasks nobody thought to assess. This form takes a single task, works through what could go wrong and who is exposed, and records the controls before the work starts.

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Further Reading

Further guidance on assessing task risks:

• Risk Assessment
• Managing Health and Safety at Work
• Accidents, Incidents and Near Misses

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Task Risk Assessment Template

A focused risk assessment for a single task or activity. It captures the people, equipment, materials and substances involved, the hazards and who is exposed, a structured set of prompts to check the task has been thought through, and the additional controls required.

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks from work activities. This form gives you a practical, task-level way to meet that duty, and supports the hazard identification and operational control requirements of ISO 45001.

Built for ISO 45001 and Task-Level Assessment

The form supports the hazard identification, risk assessment and operational control requirements of ISO 45001 (clauses 6.1.2 and 8.1):

• The task or activity, its location, and the people, equipment, materials, substances and infrastructure involved
• Hazards identified alongside the persons exposed
• A structured prompt set covering emergencies, people in the vicinity, social factors, infrastructure and awareness of correct processes
• Additional controls required, with an owner assigned to each

What's Included in this Task Risk Assessment

The form is set out so a task can be assessed methodically from scope through to actions:

• Task details - completed by, date, task or activity, location(s), and the people, equipment, materials, substances and infrastructure involved
• Hazards and exposed persons - hazards identified and who is at risk
• Assessment prompts - is the task necessary, is the work organised safely, have past incidents and potential emergencies been reviewed, are all exposed people considered, are social factors and the design of work areas considered
• Additional controls required - further actions and who they are assigned to
• Feedback - comments from people involved in the task and further opportunities to reduce risk

Who Needs a Task Risk Assessment?

Any organisation that needs to assess specific tasks rather than a whole area - especially where work varies day to day. It suits supervisors, team leaders and safety managers across manufacturing, construction, trades, facilities and services, and any business working towards or maintaining ISO 45001 certification.

Included in the ISO 45001 Toolkit

This form is part of the ISO 45001 Toolkit - risk assessments, registers, procedures and guidance for managing health and safety in one download - and is included in every alphaZ ISO toolkit that covers ISO 45001.

Pairs with the General Risk Assessment

For broader activities use the F-HS20 General Risk Assessment, and record completed task assessments in the F-HS12 Risk Assessment Register.