Conduct a safety risk assessment

  • Freigeben Version: Australia
  • Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
  • 1 Minute Lesedauer

    • Conduct a safety risk assessment to identify and manage potential hazards and risks, and to ensure the safety of your employees and the public.

    Vorbereitungen

    Role required: sn_hs_rm.risk_assessment_manager or sn_hs_rm.risk_assessment_writer

    Prozedur

    1. Navigate to Workspaces > Health and Safety Workspace.
    2. Select the risk management icon (Risk assessment icon).
    3. Select the Risk assessment list and then All.
    4. Select New to start a risk assessment.
    5. On the form, fill in the fields.
      Enter details such as who is at risk, who is responsible for controls, who reviews, and who approves this risk assessment.

      For more information on risk field descriptions, see Risk assessment form.

    6. Wahlweise: If necessary, attach an image about the risk using the add attachments icon (Add attachment icon.).
    7. Wahlweise: Research content related to the risk assessment by selecting the Agent assist icon (agent assist icon).
      Agent assist searches the knowledge base using the text from the risk assessment's Short description field and shows relevant articles.
    8. Select Save.
      The Risk analyses, Risk actions, and Action schedules tabs appear for this risk assessment.
    9. In the Risk analyses tab, add risk analysis records to evaluate the risk level of identified hazards.
      For more information, see Perform risk analysis for a safety risk assessment and Create a risk analysis from a job.
    10. In the Action schedules tab, set up actions to address an identified risk or implement control measures necessary to improve workplace safety.
      The action schedule creates actions in the Risk actions tab and auto-assigns them to individuals using the condition builder. For more information, see Create a Health and Safety action schedule.
    11. In the Details tab, mark the risk assessment as complete when all associated risk analyses are finished.
      1. In the Assessment completed field, select the completion date.
      2. Set the State field to Complete.

    Ergebnisse

    • The overall level of risk, both before and after controls, is based on the severity and likelihood of each hazard that is listed in the Risk analyses tab. It is determined based on the highest identified risk in the Risk analyses list.​
    • The computed risk levels appear in the Inherent risk and Residual risk fields in the risk assessment's form header.

    Nächste Maßnahme

    After the risk assessment is complete, assign a reviewer and approver for it, if necessary. Only a user with the Risk assessment approver [sn_hs_rm.risk_assessment_approver] role can be assigned as an approver.