HSE Better Business

for small businesses

Simple steps

To help maintain your new health and safety initiative remember to:

  • Consult employees
  • Report work-related accidents

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Five stepsStep 1: Assess risk

Assess the risk of accident and ill health occurring to your employees in your workplace.

For more information on assessing risks in the workplace, read our Five Steps to Risk Assessment online leaflet.

Try this!

Here's a leaflet to help employers and self-employed people assess risks in the workplace. It is aimed at commercial, service, and light industrial sectors:

Five Steps to Risk Assessment