Risk management and assessment
Keeping employees safe and healthy at work is essential for the continuity of your business. But how do you know what risks are lurking in your company? And what measures should you take to avoid accidents or mental and physical health problems? A well-defined plan starts with a thorough risk assessment. We’ll assist you through the entire process.
Risk assessment as the foundation
To know what to focus on in your wellbeing and risk prevention policy, you first need to understand the various hazards and risks in your workplace. It makes sense, doesn’t it? You identify these risks with a risk assessment.
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Specifically, you identify all the possible hazards to which your employees could be exposed. That might include noise, falls from great heights, physical strain or hazardous substances, but also stress or non-ergonomically designed workstations. In order to be systematic, you look at various key aspects of wellbeing, such as safety, health, mental wellbeing, ergonomics or occupational hygiene.
Specific hazards? Additional risk assessments!
Some risks are very complex or specific, or may arise on an exceptional basis in your company. When this is the case, it’s not always easy to come up with a proper assessment and suitable measures yourself. Don’t worry: our experts know all the ins and outs of the seven wellbeing categories and will be happy to support you with these more specialised risk assessments.
In addition, your organisation may have employees with a specific status: temporary employees (e.g. agency workers, interns, subcontractors), newcomers, pregnant or breastfeeding women, young people or people with disabilities. They are particularly vulnerable, for example due to their limited experience with your work processes, equipment and machinery. You need to take these special employee categories into account in your risk assessment.
What is risk management?
OK, so you have a comprehensive risk assessment – and maybe even a few extra assessments for the special categories. Job done? Unfortunately not: you also need to manage, monitor and evaluate the risks. What about the assessments, then? You must update them whenever anything changes in your organisation. Examples: the commissioning of new machinery, a change in your team structure, a serious work accident, a switch to hybrid working etc.
Tip: Clients can find useful templates and diagrams to get started with on MyMensura.
Our are always ready to help or take over, too.Relevant training courses
Mensura offers various practical training courses that cover risk assessment and management, both generally and with a focus on specific areas.
From risk assessment to prevention plan
Based on the identified risks, you then develop your wellbeing policy:
A General Risk Prevention Plan: your strategy for health, safety and wellbeing over the next five years.
The Annual Action Plan: specific actions and measures you will use in the coming year in line with your overall risk prevention plan.
Tip: During the company visit, your external risk prevention advisor will provide you with even more insight into the risks in your workplace. This will make it easier for you to set the right priorities in your plans.
Mensura can help you assess and manage risks
Don’t have the right expertise in-house to identify and correctly assess all risks? Lack the time or inclination? Need someone to run your ideas past? Whatever your obstacle, we’re here to remove it. From comprehensive advice to complete support.