Risk · UK duty guide
Hazard register
Every hazard on the job, and the control that sits against it.
On the file
Each hazard on the job, where it is, who it affects, and the control against it.
Duty
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Where it is used
On the job, the day the hazard is found.
What the duty covers
- What the hazard is, where it is, and who it affects.
- The control in place, and whether it is enough.
- It feeds the risk assessment. It is not a separate list the office keeps.
On the file
- What the hazard is
- Where it is on the job
- Who it affects
- The control in place
- Whether that control is enough
- The link into the risk assessment
How this duty should sit
These notes describe how the duty can sit on a digital record. This page is a guide to a UK duty. It is not a screen in EHSync Safety.
- A new hazard on site is on the register the same day.
- The control and the owner are already there. You are not reconciling two lists.
The duty
The UK law we work to, by name.
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
The assessment has to identify the hazards. The register is that list, kept current.
Who uses it
The supervisor adds it. The safety lead checks the control is enough.
Sits with
It is the list the risk assessment is written from. It is not a second list kept in the office.
What good looks like
A new hazard is on the register the same day, with a control and an owner.
Also in Risk
All guides- Risk assessmentsThe hazard, the score, the control, and the date it has to be looked at again.
- COSHHThe substance on the task, not a folder of data sheets in the cabin.
- Substance registerWhat is on site, and where it is stored.
- Manual handlingThe load, the person, and the control.
- Working at heightThe task, the access, and the fall control.
- DSEThe workstation assessment, and the date it is due again.