Posted By MichaelM James Be careful as I have heard the HSE do not like dymanic Risk Assessments. Make sure they are backed up where possible by full documented RA's. Michael

Posted By Frank Hallett Hi James. Both of the earlier respondants have provided accurate advice. You don't identify what sort of business that you're in, so it's difficult to offer really focussed advice. However, unless you are in a business where staff must react to sudden and changing life-threatening events [emergency services, security, emergency response teams for confined spaces etc]; I would suggest that you can only allow limited autonomy for staff to make decisions without there being a formally documented procedure that records the variables found, their perception of the actual risk and what they do about it. As an extension of that, I would like to remind you that the emergency services don't just undertake dynamic RA's based solely upon their training; there are also extremely explicit [and quite prescriptive] instructions regarding the limits to which the individual can apply the on-the-spot dynamic RA - the rules of disengagement rather than engagement! You should ensure that you have built in the same clear rules that identify just how far your staff can go and the circumstances that will require them to access additional supoort before you proceed along your intended action. Frank Hallett