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Can someone please advise..
I am a little confused here. Is a risk register a document with all risk from existing risk assessment or is it a document for a new project listing from start to finish what could happen etc... if someone could forward a link to a template
Much appreciated
Imran
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It depends on context. In construction, it's fairly common to have a single risk register that draws together H&S risks from multiple different sources (e.g. differnet designers and contractors) into a single register that covers the whole project. It's probably more common in some sectors than in others. I'm not sure how useful that is in practice - most people won't run to the risk register each time they think about doing something. If you have a single federated BIM model for a project it's possibly more useful, since (with appropriate intelligence) the model can possibly filter and present likely-relevant items (or at least physically nearby issues).
In other contexts it could be something else - in project management there is often a 'risk register' that has things like programme over-run and financial risks - not H&S at all.
In the UK, I don't believe it's a statutorily defined document across all workplaces, so it can probably be whatever the person / organisation that created it wants it to be. Perhaps if you could say more about teh context your contemplating then it would be easier to comment.
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Typically, a risk register is document(management tool) that lists all the most serious risks that a business or area has to deal with. Typically, an assessment is made of the level of that risk and whether it is sufficiently controlled and indicated with RAG rating RED -not controlled, AMBER partially controlled, GREEN largely controlled. The organisation should then prioritise the risks , starting with the REDs.
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I work in a soft play centre and also a trampoline park, so how would i use this risk register in the work place, would this have to be used on a specific build, for example we recently removed an airbag from the trampoline area, replaced this with a go cart track and a football court above it. Could i have applied it here? Could anyone please supply a copy of a risk registerbto better understand it.
Thanks in advance.
Imran
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Risk registers come in all sorts of forms and with all sorts of scopes. What is in common to them is that they list risks together with some kind of score for each risk. They might also include what is in place to deal with the risk and what else needs to be done.
As already mentioned, risk registers are not necessarily focused on health and safety risks. A business or a project will often have a risk register that identifies the things that could go wrong that would have a serious consequence, things such as cyber attacks and supply chain interruptions and loss of key personnel and all the rest. Risk of injury or ill-health is sometimes just one line in such a risk register. At a purely H&S level, you could list out all the risks identified in your risk assessments and rank, prioritise and monitor them using a register. But first you should ask, what is the value in doing this? From what you've described, a risk register doesn't leap out as an obvious must-have.
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Following on from Kate’s answer: is someone telling you that you need a risk register or is this something that you have thought about yourself? A risk register is a useful management tool; it will enable you to prioritise your works etc. So, replacing some wooden benching that might create a splitter hazard would be given a lower risk rating than ensuring that the soft play area stays up when 50 kids are using it. In most cases its just a sanity check but sometimes it might bring up something you haven’t thought of. As an end in itself, it has no value at all.
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