Health and Safety Risk Assessment Consultants
Risk assessment is the process of identifying, analysing, and evaluating potential hazards in a workplace to minimise risks. It is a key part of risk management, helping to create a safe environment by introducing control measures, reducing accidents, and ensuring compliance with safety legislation for both employees and visitors.
Bravanark Network are health and safety consultants who provide professional support with workplace risk assessments. Our safety experts make sure your assessments are suitable and sufficient, giving you peace of mind that your business meets its legal requirements.
What is a risk assessment?
A risk assessment is a careful examination of anything in your workplace that could cause injury or ill health. It involves deciding who might be harmed, how likely it is that something could go wrong, and what the consequences would be.
Once you know what the risks are and how significant they may be, you can focus on cutting them out or putting control measures in place to reduce them.
Control of health and safety risks is essential for preventing accidents. Thinking carefully about what might cause harm in your company, and recording it in a risk assessment form, shows that your business has taken suitable and sufficient steps to protect staff and others.
Why carry out a risk assessment?
As an employer, you are required by law to protect your employees and others from harm.
Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the minimum you must do is:
- Identify what could cause injury or illness in your business (hazards)
- Decide how likely it is that someone could be harmed and how seriously (the risk)
- Take action to eliminate the hazard, or if this is not possible, control the risk
Assessing risk is one part of the wider process used to control risks in your workplace, and it demonstrates compliance with your legal duties as an employer.
How can accidents be prevented?
You can never rule out every accident, but you can reduce the likelihood and consequences by:
- Eliminating the hazard where possible
- Reducing or substituting the hazard
- Preventing contact with the hazard through barriers or safeguards
- Introducing a safe system of work
- Providing personal protective equipment (PPE) when needed
These actions are part of effective risk management and help make sure your workplace complies with safety legislation.
Benefits of our risk assessment service
Our consultants will guide you through the risk assessment process and ensure it is completed properly.
We help you identify:
- Hazards in your workplace
- Who might be harmed and how
- What you already do to control risks
- What actions you need to take to remove or reduce risks
Bravanark Network not only assist you in carrying out risk assessments but can also provide health safety training on request, so your staff can learn how to complete them in-house. This gives you flexibility, reduces costs, and builds safety knowledge within your business.
Why Bravanark Network?
Bravanark Network are experienced risk assessment consultants with over 25 years of industry experience. Our team is IOSH-trained, giving you confidence and peace of mind that your business is supported by qualified safety experts who understand current best practice.
By choosing us as your risk assessment consultant, you gain:
- Expert compliance: reassurance that your assessments are suitable, sufficient, and meet all legal requirements
- Tailored advice: guidance specific to your workplace, industry, and staff
- Effective control measures: practical steps that reduce risk and improve safety standards
- Ongoing support: help with risk assessment forms, documentation, reviews and day-to-day queries
- Health & safety training: the option for us to train your staff to carry out assessments in-house
With Bravanark Network, you don’t just meet the law. You gain trusted safety experts with decades of experience, making risk management simple and protecting your business from avoidable risks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Employers are legally responsible for making sure risk assessments are carried out. They can delegate this to trained staff, or appoint an external health and safety consultant to complete them.
A risk assessment consultant is a safety expert who helps businesses identify hazards, put control measures in place, and comply with safety legislation.
Yes, if you have the right knowledge and time, you can complete a risk assessment yourself. However, many employers choose to work with consultants like Bravanark to ensure the assessment is thorough, recorded correctly, and legally compliant.
Costs depend on the size of your business and the complexity of the risks involved. Bravanark provides cost-effective support tailored to your workplace.
Risk assessments should be reviewed regularly, at least once a year, and whenever there are significant changes such as new equipment, processes, or staff.
Yes. Completing suitable and sufficient risk assessments is a legal requirement under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
A risk assessment is not a pass/fail test, but if hazards are missed or not managed correctly, your business may be found non-compliant. Working with Bravanark helps ensure your assessments meet the required standard.
