Risk Assessment Templates

The risk assessment templates are the documents the HSE officer reaches for first, and the ones most often done badly because the template on the internet is a box to tick, not a method to follow. This category is the working version: the general five-step, the 5-step with the sections labelled, the generic six-column, the office-specific, the issue-based per task, and the risk register. Each one follows the five steps, each one scores on the standard 5×5, and each one prints as a signed, dated document.

Which template for which job: the general risk assessment is the workplace document, the one the inspection opens. The 5-step template keeps the method in the order the HSE intends, with each step a labelled section. The generic template is the six-column version for the small workplace and the new assessor. The office template is the five steps aimed at the desk workplace, with the DSE lines carried. The issue-based template is the per-task document, the one that sits next to the JSA. And the risk register is where the significant lines go after the assessment, with the owner and the date.

Every template in this category works the same way: fill it in in your browser, add or remove the lines the job needs, print it as a signed, dated document or export the rows to CSV. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account. The professional version — the sign-off, the audit, the training — runs through umer-hse.pro.

The printable risk assessment is the five-by-five on paper, and the paper that holds is built on the same discipline as the tool. The hazard is the real one from the walk, not the one from the example. The people are the real people — the new, the old, the injured, the contractor. The control is the specific one — the guard that is there, the isolation that is done, the training that is given — not the sentence that applies to everything. The initial score is before the control, the residual score is after, and the gap is what the control is worth. The sign-off is the chain — the prepared, the checked, the approved — and the review date is the trigger list, not the anniversary.

The OSHA side runs the same assessment under the general duty and the industry standards, and the document that travels between the two is the one with the numbers and the names in it. The UK test of "suitable and sufficient" is the same as the OSHA test of a program that works on the floor — the assessment that matches the workplace, and the workplace that matches the assessment. The template that fails is the one where every risk is low and every control is a copy — the auditor sees it in ten minutes, and so does the worker.

The templates in this section are the working assessments: the general risk assessment, the five-step with the bands, the COSHH with the exposure data, the fire risk assessment, the DSE, and the JSA. Each one is printable and editable, with the five-by-five built in and the sign-off chain built in. For the audit of the whole assessment system, the professional work runs through umer-hse.pro.

• The initial score before the control, the residual after — the gap is the value of the control
• The control is the specific one: the guard that is there, the isolation that is done, the training that is given
• The sign-off chain: the prepared, the checked, the approved
• The review date is the trigger list, not the anniversary