Risk assessment

Risk assessment examples

Each example is a completed risk assessment for one activity in one real workplace: the hazards, who could be harmed, the controls in place, the ratings before and after, and what was still to do. Open one, then edit it in the generator to match your own site.

Last reviewed 15 September 2026

• Office risk assessmentDraft, not yet reviewed6 hazards: slips, trips and falls on the same level, display screen equipment and desk work, electrical equipment and installations, fire, manual handling of loads, work related stress.
• Cleaning risk assessmentDraft, not yet reviewed6 hazards: slips, trips and falls on the same level, hazardous substances, lone working, manual handling of loads, electrical equipment and installations, working at height.
• Kitchen risk assessmentDraft, not yet reviewed7 hazards: slips, trips and falls on the same level, burns and scalds from hot surfaces, liquids and steam, knives, blades and sharp objects, fire, gas appliances and carbon monoxide, manual handling of loads, hazardous substances.
• Ladder risk assessmentDraft, not yet reviewed5 hazards: working at height, electrical equipment and installations, manual handling of loads, storage and falling objects, lone working.
• Hot works risk assessmentDraft, not yet reviewed6 hazards: fire and explosion from hot work, burns, eye damage and fume from welding and cutting, noise, hand arm vibration, manual handling of loads, electrical equipment and installations.
• Hairdressing salon risk assessmentDraft, not yet reviewed7 hazards: skin damage from wet work and products, slips, trips and falls on the same level, burns and scalds from hot surfaces, liquids and steam, electrical equipment and installations, prolonged standing and repetitive work, hazardous substances, fire.
• Care home risk assessmentDraft, not yet reviewed8 hazards: moving and handling people, infection and biological hazards, slips, trips and falls on the same level, violence, aggression and abuse, lone working, burns and scalds from hot surfaces, liquids and steam, hazardous substances, fire.