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Risk assessment register template

One line per activity assessed: where it applies, the hazards covered, the highest remaining risk and when it is next due for review. Print the blank, or build the register online from the assessments you make here.

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Last reviewed 20 September 2026

Example: a risk assessment register
RefActivityLocationHazardsHighest residual risk
RA-001Office workFirst floor office, 42 Market Street66See the assessment
RA-004Commercial cleaningClient office, Riverside House, all three floors and the ground floor entrance66See the assessment
RA-002Commercial kitchenGround floor kitchen, dry store, walk in fridge and rear yard for deliveries and bins78See the assessment
RA-007Working from ladders and stepladdersCustomers' premises, indoors and outdoors, varying every day55See the assessment
RA-012Hot works: welding, cutting and grindingWorkshop at Unit 4, Bridge Road, and customers' sites by arrangement66See the assessment
RA-001Hairdressing salonGround floor salon, 18 High Street: six chairs, two backwash basins, colour mixing area, staff room and store76See the assessment
RA-003Residential care homeMeadow View, all floors, kitchen, laundry, sluice rooms, gardens and car park88See the assessment
RA-004Water system in a small building2 Mill Lane, both floors and the loft35See the assessment

Assessments you make in the generator are saved to your own register, with revisions, open actions and review dates.

Why keep a register

An inspector, an auditor or a client asks for the register first and then picks assessments from it. It is the list that shows every activity has been assessed, when, by whom, and when it is next due. Without one you have a folder of documents and no way to show nothing is missing.

What it holds

  • The reference and the activity, so a document can be found.
  • Where it applies and which team, so a larger site can filter it.
  • The hazards covered and the highest remaining risk, so the worst ones can be found first.
  • Open actions, with an owner and a date, so what is still to do is visible without opening each document.
  • The date of assessment, the last review and the next review, with earlier revisions kept.

Review dates

Review sooner than the date if the activity, the equipment or the people doing it change, or after an accident or near miss. In the online register each line turns amber as its review approaches and red when it is due, and you can add the date to your calendar.

Paper or online

The blank PDF above is a landscape table with the columns listed. The online register builds itself from the assessments you make in the generator, keeps revisions and open actions, and exports to CSV. It is saved in your browser, with a backup file you can restore on another device.