Safer work starts with better knowledge.

Describe the work in an order that reflects how it happens.

Include workers, visitors, contractors and the public.

Consider normal work, foreseeable failures and non-routine tasks.

Include exposure and long-term health effects alongside injury risks.

Check whether listed precautions actually exist and work.

Consider removing the hazard before relying on behaviour or PPE.

Ask experienced workers about practical difficulties and hidden hazards.

Adapt the assessment to the actual work location.

Include hazards created by other teams and nearby activities.

Assign a person responsible for each necessary precaution.

Reassess the risk after planned controls are in place.

Consider foreseeable emergencies and required response arrangements.

Use language and formats the work team understands.

Review after changes, incidents or evidence of ineffective controls.

Agree conditions that require work to pause.

Check the task against the assessment at the workface.

Keep the assessment concise enough to guide the task.

Which serious hazard could still harm someone despite the listed controls?