Method statement risk assessment, said in that order, is the same document as a risk assessment and method statement, and the order of the words hides the order of the work: the assessment is written first because it finds the controls, and the method second because it applies them. One document, one header, two halves cross-referenced by hazard number, one sign-on. The HSE's guidance, cited below, gives risk assessment as five steps: identify hazards, assess the risks, control the risks, record your findings, review the controls, and says that if you employ 5 or more people you must record your significant findings. The risk assessment and method statement tool on this site prints it from your task's figures, free and without an account.
The assessment half
Site-specific hazards, each with who is at risk and how, the likelihood and severity, the control and the residual risk, and the significant findings as a block. Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, cited below, requires every employer to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of their employees, and regulation 3(6) requires an employer with five or more employees to record the significant findings and any group of employees especially at risk.
The method half
The steps in order, setting up, doing, making safe, with the control from the assessment named at the step by its hazard number, and the plant, permits, PPE and emergency arrangements around them. A method that does not reference the assessment is one where a control can go missing unseen.
The cross-reference
Hazard one's control appears at step four; hazard two's at step five. Run down the method and every hazard's number appears somewhere, or the document has a gap. The tool on this site carries the numbers through automatically.
The sign-on and the file
The crew signs the version they were briefed on; the signed document is kept against the job with the review date. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps it; the free tool prints it. On a managed site the principal contractor approves it under CDM, cited below.
Questions people ask about method statement risk assessment
Which half does the crew read?
Both, briefed together; they follow the method and the assessment is why each step is there.
Can the two be separate files?
They can; one file with the cross-reference is what approvers prefer and what stops them disagreeing.
Is the tool free?
Yes, without an account.