Risk assessment method statements, in the plural, are the set a job carries: one per task with significant risk, each an assessment and a method in one file, each approved by the site and signed by the crew, kept together against the job. The roof, the trench, the lift, the demolition, each with its own. 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 each from its own task's figures, free and without an account.
One per task
Different hazards, different crews, different controls; a RAMS that covers two tasks is read by a crew that needs one. 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 set
Job, site, the list of tasks, and for each the approved version, the sign-on, the review date. The principal contractor asks for the set under CDM, cited below; the inspector asks for the one in force on the day.
Consistent across the set
The same site emergency procedure, the same permit system, the same hospital in every one, because they sit under one plan. A set with different hospitals was assembled from old jobs. The same hazard on two tasks carries the same control in both.
Current
A task that changes gets a new version and a new sign-on; the old version stays. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps the set with versions; the tool prints each. From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: SafetyCulture lists its Premium plan at $29 per seat per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with a free plan for small teams; Contractor Foreman lists its Basic plan at $49 per month for one user. DailyLogDesk Pro is $29 per month for the whole site team.
Questions people ask about risk assessment method statements
How many does a job carry?
One per task with significant risk; five to ten over a small build.
Should the set be sent to the client?
The principal contractor holds it; the client sees it on request and the file at the end.
Is the tool free?
Yes, without an account.