A risk assessment sheet is one page for one task, and the page has eight columns and three blocks. The columns, one row per hazard: hazard, who is at risk, how, likelihood, severity, control, residual risk, further action. The blocks: the header with the task, site, author and dates; the significant findings; the signatures and the review date. 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 template on this site prints the sheet from your task, free and without an account.
The eight columns
Hazard from the walk; who is at risk and how; likelihood and severity on a short scale; the specific control; the residual risk after it; the further action with an owner and a date. A sheet with fewer columns usually drops the residual risk or the action, and the auditor notices.
One task per sheet
The roof and the trench do not share a sheet; a sheet that covers both is read by a crew that needs one. The site has a set of sheets, one per task, referenced by the method statements. The method statement for the task references the sheet by its number.
The findings and the footer
The significant findings in a few lines, as regulation 3, cited below, requires; the author's and reviewer's signatures; the review date and the trigger events. An assessment reviewed by its own author has not been checked, and the footer's two signature lines are there to prevent it.
Kept
Against the job, in its version, with the method statement built from it. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps the sheets; the template prints them. 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 sheet
Can a sheet be more than one page?
For a task with many hazards, yes; the columns stay the same.
Should the sheet be signed by the crew?
The RAMS is signed at the briefing; the sheet is signed by the author and the reviewer.
Is the template free?
Yes, without an account.