Risk assessment templates
- Risk score before controls (likelihood x severity, out of 25)
- 16
- Residual risk score after controls
- 8
- Reduction from the controls, percent
- 50
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs you enter, by the method stated below it. The only constants DailyLogDesk supplies are the published reporting clocks and assessment steps, each cited where it is used. The defaults are a worked example to replace with your own.
Risk assessment templates for the tasks a small contractor actually does, in one shape: a header for the task, the site and the date, numbered hazard rows with who could be harmed, the likelihood and severity before and after the controls, the control itself and the person responsible, a findings block and a signed footer with a review date. The template on this site prints that shape filled with your task's rows rather than as a blank grid, free and without an account, and DailyLogDesk Pro keeps the set against each project.
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One shape for every task
The reason to use a template at all is that every assessment on the job reads the same way: the approver finds the scores in the same columns, the crew finds the controls in the same place, and a missing cell is visible as a gap. The template on this site is that one shape for roofing, excavation, hot works, electrical, manual handling and the rest, with the rows changing and the columns not.
Filled at the site, not at the desk
A template is filled after the walk, with the hazards that are there. Copying last month's rows for a different site produces an assessment that names a hazard the site does not have and misses one it does, and that is the assessment an investigator holds up. The template takes what you found and prints it; the findings are yours.
Scored before and after, out of 25
Every template on this site scores likelihood against severity before the controls and again after them, so the reduction is on the row and the person signing can see what the controls are doing. A template with one score column has hidden the only figure that matters.
Kept with the method statement and the briefing
The assessment is one part of the pack: the method statement applies its controls step by step, and the toolbox talk briefs them. Pro keeps the three together against the project, with the review date, and exports the pack when the client or the principal contractor asks for it.
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Risk assessment templates: common questions
Are the risk assessment templates free?
Yes. The template on this site prints a filled, scored assessment with no account and no card. Pro adds the record against the project, the method statement filed with it and the review reminder.
Can I use one template for every trade?
The shape, yes; the rows, no. The columns are the same for a roofer and an electrician; the hazards and the controls are not, and the rows come from the walk.
How often should a template be reviewed?
Whenever the task, the site or the people change, and at the review date on the footer regardless. Pro raises the review when it falls due.