Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, every employer must carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment of the risks to employees and others affected by their work. For higher-risk or project-based work — particularly in construction, manufacturing and contracting — a risk assessment method statement (RAMS) sets out not just the hazards, but exactly how the work will be carried out safely.
Too many risk assessments and RAMS are written once, filed, and never looked at again — or copied from a generic template that doesn't match what actually happens on site. We write them to be used: clear enough for the person doing the job to follow, and specific enough to hold up under scrutiny after an incident or during a client or principal contractor audit.
You need up-to-date task and workplace risk assessments covering machinery, manual handling, COSHH and site-specific hazards.
You need RAMS for specific jobs or sites, often to satisfy a principal contractor or client before work can start.
Assessments covering your actual processes, equipment and site conditions — not a generic library.
Clear, step-by-step method statements that match how the work will really be carried out.
Documented safe systems for higher-risk or non-routine tasks, linked to training and supervision.
Risk assessments that correctly account for hazardous substances in use on site.
Review of assessments and RAMS before submission to a client, principal contractor or auditor.
Risk assessments built to slot directly into an ISO 45001 management system, if you hold or want certification.
We walk the process or site with you (remotely or in person) to understand the real hazards involved.
We draft the risk assessment or method statement in plain language your team will actually read.
We review the draft with supervisors or operatives to check it matches reality before sign-off.
We issue the final documents, brief the team if needed, and set a review date so they stay current.
Yes. UK law requires every employer to carry out suitable and sufficient risk assessments under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and to record the significant findings if you have five or more employees.
As a minimum, whenever the work, equipment, substances or personnel change, or after an incident or near miss — and periodically even if nothing has obviously changed, typically annually for stable processes.
A risk assessment identifies hazards and evaluates the risk; a RAMS (risk assessment method statement) goes further by also specifying, step by step, exactly how a specific job or task will be carried out safely — commonly required for construction and project-based work.
Yes — turnaround depends on complexity, but we regularly produce project-specific RAMS to tight client or principal contractor deadlines.
We quote a fixed price based on the number and complexity of assessments or RAMS needed, agreed after a free scoping call.
Most of our clients need more than one of these — here's what tends to go together.
Occupational health & safety management system implementation and certification.
Control of substances and fire risk support to close common compliance gaps.
Root-cause investigation and RIDDOR reporting that stands up to scrutiny.
Your outsourced, retained health & safety adviser — the 'competent person' the law requires.
Tell us about your site, process or project and we'll quote a fixed price to get you covered.
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