Risk Assessment Template
Carrying out risk assessments helps ensure your business is operating in a safe manner, as well as complying
with the law.
This risk assessment template will help you identify hazards and risks associated with the day-to-day tasks in
your pig unit.
Health and safety laws are not expecting all risks to be eliminated in the workplace but a risk assessment is a
simple examination of what can cause people harm in the workplace and whether enough precautions are being
taken to reduce risk.
The risk assessment template below can be downloaded and edited to use specifically in your business. BPEX
recommends reading its Health and Safety for Pig Keepers guide to help with this.
Risk Assessment Template
Task
Describe in detail
the task.
Hazard
List the possible
hazards that could
arise from this
task.
Likelihood
Severity
Score the
likelihood of the
hazard arising.
Score the severity
of the hazard
should it occur.
Score 1-3: 1= not
likely, 3= very
likely
Score 1-3: 1=not
severe, 3=very
severe
Risk Rating
Score the risk.
Score 1-3: 1= no
risk, 3=high risk
Action Required
Date Completed
Note the action
required, by when
and by whom.
Fill out when
actions have been
completed.