Risk & Hazard Assessments
Systematic identification, evaluation, and control of workplace hazards to protect your workforce and ensure compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Why Risk Assessments Matter
A Legal Requirement and a Business Imperative
Section 8 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993) requires every employer to provide and maintain a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of employees. Risk assessments are the foundation of this obligation.
A thorough risk assessment identifies what could go wrong in the workplace, evaluates the likelihood and severity of each hazard, and determines practical control measures to eliminate or reduce those risks. Without them, businesses operate blind to the dangers their workers face daily.
Our SACPCMP-registered professionals conduct structured risk assessments across construction, mining, manufacturing, and service contracting environments, ensuring every hazard is identified, rated, and controlled before it causes harm.
Our Approach
Types of Risk Assessments
The OHS Act and its regulations require different types of risk assessments at different stages. We conduct all three to ensure comprehensive hazard management.
Baseline Risk Assessments
A comprehensive assessment conducted at the start of operations or when a new activity is introduced. It establishes the foundational risk profile for your workplace and identifies all potential hazards before work begins.
- Full workplace hazard profiling
- Risk rating and prioritisation
- Control measure recommendations
Issue-Based Risk Assessments
Targeted assessments conducted in response to specific concerns such as incidents, near-misses, changes in processes or equipment, new legislation, or identified non-conformances. These address particular risk areas in focused detail.
- Post-incident hazard analysis
- Process change risk evaluation
- Focused corrective action plans
Continuous Risk Assessments
Ongoing, day-to-day assessments performed by workers and supervisors before and during tasks. These ensure that changing conditions, new hazards, and real-time risks are identified and managed as they arise on site.
- Pre-task risk evaluation tools
- Real-time hazard identification
- Worker empowerment and engagement
What You Receive
Risk Assessment Deliverables
Every risk assessment engagement produces comprehensive, audit-ready documentation that satisfies legal requirements and supports ongoing safety management.
Hazard Identification Surveys
Detailed walk-through surveys documenting every identified hazard with location, description, and photographic evidence.
Risk Rating Matrices
Structured probability-severity matrices that quantify and prioritise risks, enabling informed decision-making on resource allocation.
Control Measure Implementation
Practical, hierarchy-of-controls-based recommendations with clear responsibilities, timelines, and verification criteria.
Safe Work Procedures
Step-by-step safe work procedures developed from risk assessment findings, tailored to your specific tasks and workplace conditions.
Risk Assessment Registers
Centralised registers tracking all identified risks, their ratings, assigned controls, responsible persons, and review dates for audit readiness.
Ongoing Risk Monitoring
Scheduled review cycles with our coordinators to monitor control effectiveness, track emerging risks, and update assessments as conditions change.
Management Review Reports
Executive-level reports summarising risk status, trends, control effectiveness, and recommendations for management review and strategic planning.
The Pro Safety Difference
How Our Team Approach Helps
Risk assessments are only as good as the team behind them. Our three-department structure ensures every assessment is thorough, well-documented, and actively maintained.
Professionals Design
SACPCMP-registered professionals design the risk assessment methodology, conduct baseline assessments, and ensure every finding meets legal and industry standards.
Coordinators Monitor
On-site coordinators perform continuous risk assessments daily, monitor control measure effectiveness, and identify new hazards as conditions change on the ground.
Admin Documents
Centralised admin maintains risk registers, tracks review schedules, distributes updated procedures, and keeps all documentation audit-ready at all times.
Protect Your Workforce with Professional Risk Assessments
Contact us for a free consultation. Our SACPCMP-registered professionals will assess your workplace and recommend a risk management programme tailored to your operations.