FAQ: The 3 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Risk Assessment Templates

What Are the Advantages of Using a Digital Risk Assessment Template?

Using the Lumiform tool, you can immediately share your templates with all relevant employees and stakeholders. They can access it at any time and from any location via their smartphone and tablet and immediately perform an onsite assessment. At the same time, a digital template gives you the additional advantage of incorporating changes to your risk assessment form so that all employees always have the latest version at their fingertips. By capturing data online with Lumiform, you eliminate cluttered paperwork and streamline the workflow from data collection and analysis reporting to saving time that can be better spent on other workplace safety issues.

For Which Industries Can I Use a Risk Analysis Form Template?

In Lumiform’s template library, you will find suitable risk assessment templates for the office, templates for safety on construction sites, templates for manufacturing, the laboratory, and other areas that you can apply immediately to your workplace. There are specific use cases, such as workplace ergonomics, risk assessment for working alone, information systems, or patient fall risk, to list just a few examples. Suppose you don’t find the correct one among our templates. In that case, Lumiform’s innovative online form builder allows you to create a custom template for your purposes in just a few steps. You don’t need any design or programming skills. Learn more on how to create a risk assessment checklist.

What Information Should I Include in a Risk Analysis Form Template?

When trying to determine what type of information you should include in your risk assessment, it can be helpful to look at a few examples. Our general risk assessment template and dynamic risk assessment template can give you a solid idea of the basics. Each use case comes with its own set of requirements, but here’s a list of the main criterion you’ll need to include in every risk analysis form:

• General description of the tasks and locations being audited
• A list of hazards, risks, and controls
• A risk matrix reference
• A hiacrhy of controls reference
• Recommendations

There are two ways you can approach writing a risk assessment: 1) Create a long, detailed document containing all locations, risks, and hazards, or 2) Break down the risks and hazards based on their location into separate checklist templates. We recommend the second option because it accounts for the limited attention span of employees and breaks tasks down into more manageable pieces. With Lumiform, you can create and use as many checklist templates as is necessary to fulfill your documentation obligations, so you can choose whichever option best suits your business model.