Are you the manager of a design office?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with safety regulations?
 
Our Health and Safety Risk Assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to design offices.
→ A professional risk assessment specific to design offices.
→ Risk prevention proposals dedicated to design offices.
→ Integration of risks linked to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 23 occupational risk situations classified into 5 work units:
In the office
In the field
On the road
Customer contact
Working environment
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
The danger of working for long periods on a computer screen: Today's design offices require the daily use of computers. What's more, most of the company's administrative tasks, such as sending e-mails, also involve working on a computer. The result of these tasks is prolonged exposure to screens, which can represent a source of both short-term and long-term physical risks. The risks associated with working on a computer depend on a number of factors: distance from the screen, brightness of the screen and the room, type of screen used (LCD, OLED, cathode-ray, etc.). Not resting your eyes during the working day while staring into the distance increases the risk of developing vision problems. The main possible risks associated with prolonged computer screen use in the short term are fatigue, irritability, headaches, blurred vision, eyestrain and dry eyes. What's more, the use of close-up vision when working on the computer encourages certain long-term vision disorders, such as myopia.
 
The danger of prolonged sitting: These days, office work involves spending a large part of one's time working at the computer. For the overwhelming majority of employees, this means sitting in a static position for long periods of the day. Sitting for long periods of time is particularly associated with a number of physical hazards. The risks associated with prolonged sitting are present whenever employees have to work in the office for several hours a day. These risks can be further exacerbated by working in a position that is unsuitable for the individual (e.g., an office chair that is too high, or a desk that is too low, forcing the person to bend forward). Prolonged sitting can lead to various musculoskeletal disorders, such as neck stiffness and pain, sometimes with the onset of osteoarthritis, muscular pain in the trapezius area of the upper back, as well as varicose veins and venous circulation disorders. Prolonged sitting in a static position also has an effect on cardiac fitness and the shape of the body as a whole, due to a lack of movement.
 
The danger of falling on the same level: Although working in a design office involves sitting down for the majority of working time, staff can also be at risk from falling on the same level. Such falls occur in particular when moving around the premises to carry out various everyday tasks, such as going to the printer, consulting a colleague, and so on. The risks are particularly high on rainy days. The risk of falls is amplified when premises have degraded, slippery or uneven floors. The risks of falling on the same level are present every day, but are increased in certain contexts, notably: wet / damp floors (especially on rainy days), degraded or uneven floor coverings (broken tiles, sloping floors or presence of steps). Falls on the same level can cause physical damage such as bruises, lumbago, sprains, contusions, wounds and fractures. If the person falls down a staircase, forwards or backwards in the worst case, the consequences can be much more serious, with impacts all over the body, including the back and head, with the risk of head trauma and paralysis.
 
 
A GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_ Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES 
_ "Office environment hazards" by the University of Essex.