Do you have remote workers?
Are you looking for a specific risk assessment adapted to teleworking?
A health and safety risk assessment already completed with all risks?
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 remote workers.
→ A professional risk assessment specific to this work mode.
→ Proposals for risk prevention, including psychosocial risks.
→ Assessment of risks caused by coronavirus contamination (COVID-19).
 
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 18 occupational risk situations classified into 4 work units:
Office work
Workstation cleaning
Working environment
Work premises
 
☑ 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 reduced social contact and less recognition for one's work: Generally speaking, telecommuting tends to isolate employees for two reasons: people have less opportunity for face-to-face exchanges than they do in person, and text messaging (e.g. e-mail / instant messaging) is often preferred to voice / video exchanges. This isolation due to telecommuting can be difficult for some employees, especially those who need to establish social relations with their colleagues, or to be recognized by their superiors in order to feel good in their day-to-day work. The deterioration in social relations and recognition at work can occur with each employee, with very different timing. For the most sociable people, it will generally manifest itself more quickly. People with a more "solitary" temperament may be affected, but at a later stage. It is entirely possible to counteract the isolation of telecommuting by making calls/videoconferences to exchange ideas with colleagues, both on and off the job.
 
The danger of prolonged sitting: Like all office work, telecommuting involves sitting in a static position for long periods of the day. Sitting in this position for long periods of time is a major source of physical risks for employees. The furniture used for teleworking will have a major influence on the possible onset of pain. The risks associated with working in a prolonged seated position are present every day for telecommuters. Working from home usually means using the furniture available at home. As this furniture is not always ergonomic, it can exacerbate the physical damage caused by prolonged static sitting (e.g. a kitchen chair with no adjustments replacing an office chair). Prolonged sitting is a vector of various Musculoskeletal Disorders, such as neck stiffness and pain, sometimes leading to 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 prolonged computer work: Telecommuting almost systematically requires you to be on the computer all day long. The result is prolonged exposure to the computer screen, which is a source of physical risk. What's more, telecommuting can increase this risk if staff have no external monitor and have to work on small laptops. The risks associated with working on a computer depend on a number of factors: distance from the screen, brightness of the screen and of the workroom, type of screen used (LCD, OLED, cathode-ray, etc.). Working on a computer with a small screen means straining the user's eyes, which increases the risks.
 
 
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 
_ "Psychosocial Hazards & Remote Working" by Health and Safety Authority.