Read the entire article. Outline the risk assessment process using the following scenario.

Scenario:

You are the office manager who carries out the risk assessment at your company, which provides management and financial consultancy services, and which leases two stories of a ten-story office block.

Eighteen staff work at the company; one is a wheelchair user. The offices contain typical office furniture and equipment. There is a staff kitchen, where drinks can be prepared and food heated, and there are toilet and washing facilities on each floor.

The offices are cleaned every evening by general office cleaning contractors. They store the cleaning materials in a locked cupboard.

The office block was built before 2000. The landlord has surveyed the building for the presence of asbestos and has shared the findings of this survey with all of the tenants. Asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) were found but were in good condition and in places where they were not likely to be damaged, worked on, or disturbed, so it was decided to leave them in place.

The office block is locked from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday to Friday and at weekends, although 24 hour/7 days a week security cover is provided.

Steps:

1. What are the hazards?
2. Who might be harmed and how?
3. What are we doing?
4. What is further action necessary?
5. How are we going to put the assessment into action?