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Template for the risk assessment of the psychosocial work environment

An Excel template for the risk assessment chapter 1A of the regulation on the performance of work requires: one row per factor the law names, with the legal basis, likelihood and consequence, risk level, reasoning and measures. In Norwegian.

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What the template contains

  • How to use it: what the regulation requires, the three things to assess, and a way of working in four steps
  • Risk assessment: the eleven factors from the Act and the regulation, with their legal basis, ready set up. Risk and level are calculated
  • Risk matrix: likelihood × consequence, with suggested scales you can adapt
  • Action plan: measure, owner, deadline, status and how you will see whether it worked

What the regulation requires

«On the basis of the mapping, the employer shall assess the risk of harmful effects, both in the short and the long term. The risk assessment shall cover the individual factors separately, how they affect one another, and whether together they amount to a risk.»
Regulation on the performance of work § 1A-2, second and third paragraphs (our translation)

The assessment is done in cooperation with employees and their representatives, repeated regularly and when things change, and documented. The template is made to show exactly that.

How to use it

  1. Step 1Flagthe factors and groups that score weakly, or that have fallen since the previous mapping.
  2. Step 2Assesseach of them: how serious could it become, how many does it affect, and how long has it lasted? Use both the statements behind the figures and what employees say.
  3. Step 3Look for connectionsdo some factors reinforce each other in the same group? Is anything protective?
  4. Step 4Concludewith a risk level and a brief justification, and let the conclusion determine which measures come first.

Read more about how to assess the risk in the psychosocial work environment.

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How do you carry out a risk assessment of the psychosocial working environment?How to assess psychosocial risk under § 1A-2 of the Norwegian regulation: what must be assessed, a four-step approach and what has to be documented.Read the article →What are the requirements for mapping the psychosocial working environment?Employers must map the psychosocial working environment, assess risk and act. Where the duty is found, who takes part and what must be documented.Read the article →

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