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Do you consider lighting in your workplace - is there is enough lighting around your workplace for you and your workers to be able to see and avoid hazards that might be on the ground? Don't forget to ask your workers what they think.

Remember that heat stress occurs when the body’s means of controlling its internal temperature starts to fail. Make sure your employees are aware of how to work safely in heat, the factors that can lead to heat stress, and how to reduce the risk of it occurring.

Don't forget that older workers bring a broad range of skills and experience to the workplace and often have better judgement and job knowledge, so looking after their health and safety makes good business sense.

When carrying out a risk assessment remember to think of how a risk could affect different groups such as young or inexperienced workers, pregnant workers, workers with disabilities, migrant workers or ageing workers. Remember to consider the whole of your supply chain.

The main hazards of working with electricity are electric shock and burns from contact with live parts, injury from exposure to arcing, fire from faulty equipment and explosion caused by unsuitable apparatus or static electricity igniting flammable vapours or dusts.

Vehicles at work: Once you have looked at the hazards and risks involved in carrying out a driving task at work, you then need to assess the likelihood that each threat will result in an incident or accident. You also need to assess the consequences of these.