More ways to create and manage risk assessments

Create risk assessments from templates or with AI assistance

Different activities need different starting points. SafetyNest gives you several ways to create an assessment, so you can choose the approach that fits the work. You can:

• Use sector-relevant WorkNest templates to give your assessment a structured starting point.

• Build your own reusable templates around the people at risk, hazards and controls relevant to your organisation.

• Use AI assistance to create a first draft from a description of the activity you want to assess.

Where several sector templates are relevant, you can select them together and enter shared details once, reducing repeated admin.

Reusable templates also help you build on previous work. They provide a consistent structure for future assessments, while leaving the assessor to review and adapt the content to the activity being assessed.

Bring existing Word and PDF risk assessments into SafetyNest

Moving to risk assessment software shouldn’t mean starting again. SafetyNest lets you upload existing Word and PDF assessments to the central register and share them with colleagues for acknowledgement. This brings the documents you already use into one place, making them easier to find and manage.

The new AI scanning option goes a step further. It can use an existing Word or PDF assessment to create a draft template for future assessments within SafetyNest.

You can review and amend the template before using it, retaining useful content while building a more consistent approach.

Complete workplace risk assessments in one clear view

Our new single-page assessment view brings hazards, initial and residual risk scoring, controls, supporting evidence and resulting actions together.

This gives your assessor a clearer view of:

• The hazards identified and who could be affected.

• The controls already in place.

• The risk remaining after those controls are considered.

• Any further action needed.

Keeping these details together makes it easier to work through the assessment and see where further attention is required.

Keep supporting evidence and actions moving

Completing an assessment is an important step. Keeping the evidence behind it and following through on actions helps turn that assessment into practical risk management.

You can now attach photographs and documents to an assessment or to individual hazards, keeping supporting information close to the risk it relates to.

Actions are retained across assessment reviews, helping you maintain continuity as assessments are updated. Sharing and acknowledgement progress is also visible from the register, so you can see who has acknowledged each assessment.

When you need to share an assessment outside SafetyNest, completed assessments can be downloaded as professional PDFs using your organisation’s configured branding.

Together, these features give you a clearer record of what has been assessed, what has been shared and what still needs to happen.

AI-assisted risk assessment functionality, with your assessor in control

SafetyNest’s new AI functionality* helps reduce the time and effort involved in producing a first draft. Your assessor remains responsible for the final assessment.

AI assistance can help draft hazards and controls, while the assessor reviews and adapts the content to reflect the work being done. Risk scores are deliberately left blank for the assessor to complete.

*AI-generated content must be reviewed and validated by the appropriate person before an assessment is finalised or relied upon.

The result is a practical starting point, supported by competent human judgement.

Combine software for risk assessments with WorkNest expertise

SafetyNest is included as part of our Health & Safety service, helping you put expert advice into practice and keep risk management moving.

Its expanded functionality gives you practical tools to create and manage assessments, maintain supporting evidence and follow actions through. Alongside the software, our Health & Safety experts provide guidance and support within the scope of your service.

From identifying hazards to keeping track of improvements, SafetyNest helps you manage risk as an ongoing part of running your organisation.