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A GUIDE TO RISK ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS Common provisions in health and safety law INTRODUCTION Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (Management Regulations); 1 This guide is intended for employers and self- employed people who have duties under health and Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 safety law to assess risks in the workplace. Read it if (Manual Handling Regulations); you want to know more about the law. It shows how the risk assessment provisions in different regulations Personal Protective Equipment at Work are linked together and what they add up to. Regulations 1992 (PPE); WHY THIS GUIDE? Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (Display Screen Regulations); 2 The HSE leaflet Five steps to risk assessment gives practical guidance to employers and self- Noise at Work Regulations 1989 (Noise employed people on how to assess risks and record Regulations); the findings of the assessment. This guide complements Five steps. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (COSHH); 3 Many of you have found Five steps adequate for your needs. However, some of you have said that you Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987 want an additional guide. There are many regulations (Asbestos Regulations); and that require risks to be assessed and certain risks are covered by more than one of these regulations. A