Conducting a DSEAR Risk Assessments is legal requirement for any company having Flammable liquids and solids, oxidisers, explosives and dusts. There are a number of recognised ways of carrying out such DSEAR Risk Assessments, but it is having the ability to think "outside of the box", that can make the real difference. This is not always possible when you are too close to the situation or you do not have the ability to imagine what can go wrong, when there is very little experience of it actually happening. The "What If" scenario....
The real foundation of good health and safety management is in the ability to carry out a DSEAR Risk Assessment correctly. If you cannot identify and evaluate your risks simply because of custom and practice or a lack of experience, then how are you going to manage them?
Both general and specific health and safety legislation requires risks to be assessed, identified, eliminated or controlled and should be carried out by a competent person.