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Free risk assessment and risk register template
Set your risk criteria with a 3x3 to 6x6 matrix that matches your organisation's risk policy, build your risk register, and export it as a branded Excel workbook or PDF report.
Built for project teams in construction, mining, oil and gas, energy, shutdown and turnaround work.
How to use this template
Follows the risk management process in AS ISO 31000:2018.
- 01
Set risk criteria
Matrix size, likelihood and consequence levels, ratings and required responses.
- 02
Identify
Describe each risk's cause, risk event and consequence.
- 03
Analyse current risk
Record existing controls and their effectiveness, then rate likelihood and consequence.
- 04
Plan treatment
Add actions with an owner and due date, working down the hierarchy of controls for safety risks.
- 05
Evaluate residual risk
Re-rate the risk after treatment and check the risk reduction.
- 06
Monitor and review
Set the next review date, record acceptance where needed, and export for reporting.
A planning template, not an automated approval or risk prediction service. Manage safety risks through your WHS management system as well.
Risk register
Identify each risk, rate the current risk with existing controls, plan treatment actions, and evaluate the residual risk and risk reduction. Export your register as a branded Excel workbook or PDF report. Your register is saved in this browser only.
| Open | ID | Risk | Risk owner | Likelihood × consequence | Current rating | Residual rating | Reduction | Next review | Status | Delete |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R-001 | ExampleWorker falls from an extension ladderSafety · Schedule | Site supervisor | Possible × Major | Medium · 12 | Low · 5 | ↓ 58% | 9 Dec | Treating |
Your register is saved in this browser on this device only, so it's still here when you refresh or come back. Other people and other devices start with a blank register. Export to Excel or PDF to keep a copy or share it.
Response required by risk rating
- Critical
- Unacceptable. Act immediately to reduce the risk, stopping or not starting the activity if needed. Escalate to executive management. A treatment plan is required. Review at least monthly.
- High
- Tolerable only with senior management approval. A treatment plan is required to reduce the risk as low as reasonably practicable. Review at least every 3 months.
- Medium
- Acceptable with effective controls. Management responsibility must be specified; treat where cost-effective. Review at least every 6 months.
- Low
- Acceptable. Manage by routine procedures and monitor for change. Review at least every 12 months.
Safety risks: Safety risks must still be eliminated or, if that isn't reasonably practicable, minimised so far as is reasonably practicable, whatever their rating.
Sources and licences
Verra's suggested safety causes, consequences and controls include material from the openly licensed Australian guidance below. Adapted by Strataverra: reworded and combined with general practice. The publishers do not endorse Strataverra or this template.
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- Energy Safe Victoria, Using a generator safely. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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- NSW Rural Fire Service, Total Fire Ban rules. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Asbestos - Managing risks. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Checklist for managing the risks of heat in the workplace. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Electrical risks fact sheet. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Electrical safety. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Excavation. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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- Safe Work Australia, First aid for heat-related illness. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, General guide for cranes. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, General guide for scaffolds and scaffolding work. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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- Safe Work Australia, Guide to managing risks of exposure to hand-arm vibration. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Guide to managing risks of exposure to whole-body vibration. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Guide to scaffold inspection and maintenance. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Hazardous chemicals register. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Job demands. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Lack of role clarity. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Lifting, pushing and pulling (manual tasks). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Low job control. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Confined spaces (November 2024). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Construction work (November 2024). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Elevating work platforms (December 2025). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work (November 2024). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work (September 2025). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace (November 2024). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities (December 2025). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Poor organisational change management. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Poor support. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Remote and isolated work - Managing risks. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Slips, trips and falls. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Storing hazardous chemicals. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Tower and mobile scaffolds information sheet. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Traumatic events or materials. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Vehicle hazards. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, WHS duties related to hazardous chemicals. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Working in heat - Frequently asked questions. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Working in heat - Managing risks. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Working outside - Working in hazardous weather. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Safe Work Australia, Working with crystalline silica substances: guidance for PCBUs. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Airborne contaminants. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Asbestos - cleaning and/or removing asbestos containing materials after storms and floods. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Asbestos professionals - who does what?. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Carbon monoxide. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Cleaning solvents and thinners safety alert. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Code of Practice: Moving plant on construction sites. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Code of Practice: Work near overhead and underground electric lines. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Code of Practice: Work on roofs (commercial and industrial buildings). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Code of Practice: Worker accommodation. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Dangers of working on or near energised (live) electrical equipment safety alert. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Don't cut old drums safety alert. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Earthworks business fined $90,000 over worker injuries. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Electrical practices — construction and demolition sites fact sheet. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Electrical work. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Electrician received fatal electric shock during UPS commissioning (24 November 2025). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Excavation collapse (9 June 2022). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Excavations and earthmoving plant in construction. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Falls through skylights and plastic roof sheeting safety alert. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Fit testing and personal protective equipment (PPE). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Flammable substances. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, General requirements. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Hazardous manual tasks. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Health monitoring. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Hot work explosion (17 August 2022). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Hot work safety alert. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, How to protect yourself. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Hydraulic equipment and systems. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Increase in incidents involving young electrical workers. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Ladders. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Lead work. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Mobile elevating platform tip overs - two incidents in 2020. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Mobile elevating work platforms used in orchards safety alert. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Partial building collapse (25 January 2021). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Poor co-worker, supervisor and manager support. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Power lines. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Prohibited equipment. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Remote or isolated work. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Road safety. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Roof edge protection fact sheet. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Scaffolding collapse safety alert. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Sexual harassment. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Slips, trips and falls: on the same level. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Vibration. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Welding fumes. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Worker falls in trench (21 October 2019). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Working as a licensed asbestos removalist. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Working at heights. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Working safely around penetrations and voids (May 2023). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- SafeWork NSW, Working with electrical conduits safety alert. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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