BeSmart.ie

BeSMART.ie is free online tool from the Health and Safety Authority that lets you generate your own workplace risk assessments and safety statement. 

The tool will guide you through the a simple four-step risk assessment process using plain English and easy-to-follow instructions. On completion you will have a workplace-specific safety statement that can be downloaded, edited, printed and actioned.

Using BeSMART.ie is the easiest, most effective way to prepare your own safety statement. As thousands of businesses have already discovered, BeSMART.ie will help you:

  • Improve safety
  • Save money
  • Save time
  • Reduce paperwork

 

Access a range of information sheets and ‘Top Tips’ guidance to help you manage the most common hazards that you may encounter on a day to day basis here

Who can use BeSMART.ie?

BeSMART.ie covers hundreds of different business types across a range of sectors including retail, hospitality, manufacturing, services, construction and agribusiness.

Click on the images below to see the full range of business types covered.

How does BeSMART.ie work?

Completing your safety statement on BeSMART.ie is simple and straightforward. You will be guided through a four-step process, starting with searching for your business type and ending with printing off your safety statement.

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BeSMART.ie does all the hard work for you:

  • Simply register and select your business type
  • Work your way through a series of questions about the hazards in your workplace, answering ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘not applicable’
  • You then need to walk around your workplace, consult with your employees and make sure no hazards have been missed
  • When you have finished you can download, edit and print your safety statement

Find out more about the service from the HSA here. 

Who is it for?

It is designed for use by employers or those who have responsibility for occupational health and safety delegated to them. It will support them to have an up to date safety statement and risk assessment.

Registered user or guest user?

Before using BeSMART.ie decide if you want to create an account or continue as a guest user. Registered users can:

  • Save progress, complete and update safety statement later.
  • Create custom business types.
  • Manage action list online.

Note: You can create a safety statement as a guest user.

 

The Choose Safety Programme, is a free programme available to post-primary schools and colleges of Further Education. It introduces senior cycle students/students in further education to the principles of workplace safety and health.  So for employers, look out for the Choose Safety programme awards on CVs when hiring young workers! If you are hiring young workers who haven’t complete the programme, please recommend that they take a free health and safety course here.

The HSA website has detailed information about the Choose Safety Programme, discover more here.