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Using the risk register

The Risk Register at admin sidebar Risk Assessment Risk Register is the centralised list of every psychosocial risk in your organisation.

Written by Harrison Kennedy

The Risk Register at admin sidebar → Risk Assessment → Risk Register is the centralised list of every psychosocial risk in your organisation. Each row shows the risk, source (adopted or custom), inherent and residual ratings, and current status.

  • One row per risk, with status, severity, and ownership at a glance

  • Filter and sort by status, severity, source, hierarchy level, owner

  • Click any row to open the risk and its assessment

  • Status totals across the register: Accepted, Monitoring, Treating, Draft

  • Add risks via Explore Library (adopted scenarios) or + Custom Risk Assessment


What the register shows

The header shows total risk assessments and a status bar split across Accepted, Monitoring, Treating, and Draft.

Below the header, each row displays:

  • Risk: name and (where applicable) source framework

  • Source: Adopted (from the library) or Custom

  • Inherent: severity rating before controls (Critical / High / Medium / Low)

  • Residual: severity rating after controls

  • Status: current lifecycle state (Draft / Treating / Monitoring / Accepted / Closed)

Click the chevron at the right of any row to open the risk's full detail and assessment.


Searching, filtering, and sorting

Use the search bar to find a risk by name. Use Filter to narrow the list by:

  • Status

  • Severity (inherent or residual)

  • Source (Adopted vs Custom)

  • Owner

  • Hierarchy level

  • Active framework

Use Sort to order by name, severity, or last updated.


Adding risks

Two routes:

  • Explore Library: opens the Scenario Library to adopt pre-built scenarios mapped to your active frameworks. See "Adopting risks from the scenario library" (3.9).

  • + Custom Risk Assessment: creates a new custom risk with its own assessment form. See "Conducting a risk assessment" (3.7).


Multi-level identification

Risks can be identified at multiple levels of your organisation:

  • Role

  • Team or group

  • Site

  • Division

  • Whole organisation

The level is set when the risk is created. Group-scoped risks roll up into the organisation-wide register, so a Tenant Owner sees everything while a group-scoped admin sees their group's risks.


Linking risks to other entities

A risk in the register can be linked to:

  • Incidents (events that materialised this risk)

  • Investigations that found contributing factors

  • Controls that mitigate it

  • Evidence that supports the rating

  • Consultation records that informed the assessment

These links surface in each risk's detail page and feed the audit trail.


CSV import

Risks can be imported in bulk via CSV using the strict ReFresh template. See "Importing and exporting data" (8.8) for the canonical import process and the limits on what can and cannot be bulk-imported.


Related articles

  • Conducting a risk assessment (3.7)

  • Adopting risks from the scenario library (3.9)

  • Using the Hierarchy Dashboard (3.8 — see below)

  • Importing and exporting data (8.8)

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