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Make the next step in HSE work clear

These guides explain the main parts of everyday health, safety and environment work and quality assurance. Start with the task in front of you: getting organised, assessing a risk, preparing a job or following up something that went wrong.

Internal control keeps your HSE work moving

In Norwegian HSE work, internal control means the business's systematic approach to knowing what needs attention, assigning responsibility, carrying out agreed work and checking whether it helps. A handbook can support that work. Stored documents alone do not show how the work operates in practice.

A risk assessment helps you decide what needs to change

A risk assessment describes what could cause harm or ill health at work and how you will reduce the risk. Describe the actual situation, acknowledge uncertainty and follow actions through to checking their outcome.

SJA brings the people doing the job into the discussion

A safe job analysis, known as SJA in Norway, is a structured discussion of a particular job with the people who will carry it out. Describe the steps, possible hazards, actions and conditions before moving on. The aim is a shared understanding of the work and of questions that still need answers.

Follow an incident through to checking the outcome

Good follow-up turns a report into work someone takes responsibility for: deal with the situation, understand what happened, choose actions and check whether they help. Keep the distinction between completing an action and resolving the problem.

A useful checklist makes the inspection clear

A checklist helps you carry out a known inspection in an organised way. Each question should explain what to examine and what the answer is based on. The template defines the check; a completed record shows what someone answered on a particular occasion.

Use the review to decide what should improve

An HSE review helps you assess whether the business's internal control works in practice. Consider changes, experience and open tasks, then decide what to follow up. A scheduled annual review can be useful; new risks also need attention during the year.

Choose a guide for your task

You can read the guides in any order. Choose the one that helps you move a specific piece of work forward.

Internal control: connect responsibilities, procedures, risks and follow-up in a system your business uses.
Risk assessment: explain what could happen, who could be affected and what you will do about it.
SJA: bring the people doing a particular job together to discuss the steps, hazards and unresolved questions.
Incident follow-up: move from a report to an explanation, an action and a check of the outcome.
Checklists: make a repeatable check specific and keep the record of each completed inspection.
Annual review: consider whether your system works and decide what needs to change next.

How the parts fit together

A risk assessment may show that a working method needs to change. The revised procedure may become a checklist question. A failed check may lead to an incident record and an action. The review helps you see whether the change worked.

HMS is the Norwegian term for health, safety and environment, or HSE. KS means quality assurance and can also cover agreed customer requirements, finish and the scope of a delivery. Make clear whether a finding concerns safety, a quality requirement or both.

Fictional example: a delivery that keeps going wrong

An imaginary service business finds that materials often arrive at the wrong entrance. The team checks the order and working conditions, agrees on a clear delivery point and adds a specific confirmation to its preparation checklist. It checks the following deliveries to see whether the change helps.

The example connects an observation, a procedure and a check of the outcome. It is not a customer case study or a complete assessment of transport and unloading risks.

What these guides cover

References to legislation concern Norway. Each guide distinguishes sourced requirements, practical suggestions and fictional examples. The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority's HSE pages provide further guidance on the work you actually carry out.

If you work alone, establish which HSE requirements apply to your actual activities.

Take one specific task forward

Choose one situation you want to understand better. Record what happens today, what should change and who will follow it up. The product overview shows how RettHMS connects procedures, inspections, SJA and incident follow-up around those tasks.

Sources and further reading

Arbeidstilsynet: Helse, miljø og sikkerhetChecked 2026-10-16
Internkontrollforskriften, særlig §§ 2, 4 og 5Checked 2026-10-16

Good to know

Questions, answered.

Do I need a particular HSE application?

The guides explain the work and its documentation independently of the tool. Software can make follow-up easier to organise. The business still needs to assess its work, carry out actions and check the outcome.

Which guide should I read first?

Start with internal control if you need an overall structure. For a specific hazard or changed job, start with risk assessment and, where useful, SJA. If something has already happened, choose incident follow-up.

Are the examples real customer stories?

No. They are explicitly fictional examples written to explain the approach. They do not describe results achieved by a real customer.

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