A one-page Take 5 using the SLAM method. Five minutes to stop, look, assess and manage before the work starts. Or run it on the worker's phone instead.
Free PDF. Or use Burgy's Take 5 app — tap through SLAM in 60 seconds.
The full SLAM walkthrough on one A4 page, ready to print.
A Take 5 is a 5-minute individual risk check done by a worker before starting any non-routine task. It uses SLAM — Stop, Look, Assess, Manage — to spot hazards before the work begins.
Stop (pause before starting), Look (what could go wrong?), Assess (how bad and how likely?), Manage (apply controls). Some versions add a 5th step — Acknowledge / Start work — once you're satisfied controls are in place.
Before any task that isn't strictly routine, when conditions change mid-job, after a near-miss, or any time the worker feels something is off. The whole point is it's individual and quick — five minutes of thinking that could save a day.
No. A JSA is more structured — broken into job steps, hazards and controls, signed by the whole crew. A Take 5 is one person's quick risk check before they start. Many sites do both.