Whether you like it or not we are living in a diffrent world than we all remember years ago.
As a manager if you have concerns about the safety of something you have to go about your duties in a proper manner, risk ssessment is basically all about logging common sense issues in a manner that is quantifibly accountable.
Otherwise someone may have an accident and you may be liable.
The system is there to protect everyone. In the past not logging stuff left many a bod with a headache when they had to report on why they did something, or for that matter what someone else who left years ago did.
If JoLee would like an format for such give me a mail.