Risk Assessment:
How do you do the R/A?
Answer: – Risk management is a step by step process for controlling health & safety risk caused by hazards in the work place. Following are the steps for doing the R/A
1. Identify hazard
2. Assess the risk
3. control the risk
4. Record of findings.
5. Review the control.
Identify hazard: Look around the workplace& think about what may cause harm. Think about How people work & how plant & equipment are used.
• What chemicals & substances are used.
• What safe or unsafe work practices exist.
• The general state of your premises.
Assess the risk: Once identified the hazard decide how likely it is that someone could be harmed & how serious it could be. This is assessing the level of risk.
Control the risk: Look at what you are already doing and the controls you already have in place.
• Redesigning the job
• Replacing the material,
• Organize the work to reduce exposure to the materials, machinery or process.
• Identifying & implementing practical measure needed to work safe machinery or
process.
• Providing PPE & making sure worker wear it
Record your finding; including
• The hazard (things that may cause harm )
• Who might be harmed and how
• What you are doing to control the risk
Review the control: Must review the controls that have put in place to make sure they are working.
Explain risk assessment matrix
Risk = Likelihood x Severity
Likelihood:
1. Rare
2. Unlikely
3. possible/ Moderate
4. Likely
5. Certain
Severity:
1. Insignificant
2. Minor
3. Moderate/Significant
4. Major
5. Death / Severe
Level of risk–
• 1~ 2- very low
• 3~4-Low
• 5~9-Medium
• 10~ 12- High
• 13~ 16 – Very high
• 17~ 25- Extreme.
Probability / Likely hood
1. Rare: Unlikely to happen and/or have minor or negligible consequences
2. Unlikely: Possible to happen and/or to have moderate consequences.
3. Moderate: likely to happen and /or to have serious consequences.
4. Likely; Almost sure to happen and/or to have major consequences.
5. Certain: Sure to happen and /or have major consequences.
Impact/ Severity
1. Insignificant: Won’t cause serious injury. or illness
2. Minor: Can cause injuries or illness, only to a mild extent.
3. Significant; Can cause injuries for illness that may require medical attention, but
limited treatment
4. Major: Can cause irreversible injuries or illness that require constant medical
attention
5. Severe: Can result in fatality.
• 1 ~ 4: Acceptable: No further action may be needed and maintaining control measure is
encouraged.
• 5~9: Adequate: May be considered for further analysis.
• 10~ 16: tolerable: Must be reviewed in a timely manner to carry out improvement Strategies.
• 17~25: Unacceptable: Must implement immediate action. Cease in activities & endorse
for immediate action.
