- Define Risk?
- The likely hood that a hazard will cause harm in combination with the severity of injury, damage or loss that might foreseeable occur.
- What is risk?
- Combination of the (probability) frequency of an undesirable event occurring and the severity level of its consequence.
- A risk is a chance high or low that any hazard will actually cause somebody harm
- Define Risk Assessment?
- A formalized process of identifying the risk that they generate and then either eliminate or controlling the risk.
- What is Risk Assessment ?
- The document prepared before starting the job for assessing the risks involved in the various steps of a particular job and to find the necessary remedial measures.
- Name the steps involved in risks assessment ?
- Hazard identification.
- Identification of workers at risk.
- Estimation of risk.
- Consider risk elimination.
- Introduction of further prevention or reduction measures.
- How to control risk?
- What are the six principles of the hierarchy of prevention of risks ?
- Avoiding risks.
- Substituting the dangerous by the non-or less dangerous.
- Combating risks at source.
- Applying collective rather than individual protective measures.
- Adapting to technical progress.
- Seeking to ensure improvement in protection levels.
- List three benefits to you and your organization of carrying out a risk assessment.
- Meet legal requirements.
- Identify whether you’re doing enough to protect your workforce and others that are affected by your activities.
- Demonstrate good business practice.
- Improve business performance.
- Potential cost savings
- Reduced insurance premiums
- Enhance reputation.
- Create a positive health and safety culture.
- Enhance communication within the organization.
- Helps set priority for action.
- List three factors which are to be balanced against the benefits of a risk control when reducing risk ‘so far as is reasonably practicable.
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