Accessing and Minimizing The Risk From Hazards
Accessing and Minimizing The Risk From Hazards
Accessing and Minimizing The Risk From Hazards
OHS ASSIGMENT
Assessing and Minimizing the Risk from Hazards
1-Risk Concept and Terminology:
Risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk
involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that
humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environment), often focusing
on negative, undesirable consequences.
Mainly risk is the probability that an accidental phenomenon produces in a given point of the
effects of a given potential gravity, during one given period.
2-Risk assessment procedure:
Risk assessment is a term used to describe the overall process or
method where you: Identify hazards and risk factors that have the potential to cause harm
(hazard identification). Analyze and evaluate the risk associated with that hazard (risk analysis,
and risk evaluation).
3-Risk Metric’s:
Risk Metrics is a method for calculating the potential downside risk of a
single investment or an investment portfolio. The method assumes that an investment's returns
follow a normal distribution over time. It provides an estimate of the probability of a loss in an
investment's value during a given period of time. It is an important way to measure effectiveness.
This is because risk managers must prove they are meeting the expectations of not only
regulators, examiners, and their board of directors, but also their customers, investors, fellow
employees, and communities.
Sufficient Dosage.
Theory Driven.
Positive Relationships.
Appropriately Timed.
Socio-culturally Relevant.
Outcome Evaluation.
7-Hierarchy of controls:
The hierarchy of safety controls:
Elimination: Physically remove the hazard.
Substitution: Replace the hazard.
Engineering controls: Isolate people from the hazard.
Administrative controls: Change the way people work.
PPE: Protect the worker with personal protective equipment.