Differences Between Risk Assessment, Risk Management & Risk Analysis
What is Risk?
A common definition of risk is that it is the combination of a specific hazard and the likelihood that the hazard occurs (probability)x(hazard) = risk. That likelihood...
The Risk Management For Hospitals
A lot of hospitals are now engaging their employees into getting risk management certifications that they can then use to better manage risks in their hospitals. In order to...
The Objective Of Risk Assessment
Objective Of Risk Assessment
The main objective of risk assessment is to determine the measures required by the organization to comply with the relevant health and safety legislation and, thereby,...
How to Review the Safety Controls
Review the Safety Controls
The control measures that you put in place should be reviewed regularly to make sure they work as planned. Don’t wait until something goes wrong.
There are...
How to Control Risk?
The most important step in managing risks involves eliminating them so far as is reasonably practicable, or if that is not possible, minimizing the risks so far as is...
How to Do a Risk Assessment?
How to Do a Risk Assessment
All hazards have the potential to cause different types and severities of harm, ranging from minor discomfort to a serious injury or death.
For example,...
Working at Height Risk Assessment
A risk assessment is a careful examination of what in your workplace could cause harm to people so that you can then weigh up whether you have taken enough...
Factors To Be Considered In Specific Risk Assessments
Examples of factors to be considered in specific risk assessments
Risk of a slip, trip or fall
Slips, trips, and falls are the second most common type of accident in most...
How Do I Control Risk?
Employers may already have in place some safety measures. The risk assessment will tell whether these are adequate.
Employers must ensure they have done all that the law requires. Remember...
Who Should Carry Out The Risk Assessment?
Carry Out The Risk Assessment
It is the employer’s duty, under section 19 of the 2005 Act, to carry out the risk assessment so you should try to do it...
