Assessing risk using a risk matrix approach风险评估运用风险矩阵方法.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 Assess safety risks – Solo Activity 4 ? Commonwealth of Australia 2012, Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia License Assessing risk using a risk matrix approach What is risk assessment? Risk assessment is the process of estimating and communicating workplace safety risk, and deciding whether this risk is acceptable. The main reasons for conducting a risk assessment for any hazard are to: use the risk assessment to prioritise the risk control activities use the risk assessment as a guide as to how the risk is to be controlled justify the control activities based on the level of risk reduction. A risk assessment must be undertaken considering the following factors that may be contributing to the risk: the work premises and working environment (including the layout and condition) the number of people and how frequently those people could be exposed to risk the capability, skill, experience and age of people ordinarily undertaking the work the systems of work being used the range of reasonably foreseeable conditions the number and type of workplace and/or industry incidents. OHS information available that is relevant to the particular hazard including: OHS information provided by a supplier of any plant, equipment or substance material safety data sheets (MSDS) for any hazardous substance the label of any hazardous substance results of any biological monitoring results of any atmospheric monitoring information contained in any specialised OHS reports provided or available information about previous injuries, illness and dangerous incidents standards, code of practice and guidelines. Conducting a risk assessment involves making a value judgement based on this information and any available evidence within the workplace and industry. This may include numbers of current and past incidents, severity of injuries from the identified hazard, lost work time from injuries and number of people involved in incidents. Specific informa