Risk estimation Using the form provided to evaluate the main health and safety risks in your sport. Use the guidance and tables below to help you: Table 1: risk estimation Severity of impact Slight Moderate Extreme Likelihood Very unlikely Very low risk (VL) Low risk (L) High risk (H) Unlikely Very low risk (VL) Medium risk (M) Very high risk (VH) Likely Low risk (L) High risk (H) Very high risk (VH) Very likely Low risk (L) Very high risk (VH) Very high risk (VH) Table 2 Categories for likelihood Very unlikely (VU) Unlikely (U) Likely (L) Very likely (VL) of harm Less than 1% chance of Typically experienced once Typically experienced Typically experienced at once being experienced by an during the working lifetime of once five years by an every six months by an individual individual during their an individual individual working lifetime A few people exposed to the risk occasionally Typical occurrence Some people exposed to the Many people exposed to Many people exposed to the risk risk occasionally the risk some of the time most of the time or or A few people exposed some Some people exposed most of the time of the time Adapted from: BS 18004:2008 Table 3: Impact Slight (S) Moderate (M) Extreme (E) category
Risk estimation Using the form provided to evaluate the main health and safety risks in your sport. Use the guidance and tables below to help you: Table 1: risk estimation Likelihood Severity of impact Slight Moderate Extreme Very unlikely Very low risk (VL) Low risk (L) High risk (H) Unlikely Very low risk (VL) Medium risk (M) Very high risk (VH) Likely Low risk (L) High risk (H) Very high risk (VH) Very likely Low risk (L) Very high risk (VH) Very high risk (VH) Table 2 Categories for likelihood of harm Very unlikely (VU) Unlikely (U) Likely (L) Very likely (VL) Typical occurrence Less than 1% chance of being experienced by an individual during their working lifetime Typically experienced once during the working lifetime of an individual Typically experienced once five years by an individual Typically experienced at once every six months by an individual A few people exposed to the risk occasionally Some people exposed to the risk occasionally Many people exposed to the risk some of the time Many people exposed to the risk most of the time or or A few people exposed some of the time Some people exposed most of the time Adapted from: BS 18004:2008 Table 3: Impact category Slight (S) Moderate (M) Extreme (E)