Appendix C: Risk Assessment Elements Use the table below to determine the severity and probability for each hazard identified in Table 1. Document the results in Table 1 above. Severity: In order to determine the Severity, consider the following items: Extreme (Fatality) What are the possible consequences? What is the possible severity of the harm? Presence of others: Are other people in Major (Permanent Disability) the vicinity? Awareness: Will others capable of providing assistance be aware of the worker’s needs? Moderate (Requiring Medical Treatment) Willingness: Is it reasonable to expect others to provide assistance? Timeliness: Will assistance be provided Minor (Minor cuts, bruises, irritation) within a reasonable time period? (Consider access to aid, and emergency services) Probability In order to determine the Probability consider the following items: Very likely (Continuously or many times How likely are the consequences to daily) occur? Have such incidents occurred in the past? Likely (from once per day to once per Is the incident common in this field of month) work? Moderate (from once per month to once How frequent is the exposure to the per year) hazard? Is the task repeated many each shift? Unlikely (it has been known to occur) How long are workers exposed to the hazard? The longer the exposure, the Rare (not known to have occurred, but higher the risk considered remotely possible)
Appendix C: Risk Assessment Elements Use the table below to determine the severity and probability for each hazard identified in Table 1. Document the results in Table 1 above. Severity: In order to determine the Severity, consider the following items: Extreme (Fatality) What are the possible consequences? What is the possible severity of the harm? Presence of others: Are other people in the vicinity? Awareness: Will others capable of providing assistance be aware of the worker’s needs? Willingness: Is it reasonable to expect others to provide assistance? Timeliness: Will assistance be provided within a reasonable time period? (Consider access to aid, and emergency services) Major (Permanent Disability) Moderate (Requiring Medical Treatment) Minor (Minor cuts, bruises, irritation) Probability In order to determine the Probability consider the following items: Very likely (Continuously or many times daily) How likely are the consequences to occur? Have such incidents occurred in the past? Is the incident common in this field of work? How frequent is the exposure to the hazard? Is the task repeated many each shift? How long are workers exposed to the hazard? The longer the exposure, the higher the risk Likely (from once per day to once per month) Moderate (from once per month to once per year) Unlikely (it has been known to occur) Rare (not known to have occurred, but considered remotely possible)