Risk Matrix Severity Negligible Marginal Catastrophic Critical small/unimportant; minimal importance; maximum importance; not likely to have a major serious/important; has an effect on the could result in disaster/death; effect on the operation of will affect the operation of operation of but will WILL affect the operation of the the event / no bodily injury the event in a negative way not affect the event event in a negative way / death, to requiring minor first aid / suffers serious injuries or outcome / requires medical dismemberment or serious injury medical treatment of minors treatment injury to minors LOW This risk has rarely LOW (1) MEDIUM (4) MEDIUM (6) HIGH (10) been a problem and never occurred at a college event of this nature MEDIUM This risk will MOST LOW (2) MEDIUM (5) HIGH (8) EXTREME (11) LIKELY at this event Probability HIGH This risk WILL occur MEDIUM (3) HIGH (7) HIGH (9) EXTREME (12) at this event, possibly multiple times, and has occurred in the past
Severity Negligible small/unimportant; not likely to have a major effect on the operation of the event / no bodily injury to requiring minor first aid injury Marginal minimal importance; has an effect on the operation of but will not affect the event outcome / requires medical treatment Critical serious/important; will affect the operation of the event in a negative way / suffers serious injuries or medical treatment of minors Catastrophic maximum importance; could result in disaster/death; WILL affect the operation of the event in a negative way / death, dismemberment or serious injury to minors Probability LOW This risk has rarely been a problem and never occurred at a college event of this nature LOW (1) MEDIUM (4) MEDIUM (6) HIGH (10) MEDIUM This risk will MOST LIKELY at this event LOW (2) MEDIUM (5) HIGH (8) EXTREME (11) HIGH This risk WILL occur at this event, possibly multiple times, and has occurred in the past MEDIUM (3) HIGH (7) HIGH (9) EXTREME (12) Risk Matrix
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