Certain Very Likely Unlikely Very Rating Action Bands Likely Unlikely More than 1 1-6 months 6-12 1 5 years 5 years or – per month months more Fatality High High High Medium Low Manage for continuous Low Risk Improvement. Major Injury/Disability High High Medium Medium Low Implement control Lost Time Injury Medium High Medium Medium Low Low measures to reduce risk (Over 3 Days Absence) Risk rating to as low as is reasonably practicable. Minor Injury Requiring Medium Medium Low Low Low First Aid Consider alternative High Risk options. Implement No Injury/Very Minor Injury control measures to Low Low Low Low Low reduce risk rating to as low as is reasonably practicable immediately. Risk assessors should consider hazards”, may be harmed”, outcomes”, controls” and any “significant “who “possible “existing “additional controls” where necessary to reduce risk to the lowest level so far as is reasonably practicable. Calculate an overall risk rating for existing controls and where any additional controls have been identified, input a final risk rating taking into account All controls considered for the hazard in question. Risk Assessment to be agreed and signed off by the local management representative prior to it being communicated to all key stakeholders.
Certain More than 1 per month Very Likely 1-6 months Likely 6-12 months Unlikely 1 – 5 years Very Unlikely 5 years or more Rating Action Bands Fatality High High High Medium Low Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk Manage for continuous Improvement. Implement control measures to reduce risk rating to as low as is reasonably practicable. Consider alternative options. Implement control measures to reduce risk rating to as low as is reasonably practicable immediately. Major Injury/Disability High High Medium Medium Low Lost Time Injury (Over 3 Days Absence) High Medium Medium Low Low Minor Injury Requiring First Aid Medium Medium Low Low Low No Injury/Very Minor Injury Low Low Low Low Low Risk assessors should consider “significant hazards”, “who may be harmed”, “possible outcomes”, “existing controls” and any “additional controls” where necessary to reduce risk to the lowest level so far as is reasonably practicable. Calculate an overall risk rating for existing controls and where any additional controls have been identified, input a final risk rating taking into account All controls considered for the hazard in question. Risk Assessment to be agreed and signed off by the local management representative prior to it being communicated to all key stakeholders.
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