Creating risk assessment records

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You use risk assessment records to identify work hazards, assess the risks that are associated with those hazards, and define precautions that workers can take. You can also associate risk assessments with specific classifications. You can specify the attributes of a classification for each risk assessment that you want to use with the classification.

Before you begin

Define the consequences and the hazards that you associate with the risk assessment record. You create those records in the Risk Matrix application and in the Hazards application.

In the Classifications application, define the classifications and the attributes that you want to associate with each risk assessment record.

In the Standard Actions application, create action records that apply to the hazards that are identified. For each action, you can add items that must be verified as part of a hazard review. For each review item, you can request responses for the completion of the action. To be used in another application, actions must be in Active status.

Procedure

  1. In the Risk Assessment application, click New Risk Assessment.
  2. Optional: Assign an owner to the risk assessment by using the More Actions menu.
  3. In the Details section, complete fields as needed. Leave the Most Significant Risk Ranking and Most Significant Risk Priority fields empty.
  4. Specify each risk that is associated with the assessment:
    1. In the Risks section, associate a hazard with the record.
      Any precautions that are associated with the hazard are shown.
    2. Specify values in the Consequence and Likelihood fields.
    3. Save the record.
      The application calculates a risk rating based on the risk matrix for the enterprise.
    4. Optional: In the Precautions section, add or delete precautions that apply to the hazard.
    5. If applying the precautions can reduce the likelihood of the risk, specify a value in the Mitigated Likelihood field.
    6. Save the record.
      If applicable, a mitigated risk rating and a mitigated priority are calculated.
  5. After you specify and adjust the risk ranking and priority of all the hazards and precautions, specify values in the Most Significant Risk Ranking and Most Significant Risk Priority fields.
  6. Complete the other tabs, as needed, and save the record.