9.1 Risk Management

Question 1

What are the 5 steps to the risk management process?

Answer 1

1: Establish context
2: Identify risk
3: Analyse risk
4: Evaluate Risk
5: Take Action

Continue to monitor and review.

Question 2

What are the 3 reasons we need to be conversant with H&S?

Answer 2

• Legal
• Ethical
• Our business

Question 3

What is the 4 step cycle to manage H&S risks?

Answer 3

1: Plan - Assess risk
2: Do - Implement
3: Check - Monitor performance
4: Act - Take action

Question 4

Static Risk

Answer 4

Static risks are predictable and can be planned for ahead of time.

Question 5

Dynamic Risk

Answer 5

Difficult to predict and hard to plan for.

We use TENR and AFCO to help us assess risks on the go.

Question 6

Critical Risk

Answer 6

Death or life-threatening injury

Question 7

What is a near miss?

Answer 7

Unplanned or unexpected event which could have resulted in harm to a person but did not.

Question 8

What is a notifiable event?

Answer 8

Certain events that arise from work which include:
- Death
- Injury or illness
- Notifiable incident

Question 9

What is a notifiable incident?

Answer 9

Unplanned or uncontrolled event where worker is exposed to serious and imminent risk of harm.

Question 10

When do we have to notify WorkSafe?

Four main occasions

Answer 10

• Admission to Hospital (In a ward)
• Serious head injury
• Loss of consciousness
• Certain near miss events