What is risk assessment?
What is risk assessment?
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A risk assessment seeks to answer four questions:
How badly can it go wrong?
Is there a need for action to be taken?
If yes was the answer to question 3, how often do we have to take action? 1
When undertaking a risk assessment it is also important to know the difference between a hazard and a risk.
Hazard
A hazard is a situation that has the potential to cause harm.
Risk
A risk refers to the probability that a specific adverse event will happen in a specified time period or as the result of a specific action/situation. A risk is the combination of the likelihood and the consequence of an identified hazard being realised.1
