Advanced Safety Management, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 9ON HAZARDS ANALYSES AND RISK ASSESSMENTS

Both Z10.0 and 45001 have requirements for organizations to have systems in place for hazards identification and analyses, risk assessments and prioritization. Safety professionals can expect that being able to make documented risk assessments will be necessary for job retention and career enhancement. That premise has acquired weight because of the more frequent inclusion in safety standards and guidelines of provisions requiring that hazards be identified and analyzed and that risk assessments be made.

Since safety professionals are to analyze hazards and assess the risks that derive from them, the question logically follows—what do they need to know? This chapter provides a primer that will serve many of the hazard analysis and risk assessment needs that safety professionals will encounter. This chapter

• Defines the terms that must be understood in the hazard analysis and risk assessment processes
• Establishes the parameters for a hazard analysis
• Indicates how a hazard analysis is extended into a risk assessment
• Establishes that the goal is to achieve acceptable risk levels
• Includes A Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment Guide
• Gives examples of the terms used in risk assessment matrices and their variations
• Presents examples of basic, two-dimensional risk assessment matrices
• Describes several of the most commonly used hazard analysis and risk assessment techniques

DEFINING HAZARD, HAZARD ANALYSIS, RISK, AND RISK ASSESSMENT ...