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Establishing an occupational health & safety management system based on ISO 45001
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Establishing an occupational health & safety management system based on ISO 45001

by Naeem Sadiq
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced
254 pages
4h 21m
English
IT Governance Publishing
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APPENDIX B: A 3X3 RISK MATRIX FOR SEVERITY AND LIKELIHOOD

In many situations a qualitative method based on subjective judgements will be sufficient to enable a ranking of risk to be made. It is often not necessary to make numerical calculations of risk.

A simple 3x3 risk matrix for severity and likelihood is shown in Table B1.

Table B1: The Risk Matrix

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The cells of Table B1 correspond to a risk level shown in Table B2 below.

Table B2: Risk Rating and Proposed Actions

Risk colour code Description Recommended actions
High risk Stop the process and implement controls to eliminate or reduce the risk.
Medium risk Apply controls to eliminate or reduce ...
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