Risk Management Flashcards
Hazard
A condition with the potential to cause injury, illness, or death of personnel; damage or loss of equipment or property; or mission degradation.
Risk
Determined after hazards are identified and analyzed and is presented as a combined expression probability or severity.
Five steps of risk management
Identify hazards Assess hazards Develop controls and make risk decisions Implement control Supervise and evaluate
Control
Is an action taken to eliminate a hazard or to reduce its risks
Severity
Expected consequences of an event in terms of injury,, property damage,, or mission impairing factors; it is assessed as catastrophic, critical, moderate, and negligible
Probability
Likelihood an event will occur; it is assessed as frequent, likely, occasional, seldom, and unlikely.
References
ATP 5-19 Risk Management