Risk Management + Chemicals

Question 1

What is risk defined as?

Answer 1

Risk is the likelihood of injury or
disease occurring

Question 2

What is risk management?

Answer 2

Application of management
procedures, to control risks and protect people/environment with minimal effect on the business.

Question 3

What is risk analysis?

Answer 3

A quantitative estimate of
risk based on:
- engineering evaluations
- mathematical techniques
of incident consequences and frequencies

Question 4

What is a Risk Assessment?

Answer 4

The process by which the results of a risk analysis are used to make decisions,
either through relative ranking of risk reduction
strategies or through comparison with risk targets.

Question 5

What should be included in a Risk Assessment?

Answer 5

• The occupations and tasks at risk
  – The number of people at risk
  – The probability of a hazard resulting in an
  injury or disease
  – The duration of exposure a person has to the
  hazard
  – The possible consequences (disease, injury,
  fatality) that may result
• Solutions to reduce to risk control its occurrence?

Question 6

What determines a risk score?

Answer 6

A combination of the likelihood of the event actually happening, and the extent of the consequences that would result.

Question 7

What do you use to help determine a risk score?

Answer 7

A risk matrix.

Question 8

Categorize the following into whether you accept the design/not:
Very High Risk
High Risk
Substantial Risk
Moderate Risk
Low Risk/Perhaps Acceptable

Answer 8

Very High and High = Do not accept
Substantial = Consider all other options and then only accept with significant control measures.
Low risk/Moderate = Accept with control measures in place.

Question 9

Why use a team approach to manage risks?

Answer 9

• Greater possibilities of ideas
• Less chance of overlooking risks and gaps in controls
• May be familiar with different aspects of the hazard/practice

Question 10

Safety vs Health Hazard

Answer 10

Safety = more immediate, violent nature of injury
Health = more gradual usually, lead to disease or illness.

Question 11

Examples of Safety Hazards

Answer 11

Electric cables, heights, machinery, holes etc

Question 12

Examples of Health Hazards

Answer 12

Repetitive Strain Injury, Chemicals, Bacterias, Dusts etc

Question 13

What is in an SDS (Safety Data Sheet)?

Answer 13

These include information such as the properties of each chemical; the physical, health, and environmental health hazards; protective measures; and safety precautions for handling, storing, and transporting the chemical

Question 14

What should Hazard Controls do?

Answer 14

• Adequately control the hazard
• Allow workers to do their jobs without undue
  discomfort or stress
• Not create new hazards
  Protect every person who has any risk of being
  exposed to the hazard
• Eliminate the hazard for the surrounding
  community/workforce

Question 15

List the Hierarchy of Hazards control groups

Answer 15

1. Design / Redesign
2. Substitution
3. Engineering controls - Separation and
   Guarding
4. Administration (info/training)
5. Personal Protective Equipment