Risk Manahement / Health & Safety Flashcards
Definition of risk?
The effect of uncertainty on objectives
4 risk categories
Operational
Corporate
Portfolio
Strategic
Risk management process (5 steps)
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- Establish context
- Identify risk
- Analyse risk impact
- Evaluate risk
- Take action
2 types of risk context?
Internal - things within police that influence how we manage risk
External - things outside police that affect our ability to manage risk
Risk matrix - likelihoods and consequences
Rare Unlikely Possible Likely Almost certain
Negligible Minor Moderate Major Severe
What controls are in place to manage risk?
Policies SOP's Training Supervision IT systems
Outcomes of risk evaluation
Act
Monitor
Accept or
Achieved effective management
Three lines of defence
Everyone
Management processes and controls
Internal audit and assurance
Risk management activity examples
Planning/SPT’s
New initiatives
Changing how we do things
Changes in operating environment
Near misses, lessons learnt and events
3 reasons to know about health and safety
Legal - it’s the law
Ethical - looking after our people is the right thing to do
Our business - good health and safety is good business
How to do what is reasonably practical to ensure health and safety
Consider what is possible and what is reasonable in your circumstances
Hierarchy of controls?
Elimination Substitution Engineering controls Administrative controls PPE
Can cost affect health and safety?
Cost can only be used as a reason to not do something when it is grossly disproportionate to the risk
What is a near miss?
An unplanned or unexpected event that occurs as a result of police work activities and could have resulted in harm to a person but did not
Who must review an incident or near miss?
All incidents and near misses must be reviewed by a supervisor
