Dear User, This presentation has been designed for you by the Hearts and Minds Support Team It provides a guideline for conducting an Risk Assessment workshop/exercise.

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It provides a guideline for conducting an Risk Assessment workshop/exercise

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The Risk Assessment Matrix

Bringing It To Life

The Risk Assessment Matrix

What

A tool that helps assess risks

Why

A good appreciation of the HSE risks helps improve safety

How

By learning how to apply RAM properly and frequently

By appreciating you role in managing the HSE risks to ALARP* level

* ALARP – As Low As Reasonably Practicable

Risk Assessment Matrix

Risk Assessment Matrix

The Risk Assessment Matrix

Identify what could go seriously wrong• Write one scenario per

hexagon (4-6 per person)• Organise them on a flipchart

Consider consequences and assign a severity of 0-5 on:• People • Assets• Environment• Reputation

• Estimate the likelihood:• Never heard of in the Industry

(A) • Heard of in the Industry (B) • Has happened in our

Organisation or more than once per year in the Industry (C)

• Has happened at the Location or more than once per year in our Organisation (D)

• Has happened more than once per year at the Location (E)

• Place magnet/sticker on the RAM• Challenge

Estimate the likelihood:• Never heard of in the Industry

(A) • Heard of in the Industry (B) • Has happened in our

Organisation or more than once per year in the Industry (C)

• Has happened at the Location or more than once per year in our Organisation (D)

• Has happened more than once per year at the Location (E)

Place magnet/sticker on the RAMChallenge

Questions

Backup Slides

ALARP

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

1 2 3 4 5 6

Ris

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Risk tostakeholders

Cost

LegalRequirements,Standards

Managing Risks

ApproachType Of Controls

Identify, watchRecord in yourissues register

Address all HSE-MS requirements

Put in place essential work programme

Actively manage the risks

Assess each threat

Put in place programme to address each threat