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SCOPE of Risk AssessmentRA Number:

Directorate……………………Division…………………………Section/Team……………………………..RA Date: //

Hazard / Who is affected / Existing controls / L x / S / Residual Risk Rating / Further Action Required

Using the risk rating tables

The table below shows a simple method, which is used for deciding whether the risks are tolerable. The risks were classified according to their estimated likelihood and potential severity of impact/harm.

LIKELIHOOD / SEVERITY
Low / Medium / High
highly unlikely / Acceptable
Risk / Tolerable
risk / Moderate
Risk
unlikely / Tolerable
Risk / Moderate
risk / Substantial
Risk
highly likely / Moderate
Risk / Substantial
risk / Intolerable
Risk

When the level of the severity and likelihood of harm have been determined this can be used to decide if the risk is tolerable.

The manager needs to think about:

The information gathered with regard to defined activities

The acceptability of the risk

The level of understanding of the risk by persons exposed and their supervisors

The level of training and information provided.

The following table is for guidance purposes; it sets out the means for establishing an order for the risks to be managed and controlled.

It must not be interpreted as a hard and fast rule, but as a guide which will depend on the individual circumstances of the assessment; where doubt exists consult the Health and Safety Practitioner

Risk based action and control plan table

Risk Rating
/
Action and time scale
Acceptable / No action is required and no documentary records need to be kept.
Tolerable / No additional controls are required. Consideration may be given to a more cost effective solution or improvement that imposes no additional cost burden. Monitoring is required to ensure that the controls are maintained
Moderate / Efforts should be made to reduce the risk but the costs of prevention should be carefully measured and limited. Risk reduction measures should be implemented within a defined time period.
Where the moderate risk is associated with extremely harmful consequences, further assessment may be necessary to establish more precisely the likelihood of harm, and so any improved control measures.
Substantial / Work/business activity should not start, or should be stopped until the risk has been removed or reduced. Considerable resources may also have to be allocated to reduce the risk.
Intolerable / Work/business activity should not be started or continued until the risk has been reduced. If it is not possible to reduce risk even within unlimited resources the work has to remain prohibited.

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