NAME: AHMED SAEED

SUBJECT: HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT(HSE)

TOPIC: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAZARD & RISK,

RISK MATRIX

Why is it important to manage safely??

Three reason

Moral

Legal

Financial

Lets take an example of “British petroleum”

oil spill accident in 2010

In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million

gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf

of Mexico for a total of 87 days, making it

the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.

BP is responsible for close to $40 billion in

fines, cleanup costs, and settlements as a

result of the oil spill in 2010, with an

additional $16 billion due to the Clean Water

Act

What is hazard?

A hazard is any biological, chemical,

mechanical, environmental or physical agent

which has potential to cause harm or damage

to humans, other organisms, property, or the

environment in the absence of its control.

What are common hazard?

I. Electrical Hazard

II. Chemical hazard

III. Noise hazard

IV. Height hazard

V. Slip and trip hazard

VI. Manual handling hazard

VII. Poor house keeping hazard

VIII. bullying hazard

IX. Aggression & violence hazard

What is risk?

Risk is the combination of the likelihood of

a hazardous event to occurring and the

consequences of the event.

Risk= likelihood x consequences

Consequence is also referred to as severity.

These terms are interchangeable

How do we carry out risk assessment?

1. List the work that are your responsibilty

A. People

B. Equipment

C. Activity

2) Identify the risk

A. Hazard

B. Who might be harmed

C. How?

3) Estimate

A. Likelihood

B. Outcome

4)Evaluate the risk

5)Record your findings .

6)Review your findings.

What is risk Matrix?

How to control risk?

Risk control hierarchy

i. Eliminate the hazard

ii. Reduce the hazard

iii. Prevent from contact

iv. Safe system of work

v. Personal protective equipment