Risk Assessment Matrices for Workplace Hazards: Design for Usability.

ABSTRACT: In occupational safety and health (OSH), the process of assessing risks of identified hazards considers both the (i) foreseeable events and exposures that can cause harm and (ii) the likelihood or probability of occurrence. To account for both, a table format known as a risk assessment matrix uses rows and columns for ordered categories of the foreseeable severity of harm and likelihood/probability of that occurrence. The cells within the table indicate level of risk. Each category has a text description separate from the matrix as well as a word or phrase heading each row and column. Ideally, these header terms will help the risk assessment team distinguish among the categories. A previous project provided recommended sets of header terms for common matrices based on findings from a surve

SUBMITTER: Jensen RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8910355 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature