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HSE principles of sensible risk management:

Terminology
A **hazard** is something that might cause harm. A **risk** is the harm that a hazard might cause.

For example, darkness is a hazard (especially to a hiker without a torch). The risks arising from the darkness include getting lost, tripping over a small obstacle & falling off something larger.

Risk assessment
When considering how to manage risks it is helpful to be able to prioritise potential risks. The way this is usually done is to assign each one a **likelihood** score and a **consequence** score (often each is scored from 1 to 3 or from 1 to 5). The product of these two scores is then used to quntify the risk - higher numbers indicate higher risks.

To make risk assessment as accurate as possible previous experience (your own or others) should be used to inform the process.





US Marine Corps Approach to operational risk management


The stages are to identify the hazards, to assess which pose the biggest risk (based on likelihood and severity), make decision(s) about how to minimise or avoid those risks, to implement those decisions and then to supervise.

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Outdoor safety code
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Dynamics of accident model:

 * hazards x human factors hazards = accident potential**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">"Premortem" approach
A different approach is to perform a "premortem" as a group: assume that things have gone spectatularly wrong and brainstorm possible reasons why this would be. These reasons can then be reviewed and managed to rduce the chance of problems. Read more

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Issues to consider when assessing safety of helicopter landing zone
Hazards in the LZ Obstructions (to flight) Terrain of LZ and nearby Surface of LZ (what is it made of) and slope Animals on the LZ - especially the 2 legged variety Wind speed and direction
 * HOTSAW**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Links
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">LTEM presentation: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Self-assessment & guidance] (AALA) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Pre-expedition clinical planning (RGS)] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Expedition health and safety survey (RGS)] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Risk assessment and crisis management] (RGS) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Operational Risk Management] (US Marine Corps) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Paper on the meaning of risk (NOLS) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Human behaviours that increase risks (NOLS) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|"Risky shift"] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|The Risk Assessment and Safety Management Model]