Road Safety Risk Assessment

1.0 Risk Assessment Process

The Retail 1 BSS HSE Network and the OSA HSE Task Team developed the risk
assessment process described here.
The methodolog is a str!ct!red approach to the accepted risk assessment process o"#
$denti"ing Ha%ards&
'etermining $mpacts&
Assessing Risk&
$denti"ing (ontrols& and
)rod!cing Actions to "!rther mitigate identi"ied risks.
1.1 Key steps
'e"ine b!siness processes "or assessment.
'evelop a list o" road sa"et related risks based on b!siness processes.
Assign val!es "or the impact and the probabilit o" the event.
Assign val!es "or the manageabilit o" the risk creating an Overall Risk val!e that
is !sed "or prioritisation
1.2 Determine values for Consequence impact! and t"e Pro#a#ility of t"e event
The "ollowing matri* is !sed to assign n!merical val!es "or (onse+!ence and
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1.& Definitions
The "ollowing de"initions are commonl in !se thro!gh B). $" not appropriate4 a
B5 co!ld develop its own de"initions.
(onse+!ence o" B!siness $mpact
Cate%ory
Potential
Severity
People Property Process .nvironment
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6atalities
7!ltiple Serio!s
$n8!ries
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The"t:6ra!d
95S' 1--4---
7a8or "ire4 e*pos!re4
Risk to rep!tation
B!siness $nterr!ption#
95S' 3--4---
)otential (ommercial
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$n8!ries
7edical
Treatment
95S' 1-4--- to
5S' 3--4---
The"t:6ra!d
95S' 1-4--- to
5S' 1--4---
B!siness $nterr!ption#
95S' 1-4--- to
5S' 3--4---
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to 5S' 3--4---
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S!b8ect to localit:circ!mstances:potential
)robabilit o" an event
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One or more events per ear are likel.
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One event per ever 1- ears.
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One event in more than ever 1- ears.
The assessment is looking "or events4 which are likel to happen in the
comparable ind!str and environment.
<Note# Event "re+!encies can be modi"ied to "it B5 re+!irements.=
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7anageabilit o" the risk
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$" the compan has direct operational control o" the process
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$" the compan has indirect control o" a process4 or can onl in"l!ence
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$" social4 political4 c!lt!ral or technical iss!es are the reason "or risks
The manageabilit sho!ld provide an overall view4 i" certain risks are "!ll !nder
the control o" management. This co!ld be o" co!rse a 8!dgement onl b!t it
raises health disc!ssions on how "ar management is able or "eels itsel"
empowered to control or in"l!ence HSE matters. The res!lt sho!ld be !sed to
tackle the high manageable items "irst "or +!ick implementation res!lts onl. $t
does not mean that low manageable iss!es sho!ld not have actions identi"ied.
2.0 Risk Assessment 0emplate
The Risk Assessment spreadsheets Battached E*cel ?orkbook at the end o" this
doc!mentC are !sed to doc!ment the identi"ication o" B5 Activities4 Ha%ards4 and the
val!es assigned "or (onse+!ence4 )robabilit4 7anageabilit and Risk.
$t is s!ggested that a separate Sheet be !sed "or each speci"ic area o" Activit.
$ndivid!al work site locations can be !sed as well.
6or clarit4 a completed e*ample is incl!ded in the E*cel ?orkbook.
N!mber
To be completed once the D)rocess4 S!bEprocess and Ha%ardF col!mns are "illed in.
$n the "irst col!mn4 record n!mber o" main activities within a )rocess.
$n the second col!mn4 record the n!mber o" activities within s!bEprocesses.
$n the third col!mn4 record the n!mber o" act!al risks:Ha%ards connected to
)rocess:s!bEprocess
)rocess
Each individ!al )rocess is to be listed in the "irst instance
S!bEprocess
Each individ!al )rocess is then to be split in meaning"!l4 not too detailed4 s!bE
processes4 i" an.
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Ha%ard
)rocesses and s!bEprocesses are then to be Dbrain stormedF.
(onse+!ence
'etermined !sing the Risk 7atri* described in section 1.,.
)robabilit
'etermined !sing the Risk 7atri*.
Risk
7!ltipl the val!e "or conse+!ence times the val!e )robabilit to get Risk.
7anageabilit
(riticall review B)Fs level o" (ontrol to determine levels o" 7anageabilit.
(lassi" 7anageabilit as#
High# $" the compan has direct operational control o" the process.
Rating G 1
7edi!m# $" the compan has indirect operational control o" the process4 or
can onl in"l!ence.
Rating G ,
;ow# $" social4 political4 c!lt!ral or technical iss!es are the main reason
"or the risks.
Rating G /
&.0 Action Plans
Once all risks have been identi"ied4 rated and prioritised4 action plans can be agreed.
*.0 Risk Assessment 0ool
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