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RISK RANKING METHODOLOGY

TABLE 3: RISK MATRIX


TABLE 1: CONSEQUENCE (IMPACT) MATRIX

Rating Descriptor
Health and Financial
Environment Reputation QUALITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS – LEVEL OF RISK
Safety (US$)
5
Reporting (not front
1 Insignificant No injuries < $10K Slight Effect page) in suburban Almost M 5 H 8 H 9 E 10 E 10
newspapers Certain

LIKELIHOOD RATING
Reporting in
$10K– 4
2 Minor First Aid
$100K
Minor Effect suburban news M 4 M 7 H 8 E 9 E 10
paper Likely
Single disabling
Reporting in local 3
injury up to injury
newspaper (not Moderat L 3 M 6 M 7 H 8 E 9
3 Moderate resulting in $100K - $2M Local Effect
front page) and/or
permanent e
regional inquiry
disability.

Single fatality or 2
L 2 L 4 M 6 M 7 H 8
multiple disabling Reporting in local Unlikely
injuries up to a few TV news and/or
4 Major
resulting in
$2M - $10M Major Effect
departmental
permanent investigation 1
disability L 1 L 2 L 3 M 4 M 5
Rare
Reporting in
national TV news
Multiple fatality or 1 2 3 4 5
5 Catastrophic
large scale injuries
> $10M Massive Effect headlines and/or
Insignificant Minor Moderate Major Catastrophic
government
investigation
IMPACT RATING
TABLE 2 : LIKELIHOOD MATRIX
Probability of LEGEND :
Rating Descriptor Description Frequency
Occurring
The event may occur only Will occur in Risk
Risk Rating Descriptor Required Actions
1 Rare in exceptional exceptional < 10% Code
circumstances circumstances

Will occur once every Detailed research and


The event could occur at 10 years (frequency 9-10 E Extreme risk management planning required at
2 Unlikely
some time will increase if PM/TA
10%-20%
senior levels
delay)

The event will probably Senior management attention


Will occur once every 3 7-8 H High risk
3 Moderate occur in some
years
20%-55% needed
circumstances

The event will probably


Will occur once per
Management responsibility must
4 Likely occur in most 55%-90% 4-6 M Moderate risk
year be specified
circumstances

The event is expected to


Almost The event is expected 1-3 L Low risk Manage by routine procedures
5 Certain
occur in most
to occur at any time
90%-100%
circumstances

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