Introducing R(A): Risk Assessment.
Raise your hands if you've heard of the term 'risk assessment'. What exactly does it mean?
Well, it could mean a lot of things. It could be how an outdoors group checks the tide table and weather forecasts for the day before planning a kayaking trip. It could be doing some intensive calculations before buying that trust fund. It could even be looking left or right to check for traffic before you cross the road.
For companies in the construction or manufacturing industry, it is essential that they maintain a safe workplace. This will help to bring about higher productivity and worker morale. I mean, who wants to work where people are constantly being injured or killed?
Even if there is a standard work procedure drawn up to ensure worker safety, it cannot be followed perfectly all the time - after all, we are only human. So that means the worksite has to be checked regularly and consistently for risks to worker health and safety - this would be one more relevant definition of Risk Assessment.
Well, it could mean a lot of things. It could be how an outdoors group checks the tide table and weather forecasts for the day before planning a kayaking trip. It could be doing some intensive calculations before buying that trust fund. It could even be looking left or right to check for traffic before you cross the road.
For companies in the construction or manufacturing industry, it is essential that they maintain a safe workplace. This will help to bring about higher productivity and worker morale. I mean, who wants to work where people are constantly being injured or killed?
Even if there is a standard work procedure drawn up to ensure worker safety, it cannot be followed perfectly all the time - after all, we are only human. So that means the worksite has to be checked regularly and consistently for risks to worker health and safety - this would be one more relevant definition of Risk Assessment.
