Risk exists in every workplace and risk management, especially in the context of occupational safety and health (OSH) in high hazard industries, is a matter of life or death. The process of identifying occupational safety and health hazards, determining the risk based on likelihood and severity of work injuries, ill health and property damage, prioritizing the implementation of preventive measures to mitigate these risks and communicating the risk assessment to workers is all part of a risk management process. Ideally, risk from physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards are identified and measured, with the intent to reduce human or organizational error and influence positive safety behavior.
This session is designed to examine the elements of risk management, particularly in high hazard industries and the technologies being used to mitigate risk.
