Risk Assessment Assignment

Risk Assessment Assignment

Ollie El-Gamel, Aaron Bullock, Levon Brunello
Risk Management
Chris Melmoth
Algonquin College
Table of Contents
P.3..............................Introduction
P.4..............................Risk Assessment Framework
P.5.............................. Risk Urgency Assessment / Explanation of
framework
P.6 .............................Risk Assessment Form Template
P.7..............................Risk Assessment Form Rafting

Introduction to Risk Assessment Framework
As guides we take on the responsibility of keeping our clients as safe as
possible while providing a worthwhile experience. Ensuring that clients are as safe
as possible we must take all risks into consideration. To manage these risks we set
up ways of identifying and rating the amount of risk involved with each activity. We
have created our own Risk Assessment scale based on the HIRA and Yamnuska
Exposure Scale. The goal of our scale is to identify, limit, manage and resolve risks
that could potentially happen.
Risk Assessment Framework

Conseque
nce
Hazard
Expos
ure
Probabi
lity of
Inciden
t
Respo
nse
Time
Minor - any
incident that
can be resolved
on scene with
existing
resources
None/very
little
0 -10%
Very
unlikely,
0-10%
0-5
minutes
Moderate Injuries that are

non life
threatening
that could have
consequence
for all parties
involved
Severe Substantial
injuries that are
life threatening
and life altering
that have
consequence
for all parties
involved
Fatal - injuries
that can lead to
shock, resulting
in death
Catastrophic Multiple
fatalities
Little
10 -25%
2
Possible,
10-25%
2
Frequent
25 - 50%
3
30 - 60
minutes
3
Likely,
50-75%
4
Constant
75 - 100%
5 -30
minutes
Probable,
25-50%
Regular
50 - 75%
Extremely
5
5
likely /
Unavoidable
75-100%
Consequence X Hazard Exposure X Probability X
Response Time =
Risk
1 - 5 hours
4
5-10 hours
5
More than
10 hours
6
5
Risk Urgency Assessment

0-150
Low Risk
(Routine
Attention
required)
150-300
Moderate Risk
(Review
control
measures)
300-450
Substantial
Risk
(Immediate
Correction
required)
450-600
High Risk
(Improve
control
measures
immediately
and consider
discontinuatio
n)
600-750
Very High Risk
(Do not
continue
Operation)
We created our risk assessment framework mostly using the Yamnuska Risk
analysis scale as a guide. We found it to be more user friendly while allowing for
things to be added on or changed to improve upon it as individual organizations feel
fit. For example we felt that both risk assessment scales did not take into
consideration the time it would take to adequately respond to an incident or an
injury (it would take a lot longer to treat and evacuate a patient who broke their
ankle on day 4 of an 8-day hike than it does to treat minor scrapes and cuts from a
minor cycling crash.
Our framework is easy to use: whoever is carrying out the risk assessment whether
it is the guide or operations manager etc, uses their judgment to analyze the hazard
and give a rating for all 4 categories (Consequence, hazard exposure, probability of
incident and response time.) Next they multiply the ratings together to calculate the
risk. This quantitative measurement of risk is then compared to our colour coded
risk urgency assessment giving the guide a better understanding of the risk

presented by a particular hazard and allow them to make an educated decision
regarding said hazard.
Risk Assessment form Template
Risk Assessment form

Risk Analysis Equation
Hazard
s
Incident due
to:
Consequenc
Exposur
Probabilit
Time to
Risk
Colou
respon
Indice
code
=
Precautions/ Preventative measures:
=
=
=

1. White Water Rafting
Risk Assessment form

Risk Analysis Equation
Hazard
s
Incident due
Consequenc
Exposur
Probabilit
Time to
respon
to:
Risk
Colou
Indice
code
d
Minor injuries
= 16
Precautions/ Preventative measures: First aid trained guides with stocked first aid kits
Foot
= 192
(assume
Entrapment
d body
recovery)
Precautions/ Preventative measures: Regular Safety briefings emphasizing the importance of

whitewater swimming position. SRT trained participants. Safety kayakers
Transport to
= 300
and from
river
Precautions/ Preventative measures: Highly trained professional drivers are only allowed to
drive the transport vehicles. This lowers the probability of an accident substantially almost to the
point where it becomes negligible.
Raft pinned
= 32
Precautions/ Preventative measures: SRT trained participants + safety kayakers with pin kits
Major Injury
3.5
= 112
Precautions/ Preventative measures: SRT & first aid trained participants, guides with WFR,
Safety kayakers, scouting lines to consequential rapids
Sources
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https://www.facebook.com/aotearoa.landscapes?fref=ts
Managing Risk Systems planning for Outdoor Adventure Programs,
Jackson. J & Heshka. J, (2011)
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