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A systematic way to determine and assess risks involved in any type of routine or emergency operation. |
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Company to provide suitable and sufficient risk assessments involving risks related to health and safety. |
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A continuous process and under constant review. |
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The risk should be assessed before the work begins on any task for which no valid risk assessment exists. |
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Aim is to minimize accidents and ill health onboard ships. |
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Assessment should include consideration of existing precautions to control risk such as hot work permit, use of warning signs, restricted access etc. |
The main elements of risk assessment may be as follows:
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Classify work activities. |
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Identify hazards and personnel at work. |
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Identify risk controls |
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Estimate the risk |
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Decide tolerability of risk |
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Prepare a risk control action plan |
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Review adequacy of action plan. |
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Ensure risk assessment and controls are effective and up to date. |
A simple pro-forma may be used to record findings of a risk assessment:
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Work activity |
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Hazard(s) |
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Controls in place |
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Personnel at risk |
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Likelihood of harm |
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Severity of harm |
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Risk levels |
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Actions to be taken |
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Administrative details |
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Code of safe working practice details guidelines about risk assessment. |
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Assessment for various risks involving routine and emergency operation van be found in SMS manual provided by the company. |
Details from Code Of safe Working Practice:
Annex-C: Detailed Risk Assessment
Updated: 02-Nov-2007