Risk assessments

A risk assessment rates the hazards of a task on a 5×5 matrix — likelihood by severity — before and after controls. It covers JSA, JHA, and HIRA formats and feeds high residual risks into corrective action.

Create an assessment

1. Go to Risk assessments and use the Create a risk assessment form.
2. Pick the site, give it a title, and choose a type (JSA, JHA, or HIRA).
3. Name the task/activity, set a date, choose who assessed it, and list the hazards (one per line). Click Create assessment.

Rate each hazard

1. Open the assessment to see the hazard table.
2. For each hazard set the likelihood (L) and severity (S) on the 1-5 scales — the initial risk level and score compute automatically.
3. Enter the controls, then set the residual likelihood and severity to show risk after controls. Click Save.

High residual risk

• A hazard with High or Critical residual risk shows a Raise CAPA button to drive further mitigation; the CAPA links back to the hazard.
• Mark the assessment active or archive it, and use the Risk register for a roll-up across active assessments.

Keep assessments reviewed

Each active assessment is on a 12-month review clock, anchored to its assessment date (set to the creation date if you leave it blank, so the clock always starts). When the year lapses, a review due badge appears on its row in the list — click Reviewed there once you've re-checked the assessment, and the clock resets.

What happens automatically

• The dashboard counts your risk assessments and, in red, how many reviews are overdue.
• Escalation: once an active assessment's review lapses, a background sweep notifies the Safety Team — an overdue HIRA no longer sits as a silent badge waiting for someone to open the page. Set who is notified under notification routing.
• Each active assessment's next review date also appears on the compliance calendar and its .ics feed.

Tip: standing job-level analyses live in the separate JHA module — those carry their own annual-review escalation and appear on the compliance calendar.

Related

• Job hazard analysis — Break jobs into steps, hazards, and controls
• CAPA (corrective & preventive actions) — Raise CAPA on high residual risks
• Management of change — Structured impact review before approval
• Observations (BBS) — Capture field hazards and near misses