Risk assessment

How it is used

Required by law in many countries, including Turkey, and reviewed when processes change. Safety teams carry out, update and sign off risk assessments, often scoring risk as likelihood × severity. A new machine or task should not start without one.

Example sentences

1. We can't install the new robot until the risk assessment is signed off.

2. The risk assessment rated forklift traffic near the exit as high risk.

Common collocations

• carry out a risk assessment
• update the risk assessment
• risk assessment form
• sign off a risk assessment

Related terms

• hazardAnything that could cause harm, injury or ill health, such as moving machine parts, chemicals, noise, electricity or a wet floor.
• near missAn unplanned event that could have caused injury or damage but did not, such as a box falling from a rack where someone had just been standing.
• lockout/tagoutA safety procedure in which machines are shut off and their energy sources are locked and tagged before maintenance, so they cannot be started by accident. Shortened to LOTO.
• PPEShort for personal protective equipment: safety glasses, gloves, helmets, ear protection, safety shoes and other gear that protects workers from hazards.
• FMEAShort for failure mode and effects analysis: a structured team method for listing how a product or process could fail, what the effects would be, and how to prevent the most serious risks.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• risk assessment · Software Engineering
• risk assessment · Cybersecurity
• risk assessment · Robotics & Automation
• risk assessment · Civil Engineering & Construction
• risk assessment · Psychology
• risk assessment · Healthcare Management
• risk assessment · Management & Leadership
• risk assessment · Finance & Banking
• risk assessment · Insurance
• risk assessment · Social Work

More terms: Plant Safety

• safety data sheet
• machine guarding
• emergency stop