tom cecich, csp, cih nc chapter asse march 12, 2015
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All About Risk
Tom Cecich, CSP, CIH
NC Chapter ASSEMarch 12, 2015
The Need to Manage RiskA key to preventing and controlling safety and health losses is by identifying, analyzing, reducing, and managing workplace related risk.
Risk
A estimate of the probability of a hazard-related incident or exposure occurring and the severity of harm or damage that could result.
Risk = Probability X Severity
Is this a hazard?
What is the risk?
TrainedOperato
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Proper Separatio
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Proper
Tools
Workplace Risk PrinciplesRisk can be assessed (measured)Actions can be implemented to mitigate
(minimize, control or eliminate) riskHazards (the potential to do harm) with the
greatest associated risk should be given the highest mitigation priority
Resources should be allocated to mitigate the hazards presenting the highest risk
Risk will never be zero
ASSEValue of Safety Profession
Strategic Initiative
Fatal work injury rate(per 100,000 full-time equivalent
workers)
Rate of US Fatal Work Injuries 2006–2012
Serious Injury and Fatality Data
Recent injury data clearly shows that the rate of reduction of all injuries (frequency) does not necessarily produce equivalent reduction in the rate of fatal and serious injuries (severity)
Rate
Year
Total injuries
Serious injuriesAnd fatalities
Occupational Fatality Risks in the United States and the United Kingdom
ASSE Foundation funded studyConducted by Rand Corporation, August 2012Findings:
Fatality rates in US are 2-4X greater than comparable sectors in the UK
Possible Reasons:Legislative mandate for workplace risk
assessmentsWide implementation of workplace risk
assessment methodologies
US versus UK Construction Fatalities
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4
6
8
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14 UK Construction
US Construction
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ASSE: Key ConclusionsTraditional approaches to reducing
workplace injuries that focused on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance are necessary but not sufficient to eliminate incidents
Safety Through DesignAddressing occupational safety and health needs in the design and redesign stage to minimize the work related hazards and risks associated with the construction, manufacturing, use, maintenance, retrofitting and disposal of facilities, processes, materials and equipment.
Source: ANSI/ASSE Z590.3-2011Prevention through Design Guidelines forAddressing Occupational Hazards and RisksIn Design and Redesign Processes
ASSE: Key ConclusionsTraditional approaches to reducing
workplace injuries that focused on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance are necessary but not sufficient to eliminate incidents
Global leaders in safety performance have already built their safety processes around the identification, assessment and management of risk
Exxon/Mobil: A Case of Leadership
CEO Rex Tillerson’s Vision
“Nobody Gets Hurt”
“Our responsibility is to recognize, understand and assess the elements of risk to effectively mitigate or eliminate significant risk”
ASSE: Key ConclusionsTraditional approaches to reducing
workplace injuries that focused on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance are necessary but not sufficient to eliminate incidents
Global leaders in safety performance have already built their safety processes around the identification, assessment and management of risk
Senior business managers focus on managing the various risks that face their organizations
ASSE: Key ConclusionsTraditional approaches to reducing workplace
injuries that focused on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance are necessary but not sufficient to eliminate incidents
Global leaders in safety performance have already built their safety processes around the identification, assessment and management of risk
Senior business managers focus on managing the various risks that face their organizations
Safety Professionals should be viewed as being uniquely qualified to identify, assess and propose mitigations to control unacceptable risks
Value Strategy
Value Ceiling
Compliance
Senior Management Recognition
$Business of
Safety$Su
stain
ab
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y
Risk
Assessm
ent
2/16/13
At the 2013 PDC the ASSE Risk Assessment Institute
was launched
The Institute was organized to address the number of troubling trends that have
been observed regarding workplace injuries
Goals of ASSE RA InstituteEducate executives and business
community on the role and value of safety professionals in their risk management processes
Improve the risk-related training and education of safety professionals
Provide the leadership for the development of new evidence-based workplace risk related policies, processes and solutions
