Management and Safety—AHM 610

4.7 Risk Severity Levels

4.7.1 General
Once the probability assessment has been completed, the next step is to assess risk severity, taking into account the potential
consequences related to the hazard. Safety risk severity is defined as the extent of harm that might reasonably occur as a
consequence or outcome of the identified hazard. The severity assessment should consider all possible consequences related to
an unsafe condition or object, taking into account the worst foreseeable situation. Table below presents a typical safety risk
severity; it includes five categories to denote the level of severity, the description of each category, and the assignment of a value
to each category/severity.

Rating Physical Injury Impact on Damage to Asset Impact on Operation Damage to

Environment Company
Reputation
Negligible Negligible Negligible Negligible Negligible
Nothing visible from
Very light injury, with-
Product spillage 100% No real damage to outside company
out First Aid inter-
1 contained with adapted assets (GSE, plat- Impact on operation perimeter. Even
vention. No full day
means into direct work- form, tooling, air- is not measurable nor internally the
work stoppage No
ing area. No craft…) No repair visible* company full
risk on health Self
ground/water pollution requested* responsibility cannot
repair*
be engaged.*
Limited or local
Minor Minor Minor loss Minor
implication
Physical injury that
implied First Aid inter- Small identified dam-
vention, but without age to assets (GSE,
hospitalization. Cuts, Low/restrained impact platform, tooling), Even if visible from
Cycle time of oper-
2 abrasions, minor skin on direct adjacent area which is not outside company
ation is respected
or eye irritations Work of the working surface. endangering mean's direct organization, it
owing to specific
stoppage less than Fully restrained w/o usage. Will be is not subject to
measures (additional
3 days May require major environment repaired in the next damage the image of
staff means…)*
additional medical pollution.* planned maintenance the enterprise*
support, but health task. No process
fully recovered with interruption*
basic treatment.*
Serious Limited Medium Medium Regional Implications
Two category
included: a) Revers- Damage to assets
ible effects with (GSE, platform, tool-
specialist medical ing), which will need
Cycle time of oper-
treatment: Deep a repair task in the Subject that impacts
Issue (spillage/dust ation is impacted by a
wounds, fractures, next few days, that the company image
smokes/chemicals) delay from minutes to
3 scalds burns, respir- will stop product's but repercussions are
contained but there is a few hours. Operating
atory infections, tem- usage for less than 1 limited and only
light polluting impact on revenue is impacted.
porary blindness or day. The mean can visible from direct
environment, there is Known solution
hearing loss. Over 3 be operated with regional company
limited waste to land* and/or extra means
days sick off. b) Irre- specific attention environment*
will solve the issue
versible effect: Loss since then. Tempor-
of fingers, toes, dam- ary process
age to eyes. weeks interruption*
or months off sick*
Permanent Disability Major Major Major National Implications
Important damage to
assets (GSE, plat- Operations are
Issue is contained in
form, tooling) that stopped for max 1
Harmful/pollutant prod- the country (national
prevent normal usage day. Solution are
uct spillage/Fire/Dust level) but impacts
4 of the product and known but cannot be
smokes with impact on massively the repu-
Self-explanatory needs a repair applied to solve the
third party installation. tation of the company
urgently. Incidence of issue w/o impacting
Ground/Water Loss of reputation
this repair task will be significantly normal
significant pollution* (customers,
more than one week cycle time/operational
public…)*
product's revenue*
immobilization.*

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Rating Physical Injury Impact on Damage to Asset Impact on Operation Damage to

Environment Company
Reputation
One or More International
Massive Massive Massive
Fatalities Implications
The issue is known at
international level and
reported largely by
media's. The
responsibility of the
company can be
legally engaged. The
Huge impact on company image is
land/ground/water/ Operations are degraded automati-
The asset(s) (GSE,
air. High uncontrolled stopped for several cally because of this
5 platform, tooling)
pollutants emission. days. Impossibility to event, as it could be
is/are destroyed. No
Self-explanatory Explosion, burst. Big further work until preserved by public
repair possible.
damages on third party solution is found. Big as negligent, unsafe
Has/have to be
installations. Nuisance impact on operation and faulty company.
replaced*
to population (smell, revenue value.* Overall loss of confi-
noise…)* dence in the enter-
prise. Incident will
impact negatively for
sure the value share
and will bring to loss
of market share, due
to this lack of
confidence.*
Note: Each company has to define their own definitions corresponding to their activity. Descriptors shown in this chart are for
example only and aim to provide a guide to risk assessment users.

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