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Risk Control Strategies Explained

The document discusses methods for controlling risks by reducing the likelihood and consequences of hazardous events, emphasizing the concept of residual risk. It outlines a hierarchy of controls, including elimination, reduction, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment, while highlighting the importance of determining the practicality of each control measure. A case study illustrates the application of these principles in a real-world scenario involving road safety in Bangladesh.

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Risk Control Strategies Explained

The document discusses methods for controlling risks by reducing the likelihood and consequences of hazardous events, emphasizing the concept of residual risk. It outlines a hierarchy of controls, including elimination, reduction, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment, while highlighting the importance of determining the practicality of each control measure. A case study illustrates the application of these principles in a real-world scenario involving road safety in Bangladesh.

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Module 3:

Controlling risks

❑ Key learning points:

1. How do you reduce risk?


2. How do you decide which risk control to use?

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How do we reduce risk?

➢ Risk = Likelihood × Consequence

▪ Reduce the likelihood of the hazardous event happening.

▪ Reducing the consequence of the hazardous event.

▪ Reducing both factors.

Remember: The level of risk left after we have introduced our control measures is often
referred to as residual risk.

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Reducing the likelihood of the hazardous event

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Reducing the consequences of the hazardous event

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Reducing both likelihood and consequence

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Hierarchy of Controls

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1. Eliminating the hazard
Elimination: The most effective method of risk control is to eliminate the hazard completely.

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2. Reducing the hazard
Reducing/Substitution: A hazard can be reduced by substituting it with a less hazardous
solution. ( The next preferred option is to reduce the hazard )

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3. Engineering Control
Engineering Control: These control measures rely on preventing people from coming into contact
with the hazard.

• Putting distance between people and the hazard.

• Enclosing the hazard

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4. Administrative Control
Administrative control provides a safe system of work, Safe procedures, Permits to work, and Safety
rules. These all detail how activities should be carried out to minimize risk.

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5. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
PPE only can save the wearer. This is the least effective control measure.

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Before risk control think about the following question
1. How many people need to control?
2. How reliant is the effectiveness of risk control on human behavior?
3. How much does the risk control cost?
4. How much is going to reduce the risk by the selected control measure?

➢ The risk control method must be ‘Reasonably Practicable”

➢ Reasonably Practicable means, in terms of time, effort, money, or will not


inconvenience associated with the risk control outweighs the benefits of the risk
reduction.
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Cade Study
Take,
This is one of the busiest road in Bangladesh. The road damaged very badly. Now, it needs to repair
Immediately to prevent accident.
- Which control measure is Reasonably Practicable ?

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Cade Study
➢ First of all we will try Elimination. ( By Closing the road)

❑ if we consider in terms of Reasonably Practicable .


- It’s very expensive.
- Approval is needed – this could be a lengthy process.
- It is inconvenient to road users and may increase risk elsewhere by causing congestion on
others route.

➢ Then we will try Substitution.( by reducing the cars speed at 10 mph.)


❑ if we consider in terms of Reasonably Practicable.
- It is inconvenient to road users and may cause congestion.
- Cars might not slow down.
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Cade Study

➢ Then we will try Engineering control. (by separation)

❑ if we consider in terms of Reasonably Practicable .


- It protects worker
- It is less expensive
- It is very simple to implementation.

❖ After balancing the cost in terms of time, effort, money or inconvenience the third option
would be “Reasonably Practicable”.

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