risk assessments
Hazard analysis reports
Risk assessments are systematic evaluations of potential hazards, dangers, or uncertainties in a situation.
The term appears most often in workplace safety, insurance, and project management contexts: The risk assessment identified three areas of concern.
A risk assessment typically weighs the likelihood of harm against its potential severity, helping organizations decide what precautions to take or whether to proceed at all.
- threatIndication of potential harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- worst case scenarioMost unfavorable possible outcome
- mitigationReduction of severity
consequence · analysis · likelihood · vulnerability · due diligence · due process · evaluation · predictions · control measures · health and safety · uncertainty · severity · prevention · exposure · safety audits · danger · inspection · safety
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
- workplace safetyworkplace safety, PPE, safety standards, worker safety, goggles
- actuarial toolsdiscount rates
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- alertsalarm, alert, warning, notification, push notifications
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
risk assessmentsleaps of faith
Belief beyond evidence
snap judgments · shooting from the hip · flying blind · gut reactions · winging it
risk assessmentsrisk-taking
Accepting possible harm
implementation · execution · plunging in · jumping in · direct action
risk assessmentsreckless abandon
Complete disregard for consequences
throwing caution to the wind · recklessness · carelessness · negligence · heedlessness
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