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Concept of Dynamic Risk Assessment:
Does it Apply Everywhere?
Eldeen Pozniak
BA, BSc, CEES, CHSC, CHSMSA, MIIRSM, CRSP
Hazard Identification & Risk
Assessment – Fundamentals of
Safety
• A Job Safety Analysis, a Workplace Risk
Assessment,... what ever we call it, it is about
identifying the Hazards & assessing the Risks so
that you can implement suitable controls.
• But what happens when work activities involve
fluid activities or environments where individual
workers need to make quick mental assessments
& manage hazards & risks "on the fly"?
Beginning of the Story
• Why did I start to look at this,…. Because like
most other people, it takes a story close to home
to start you take more notice,…..
Saskatoon Winters
• Can you make things 100% Hazard or Risk free?
• Do some occupations have more or less
hazards,… higher or lower risks; can we even
break that down to tasks within the occupation,….
• For every occupation, there is a line of
reasonable risk as you perform the job / tasks.
Dr. Andrew Hopkins:
Framework for the Tolerability of Risk
ALARP
The ALARP principle is that the residual risk shall
be as low as reasonably practicable.
• It has particular connotations as a route to reduce
risks SFAIRP (so far as is reasonably practicable)
in UK HSE, as well as in Canada.
When the reasonable risk shifts to an unreasonable
level, what do organizations & individuals do?
Don’t perform this task
Or
“time to put on the big boys pants & earn the pay”
• As safety professionals we assist organizations to
proactively manage predicable risk.
• As safety professionals we assist organizations to
proactively manage predicable risk.
• This must be balanced with the provision of
knowledge & the development of skills to adapt in
a dynamic manner.
– I realized for most occupations, & especially those in
the emergency services, that Dynamic Risk
Assessment is a key skill that is necessary.
– But does it apply to others as well,…
It does if,….
• Continuous assessment of the risk in the rapidly
changing circumstances of an operational task, in
order to implement the control measures
necessary to ensure an acceptable level of
risk,…. (Paul Pascoe)
Tools
• What are the JSA / WRA / JHA,… tools you are
using?
• Do they have a Dynamic Risk concept within it?
BOW- TIE
Take Away
• Look at your Hazard & Risk Assessment Tools &
ensure that they identify if Dynamic Risk is a
factor,….
• Have people use the tool so much that it
becomes a fast & second nature,….
Activity
How are we involved in Hiring
Practices?
• How do we work with HR & other management?
• Do we have input into core competencies &
abilities?
Take Away
• Build relationships with HR & other management
within your organization to have these critical &
crucial conversations,….
Communication of Expectations
The Communication Process
The Communicator - the Sender:• Message & its intent depends on what is to be
conveyed
• Conveyed verbally, written or by the use of signals
• Conveyed in a manner that the receiver can understand.
• Appropriate for the conditions & the type of message that is sent
The Communication Process
The Communicator - the Receiver:
• must be receptive to the message.
• able to listen, read or observe whatever is being sent
• must be able to comprehend the intent / decode the message
• Must be able to apply it
What do you see?
SAFEMAP
Assessing Risk in Dynamic
Situations
• How does this apply to my son’s situation:
•The “Cop Shop” needs to communicate risk expectations clearly
to their officers when operating in dynamic environments.
•Officers should be trained to a consistent level to assess risk in
order for them to make risk decisions
Operational Incident
• Unknown hazards
• Unpredictable people
• Changing situation and risks
• Dynamic risk assessment – brings order & sense
to dangerous fast moving and rapid changing
situations
• For officers – Are they thinking & are they in
control!
Social & moral pressures
• The policing imperative requires a police officer to
preserve life, deter & detect crime. The overall mission
of policing is public safety.
• This duty to act may place officers in environments
where significant risk is present and may place officers
in grave danger
• The HSE recognise that there may be a conflict between
protecting life, reducing crime & controlling the risks
for police officers
Training Programs
Take Away
• Ensure people know standards &
expectations,…. Needs to be reflected in your
measurement tools – audits, culture surveys,….
• Ensure people know the hazards, risks &
controls – practice, practice, practice,…..
Getting different perspectives,....
State of Mind – important in
policing
• Red Mist
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Concept of Dynamic Risk Assessment:
Does it Apply Everywhere?
• So how does this apply to any other occupation
or industry,…..
• Identification of any situation where:
– Unknown hazards
– Unpredictable people
– Changing situation & risks
Summary of Take Away’s
• Look at your Hazard & Risk Assessment Tools & ensure that they
identify if Dynamic Risk is a factor,….
• Have people use the tool so much that it becomes a fast & second
nature,….
• Ensure people know standards & expectations,…. Needs to be
reflected in your measurement tools – audits, culture surveys,….
• Are your staff equipped to deal with rapidly changing circumstances
when something radical happens - something that doesn't fit the
established processes; can your staff respond effectively?
• Education & Training - Ensure people know the hazards, risks &
controls – practice, practice, practice,…..
