CHAPTER 3. SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT IN MINES
Risk assessment is the process used to determine likelihood that people may be exposed to an injury, illness or disease in the workplace arising from any situation identified during the hazard identification process prior to consideration or implementation of control measures.
Risk occurs when a person is exposed to a hazardous situation. Risk is the likelihood that exposure to a hazard will lead to an injury or a health issue. It is a measure of the probability and potential severity of harm or loss.
Risk assessment forms crucial early phase in the disaster management planning cycle and is essential in determining what disaster mitigation measures should be taken to reduce future losses. Any attempt to reduce the impact of disaster requires an analysis that indicates what threats exist, their expected severity, who or what they may affect, and why. Knowledge of what makes a person or a community more vulnerable than another added to the resources and capacities available determines the steps we can take to reduce their risk.
Risk assessment is carried out in series of related activities which builds up a picture of the hazards and vulnerabilities which explain disaster events.
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One of the methods used to study the reports of various industries and their applications. A thorough review and analysis of obtained accident report will help in diagnosing faults or irregularities in the applied or existing process of hazard analysis this review also help to discover the unconsidered things. The process of hazard identification is done in systematic way targeted to cover the range of all possibilities. Majority of techniques for identifying hazards are based on sub-dividing the operation or equipment into requisite number of elements. Each element has to check properly for possible problems, abnormalities in the process, possible accidents