Risk Assessment

Level 1 : ( Generic Risk Assessment )

Generic risk assessment to be carried out at a high level in the company with appropriately knowledgeable and experienced personnel and the results used to ensure the appropriate safeguards and control measures are contained within the company's safety management system in the form of policies , procedures and work instructions.

Level 2 : ( Task Based Risk Assessment )

To be done onboard by a competent person as the company is not able to make the risk assessment for the individual ship and prevailing condition. The generic risk assessment to be used as a context.

There are two distinct types :

→ A range of vessel specific TBRAs that may be used for low risk tasks and routine works

→ For a high risk tasks & not a routine work. The TBRA should relate to the specific person in the job and valid for the duration of the job.

Level 3 : ( Tool Box Talk )

Its prime purpose is to talk the procedures of the job in hand and the findings of TBRA with the seafarers involved. A discussion to be carried out and confirmed that they really understand the task. This should be recorded along with the details of any relevant risk assessment referred to. A tool box talk to carried out prior to any job that involve more than one person and where there is significant risk to persons and assets.

Level 4 : ( Personal Assessment of Risk )

For any work talking about few minutes to consider the job to be done, what might go wrong, safety measures. Look out for the work site, if there is any change of the condition that may alter the hazards and controls in place. If there is any concern, stop the work, re-assess the controls, if necessary re-plan and re-assess the task. This may also called the dynamic risk assessment. If the person believes that the dynamic risk assessment is not sufficient move back to TBRA.

Risk Assessment to be done on the basis of the following table : 

 

	Slightly harmful	Harmful	Extremely harmful
Highly unlikely	TRIVIAL RISK	TOLERABLE RISK	MODERATE RISK
Unlikely	TOLERABLE RISK	MODERATE RISK	SUBSTANTIAL RISK
Likely	MODERATE RISK	SUBSTANTIAL RISK	INTOLERABLE RISK

  

	ACTION AND TIMESCALE
TRIVIAL	No action is required and no documentary records need be kept
TOLERABLE	No additional controls are required. Consideration may be given to a more cost effective solution or improvement that imposes no additional cost burden. Monitoring is required to ensure that the controls are maintained.
MODERATE	Efforts should be made to reduce the risk, but the costs of prevention should be carefully measured and limited. Where the moderate risk is associated with extremely harmful consequences, further assessment may be necessary to establish more precisely the likelihood of harm.
SUBSTANTIAL	Work should not be started until the risk has been reduced. Considerable resources may have to be allocated to reduce the risk. Where the risk involves work in progress, urgent action should be taken
INTOLERABLE	Work should not be started or continued until the risk has been reduced. If it is not possible to reduce the risk even with unlimited resources, work has to remain prohibited.