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SOP FOR RISK MANAGEMENT

Revision History

VER # Date DCR # Nature of amendment

1.0 17-Jul-2016 N/A First Issue

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SOP FOR RISK MANAGEMENT

1. Purpose
The purpose of this procedure is to provide guidelines to the staff members of ORGANIZATION for
identification of health and safety hazards, environmental aspects and QMS and product related
conformance issues, their risk assessment and establishing controls for identified risks.

2. Scope
This procedure is applicable to all the organizational activities under the scope of integrated
management system including all the facilities falling under the scope of Organization.

3. Responsibilities
MR, Functional Heads, QHSE Team members are responsible to ensure that risk assessment is
performed in all the relevant areas and risk assessment is updated when required.

Supervisors are responsible to ensure that all the activities are being carried out as per the risk
assessments conducted and identified control measures are applied.

4. Procedure

4.1 Risk Identification


4.1.1 First select one area and identify all routine and non-routine activities (Maintenance, repairs,
paint work etc.) in that area.
4.1.2 Then, identify the risks and issues related with each activity and consider the following:
a. Activities of all internal and external persons having access
b. Human behaviors and capabilities
c. Infrastructure, equipment and materials
d. Design of work areas/facilities
e. Following areas of concern in each area

4.2 Risk Evaluation

4.2.1 Evaluate the likelihood and severity for each risk and enter the score into “Risk Assessment
Sheet”.
Likelihood Description
Imminent (10) Incident can be expected to happen once per week.
Very Likely (8) Incident can be expected to happen once per month.
Likely (6) Incident can occur multiple times in half a year.
Possible (4) Incident can be expected to happen once in six months.
Unlikely (2) Incident can occur only in exceptional cases – once in a year.

Severity Description
Trivial (2) Discomfort – first aid not required or
Routine disturbance of environment or
Routine operational issues without affecting conformance
Minor (4) Minor cuts, bruises, burns, twists etc. – onsite first aid required or
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Severity Description
Environmental contamination but easily reversible or
Minor operational issues causing minor schedule modification
Medium (6) Severe cuts, burns, twisted joints etc. – hospitalization required or
Contamination in a restrained area but effort required to reverse or
Operational issues which cause minor delays or conformance issues
Serious (8) Fractures, joint dislocation, loss of conscious, 3rd degree burns or
Irreversible contamination but in a limited area or
Delays/conformance issues which result in customer dissatisfaction.
Fatal (10) Permanent disability, death, injury among a group of people etc. or
Irreversible contamination in an uncontrolled manner or
Loss of customer due to conformance/product/operational issues

4.2.2 Use the following chart to measure the acceptability of the risks.

Severity
Risk Matrix
Trivial (2) Minor (4) Medium (6) Serious (8) Fatal (10)
Unlikely (2) 4 8 12 16 20
Likelihood

Possible (4) 8 12 24 32 40
Likely (6) 12 24 36 48 60
Highly Likely (8) 16 32 48 64 80
Imminent (10) 20 40 60 80 100

Acceptability Risk Score Description


Acceptable 4≤8 No further control is required under most cases.
Limited Time Acceptability 12 ≤ 24 Reduce risk to acceptable level within a month.
Conditionally Acceptable 32 ≤ 48 Apply temporary controls & reduce risk within a month.
Unacceptable 8 ≤ 12 Stop the activity & risk should be reduced immediately.

4.3 Risk Controls


4.3.1 Establish the control measures for all the identified risks. While establishing control
measure, consider the following risk control hierarchy.
Control Type Description Effective
Elimination Total eliminating the risk. 100%
Substitution Replace the risky item/activity with one with less risk. Depends
Engineering Control Modifying the process or equipment to reduce the risk. 70%-90%
Admin. Control Control such as training, instructions, signage etc. 10%-50%
PPE (OHS) Safety goggles, ear plugs, gloves, masks etc. ≤20%

4.4 Risk Assessment Review


4.4.1 Review the risk assessment at least once in a year on regular basis in addition to following
situations:
a. New process or modified process
b. Introduction of a new material
c. Start of construction work
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4.5 Communication & Training


4.5.1 MR should communicates the risk assessment and any following updates/modification to all
the relevant sections.
4.5.2 Training should be conducted for the new staff members on the awareness of risks and their
controls.

1. Related Documents and Records


i. Risk Evaluation Sheet

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