Environmental Health: Risk Assessment and Health & Safety

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BSc (Hons) Environmental Health Flashcards on Environmental Health: Risk Assessment and Health & Safety, created by Sami-Jaine on 03/05/2013.
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A hazard describes... a property or situation that in particular circumstances could lead to harm.
A risk defines: the probability that and adverse situation could occur in a give period of time
Risk Assessment is defined as a study of decisions to uncertain consequences. It involves 5 stages... 1. identification of risks 2. identification of outcomes 3. estimation of magnitude of consequences 4. estimation of probability of outcomes 5. assessing the significance of risk
Risk Management is defined as... linking risk estimation and evaluation to implementation of decisions to minimise risk.
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