It’s All About Risk Jim Smith Vice President Council of Professional Affairs Advancing Excellence in OSH Risk Assessment and Management

 OSH excellence underpins business excellence.  Operations that involve risk produce injuries, illnesses and environmental events harmful to people and costly to business.  Assessing/managing risk leads to safer, more environmentally sound processes, while reducing costs. Why the Need to Identify & Manage Risk?

 Risk Assessment is foundation for risk management and risk reduction  Traditional Approaches incident rates, compliance are after-the-fact approaches  Business Leaders are focusing on risk management in managing organization risk  Promote OSH professional has expert in managing risk to add creditability and value Why is this important to you?

 Fatal/serious injury rates have remained steady or slowed  Traditional approaches to improving SH&E performance focused primarily on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance  Traditional approach used alone force an after-the-fact perspective, limits the SH&E professionals ability to advance his or her mission.  Transformation from injury prevention to risk control.  Other countries (UK and EU) have one-half the fatality rate of the U.S.A. Why Now ?

 Officially launched June 2013  New Strategic Initiative and Resource from ASSE  Fully supported by ASSE Leadership and Board Members  Focus is on identify and reducing occupational related safety and health risks ◦ encompasses environmental, product risks, other risks  Leverage ASSE’s risk assessment-related activities  Staffed by Volunteers Representatives who practice in risk assessment What is the Risk Assessment Institute

 Survey – 7,000 members – January 2014 ◦ 465 Responses (6.6%) ◦ 18 survey questions  Key Learning’s ◦ Risk Assessment is growing in organizations ◦ Great need for training ◦ Risk Metrics are needed ◦ Interested in an ASSE Certificate Program ◦ Resource Center, blog, case studies, etc. Risk Assessment Institute – Member Survey

 Occupational safety, health and environmental (OSH) ◦ Risk Assessment to be an integral part of an organization’s risk management process ◦ Safety Professionals to be recognized as possessing the necessary competencies to manage a wide range of risk. Risk Assessment Institute Vision

 Educate executives, business community and OSH Professionals on role and value of OSH professionals in the risk process.  Improve risk-related training and education for SH&E Professionals.  Provide a platform for the OSH community to contribute to the development of new evidenced-based risk related policies, processes and solutions.  Act as a clearinghouse for risk-related information and relevant tools to the OSH profession. Risk Assessment Institute Goals

 View OSH Professionals as: ◦ Value Creators ◦ Competent ◦ Leader ◦ Implementer ◦ Collaborator ◦ Speak the language of business Business Executives & Community

 Series of short videos- demystify risk assessment process  Certificate Program in Risk Assessment  Case Studies  Web-site development/updates ◦ Current Activities

1. Hierarchy of Controls 2. Triggers for Risk Assessment 3. Using Risk Matrix 4. Prioritization of Mitigation 5. ALARP 6. Defining Top 5 Risks 7. Fatal and Serious Injury Prevention 8. Hazard Identification Tools 9. Benefit of Risk Assessment 10. Risk Assessment as Part of Risk Management “ “Demystify Risk Assessment” Video Topics on the Web Site

◦ Alignment with ANSI/ASSE Z690 ◦ Prevention through Design (PtD) Z ◦ ANSI/AIHA Z ◦ Professional Safety Journal ◦ PDC’s and SeminarFests ◦ ASSE Specialty Groups ◦ Regulatory Agencies ◦ ANSI B11.0 Risk Assessment Movement

◦ AIHA ◦ OSHA ◦ Academia ◦ NIOSH ◦ Business Leaders ◦ Human Resources ◦ Engineering Community ◦ International Partners ◦ Other Countries ◦ Others Collaboration Opportunities

 Ken Daigle – At Large  Dr. Scotty Dunlap – Academia (EKU)  Paul Esposito – COPD  Gary Lopez- COPS  Jim Newberry – At Large  James D. Smith – COPA  Dave Walline – Chair  Dee Woodhull – At Large  Dave Walline – Chair  Fred Manuele – Advisor to Committee  Dennis Hudson – ASSE Director of Professional Affairs  Laura Clements – ASSE Professional & Global Affairs Committee Members

Provide me with your business card or address.  Case Studies  Personal Story  Risk Assessment Tools  Proven Solutions  Pictures/Examples  Other How Can “I” Get Involved

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ASSE’s Risk Assessment Institute was established to become the gateway for ASSE members to develop new risk assessment core competencies, share best practices, and access the latest risk-based information, metrics, tools, research for both career advancement and the improvement of organizational effectiveness. Advancing Excellence in OSH Risk Assessment and Management