Tom Cecich, CSP, CIH NC Chapter ASSE March 12, 2015

The Need to Manage Risk A key to preventing and controlling safety and health losses is by identifying, analyzing, reducing, and managing workplace related risk.

Risk A estimate of the probability of a hazard- related incident or exposure occurring and the severity of harm or damage that could result. Risk = Probability X Severity

Is this a hazard?

What is the risk?

Trained Operator Proper Separation Proper Tools

Workplace Risk Principles Risk can be assessed (measured) Actions can be implemented to mitigate (minimize, control or eliminate) risk Hazards (the potential to do harm) with the greatest associated risk should be given the highest mitigation priority Resources should be allocated to mitigate the hazards presenting the highest risk Risk will never be zero

ASSE Value of Safety Profession Strategic Initiative

Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Rate of US Fatal Work Injuries 2006–2012

Serious Injury and Fatality Data Recent injury data clearly shows that the rate of reduction of all injuries (frequency) does not necessarily produce equivalent reduction in the rate of fatal and serious injuries (severity) Rate Year Total injuries Serious injuries And fatalities

Occupational Fatality Risks in the United States and the United Kingdom ASSE Foundation funded study Conducted by Rand Corporation, August 2012 Findings: Fatality rates in US are 2-4X greater than comparable sectors in the UK Possible Reasons: Legislative mandate for workplace risk assessments Wide implementation of workplace risk assessment methodologies

US versus UK Construction Fatalities

ASSE: Key Conclusions Traditional approaches to reducing workplace injuries that focused on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance are necessary but not sufficient to eliminate incidents

Safety Through Design Addressing occupational safety and health needs in the design and redesign stage to minimize the work related hazards and risks associated with the construction, manufacturing, use, maintenance, retrofitting and disposal of facilities, processes, materials and equipment. Source: ANSI/ASSE Z Prevention through Design Guidelines for Addressing Occupational Hazards and Risks In Design and Redesign Processes

ASSE: Key Conclusions Traditional approaches to reducing workplace injuries that focused on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance are necessary but not sufficient to eliminate incidents Global leaders in safety performance have already built their safety processes around the identification, assessment and management of risk

Exxon/Mobil: A Case of Leadership CEO Rex Tillerson’s Vision “Nobody Gets Hurt” “Our responsibility is to recognize, understand and assess the elements of risk to effectively mitigate or eliminate significant risk”

ASSE: Key Conclusions Traditional approaches to reducing workplace injuries that focused on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance are necessary but not sufficient to eliminate incidents Global leaders in safety performance have already built their safety processes around the identification, assessment and management of risk Senior business managers focus on managing the various risks that face their organizations

ASSE: Key Conclusions Traditional approaches to reducing workplace injuries that focused on injury rate reduction and/or regulatory compliance are necessary but not sufficient to eliminate incidents Global leaders in safety performance have already built their safety processes around the identification, assessment and management of risk Senior business managers focus on managing the various risks that face their organizations Safety Professionals should be viewed as being uniquely qualified to identify, assess and propose mitigations to control unacceptable risks

Value Strategy Value Ceiling Compliance Senior Management Recognition $ Business of Safety $ Sustainability Risk Assessment 2/16/13

The Institute was organized to address the number of troubling trends that have been observed regarding workplace injuries

Goals of ASSE RA Institute Educate executives and business community on the role and value of safety professionals in their risk management processes Improve the risk-related training and education of safety professionals Provide the leadership for the development of new evidence-based workplace risk related policies, processes and solutions

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