Risk Assessment and Management Flashcards
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A facility uses the Dow Fire and Explosion Index (F&EI) to evaluate process hazards. What does a higher F&EI value indicate?
Answer: Greater potential for a catastrophic fire or explosion event
The Dow F&EI assigns a numerical score where higher values indicate greater potential damage radius and severity from fire or explosion events.
Which risk matrix component determines whether a risk is classified as 'high,' 'medium,' or 'low'?
Answer: The combination of likelihood and consequence ratings
A risk matrix combines the probability (likelihood) and severity (consequence) of a hazard to produce an overall risk level classification.
During a job hazard analysis (JHA), a safety professional breaks a task into discrete steps. What is the PRIMARY reason for this approach?
Answer: To identify specific hazards associated with each step and develop targeted controls
Breaking tasks into steps allows the analyst to pinpoint exactly where and how hazards arise, enabling precise control measures for each step.
What is 'residual risk' in the context of a risk assessment?
Answer: The risk that remains after all feasible controls have been implemented
Residual risk is the risk level that persists even after control measures have been put in place, representing the unavoidable remainder.
An employer uses the 'as low as reasonably practicable' (ALARP) principle. What does this require?
Answer: Reducing risk until further reduction would be grossly disproportionate to the benefit gained
ALARP requires reducing risk to a level where the cost of further reduction is disproportionate to the safety benefit achieved.
A fault tree analysis (FTA) uses which type of logic gates to trace the causes of a top event?
Answer: AND and OR gates
FTA primarily uses AND gates (all inputs must occur) and OR gates (any input is sufficient) to map causal pathways to the undesired top event.
When applying the hierarchy of controls, which option is considered MORE effective than substitution but LESS effective than elimination?
Answer: There is no control ranked between elimination and substitution
In the hierarchy of controls, elimination is the most effective, followed directly by substitution — there is no intermediate level between them.