We follow the general assessment method proposed by the INSHT, which carries out an estimation of the risk, this is, for each detected danger the risk must be estimated and determine the importance of the damage and the probability for it to happen.
Importance of the damage:
Mild
- Superficial damage: cuts and small contusions, eyes irritation. Pains, fatigue, physical discomfort.
Serious
- Burns, concussions, serious sprains, minor fractures, etc. Deafness, dermatitis, asthma, musculoskeletal disorders.
Very serious
- Amputations, serious fractures, poisonings, multiple lesions, fatal injuries. Cancer, other diseases that severely shorten life, acute diseases.
Probability for the damage to happen:
Improbable
- Extremely rare, it has not happened yet.
Possible
- It would be a strange sequence or consequence, but probable. It is known that it has happened somewhere.
Probable
- It would not be strange. It has happened sometimes.
Inevitable
- It is the most probable and expected result in a situation of risk. In the event of exposure, it will happen in long-term.
Risk evaluation:
The addition of the values assigned for the damage importance to each risk, the probability for it to happen and the the specialists’ criteria give us the evaluation: irrelevant, very low, low, medium, high, very high and extremely high, which determines its tolerance and the level of action required.
The evaluation is a continuous process and, in any case, it will be under consideration and will be revised, if necessary, from the health damages that may have been caused.
Furthermore, regular evaluations of working conditions and the staff’s activity in the provision of services, paying special attention to the deterioration of the elements that constitute the productive activity because of the passing of time are made, in order to continuously detect potentially dangerous situations.
Likewise, evaluations because of the acquisition of working equipment, chemical substances or preparations, the introduction of new technologies, the modification of workplaces’ conditioning, the change of working conditions or the incorporation of a person, the personal characteristics or biological state that cause special sensitivity to the place conditions are carried out.
