Australia Model Code of Practice: Healthcare and Social Assistance Industry 2.2a: 2.2 Assess risk by consequence and likelihood, or duration, frequency and severity, and consider hazards together

To understand and assess risk know the source of the hazard and how workers could be exposed, when and where it is present for which workers and tasks, the type and seriousness of harm and how likely it is, or for harm building over time how often and how long workers are exposed. For immediate harm consider consequence and likelihood, estimated by how often people are exposed and how effective current controls are. For harm over time consider duration, frequency and severity, for example fatigue building into physical and psychological harm or repetitive tasks causing musculoskeletal disorders. Consider hazards together because physical and psychosocial hazards interact: work overload raises musculoskeletal risk, and fatigue makes workers more likely to make mistakes with infection controls.