risk assessment en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The overall process of identifying all the risks to and from an activity and assessing the potential impact of each risk.
BBC News website, Radioactive warning on Fife beach read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4974692.stm on 14 May 2006 - Sepa has been carrying out a risk assessment at the bay and now wants a detailed investigation to be carried out.
NR had carried out risk assessments in 2002, identifying potential dangers with the crossing and recommending the installation of automatic locking gates. But this was not acted upon. In 2007, following the tragic deaths of Charlotte and Olivia, NR erected a footbridge and installed locking gates at the foot crossing.
2023 November 1, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “Safety Mission: Possible”, in RAIL, number 995, page 36:
- (countable, uncountable) The determination of the potential impact of an individual risk by measuring or otherwise assessing both the likelihood that it will occur and the impact if it should occur, and then combining the result according to an agreed rule to give a single measure of potential impact.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| risk assessments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
risk-assessed · risk management · risk-assess
Translations (24)
ms penaksiran risiko (overall process of identifying risks) · fi riskinmääritys (determination of the potential impact of an individual risk) · id penaksiran risiko (overall process of identifying risks) · mr जोखीम विश्लेषण (determination of the potential impact of an individual risk) · pt avaliação de risco (overall process of identifying risks) · pt avaliação de risco (determination of the potential impact of an individual risk) · fi riskienarviointi (overall process of identifying risks) · cmn 風險評估 /风险评估 (determination of the potential impact of an individual risk) · pl ocena ryzyka (overall process of identifying risks) · fi riskinarviointi (determination of the potential impact of an individual risk) · pl ocena ryzyka (determination of the potential impact of an individual risk) · ms penilaian risiko (overall process of identifying risks) · id taksiran resiko (overall process of identifying risks) · id prakiraan resiko (overall process of identifying risks) · id penilaian risiko (overall process of identifying risks) · mr जोखीम विश्लेषण (overall process of identifying risks) · ms taksiran risiko (overall process of identifying risks) · id asesmen risiko (overall process of identifying risks) · ms penjangkaan risiko (overall process of identifying risks) · id penentuan risiko (overall process of identifying risks) · cmn 風險評估 /风险评估 (overall process of identifying risks) · fr évaluation des risques (overall process of identifying risks) · fr évaluation du risque (overall process of identifying risks) · ga measúnú riosca (overall process of identifying risks)