Workcover Risk Assessment Matrix
Every state and territory in Australia has its own form of Workcover which means that this is only a broad example of a industry standard risk assessment matrix. Although Workcover deals with risk assessment reports for matters of workers’ compensation, it is not directly involved in the process of writing risk assessments. Nonetheless each state or territory’s Workcover does provide a risk assessment guide for matrices but some are better than others. For instance take a look at this example of risk assessment matrix from Workcover NSW.
It’s very simple and does not serve as a exemplary industry benchmark for a compliance risk assessment matrix but it does serve to convey the underlying meaning of what is a risk assessment matrix. Each risk or hazard is allocated a number. The higher the risk, the higher the number and the same rule is applied to the likelihood of a risk occurring. Then these numbers are multiplied together and an aggregated number for the total risk involved in any workplace is given. For a more thorough risk assessment matrix example check out the below template from SafeWorkPro.
