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SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND CONSULTATION• Q. Why do they go on to the road?• A. Because when they leave there is not enough space for them and thosetrying to get in.• Q. Why is there not enough room?• A. Because the other entrance is blocked by speaker stacks and we can’t usethat door.• Solution: Implement a potentially expensive traffic management plan;or simply relocate the speaker stacks, open the second entranceand eliminate the risk.As the example above demonstrates, not asking ‘why?’ can lead to complicatedcontrols being unnecessarily implemented when a simpler control would havebeen more effective. Obviously some hazards will need capital expenditure toproperly control them.3. Prioritising the risks. Once risks have been assessed, the next step is toprioritise them for remedial action. To help you do this, the risk analysis matrixbelow is a useful tool. Used by many other industries to prioritise risk, itinvolves asking two fundamental questions for each assessed risk:• What is the likelihood of the risk occurring?• What would be the consequence should the risk occur?Regardless of the priority ranking given to each identified and assessed risk,it’s important to remember that all risks should be controlled in the shortestpossible timeframe.RISK ANALYSIS MATRIXCONSEQUENCELIKELIHOOD Insignificant Minor Moderate Major CatastrophicAlmost certain H H E E ELikely M H H E EPossible L M M E EUnlikely L L M H ERare L L L H HL = Low risk M = Medium risk H = High risk E = Extreme riskIn the example used above, the likelihood of a crowd controller being hit by acar may be determined as ‘likely’. The consequence of being hit by a car isdetermined as ‘major’, i.e. serious injuries could be sustained by a crowdcontroller. Therefore, the overall priority would be scored as ‘E – Extreme risk’and should be controlled immediately.6 WORKSAFE VICTORIA / CROWD CONTROL AT VENUES AND EVENTS