Basic Occupation Safety And Health (BOSH) Preliminary Exam Practice

The risk matrix works by combining how likely something is to happen with how severe the consequences would be if it did occur, to determine an overall risk level. By mapping each hazard or scenario onto a likelihood versus consequence grid, you get a clear, comparable sense of which risks are most urgent. This enables you to prioritize actions and choose appropriate controls based on the level of risk, rather than treating all hazards the same or making decisions based solely on cost. This isn’t just a list of hazards in the workplace, which would be a hazards register. It isn’t a tool for forecasting budgets, which is a financial planning task. And it isn’t about selecting the most expensive control—the aim is to pick controls that effectively reduce risk relative to its level, not to spend more money.