Add risks and controls

Rate risks by severity, impact and likelihood, then define the controls that reduce them.

For administratorsPortal4 min read

Before you start

• A Safety Planner, or an Inspection Planner with issue escalation turned on.

Some work carries risks that need to be managed before and during the job. Safety Planners let you record each risk, rate it, and list the controls that must be in place.

1. Add a risk Describe what could go wrong. In the Portal, these are called safety issues or hazards.
2. Rate it Set severity, impact and likelihood on a scale of 1 to 5 (see below). Together they give a risk rating.
3. Add controls Select Add Control Measure for each action that reduces the risk.
4. Add requirements Add any protective equipment, required training and mitigation strategies.
5. Link to tasks Make sure the tasks that carry the risk are covered by the right controls.

Level	Severity	Impact	Likelihood
1	Trivial	Negligible	Rare
2	Minor	Minor	Unlikely
3	Moderate	Moderate	Possible
4	Major	Major	Likely
5	Catastrophic	Severe	Virtually certain

Note

In the app, people must verify every required control before they can complete the related task. This proves the controls were in place, not just planned.

Beyond safety

• Food service: the risk is temperature abuse; the control is a probe check recorded every two hours.
• IT operations: the risk is data loss during a migration; the control is a verified backup before cut-over.
• Events: the risk is crowd congestion; the control is marked exits and a steward at each gate.