What are the key steps to perform a facility risk assessment?

• A. Identify hazards, implement controls, and review annually without rating likelihood or impact.
• B. Rate risk after implementing controls, then identify hazards.
• C. Identify hazards, rate likelihood and impact, assign risk, implement controls, and review periodically.
• D. Skip risk assessment and proceed with operations.

Answer: (C)

The key steps involve identifying hazards, evaluating how likely each hazard is to occur and how severe the consequences would be, using those ratings to determine the level of risk, implementing controls to lower that risk, and reviewing the situation periodically to ensure ongoing safety. This order matters because you start by clearly showing what could go wrong, then quantify that risk so you can prioritize and justify the controls you put in place, and finally recheck the whole assessment over time as conditions change.

Why this is the best sequence: identifying hazards without rating them leaves you guessing about what needs attention. Rating likelihood and impact before taking action gives you a meaningful risk level to guide which controls are needed and how urgently to apply them. Implementing controls then reduces the risk, and periodic reviews keep the assessment accurate as equipment, procedures, or environments change. Skipping the risk assessment or rating risk after controls, or operating without an assessment, misses these critical steps and can leave hazards inadequately addressed.