#risk-assessment

#risk-assessment

Maria Voisin, the senior coroner for Avon, stated that senior management's failures at Alexandra House led to a gross breach of duty, allowing Jason Conroy to murder Melissa Mathieson. The care plans inadequately reflected the serious risks posed by Conroy, despite multiple warnings about his dangerous behaviors, including previous attempts to strangle individuals. The coroner emphasized the lack of understanding by senior managers regarding the threat Conroy represented, labeling their conduct as reckless.

The discrepancy between FEMA estimates and more updated models that consider rainfall and flash flooding illustrates significant differences in risk evaluations for flood-prone areas.

The pre-mortem method involves team members imagining a project failure and identifying reasons for that failure, usually surfacing unexpected and valuable issues.

The U.S. Department of State lists 21 countries on its 'Do Not Travel' list due to various safety concerns, indicating heightened risks for travelers.

Yifan Zhang and colleagues suggest that regions with higher geological complexity are more prone to landslides, providing insights for better landslide prediction and management.

People often misjudge probabilities leading to irrational fears, such as overestimating plane travel danger while underestimating biking risks, revealing flawed perception of real hazards.

Scenario planning is not about predicting the future, but rather about preparing for a range of possible outcomes in an uncertain business environment.

Most project failures stem from unnoticed risks that escalate into bigger issues without the right tools for identification.

The PCL-R is a demanding psychological instrument that provides an effective means for assessing psychopathic traits in offenders, aiding legal determinations and treatment strategies.

When working with vendors, it's essential to evaluate potential risks beforehand; vendor risk assessment templates provide the framework to effectively manage these evaluations.

Understanding key factors for safe machinery transport, including secure packaging, weight distribution, and trained personnel, is crucial to avoid costly mishaps during equipment transfers.

The digital shift not only optimises fire safety practices but also makes them part of the broader smart building revolution, where building management systems, resource management, and renewable energy sources contribute to sustainable and efficient building operations.

Organizations that proactively build robust response frameworks and anticipate potential failure points will manage disruptions more effectively, minimizing fallout and ensuring operational continuity.

"My father was an enthusiastic traveller, but as he got older he increasingly suffered from what he called travel fever, a vivid term for the acute anxiety felt before a journey..."

Horse sports are high risk, something more riders, trainers, and parents need to understand. To make matters worse, they are low in control.

The time bridge continues to hum, rippling waves of energy into the air long after you've disappeared. Long after the anxiously blinking lights cease and each of us who were holding our breaths have sucked in a lungful of air. The world is silent, except for the overlapping vibration, that persistent buzz, just as much in my mind as in my ears.