Activity
Mitigating the risk from Coronavirus COVID-19
Risk Assessment By (Print Name):
(Signed):
Position:
Date: Review Date:
Risk Ratings and Hierarchy of Controls Risk Rating Scores Likelihood Consequence Trivial Minor Moderate (up to 3 days off) Major (RIDDOR – 7+ Days off) Fatal
1 2 3 4 5
Remote 1 1 2 3 4 5
Unlikely 2 2 4 6 8 10
Likely 3 3 6 9 12 15
Very Likely 4 4 8 12 16 20
Certain 5 5 10 15 20 25
Covid-19 – The Hazard Coronaviruses are a large family of virus that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as MERS-Cov and SARS-Cov. The official name for this new disease, not previously seen in humans, is COVID19. On March 11 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) categorised it as a pandemic, which, in WHO terms, is the “worldwide spread of disease” This risk assessment recognises the virus as a hazard. It also reflects that it is spread in minute water droplets that are expelled from the body by coughing, sneezing, talking and breathing. The virus can also be transferred to the hands and from there, onto surfaces where it can survive for a period on those surfaces.