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RISK MANAGEMENT
	ARTICLE	VER	DESCRIPTION	SIZE
01	Risk study guide	1.2 01/July/2017	PACI study guide for risk management. This is a comprehensive look at hazards, risks and some important judicial (court) interpretations. Password = copyright PACI Guides and Instructors must use this document as an aid to develop effective risk management plans.	1.1 MB
02	Activity plan (pdf) Activity plan (word.doc) Risk assessment Risk assessment (word.doc)	1.3 03/Oct/2009 1.3 19/Oct/2009	TEMPLATES / EXAMPLES Sample activity plan for an outdoor recreation abseiling activity. Note that the content will vary from one type of activity (and site) to the next. This is only a sample - it is not exhaustive. Sample risk assessment (to be read in conjunction with activity plan above). Note: This risk assessment is intended only as a guide - it is not exhaustive.	95 KB 255 KB
03	Legal aspects of risk in Australia	Sep 2014	Paper authored by Michael Eburn.	823 KB
04	Managing risk of falls QLD code	2021	QLD Code of Practice for managing the risk of falls at a workplace.
05	Managing risk of falls NSW code	2019	NSW Code of Practice for managing the risk of falls at a workplace.
06	Health and Safety Risk management QLD	2023	Department of Education QLD website on Health and safety risk management.
07	Risks indoor climbing	2013	Paper on Acute injury risk and severity in indoor climbing. Authored by Volker R Schffl, Georg Hoffmann, Thomas Kupper; 2013.	492 KB
08	Risks rock and ice climbing	2010	Paper on Evaluation of injury and fatality risk in rock and ice climbing - 2010. Authored by Volker Schoffl, Audry Morrison, Ulrich Schwarz, Thomas Kupper.	1.9 MB
09	Acceptable risk	2001	World Health Organisation paper on acceptable risk. Authored by Paul R Hunter and Lorna Fewtrell.	207 KB
10	NASA accident report	Aug 2003	The report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB). An incredible read providing insight into large organisational behaviour and attitudes to risk. In this case, upper level NASA management seemed to override engineering concerns. At 81 seconds after launch, a chunk of foam peeled off the fuel tank and punched a sizeable hole in the left leading edge of the wing. This doomed the shuttle and 7 astronauts. On re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, super heated air (exceeding 2760 C) entered the left wing and melted it from the inside out while the shuttle was travelling at speeds in excess of 16,000 kph.	10.3 MB
11	Risk management	2006	Article on Risk Management by Ben JM Ale, Phil WM Brighton and Michael Barram. Published in a special edition of the Safety Science Monitor (Volume 10).	145 KB
12	Hazpak Guide		A practical guide to risk management. Published by NSW Workcover Authority.	114 KB
13	Safe Work NSW		Visit Worksafe NSW to access various Codes of Practice.
14	Suspension trauma	451 / 2002	Paul Seddon report on suspension trauma (harness hang syndrome)	1053 KB
15	Acceptable risk	1998	Paper on acceptable risk written by Jorn Vaten in 1998 as part of his Ph.D at the Norwegian university of science and technology.	63 KB
16	Risk management code	2021	QLD code of practice for risk management Original copyright is held with the State of QLD. Visit WorkCover QLD website for all published codes. Website: https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/laws-and-compliance/codes-of-practice
17	Group think	2005	A paper on the psychological behaviour of people in groups and committees. Authored by Robert S Baron - Dept of Psychology, University of Iowa USA Irving Janis, who did extensive work on the subject, defined it as: A mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group, when the members' strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action. Source: Janis, Irving L. Victims of Groupthink. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972, page 9	282 KB
18	Normalisation of Deviance		The condition of 'Normalisation of Deviance' was a leading causal factor in the destruction of two Space Shuttles and the loss or 14 astronauts. Regular occurrences of seemingly 'insignificant' near misses conditions managers and persons in control of operations to accept such events as 'normal' and to continue 'business as usual'. In the outdoor recreation industry, connector misalignment caused by cyclic loading events are commonplace and generally 'accepted'. Some manufacturers are designing carabiners with captive pins and captive eyes to ensure proper alignment of force. It continually surprises this author (Mark Gommers) how seemingly ignorant many operators are to the insidious problem of connector misalignment... one only has to look at the Jade Frances case in 2000 (she became a paraplegic at age 15).	81 KB
19	Coroners report NZ	30/March/2010	Coroners report on river gorge deaths which occurred during a guided activity in the Mangatepopo stream in Tongariro NZ on 15 April 2008.	302 KB
20	Problems with risk scoring methods	May 2010	Paper authored by Douglas Hubbard and Dylan Evans.	284 KB
21	Problems with risk matrices	07 March 2021	Paper authored by Michael Krisper. A motivational question is posited in the paper: "What is so bad about risk matrices?", one may ask, "they are so widely accepted and established tools, they cannot be wrong". This paper examines the pitfalls of using risk matrices to rank risks.	835 KB

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