The Importance Of Risk Control

reduce the likelihood of incidents, or they may be reactive, in that they reduce the consequences of incidents (Hughes,P and Ferret E, 2011).

The information on control measures can be obtained from Codes of practice, Industry or trade associations, specialists, and other publications including those of manufacturers and suppliers. In the occupational health and safety context, risk control is categorized according to hierarchy, often simply called the “risk control hierarchy.” This hierarchy helps people to decide on which risk control to implement. Risk control options at the top of the hierarchy are preferred more than those at the bottom of the hierarchy. The preferred options are the most effective means of controlling risks because they

Risk management decision makers have both legal and moral responsibility to provide information to people exposed to risks. Successful risk management relies on achieving a high level of creative input and involving all parties in achieving a successful outcome of the project or business process being addressed. According to Hampel, (2006) risk communication is not a task where bits of information are transported from the sender to the recipient of the communication but a process, where both sender and recipient interact in order to develop a common frame for an understanding of the problem. In both the planning and execution of the risk management process, it is essential to ensure that all those who need to be involved are given an adequate opportunity to do so and are kept informed of developments in arriving at an understanding of the risks and the measures taken to deal with them. One important part of risk communication is how to present the risk

Furthermore each system has sub-variables (Kagioglou, M, 2001). Figure 2.3 summarizes the research conceptual framework showing the main variables and sub-variables. The figure shows that health and safety risk management is influenced by the institutional system of a specific country, organizational system/culture, individual system and work environment.

i) Institutional system - Risk assessment and communications process is shaped with the institutions which impose restrictions by defining the legal, moral, and cultural boundaries that separate legitimate from illegitimate activities. ii) Organization system – One of the main actors in the risk assessment and communication process. Considering a construction company, the construction site is a subset of management from the company level to demonstrate its commitment and provide leadership in the development and implementation of health and safety risk management programmes to meet legislative