“Further risk assessment methods” for Hazardous Manual Tasks

Risk assessment requires both risk analysis and risk evaluation ie, comparing the results of risk analysis with risk criteria to determine acceptability. The Safework Australia Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice, Appendix F, provides a list of “Further risk assessment methods“ including methods developed during a research project which evaluated a participative ergonomics program. This commentary provides more appropriate citations for the methods referred to, as well as a brief discussion of more recent methods appropriate for routine workplace use which provide risk evaluation in addition to risk analysis.