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Differentiate between risk assessment and incident investigation?
Risk Assessment: a systematic process of evaluating the potential risks that may be involved in a projected activity or undertaking.
Incident investigation: it is procative measure taken after accident.
Risk assessment is a procative measure taken befor starte any work.
Incident investigation is a reactive measure taken after an acident.
Risk assessment is a process used in safety mangement to identify, measure and determine what hazards can be anticipated during each stage of any work or project to be undertaken. This is a proactive reaction to enhance safety. In contrast, incident investigation is a reactive action to determine the underlying and root causes to the incident or accident. The purpose of an incident investigation is also to formulate and implement preventive measure/s to avoid recurrence.
Risk assessment is a procative measure taken to avoid any work related HSE hazard
An incident investigation is a reactive measure taken after an acident to avoid similar incidents in future
