Rating | Criteria: Severity | Consequence | Treatment |
8 | Death | N/A | N/A |
7 | Cardiac Arrest | Permanent damage to the heart | Hospital Stay |
6 | High Level Burns | Third degree burn | Hospital |
5 | Low Level Burns | First degree burn | Hospital or ambulant treatment |
4 | Electric Shock | Electric Shock | Self Treatment |
3 | Minor Cuts | Discomfort | Self Treatment |
2 | Skin Irritation | Discomfot | N/A |
1 | No Harm | N/A | N/A |
Rating | Criteria: Occurrence |
8 | Highly likely to occur during each use |
7 | Likely to occur during each use |
6 | Occurs every other use |
5 | Occurs every 1 out of 15 uses |
4 | Occurs every 1 out of 10 uses |
3 | Occurs every 1 out of 100 uses |
2 | Occurrence is very unlikely |
1 | Essentially never occuring |
S | e | v | e | r | i | t | y | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
8 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R3 | R3 | R3 | R3 | |
7 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R3 | R3 | |
6 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R3 | |
Occurrence Level | 5 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R3 |
4 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R3 | |
3 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R3 | |
2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R3 | |
1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R3 |
Values are based off severity and occurrence tables shown above
R1 = Acceptable Risk
R2 = As Low as Reasonably Possible
R3 = Unacceptable
Hazard | Chain of Events | Hazardous Situation | Potential Harms | Severity | Probability | Risk | Mitigation |
Electrical Hazard | *User treats the device in a harsh manner. *The circuit is exposed. *User touches the exposed circuit. | Patient gets shocked | Burning of skin | 5 | 5 | R2 | N/A |
Sharpened Device | *Device is damaged and part of device is sharpened *The patient cuts themselves on exposed sharp edge | Patient gets cut | Bleeding, infection | 6 | 1 | R1 | N/A |
Swallowing | *Patient leaves device unattended and is swallowed by an infant | Patient swallows device | Internal Damage | 8 | 1 | R3 | Labelling on packaging to not swallow device |