Which set of steps best describes integrating risk management into everyday work tasks?

• A. Only identify hazards at project kickoff.
• B. Risk management is done by safety officers only.
• C. Identify hazards, assess likelihood and impact, implement controls, monitor, and update as needed.
• D. Ignore hazards but document incidents.

Answer: (C)

Integrating risk management into everyday work tasks means treating risk as a continuous, embedded part of daily activity: identify hazards as they appear, assess their likelihood and potential impact, implement controls, and then monitor and adjust as conditions change. This approach creates a proactive, ongoing cycle rather than a one-time checklist, so protections stay effective as work evolves.

Identifying hazards, assessing both how likely they are and how severe their consequences could be, helps you prioritize where to focus controls. Implementing appropriate safeguards reduces the chance of harm, and ongoing monitoring ensures those safeguards work and remain appropriate if processes or conditions change. Updating the plan keeps risk management aligned with real-world work.

This is preferable to identifying hazards only at the start of a project and then not revisiting them, which misses new or changing risks. It’s also not limited to safety officers; everyone is part of managing risk in their own tasks. Finally, ignoring hazards and only documenting incidents is a reactive approach that fails to prevent harm in the first place.